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They met when they were too young to understand what forever meant.
Two little boys in Busan - always covered in scraped knees, dirt on their shoes, and laughter that carried through neighborhoods long after the streetlights turned on. Hyunjin and Jeongin were inseparable. Sleepovers that lasted entire weekends. Playground races that ended with breathless giggles. Summers spent sprawled across backyard grass, talking about dreams too big for children to hold.
Where one went, the other followed.
Until one day, everything changed.
Hyunjin's family struck success faster than anyone expected. His parents became wealthy, their lives suddenly too large for the quiet streets of Busan. Seoul called for bigger opportunities, bigger futures - and Hyunjin had no choice but to leave them all behind.
Especially Jeongin.
Promises to stay in touch slowly faded into silence, and the distance between Busan and Seoul became something heavier than miles. Jeongin tried pretending it didn't hurt. Hyunjin tried pretending he could move on.
Neither of them ever really did.
Years later, Hwang Hyunjin stands at the top of his father's company - cold headlines calling him a young CEO, successful beyond measure. But beneath the expensive suits and polished smiles is the same boy who once sat beside Jeongin on rusted playground swings.
And when fate pulls them back together after years apart, Hyunjin realizes something terrifying.
The ache he carried all these years was never just friendship.
Because seeing Yang Jeongin again doesn't feel like finding an old memory.
It feels like coming home.