Main Characters; Han Joon-Seo × Lin Yu-Chen

Other characters; Han A-ra, Xu Jian-hao, Kang Hyun-woo, Liu Rui-Chi, Zhao Min-ah, Yoon Seo-rin, Lin Seo-ji & Lee Joon-Hyuk.

Theme; friends → Denial→ Confession → First Relationship Moments.

CH. 1-5; ‘Separate Lives & First Meeting’

CH. 6-10; ‘Friendship & Daily Life’

CH. 11-15; ‘Romantic Tension & Internal Conflict’

CH. 16-20; ‘Denial, Jealousy & Bonding’

CH. 21-25; ‘Closer Moments & Confusion’

CH. 26-28; ‘Confession & First Couple Moment’

CH. 29-30; ‘First date & Alone Time’

CH. 31-36; ‘Public Announcement & First Kiss’

CHARACTERS INFORMATION

MAIN COUPLE

Han Joon-Seo (한준서)

Role; Main Protagonist

Age; 17

Year level; 2nd year becomes 3rd yr at volume 3.

Classroom; 2-2

School name; Seishin International High School

Personality; Quiet, observant, emotionally reserved, loyal, thoughtful.

Family; Mother, father & two older siblings (brother & sister)

Strengths; Empathy, reliability, and emotional depth.

Weaknesses; Bottles Emotions, afraid of confronting his own feelings.

BACKGROUND:

Joon-Seo lives a structured and quiet life. He is known as someone dependable but distant—never the center of attention. His family values discipline and stability, so he has learned to suppress emotions rather than express them.

He has never questioned his feelings deeply until Yu-chen enters his life.

Lin Yu-Chen (林宇辰)

Role; Main Protagonist

Age; 17

Year level; 2nd year

Classroom; 2-2

School name; Seishin International High School.

Personality; Warm, expressive, optimistic, gentle, emotionally intuitive.

Family; Mother, father & younger brother

Strengths; Communication, kindness, and emotional intelligence.

Weaknesses; Overthinks, fears hurting others, self-doubt.

BACKGROUND;

Yu-chen transferred schools in earlier years and learned to adapt quickly. He is friendly and approachable, often seen helping others. Because of this, people assume he is emotionally “strong,” but he carries quiet confusion inside.

SUPPORTING CHARACTERS

(VOL. 1)

Han A-ra (한아라)

Role; Best Friend/ Emotional Catalyst.

Age; 17

Year level; 2nd year

Classroom: 2-4

School name: Seishin International High School.

Personality; Observant, playful, sharp-tongued but caring.

Family; Mother, father & Two older brothers & one little cousin brother.

Strengths; Kindness, Reliability, Empathy & Encourages other people.

Food Allergy; Eggs & Any chicken dishes.

Weaknesses; Overthinks, is overwhelmed & fears losing his close friends by his side.

ROLE IN STORY + BACKGROUND;

First to notice Joon-Seo’s feelings

Gently teases but never forces him

Acts as an emotional safety net.

She had experienced a love life that she couldn't deeply forget, but mostly they were never together for too long because of a misunderstanding between him and his old lover. For now, when she heard that Joon-Seo & Yu-chen were in a couple after denials about their relationship she was deeply jealous and always remembered that she and his old lover had happy life moments, but she accepted them as their closest and true friends around them.

Xu Jian-Hao (许建豪)

Role; Comic Relief/ Loyal Friend

Age; 17

Year level; 2nd year

Classroom; 2-4

School name; Seishin International High School

Personality; Loud, teasing, honest, warm-hearted.

Family; Mother, father & older sister.

Strengths; Reliability, emotional intelligence & Encourages other people.

Weaknesses; Get hated by his close friends, Overthinks & Losing the person he loved the most.

ROLE IN STORY + BACKGROUND;

Lightens the tension with humor

Pretends not to notice, but knows everything

Normalizes their relationship without making it a “big deal”. Also, he was getting bullied since his first year in high school. Everyone calls him ‘nerd or human robot’ because of his appearance as a calm, mature human robot. But, his personality changed when this girl showed up, it was A-ra.

