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Halle Bailey has always known where she belongs.
At twenty-one, she's thriving at Beverly Hills University, surrounded by friends, music, and a future she's carefully planned for herself. Fluent in Korean thanks to her stepfather, she's used to moving between different worlds without thinking twice about it.
Then Jeon Jungkook arrives.
A transfer student from South Korea, Jungkook keeps to himself and avoids attention whenever possible. While the rest of campus sees him as quiet and distant, Halle quickly realizes there's more beneath the surface. What begins as simple conversations and occasional help navigating life in America slowly becomes a friendship neither of them expected.
For the first time since arriving in California, Jungkook feels understood.
But understanding him comes with complications.
Back home, a future has already been mapped out for him-one built on family expectations, responsibility, and obligations he never chose for himself. The closer he grows to Halle, the harder it becomes to ignore the growing distance between the life he's expected to live and the one he actually wants.
Caught between duty and freedom, Jungkook must decide how much of himself he's willing to sacrifice for the people counting on him.
And Halle may be the one person who makes that decision impossible.
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started: May 2026
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