.. Seonjin..

*Seoul... a city some call the ideal city because they don't see its poor side. Most of those who say that live in high-rise buildings, completely isolated from the poor neighborhoods in the streets. Life was much harder when you be a poor.

Hyunjin,(you) is a girl who lives in the Seok-keun neighborhood of Seoul

From your childhood, you opened your eyes to a world without a father or mother, only your grandmother, your father's mother. You didn't live in a palace or villa, but just a house more like a chicken coop, except that it had a nearly collapsing roof and peeling paint on the walls. It consisted only of a living room, a kitchen, and a bathroom, and you and your grandmother used to sleep in the living room.

The situation may seem dire, but it's better than for the rest of the people in the Seok-Kun neighborhood. Some live in tents, and some have built their own dilapidated homes due to the lack of materials, cement, and even construction workers.

It's true that it was an unlivable environment, but somehow you came into this world and you have to live with the situation.

Once you started high school, which cost a huge amount of money for you and your grandmother, and which also required more than 40 minutes of walking to reach, you were somehow satisfied that at least you were learning and not illiterate.

On your first day, you felt excited to wear your school uniform because, for the first time, you would be wearing something different from your usual clothes, which are all you own. Also, the idea of everyone wearing the uniform at school gave you a glimmer of hope and comfort because you wouldn't hear anyone asking why you were wearing the same thing every day.

But despite the temporary relief, you were not spared from bullying... You experienced bullying in all its forms: electronic, verbal, physical, and emotional.

Instead of being a place of comfort, school was hell. Every day you'd come home with dusty clothes, hair smelling of orange juice, a face full of scratches, and an arm with cutter marks.

Then one day, as you were walking home from school, you felt someone behind you put their hand on your shoulder. You trembled and moved quickly, thinking it was the girl who had spilled her juice on your face, but then you saw a familiar face... Samu... He's from the same neighborhood as you, but his situation is a little better; his house isn't dilapidated, but he's an orphan, after all.

He looked at you with a bright, sympathetic smile and said

"Wow, take it easy, Hyunjin. What happened to you? Did you fall off a cliff or something?"

He took his bag off his back, took out what looked like a box of tissues, and placed it in your hand

"Here, your face looks like a map."

You hesitated to take it, thinking it was a prank, especially since Yamo is popular at school and his friends might be hiding somewhere to laugh at the situation. You thought Samu was playing a trick and would snatch the tissue before you could take it. But then, while you hesitated, he took the initiative himself, pulled a tissue from the box, and gently began wiping your face.

Time froze in your mind for a few seconds. Was he serious, or was it just a prank, with the tissue wet with something dirty but smelling fresh and clean?

As Sam finished and withdrew his hand, he remained standing for a second, then said

"What is the cause of the wounds?"

His voice was sympathetic but carried a hint of readiness that left no room for non-response.

she replied cautiously, "It's.. Koharu."

He thought for a few seconds, muttering a curse under his breath, then in seconds he gestured with his hand as if to say goodbye, and then he left. It was a strange departure, but you didn't pay it any mind and continued your walk home.

When you returned, you entered the house as usual and found you're grandmother weren't there. "Of course," you muttered to yourself, knowing where your grandmother was; she was at the market selling her crocheted scarves, and if she were gone for a day, you wouldn't have anything to eat.

As the day passed and you were busy cleaning, you went to sleep without dinner.

But sleep wasn't a refuge of rest; you dreamt of everything your mother and father had lost, and the bullying at your school. But a bright light interrupted your dreams; morning had arrived.

You got ready and went on your long journey, but to your surprise, Koharu wasn't at the gate to mock you as she did every day.

As soon as you entered, you found Koharu in line with a frown on her face and some scratches, and Samu in the boys' line also had some scratches.

you felt some satisfaction knowing that Koharu wouldn't bother you anytime soon, but also some pity for Samu because his injuries were probably caused by Koharu's friends after they found out about the fight.

As the doorbell rang and you were on your way home, you found Sam behind you, and then suddenly he patted you spontaneously on the shoulder.

"Hey, Hyunji!"

Someone might have called you Hyungie as a nickname, but this is the first time someone has called you by a nickname.

But instead of greeting you and leaving, he kept walking with you, trying to start any conversation by asking random questions like, "Do you dream of leaving our neighborhood when you grow up?" and "What is your dream field of study?"