A-ra is a cheerful, kind, and caring person to others. He suddenly fell for A-ra because of his good personality with others. But, he never expected that A-ra had already fallen for someone but they're not a couple anymore after going to argue about something that can't be fixed. After that, he decided to be close friends with him to get closer and confess his feelings to him.

Lin Seo-Ji (林서지)

Role; Quiet Observer/ Emotional Mirror

Age; 17

Year level; 2nd year

Classroom; 2-4

School name; Seishin International High School

Personality; Soft-spoken, introspective, perceptive & Cheerful.

Family; Mother, father & younger sister,

Relationship; hyun-woo's girlfriend.

Strengths; His own love advice, cheering by friends & Kindness.

Weaknesses; Overthinks about his future with Hyun-woo, losing the memories with his cherished friends by his side.

ROLE IN STORY + BACKGROUND;

Notices emotional shifts early

Offers gentle advice

Often shares quiet moments with Yu-chen

Also, as she had a lover, at first she was very overwhelmed by others about their relationship.

But, after many years in a relationship, they went to a place that no one else could do. For now, even though they struggle in their relationship, of course they are on their side every day and give some love advice.

Kang Hyun-Woo (강현우)

Role; Protective Senior-Like Figure

Age; 18

Year level; 2nd year

Classroom; 2-4

School name; Seishin International High School

Personality; Calm, mature, grounded & overprotective to his friends & his girl.

Family; Mother & father

Relationship; Seo-ji's boyfriend

Strengths; Empathy & Reliability

Weaknesses; losing his girl and his close friends, overwhelmed & sometimes teasing him about small things/stuff.

ROLE IN STORY + BACKGROUND;

Offers guidance without interference

Subtly reassures Joon-Seo that feelings are valid

Acts as an emotional stability

As like same situation relationship with Seo-ji,

He struggles to tell the public about their relationship but afterwards, they can still do what other couples always do.

Zhao Min-Ah (赵敏雅)

Role; Social Connector

Age; 17

Year level; 2nd year

Classroom; 2-2

School name; Seishin International High School

Personality; Quiet, Observant, Friendly, expressive.

Family; Mother & Father

Strengths; Empathy and helping others and cared for by his friends.

Weaknesses; calling a weird person because of his personality as a quiet girl, remembering the trauma that she had before, and not talking about it because she was scared that the picture that she sees could come back again.

ROLE IN STORY + BACKGROUND;

Bridges different friend groups

Notices the change in ,dynamic early

Encouraging and supportive.

She's been so calm and kind but no one knows that she has a hidden secret that she can't forget.

When she was 7, by her uncle.

She's been harassed by his uncle, because she looks mature at a young age. The memories that she had when she was little and now, it's been torture him and keep flowing back in his memory.

After that accident, her uncle suddenly died because of it. She choked her uncle to death because of being a pervert & no shame. After that she never trusts love and also the boys around him. But, after getting rescued by A-ra and his friends, she changed his trust in other people who tried to help. She is now mature and confident around other people.

Yoon Seo-Rin (윤서린)

Role; Emotional Contrast

Age; 17

Year level; 2nd year

Classroom; 2-2

School name; Seishin International High School

Personality; Confident, expressive, blunt

Family; Mother & Father

Strengths; Kindness by other people & being blunt sometimes.

Weaknesses; Overthinks & getting friend-zoned by his own person that she likes.

ROLE IN STORY + BACKGROUND;

Challenges denial directly

Encourages honesty

Not afraid to ask difficult questions

When she was in her first year, she was quiet and sometimes called by their classmates ‘weirdo’

Because of being weird, a nerd, because she's smart. But, her life changed because she fell for someone whom she had never felt. She had a crush on (Joon-Hyuk) - A-ra's best friend. But she kept hiding his feelings because she thought she would get rejected by Joon-Hyuk. But after she heard that A-ra had already fallen for someone, she decided to go and say she had feelings towards Joon-Hyuk.

