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Unrequited Love Couple 《Unrequited Love Only You Don't Know》
Seowoo♡Taehyun


Just as the liberal arts class ended, as if a hole had opened in the sky
The rain poured down.

At the building entrance, due to a sudden shower
It was chaos with the sounds of students whose feet were tied.


However, amidst such commotion, Han Seo-woo was extremely ordinary.

Standing comfortably leaning against a building pillar with the bag in my arms,
Instead, I was admiring the raindrops falling outside the window.



A short while later,
I saw a familiar silhouette walking through the rain.

Kang Tae-hyun walking towards me, loosely wearing his varsity jacket and holding a large umbrella.


As if completely oblivious to the gazes of the surrounding female students,
Taehyun's unwavering gaze
It was fixed only to Seo-woo at the building entrance.



Taehyun, who had walked briskly and stopped right in front of Seowoo's nose,
He didn't say a word.

Just lightly shaking the umbrella,
He just silently nodded his head toward Seo-woo.


Everything was conveyed through that single brief gesture.

Seo-woo smiled shyly and stepped into Tae-hyun's umbrella as if it were the most natural thing in the world.


As soon as Seo-woo entered, Tae-hyun's big hand naturally
I snatched Seo-woo's bag and slung it over my shoulder.
At the same time, the large umbrella tilted mercilessly toward Seo-woo.


Even though he knew his right shoulder was getting mercilessly soaked in the rain, Taehyun
He didn't frown even once.

Taehyun, who used to gruffly tilt his umbrella for me when I was in high school, saying my shoulders would get all wet,
Now able to perfectly tilt the umbrella toward Seo-woo without saying a word
He had become a kind man.




"let's go."




With Taehyun's low voice, the two people
We walked side by side in step into the rain.

Walking to the subway station shoulder to shoulder, naturally
Seo-woo suddenly looked at Tae-hyun's wet right shoulder and quietly started to speak.




It reminds me of your high school days.
It rained heavily all of a sudden that day, too.

"........"

Why did you do that to me under the umbrella back then?
You said you liked me back then, too.




Taehyun's pace slowed ever so slightly at Seowoo's mischievous words.
Even now, five years later, I still remember the confession I made in high school, which I suffered in silence.
As if embarrassed, the tips of Taehyun's ears began to turn slightly red.


Taehyun pretended to be nonchalant and fixed his gaze straight ahead, spat out a remark.




Because back then I thought you were a fool without an umbrella.
I did that because I was worried you’d walk around getting completely soaked in the rain next to some other guy.

"Calling me a fool..!"
And now, even if I don't have an umbrella, my boyfriend comes to pick me up.




As Seo-woo playfully hugged Tae-hyun's waist tightly and looked up,
Taehyun eventually couldn't hold back and let out a snicker, letting out a deflated sound.

And then, tightening his grip on the hand wrapped around Seo-woo's shoulder
He whispered softly in my ear.




If you can't even speak. If you understood, just call.




A campus afternoon where the sound of rain warmly embraces the footsteps of two people,
The year-long unrequited love, which was nothing but clumsy and agonizing, suddenly... even without saying a word
With the warmth of a long-term relationship that has become the perfect answer to each other's daily lives
It was continuing.

Rude Couple 《The Rude Guys I Don't Like》

Yeoju♡Yeonjun

New semester of 11th grade,

The atmosphere in the classroom was flowing quite differently from a year ago.

As if it weren't for the two people I never thought would end up in the same class again,

As if by fate, I was assigned the very back seat as my partner.

A year ago, saying he was annoyed because humans had high Heon, he told me not to even think about touching his body.

The arrogant vampire Choi Yeonjun was no longer anywhere in the classroom.

The current Choi Yeonjun, regardless of whether it is class time or break time,

With his heavy chin buried behind the female lead's back

He was in a back hug position, trapping the female lead with his large body.

Wherever Yeoju went, her back was entirely under Choi Yeonjun's control.

"Hey, bat. It's cold. Stay away."

"No. You're mine. It's my choice."

Yeonjun tightly wrapped his long arm around Yeoju's shoulder

He grumbled in a low voice.

Even now that we are lovers, always like a stone picked up from the street

He is prickly, yet he only presses the female lead even closer to his chest.

He didn't seem to have the slightest intention of letting go of his arm.

Ironically, making the vampire's characteristic cool body temperature seem meaningless,

A fast and fierce heartbeat that cannot be hidden from the Fed's chest

It started ringing vividly.

