You and Hongjoong grew up side by side, the kind of childhood best friends who were impossible to separate. From school lunches to late-night dreams about the future, he was always the person you ran to—and you were always the person cheering him on. But when he left to train and eventually debut as the leader of ATEEZ, life pulled the two of you in different directions, and the easy closeness you once had slowly faded into years of distance.