VOLUME 1; "First Encounters, Hidden hearts"

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."

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