Thump, thump, thump

Unfairly enough, even though this sound must be heard all over Yeoju's back, the guy

I stubbornly held out behind my back.

You said you were annoyed because your body temperature was high. Why are you sticking close?

The female lead returns the exact words the Fed spat out a year ago,

I turned my head crookedly and looked up at the guy.

The Fed's brow furrowed sharply at being hit right on the mark.

But, glaring straight ahead, determined not to lose at all costs

I'm really bothered by my girlfriend's audacious behavior.

The tips of his ears turned red under the terrible classroom lighting.

Even though they are dating, the two of them exchange intense battles of wills.

A merciless tension flowed.

The Fed nervously pressed his lower lip with sharp fangs,

Instead, he hugged the female lead's waist even tighter and pulled her into his embrace.

Don't get the wrong idea.

Your pathetic body temperature... it's kind of addictive these days, so I'm just letting you have it.

Say something nice, seriously.

"I don't want to. You can give in to me first."

Although he is a pureblood noble whom everyone outside trembles in fear of,

In front of the female lead, who is my lifeline and the only human I have ever loved, I am alone

It looked like he was groaning in agony from a strange possessiveness.

Yeonjun inhaled the hot scent wafting from Yeoju's neck,

He leaned his head on the female lead's shoulder to hide his eyes, which were red as if they were about to burst.

I buried it deep.

If I catch you with someone else...

I'm going to bite my girlfriend and whoever she is.

Unlike fierce nagging, he imprisoned the female lead

The Fed's helping hand seemed so urgent and precious that it was hard to believe.

The rude vampire who said the smell of humans was unpleasant,

Rather, completely wrapped in human warmth, unable to escape even a single step

It was a fierce classroom scene in the second year of high school.

Half-human, half-beast couple "My Little Utopia"

Seo In♡Kai

Within the framework of school, Huening Kai is still the darkest part of the classroom

I stayed in the corner.

He grew his bangs long to hide his identity as a lion beastman.

Kai's strict daily life, characterized by a relaxed lifestyle and avoiding deep relationships with anyone.

However, the relationship with Seo-in, who finally became a lover after tearing down that solid wall,

It was creating a strange frequency inside the school.

The two of them did not go around telling everyone in the neighborhood about their relationship as if to show it off.

However, they did not hide their true feelings or act suffocatingly distant like strangers inside the classroom.

They simply blended naturally into each other's small, everyday lives.

Lunchtime,

In the back of the classroom where the children were chattering loudly

Seoin was dozing off while looking at an English vocabulary book.

At that moment, Kai, who had not moved an inch from his seat, slowly stood up.

Pretending to head toward the locker, naturally on the corner of Seo-in's desk

I tossed a soft banana milk down.

It was a brief moment where we didn't even make eye contact, but

Seo-in blinked and let out a snicker in his sleep.

To others, Kai just passed by and casually poured the yin water.

He returned to his place with a calm, composed expression.

However, at least the blue eyes peeking through the gaps in the long bangs

It was drawing a clear curve that could not be hidden.

After school,

It was only when the two of us were left alone in the cool classroom after everyone else had left that...

The clock of just the two of them began to turn slowly.

"Seo-in, you had a really quiet time at school today, right?"

As Kai adjusted his bag strap and spoke,

Seoin walked over slowly and wrapped her hand around Kai's.

In the warmth of Seoin spreading across my palm,

The white ears that had been hidden above Kai's head trembled and popped out.

The traces of the beast that were hidden deep outside for fear of being discovered,

It was the moment when he became most defenseless and soft only in front of Seoin.

As Kai gently rubbed his cheek against the back of Seoin's hand,

Seo-eun spoke up.

"It seemed like guys like Beomgyu and Somin already noticed without me even saying anything."

"Really? I thought I didn't make it obvious..."

The way we look at each other,

They say that to others, it's already obvious even without you saying anything.

The temperature of my world is filled with you, and it seems like it's visible.

Even without making a big fuss about your relationship,

The fact that we are each other's only salvation and fence

It became an undeniable atmosphere, filling the classroom warmly.

Even without saying it out loud

Gently blending into each other's daily lives, unique to the White Lion and Seoin

It was a perfectly sweet after-school scene.

Forever Love Couple 《I Know I Love You》

Yeoju♡Beomgyu

The gaze directed at the female protagonist inside the cruel hell called school and

The label was still cold and sharp.

However, sitting at the bottom of the abyss and receiving the filth entirely

If there is anything different from the past,

Now, the warmth Beomgyu held in Yeoju's fingertips

The fact is that they are stationed there.

