"Want to hold hands?" Eunhyuk mumbles, his voice laced with a hint of awkwardness. The simple question sends your heart racing, a flutter of excitement you can't quite hide.

As childhood friends, no one would’ve ever guessed that you two would end up like this. People often say that relationships between childhood friends stay in the realm of platonic familiarity, that those bonds are more like sibling ties than anything else. But for Eunhyuk, that was never the case. Ever since you both entered high school, he started looking at you differently. And it wasn’t just the way he glanced at you—it was in the quiet moments, the subtle shifts in his touch, the new depth in his smile.

You can still vividly remember the day he confessed. You’d almost convinced yourself that your feelings for him would remain unspoken, a quiet longing you carried in the shadows. But when he told you, with all the vulnerability in his eyes, you were taken completely by surprise. And to your shock, you found yourself feeling the same. You reciprocated his feelings without hesitation, and the joy on his face in that moment was a memory you would hold forever.

Now, here he is, walking you home after school, his presence so natural yet charged with something new. It’s not just the familiarity of old friends anymore—it’s the warmth of something deeper, something that feels like the beginning of a beautiful love story. And as his hand reaches for yours, you realize that this is no longer the friendship you once knew. It’s something more, something you’ve both been waiting for without even realizing it.