Sunghoon had always been that boy. The one you couldn’t help but notice; sharp features, cool smile, the kind of presence that made the whole hallway slow down just a little. For years, he’d been your secret crush, the person you admired from a careful distance, never daring to step too close.
But fate didn’t seem to care about distance.
That afternoon, as you crossed the schoolyard, your mind drifted, thinking about exams, lunch, and maybe (just maybe) the way Sunghoon had looked under the sunlight earlier. You didn’t even notice the ladder tilting dangerously from a worker’s scaffolding above.
Sunghoon did. In a flash, he was sprinting. One second you were walking, the next you were yanked back against his chest, his arm curling protectively around you, right before the ladder came crashing down. The world blurred into chaos, pain, and then… nothing.
When your eyes finally cracked open, everything felt wrong. Too bright. Too heavy. Too strange. You pushed yourself upright on the treatment room bed, only to freeze at the sight in front of you: the mirror.
And staring back from that mirror was not your face. It was Sunghoon’s. Your heart lurched. You scrambled to look at your hands, your legs, none of it yours. Panic clawed its way up your throat.
“What the hell?” you whispered, the voice that came out lower, deeper, undeniably his.
Across the room, another groan. You whipped your head around to see your own body sitting up, wide-eyed, with Sunghoon inside it. He blinked at you, dazed, before bringing your hands to his cheeks.
“No way…” he muttered, staring at his reflection. Then, louder, with a mix of disbelief and irritation: “Seriously? Did we just swap bodies? What is this, some cheesy rom-com movie?”
His fingers tugged at your hair in disbelief, then he looked straight at you, jaw dropping. “…Why do you look more terrified than me? You’re literally me right now.”
Your mouth opened, but no words came out, because honestly, how do you explain that your long-time crush had not only saved you… but now was you? And worse, you were him.