Lee Joon-Hyuk (이준혁)

Role; Calm Support/ Silent Ally

Age; 18

Year level; 2nd year

Classroom; 2-4

School name; Seishin International High School

Personality; Reserved, thoughtful

Family; Mother & father, two older siblings (brother & sister,) younger brother.

Strengths; Being thoughtful & when he saw some people smiling after he helped them, the world became lighter and it gave him true Strength.

Weaknesses; Overwhelmed, Overthinks & Losing a true best friend that he admires the most (Han A-ra).

ROLE IN STORY + BACKGROUND;

Notices without commenting

Protects their privacy

Offers quiet reassurance.

He admired his best friend, A-ra because of his appearance as a calm, kind, and caring person. If the person has a problem she's still there for them. He fell in love with his best friend since the first year, but he got rejected because A-ra not trusted about love but, he asked A-ra if he could still be by his side whenever they went.

Liu Rui-Chi (刘睿驰)

Role; Outsider Perspective

Age; 18

Year level; 2nd year

Classroom; 2-4

School name; Seishin International High School

Personality; Analytical, calm, emotionally intelligent.

Family; Mother & father

Strengths; Empathy, potential & Kindness

Weaknesses; Overthinks about his future & his tragic life.

ROLE IN STORY + BACKGROUND;

Notices emotional tension immediately

Offers perspective without judgment

Encourages self-reflection.

When he was little, his family was rich but everyone kept their distance from them because his father was not related to their family. His father is just an old lover of his biological mother and his true father has never been seen in person. After living with his mother and his not true father, Suddenly they're life went down, their money went missing and after searching, his mother was the culprit After a lot of money went missing, the father kicked him along with his mother and never went back again. Several years later, Rui-chi was always working so hard to get a lot of money, and he met Min-Ah and that day he changed his life. He enrolled himself to get close to Min-Ah, but he didn't know that their not classmates in their first day of school, but after observing min-ah from a afar, he decided to get some help by his classmates but no one interested but two persons who approached and help his problem to get closed to Min-Ah, A-ra told that the person he talked is his friends to other Classroom, Rui-chi was happy and Joon-Hyuk noticed him had a bad plan but after Rui-chi told the truth, A-ra & Joon-Hyuk decided to help Rui-chi to get closed to min-ah.

“A new life of Han Joon-Seo has now begun as a second year of high school. But, everything changed when this boy arrived in his world; Lin Yu-Chen, a quiet, introverted young boy, and Joon-seo classmate. One day, during free time, some new first-year students were harassed by seniors in different classes. Yu-chen steps in to stop the seniors but the seniors continue harassing and touching the girls who get cornered by them. Until, an minute, Han Joon-Seo along with his friends showed up to stop the seniors from harassing other students. Joonseo steps in to defend the girls and Yu-Chen, then Han A-ra shouts and calls some teachers nearby to scare the seniors. But, luckily the seniors ran away after some of the teachers appeared and got punished. The first years immediately thanked them and left after the accident. After what happened, Joonseo and Yu-Chen decided to walk the girls home just for their safety. But, unexpectedly joonseo and Yu-Chen’s chemistry starts to bloom just like a flower. After that, they've been close to each other, and even one of their friends noticed how close they were but they immediately denied that they were dating. But when they get close to each other, the spark between them starts to get obvious to their friends and classmates, and they're starting to think that they're dating.

But after closing the bond, their friendship turns into a slow-burning romance. Whenever they bond their hearts start pounding Crazy. Until the day has come, Joonseo finally started feeling towards Yu-chen even though he thinks that it is crazy to fall for someone but it's a boy. After some preparation and some Denial questions from their friends, Joonseo decided to tell his feelings for Yu-chen, but when he confessed, something unexpected happened, Yu-chen also had Feelings for Joonseo. They're New moments as a newlywed couple starting to get shocked by their friends and classmates. But, their relationships start to feel like they started to treasure the moments and stay by their side forever."

