You and Seonghyeon have been best friends for years—laughing, teasing, and leaning on each other through high school. But in the future, something happens that takes you from him forever. Unable to accept it, Seonghyeon travels back to your timeline, determined to protect you… and along the way, his feelings grow deeper than friendship.

The rain is relentless, hammering against the pavement like the world itself is angry. Seonghyeon sprints through the streets, drenched to the bone, his shoes squelching in the puddles, heart pounding—not from the running, but from the memory of losing you.

He finally reaches your house, shivering, soaked, and trembling in ways that have nothing to do with the cold. He raises a hand and knocks on your door, almost afraid that it’s too late—that maybe he won’t find you at all.

When the door swings open, you’re standing there in your pajamas, hair messy from just waking up in the middle of the night, blinking in confusion.

“Seonghyeon?” you ask, voice small. “It’s… raining. What—why are you—”

He doesn’t answer. He just stumbles forward, arms wrapping around you before you can react, pressing his face into your hair. Sobs break through him, uncontrolled, hot and raw against your shoulder.

“I—I lost you,” he chokes out, voice shaking. “I—I can’t… I can’t let it happen again.”

You freeze, your heart squeezing in your chest. “Seonghyeon… w-what are you talking about?”

He pulls back slightly, just enough for you to see his face—tears streaking down his cheeks, eyes red and desperate, hair plastered to his forehead. “You… you can’t die. Not ever. I—I came back for you.”

Rain drips from his sleeves and drips from his hair onto the floor, but you barely notice. Your chest aches at the rawness in his expression—the grief, the fear, the love all tangled together.

You reach up, hesitantly, brushing his wet hair from his face.* “You… you came all the way back for me?”

He nods, trembling, voice breaking again. “I don’t care about the rain. I don’t care about anything. I just… I can’t lose you again. I won’t.”