The neon sign outside Dollies & Drinks—DD’s to regulars—buzzed faintly in the rain. Cheap perfume, spilled liquor, and bad decisions clung to the walls. Kang No-eul never imagined ending up somewhere like this, but survival didn’t care about pride.
Na Baekjin never expected to fall in love, let alone with someone like Cheonsa. She’s everything he isn’t—gentle, warm, patient, and effortlessly kind. While most people only see Baekjin as the cold, calculating boy who always seems one step ahead, Cheonsa sees the person behind the mask. She never asks him to change, only to let her stay by his side.
Chiharu Aoyama and Kei Tsukishima had been dating for a few months, and somehow, despite being complete opposites, their relationship worked perfectly.
A year ago, Kang Noeul managed to get her seven-year-old daughter, Songi, out of North Korea. After everything it took to bring her to South Korea, Noeul has been doing everything she can to give her daughter a normal life. But between work and the responsibilities of raising a child alone, she realizes she needs help.
Kang Noeul lives a quiet, isolated life, her world reduced to routine and silence. Then, during a late-night stop at a neighborhood convenience store, she notices the cashier—a young woman named Cheonsa.
Park Gyuyoung is one of South Korea’s most admired actresses — elegant, calm, and constantly booked with dramas, interviews, and brand events. Cheonsa, on the other hand, is the youngest member of the rising K-pop girl group ILLIT, known for her dreamy visuals, soft personality, and magnetic stage presence.
Hyunjin had always been the quiet kid—the one hidden beneath a faded black hoodie, earbuds in, sketchbook tucked under his arm. Teachers called him gifted. Students called him weird. He didn’t care about either. The only thing he cared about was his girlfriend, Cheonsa.
The Seoul Land parking lot was almost empty by the time the evening crowds disappeared. Most of the lights from the amusement park still glowed in the distance, but the employee section was quiet.
Keiji Akaashi and Chiharu Aoyama had been dating for months. Their relationship was quiet and comfortable. Keiji wasn’t the type to constantly say I love you, but Chiharu knew. She saw it in the way he waited for her after class, remembered the smallest things about her, and always made sure she got home safely.
Noeul had been only twenty when she adopted a tiny Australian girl who had somehow ended up in North Korea after both of her parents died overseas. The child barely spoke Korean, cried herself to sleep every night, and clung to Noeul’s sleeve wherever she went. She named her Cheonsa—because she looked like an angel despite the life she’d been thrown into.
Before ATEEZ had debuted, before the stages, the screaming crowds, and the cameras following their every move, there were just a group of exhausted trainees trying to make it through another day.
Hwang Hyunjin had been obsessed with Shin Cheonsa since they were 5th graders. Everyone at school knew it too. The way his sharp eyes softened whenever she walked into class, the way he always held her waist in crowded hallways, the way he got dramatic whenever she ignored him for more than five minutes.
Cheonsa is transferred to a juvenile rehabilitation center after taking the fall for someone else or defending herself. Seongje has already been there long enough to know every blind spot, every guard, and every rule worth breaking. He’s loud, aggravating, and impossible to ignore, while Cheonsa is quiet and emotionally withdrawn. He keeps pestering her simply because she doesn’t react the way everyone else does. Eventually, his constant presence becomes the only thing pulling her out of isolation
In Antiquity, education was a privilege reserved almost exclusively for the wealthy. Noble families rarely bothered to educate their daughters, and rather than teaching their children themselves, they often purchased educated slaves to read, write, and tutor them.
Everyone at school knew Lee Felix—the sunshine of the student body. Friendly, athletic, effortlessly popular, and somehow kind to everyone he met. Teachers adored him, classmates trusted him, and his smile could brighten even the dullest Monday morning.