❝ You think I wanted this to happen? You think I, of all people, wanted to fall in love with you? ❞ Kang Seoyun (you) is a hardworking student with a long-term crush on Park Sunghoon. When Sim Jaeyun (Jake), Daeyang University's cocky star soccer player, begs her to tutor him to save his grades and his spot on the team, he offers to help her get closer to Sunghoon and some experience in return... What starts as a reluctant deal turns into undeniable chemistry, leaving Seoyun torn between the boy she's always wanted and the one she never expected. Enemies to lovers trope.

"𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴? 𝘐 𝘥𝘰. 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬, 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵." Will their love story reach a happy ending, or will it end in tragedy because of the limitations that stand in their way? Will the strength of their hearts be enough to overcome the barriers life has placed before them, or will those very obstacles break them apart? Is love truly powerful enough to defy fate, or are some endings simply written in the stars-beautiful yet bittersweet, destined to remain unfinished? Only time will tell whether their love can endure or if it will be lost to the constraints that even the most passionate hearts cannot escape.

"A Love That Almost Was, but Never Could Be." They were childhood best friends-inseparable, full of laughter, and each other's safe haven. But when they meet again years later, he is distant, cold, as if their past never existed. She tries to understand, to reach out, but the warmth they once shared is gone. As time passes, she finds herself falling for him all over again. But there's a problem-he likes someone else. Yet, deep down, she senses something unspoken, a feeling he refuses to acknowledge. They slowly rebuild their friendship, holding onto the memories of what once was. But not all love stories have happy endings. Some remain as unfinished chapters, beautiful yet incomplete. And maybe, just maybe, they were always meant to be almost.