Upon your arrival, he bid you farewell and left, without mentioning anything about Koharu. And things have remained the same ever since After school, he walks back with you to the neighborhood and then goes home. .

As the days passed, you noticed a change in your grandmother; she became more and more tired with the slightest exertion. You decided to take her to the doctor, but you didn't have any money. Finally, you decided to use your daily allowance. You went to the kitchen at night, opened the cupboard, took out the money, and went to where your grandmother was sleeping. You tried to wake her to tell her about your decision, but she didn't wake up.

your mind was spinning, deeply dizzy from a lack of comprehension.

"나의 할머니?...나의 할머니 ! "

Tears welled up in your eyes before you even realized it; a feeling of shock, pain, and distress all at once.

(Years have passed since that incident.)

And while you were working after school as a waitress, one day, as you were returning home from high school to put down your bag, Samu suddenly stopped you.

"Hyunjin.. "

He called you by your first name, without a title, so this is serious. You turned to find Samu on his knees, holding a velvet box in his hands. Suddenly, the box opened to reveal a diamond ring engraved with the letter H, the first letter of your name.

"Do you agree to marry me? "

Without hesitation or second thought, "Yes, I accept."*

*After you accepted, you realized that you would be living in a house outside the neighborhood, that there would be no wedding ceremony, and other things... but the Love is blind.

(After a few years of your marriage)

The situation now is that you both work. You work from dawn in a flower shop, in the afternoon at a restaurant, and at night at the pharmacy—from 4 AM to midnight. You also have to prepare breakfast for Samu before you leave because he'll eat it before going to work, where he also works at his own company Full-time. Why are you doing all this? Because Samu borrowed 300,000 yen in your name, and instead of saving it, he gambled it away and lost it all.*

And his love, which used to make everything easier, dwindled and dissipated like mist with the arrival of the sun

*And also, every time you slept, you had that dream where you returned from work and found a woman's shoe outside your apartment.

One day, you left at dawn for your job at a flower shop and saw your colleague Roka looking excitedly towards the door.

You asked her*

"Is there anything?"

She replied,

*"Today the rose man will come."

"The rose man?," she asked in surprise*.

*Roka replied, "Is it possible that you don't know him?! He's a man who only comes on the days you work and delivers his order to you, and every day he asks for the same thing. I doubt he even wants the roses; maybe he just wants to see you... Also, he's very handsome!."

"Perhaps you're mistaken",you anser Roka*

Then a handsome-looking man entered. He was the one they were looking for (his name was Son-Ji-Woo or sungin).The man was wearing an expensive coat and clothes, unlike Hyunjin who wore the same clothes every day.

*Ruka excitedly went towards him to take his order, but he ignored her and went to erase Hyunjin

Speak in a deep voice

"I'd like a bouquet of red roses "

Hyunjin went and prepared his order, while Sun's eyes never left her, taking in her every move with clear anticipation.*

As the man took the order and left, Roka excitedly said to Hyunjin, "Girl, he definitely likes you. Did you see how he ignored me and looked at you?"

*you ignored her

(Meanwhile, with the man of the rose / Son)

Sungin left the shop and got into his car. The driver drove through the streets to a lavishly designed villa. Sun got out, entered, and threw roses onto the table next to many other bouquets. He had been going to see Hyunjin and using the roses as an excuse, but it wasn't difficult given the wealth of the son of Seoul's biggest mafia boss*

Meanwhile, Hyunjin finished her shift at the flower shop and headed out to her shift at the restaurant.

*While she was working at the restaurant, one of the men accidentally got drunk on wine.

As Hyunjin walked past him, he called out to her, "Waitress!"*

*She looked at him and knew from his expression that he was drunk, at which point the man said, "Pour me some wine."

His friend, sitting across from him, knew he was drunk, so he said, "Wait, Dolf, I'll pour you some."*

The drunk man said, "No, she's the one who will pour for me."

Hyunjin sighed, knowing there was no way around it and she had to do it to prevent the problem from escalating. So she grabbed the bottle and poured into the cup. While doing so, the man's gaze darted towards her with obvious hostility. When Hyunjin finished, she quickly moved away before the situation worsened.