...A quiet morning makes everyone get ready for another Day to release some energy, My name is Han Joon-seo, a second-year student in Seishin International High School. The new semester has now begun. “So sleepy…” Thought Himself. Joon-seo walks off to school for another day of his high school days as a second-year student. He arrived at the school and Joon-seo walked inside the school with a sleepy expression. And he suddenly passed by a familiar face, “Oh!—Aria—!” The girl turned and said “Ah, Joonseo—!, it's been a while.” This is Han A-ra, she is a second-year student, but in a different class. His class is 2-4. We've been friends since our first year in high school. My first friend was when we enrolled in the same high school. She is observant, playful, sharp-tongued but she is really caring sometimes, especially when she is with His friends. Everyone spread rumors about us because our last names were similar, everyone thought we were related. Which is not....

...I have two older siblings and I'm the youngest of my family, and A-ra is also the youngest of their family, I think she had two older siblings. When we said that we're not related, they continued whispering about us in our back everytime When we passed by in the hallway or accidentally found each other in the same place but we are just best friends. She is my first Friend when we were first years Until now, but the others think that we are twins. which is it made us an Idea to stop spreading rumors about us. We've pretended that we were twins or siblings in school But when we're alone with our friends We've like a cat and dog argues each other. But that's not matter, at least, we are just best Friends and never step back from our own dreams. “It's been a while! Little sis!—” Joonseo Patting A-ra, and A-ra replied “Okay, okay, stop patting me” “What are you doing on the first Day of our second year level?” Joon-seo asked, and A-ra Replied “Well, some new Students appears so we need to clean up!—” She punched gently and Joonseo replied “Haha, okay, okay. Sorry, Aria” A-ra replied “you still call me like that?” “What? It looks easy to say, right? Little sis?~” Joonseo teases A-ra [joonseo Made A nickname just for A-ra because he struggles to say his name so he made a nickname just for him; A-ra → Aria, an easy and simple nickname to shout his name every Time they need A-ra. ]...

...“Would you guys not block the hallway? Some students want to go through, you know” A-ra & Joonseo steps In side and Joonseo replied “It's been a while, Joon-Hyuk, how's vacation the past few weeks?” “nothings changed, And Good to see you again, Joonseo” Joon-Hyuk smiled and someone called by at the end of the hallway....

...“Aria—! There you are!” “Oh, Seo-ji, it's been a long time, why are you running?” Joonseo Asked And...

...Seo-ji Replied “Ah, it's been a while, Joon-Seo”...

...“Yeah, by the way.. why are you running?” Joonseo asked A-ra replied “Oh, I need to go, see ya!—”...

...“Oh, sure.. where is she going?” Joonseo ask and Joon-Hyuk replied “She's been busy as the new captain of their club which is volleyball,” Joonseo replied “Oh, I see…” Seo-ji looked at his watch and said “Oh, no. Need to go, see ya later, both of you”...

...Joonseo replied “yeah, see ya” “I'm also Need to go too, see ya around” Joon-Hyuk said and Walk away, Joonseo replied “it seem they really are enjoying a new day on this semester, well, need to go to the classroom” Joonseo walking and went to his new classroom, meanwhile, his friends; A-ra was busy practicing volleyball with new members of his team, Then Seo-ji also helping on the Library Committee along with His boyfriend, Kang Hyun-woo, then Joon-Hyuk chatting With his other friends in the classroom. Joonseo walked and looked around sensing that this was the new journey but they were in separate lives and personalities established. Meanwhile, in the gym, “Oh, thanks for caring a lot of this,” Min-ah said, and the guy replied “No worries, Mina. I've got this” Yu-chen smiled so brightly while carrying heavy things. After carrying all the boxes, he went to the courtyard to help the Younger students. Their new journey of them is begun, but their friendship is still the same but another panel that changes their High school life. Especially, Joon-Seo....