The two of them are like the ordinary lovers or dating couples that others talk about.

It was not bound by shallow justice.

I could not dare to describe this deep and terrible relationship with such common words.

As if we would stop breathing immediately without each other

It was a special bond that went beyond just dating, like a lifeline.

After school,

Inside the empty gym storage room on a day of heavy rain

A terrible silence had settled in.

On the fingers of the female protagonist sitting on the mat, today too, the children's

It was covered in small wounds from being scratched, cut, and torn by bullying.

Beomgyu knelt down in front of Yeoju without saying a word, and

I carefully wrapped my large hand around the girl's small hand.

Beomgyu took out ointment and snake paste from his pocket and applied them one by one to Yeoju's fingers.

I started attaching it carefully.

Yeoju stared blankly at her finger with the bandage on it.

Yeoju said while holding the hem of Beomgyu's shirt.

That you said you loved me last time, it wasn't a dream, right?

You're not... abandoning me either, are you?

At that desperate question, Beomgyu's hand paused for a moment.

Beomgyu slowly raised his head and stared at Yeoju.

And he gently stroked the female lead's cheek with his hand.

It's not a dream. And why would I abandon you?

Beomgyu wrapped his arms around the waist of Yeoju, who was sitting on the mat,

I pulled the female lead close to my chest.

There was no need for the pretext of being in a relationship.

They were beings who were already deeply engraved in each other's souls.

Beomgyu whispered softly, bringing his lips close to Yeoju's ear.

If there is no place for you in heaven, I will make this hell heaven.

Beomgyu's voice filled Yeoju's ears.

Going beyond the clumsy mold of lovers,

In a world full of problems, each other's only rule and

The deep shadows of the two people who became perfect salvation spread in the sunset

It was held faintly overlapping on the gym storage floor.

First Love Couple 《First Love’s First Love》

Yeoju♡Subin

The park at 3 a.m., where the streetlights spread like orange stains

Only a chillingly cold silence had settled quietly.

Soobin stood beside the bench with a face that looked unfamiliarly gaunt.

I kept looking down at the floor.

Unable to turn away from the vibrating phone screen at 2 AM

The female protagonist, who ran out wearing only a thin coat,

I quietly gazed at Subin's silhouette from a distance.

To forcibly erase Soobin from my world

Making the years of not contacting you even once seem meaningless,

The night air was instantly shifting to the suffocating temperature of the past.

".....You weren't sleeping."

Subin slowly raised his head and looked at Yeoju.

The guy's voice scattered white into the dawn air and trembled slightly.

Instead of answering, Yeoju thrust her hands deep into her pockets.

Always smiling brightly like a boy with dimples

The guy who used to shove one earphone in,

He had a completely broken look in his eyes.

Subin strode over and stopped right in front of Yeoju's nose.

The guy's big hand was about to reach out toward the heroine's cheek,

As if realizing he was not worthy, he fell limply from the air.

Was it like this every time you were sitting on the gym stands, too?

Even when you were curled up all night watching me play basketball.

Yeoju's breath stopped for a moment.

It was because of an unexpected sentence that came out of Subin's mouth.

The guy, the fragments of the past where the female lead had killed all his preferences to suit him,

It was clear that he had been ruminating on it and suffering alone all this time.

The female lead bit her lip until it bled and calmly pushed him away.

"...It's in the past. Why are you acting like this now, Subin?"

I know I ruined everything.

I know that saying sorry doesn't wash everything away...

Subin bowed her head low to swallow the tears welling up inside her.

His large shoulders swayed slightly without a sound.

The female protagonist's heart, which she thought she had barely managed to bury while living as a stranger for several years,

At the sight of my first love pouring out regret with her whole body in front of me

It started to shake mercilessly.

"Since I was left alone in a cold room, I couldn't think of anything but you."

You... you used to put up with all my selfish tastes...

Subin carefully grasped Yeoju's cold hand with trembling hands.

As if determined never to let go, even while terrified of being rejected

It was tenacious grip strength.

I know I'm being really mean, but can't you let me off just this once?

"Now I'll adjust everything to your world, please..."

Under the dim dawn light by the streetlamp,

The climax of the long, drawn-out bitter love is finally Subin's terrible regret and

He was completely turning the tide with his pleas.

Listening to the sound of Soobin's heart pounding violently in his chest,

Yeoju finally quietly tightened her grip on Subin's clasped hand.

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