*After the man finished his meal and left, Hyunjin heard his screams coming from the back alley. She went out the back door of the restaurant to find the man lay on the ground, his entrails brutally torn out, blood splattered around him like a red stain. .(The perpetrator is Sungin But Hyunjin has no idea.)

*After finishing her shift at the restaurant, Hyunjin went to the pharmacy as the sun set.

While she was working, the rose man, Seonjin, entered the pharmacy, chose a burn ointment, and went to pay for it, while Hyunjin put the ointment into a bag. Seonjin watched her expectantly and with a hint of mystery.*

He broke the silence, his smile revealing a hint of malice, and said, "Miss Hyunjin, I don't know how to use it."

Hyunjin thought in surprise, A grown man who doesn't know how to apply burn ointment But she remained silent and looked on as he continued, "So show me how."

She was slightly surprised, but she removed the cover while thinking... It wouldn't be so strange if he were a child or someone with disabilities or something like that, but the sparkle in his eyes ignited a hint of amusement whenever he looked at me... I wonder what's wrong with this man

As Hyunjin applied some ointment to her finger, he grabbed her hand and placed it against his face (on his cheek), even though his face was unburned and his intentions were clear. Hyunjin pulled her hand away, still processing his disturbing behavior. He smiled in a way that seemed normal from the outside, but up close, it was more frightening than anything else. Hyunjin closed the container, put it in the bag, and handed it to Seonjin. He left.

When Seungjin came out, he headed towards the luxury car, got in, and the driver headed towards the same villa. Seungjin got out of the car, went inside, and threw the ointment near the roses. The common thread is that all of this was an excuse for him to see Hyunjin every day.

As she left the pharmacy, she found it was raining heavily. She opened her umbrella, knowing it was already broken because she had left the working one with her husband, Samu. When she opened it, she found it was completely destroyed, even more so than she remembered. She thought, "Should I call Samu to pick me up? He'll definitely refuse." But as she was thinking, someone placed their umbrella over her. It was Seonjin.

She looked at him in surprise, wondering why he was still there. But before she could speak, he interrupted her, saying

"It seems the rain will continue until dawn. Why don't I give you a ride? Where do you live?" But before Hyunjin could answer, a car sped past, and Seungjin pushed Hyunjin against the nearby wall to protect her from the water splashed by the passing car.

"W-why are you doing all this?"Hyunjin said

" So then why don't we become friends?"Seonjin spoke, his voice carrying hidden intentions.

As Seonjin reluctantly moved away from her, he took her phone, which didn't have a password, wrote something on it, returned it to her, and left silently with a sinister smile.He left his umbrella for her and got into his car, which was parked nearby.

Hyunjin looked and saw that he had written his number on her phone, but did he really want to be friends with her, or was it out of pity?

Meanwhile, at work, Samu was having dinner with the rest of the team, including the manager. The manager forced Samu's colleague, Ari, to drink more wine. She stared at the full glass, already quite drunk.

Samu noticed this and replaced his nearly empty cup with her full one. At that moment, Ari's stomach fluttered with butterflies from Samu's kindness—a kindness she had never seen in anyone else, but it was the same kindness he had shown Hyunjin at the beginning of their relationship, though she didn't know it.

As dinner ended, Ari was very drunk and walked sleepily towards Samu, saying While she hugged him in a drunken stupor

"I love you, Samu... Please, will you take me to your house? I'm afraid of the dark, and night has fallen."

*And... they ended up at Sammo and Hyunjin's shared house, Sammo and Ari in each other's arms. *

*As Hyunjin moved towards the house and stood in front of the door, she saw Samo standing there with another red shoe beside him. Her nightmare had come true. Hyunjin entered, hoping it wasn't real, until she heard laughter coming from the bedroom. She went in to find Samo and his office partner, Ari, covered with a blanket and naked.

Samo's expression froze as soon as he saw Hyunjin and he just said, "Wh-What? Why did you come back so early?"*

*"honey , who is this?" Ari said beside him, pulling the blanket over herself to cover her nakedness.

Meanwhile , Seonjin watched the situation from afar with a satisfied smile He knew this would happen because he'd seen Samu walking with Ari and knew Samu was a fool and that Hyunjin would distance herself from that bastard sooner or later, and he'd already become obsessed with Hyunjin. So it would be perfect for him*