A_Y_Grace11
"Love is like a piece of sweet candy. Everyone has a different definition for it, but the truth is, you can't describe it. You can only feel it."
To her classmates at Hanfield High, seventeen-year-old Si-eun is an invisible ghost. Short, average-looking, and completely silent, she hides in the back row behind a shield of perfect grades. While her teachers leave her alone, her peers dismiss her as a cold, boring robot who only cares about textbooks.
They don't know the truth.
Behind the locked door of her bedroom, Si-eun lives a double life. She is a whirlwind of color and sound-painting her walls with vivid art, writing raw prose at 3:00 AM, and singing soulful melodies to an empty room in dresses too beautiful to ever see the light of day.
Her bedroom is her sanctuary; the outside world is a storm she is terrified to face. Determined to keep her brilliant mind a secret forever, Si-eun must eventually confront her deepest flaw: her crippling fear of being judged.
Enter Jang Seong-ho. From the outside, he looks perfect-kind, humble, and completely put together.
But his heart is full of unanswered questions. He wonders: why can't men cry? Why can't they break down in tears when even a thing as strong as stone can crack under pressure?
What will happen when Si-eun and Seong-ho finally notice each other?
A grounded, deeply moving story about introversion, finding your voice, and learning that the world still has beautiful things waiting for you in the light.
From the Author: This story is an ultra-slow-burn. I hope you beautiful souls enjoy it with patience.