★…TO BE CONTINUED…♥︎

...“Joonseo!—” Joonseo turned around and said “Oh, Mina, Seori” “are you not really coming with us to lunch together?” Seo-Rin asked, Joonseo replied “Nope, I'm good, go and enjoy your Lunch, see ya later” “See ya, then. Let's go. Seori” Mina said, Seori also followed, and then, “Oh, there you are, Yu-chen!” “Oh, what's up?” Yu-chen Said, while approaching his friends. “Look at this” Then Yu-chen replied “Better rip off that video, disgusting…” Yu-chen was furious after he noticed that one of his classmates was watching something weird that made him puke. “Yu-chen is really something sometimes, right? He even teaches those jerks a lesson because they are watching, you know what I mean—” Said of Joon-seo's classmate boys. Meanwhile, Joonseo replied “I don't know what you mean..” His Friends were shocked and said “Seriously, dude!??” Joon-seo was confused, meanwhile, Yu-chen noticed Joon-seo and his friends having fun, and he left the classroom. Joonseo noticed him and thought to himself “Where is he going this time?..” “What are you looking at, Joonseo?” His classmates were confused and Joonseo said “I'll be back, text me if the teacher is coming”...

...“Bro, it's lunch time yet, and remember we have no class after lunch—!” Said of his classmate, and the other classmate replied “Where is he going by the way?” “Who knows..” his classmate said. ...

...Meanwhile, Yu-chen is walking in the hallway and says, “Oh, I forgot to buy some food for my lunch” Yu-chen goes inside the cafeteria, and Joonseo isn't hiding behind Yu-chen and thought Himself “Why do I need to follow this guy…!? What's up with me?!..” ...

...While he argued to himself, Yu-chen came out after buying his lunch food from the cafeteria and Joonseo noticed and decided to follow him. ...

...While Yu-chen enjoys his food, he doesn't know that Joonseo was following him from behind. ...

...Suddenly, Someone spoke from the end of their school wall, “Come on, just one, ladies~” said one of the seniors and the first years replied “No, we have no time to do that, so go away—!” “Oh, we are not done yet, let's continue and enjoy the show—!” ...

...Before the seniors ripped the three girls' uniforms, Yu-chen rushed in and said “Hey—!” The Seniors were stunned to see Yu-chen and Yu-chen Replied “The heck are you guys doing to them… you guys have no respect for the woman, perverts..” The senior replied “Huh!? What the heck are you, huh!?” “Can you just leave us alone and never talk about this to others, okay? Would you—” Yu-chen punched one of the seniors and the others were stunned and he said “I don't want that thing, go to hell.” His words and his expression make the three girls suddenly feel nervous and scared. Yu-chen noticed them and said “Come on, don't worry, I won't harm you three, just like what we did to you, come on, it's okay—” before He finished His words suddenly some of senior and the leader of the gang punch yu-chen So hard and went fly to the wall. The three girls suddenly asked him “Hey—” “Are you okay!?—” “Oh! Don't worry! He is going to be fine, let's continue what we are doing just now—” Suddenly someone punched the leader from behind and it was Joon-seo. Yu-chen finally woke from consciousness after getting punched by the leader. Joonseo replied “Would you stop harassing them.. you guys really have no respect for the people who are having a peaceful day with their friends.., you guys are really perverts,” Yu-chen was surprised and said “J-Joonseo..!?”...

...“You know him..!?” the girl said, and the senior replied “Let's just finish these two before these ladies run away..” “You're right..! Be ready—” “there you are, joonseo—!” A-ra shouts from afar. ...

