The story follows a tightly connected university friend group whose relationships slowly collapse after hidden feelings, drunken mistakes, jealousy, manipulation, and emotional dependency begin tearing them apart. Duang is known as the emotional center of the group - warm, comforting, dependable. Everyone somehow gravitates toward him. But the deeper everyone falls into each other's lives, the more dangerous their connections become. Qin has loved Duang quietly for years. Jamie wants Duang because he cannot stand not being chosen. Marvis hides loneliness behind charm and hookups. Pae keeps falling for emotionally unavailable people. Tong loves too deeply. Kim wants stability but keeps getting pulled into chaos. What begins as friendship slowly turns into obsession. And by the time they realize they're destroying each other... it's already too late This is a Duang with You characters x Only Friends setup. I won't follow either the scenes; rather, I will make my own. I will just use the names of the characters. The characters aren't mine to claim since I wasn't the one who made them, so rightfully giving credit to them. Disclaimer: This story is pretty toxic and contains a tiny bit of 18+ content, but I won't fully go into the details.

Pae never believed in love. Not that he didn't had someone before but if you'll think about it, if you're confident enough you could pull someone. Flirting is easy, but having feelings are complicated. While his friends chased their own love stories, Pae stayed on the sidelines. Watching, teasing, and supporting from a safe distance. That was, until a simple plan turned into something much bigger than any of them expected. Creating a fake identity named "Cherry" and a harmless lie, a conversation bloomed that was never meant to matter. There was Tong. What started as a game slowly became way to real-Words felt heavier, confessions felt honest, and for the first time, Pae found himself caught in something he couldn't control. Because behind every message... there was a truth he wasn't ready to face. And every beat of his heart is following the rhythm that Tong is trying to chase... When feelings begin with a lie- how do you tell what's real?