...Joonseo was surprised and said “Aria!? The heck are you doing here!? You should not go here, it's dangerous—” “Oh? You know this cutie? Wanna join us, little girl?” Before one of the seniors approached A-ra, Joon-Seo punched directly and the guy went through the wall and Joon-Seo said “Don't you dare touch my little sister.. You Pervert..” “ouch.. You have something, huh, finish him And I will go this guy..” Before they continued their fights, Hyun-woo replied “Hey!!—” all of them were surprised and Seo-ji Replied “This is a school not a club or something to get harassed. Any innocent Girls in this school, hyung-nim" "you guys are our hyungunim But you guys are really into the girls who were having a peaceful time with their Friends.. What kind of hyungs are you?” Rui-chi said, “Then you guys should respect us—!” The senior shouted and Joon-Hyuk replied ‘respect? What are you doing for our new students in their first year? That's not the respect that we told our teachers in class, right..?” Then suddenly some of the people in the cafeteria heard something and called the bodyguard, and later the bodyguard arrived and the seniors were also thrilled to see that they were trapped. And later, after the accident, the girls thanked them so much and Yu-chen replied “Which class were you in?” “1-3, hyung-nim Uh, thanks again” They bowed to A-ra, Seo-ji, Hyun-woo, Joon-Hyuk, and Rui-chi and A-ra replied “Oh, you're welcome, you girls should be more careful, okay” “You are scaring them, Aria..” Joonseo said with an annoyed face, “Uh.. are you both siblings?” Seo-ji, Hyun-woo, and Rui-chi started to laugh quietly and Yu-chen replied “Are you guys?” A-ra replied “Well—” Joonseo patted A-ra and said “Yup, we are!” “Joonseo, Yu-chen, you guys also come to the nursing office—” Rui-chi replied “Oh, Jian-hao, how are the seniors in the principal's office? Any updates? What are their consequences?” Jian-hao replied “I heard that they are going to expel this school” “damn.. they deserve that” Seo-ji said, then, Yu-chen, Joon-Seo, Joon-hyuk, hyun-woo & Rui-chi nodded. “A-anyway, thanks for the help again, you and him get bruises because of us..” The girl suddenly blames the seniors' fault because Joon-Seo and Yu-Chen get bruises because of the seniors' actions. Then A-ra held his hand and said “It's not your fault, and of course not you three are doing a simple day, and they just ruined it, but don't say that you girls are also guilty about it. Don't worry, and you three are doing a good thing, and they? They are going to hell, so, no one's fault here, okay?” His words made the girls happy again and they thanked him again “You have a really nice and sweet little sister, hyung-nim” said Joonseo, and Joon-Seo replied “Of course! She is the best right!? Aria!?” “..don't used that face.. joonseo..” Jian-hao thought of himself and yu-chen replied “Are those Two really are siblings?..” Jian-hao replied “uh, no.. they just pretending because of the spread Rumors about them That they were siblings or twins which is not.” Yu-chen was surprised, then the three Girls replied “thank you very much, again” A-ra replied “no problem, be careful!” “Alright, since They are gone, both of you should go to nursing office to heal those bruises You guys get.” Joon-Hyuk said And Hyun-woo replied “also, we heading to our class, let's go” A-ra replied “hey, yu-chen, joonseo don't forget to walk them home later,” Yu-chen replied “Oh, we will” Jian-hao replied “okay, then, you both should go now, Ms. Kim is furious because they heard that both of his students are getting into a fight” Joonseo replied “yeah, Yeah. Thanks, ian” Jian-hao went to his classroom for the last class, and Joonseo & Yu-chen went to the nursing office for first aid for their bruises. When they arrived, Ms. Kim suddenly yelled at them, and taught a lesson, and tell That they never do it again. After, an hour later, they'll both be resting in the nursing office after Ms. Kim gets their first aid. The silence makes both uncomfortable because this is the first time hanging out with just the two of them without their friends in the classroom. Yu-chen looked at Joonseo, who was resting peacefully. After what happened, Joon-Seo noticed his glare And yu-chen suddenly startled and Joon-seo replied “what? Is there something in my face?” he asked and yu-chen replied “N-nothing.. uh..” Joonseo replied “what is it? Spilled it out” “when did you get there so easily, joonseo?” Yu-chen asked and Joonseo were surprised what he said because he can't Say that he stalking him and follow him and end up There in same Place, joonseo suddenly sweaty and said “well.. I also passed by and I noticed you argued with them.. so.. yeah, that's it” Yu-chen got annoyed and said “I think that was a lie..” Joonseo was thrilled and said “what?— that Is true—!” yu-chen suspected joonseo even more and more, meanwhile, joonseo was so nervous and didn't know what to say. Their first conversation with each other makes them start to get close to each other even though they never did when they were First years. The atmosphere between them makes the first spark and admiration for each other for the first time in their life....

★…TO BE CONTINUED…♥︎