KurooT10
Jingjing Yu is the bright, effortlessly beautiful center of the universe, and Janhae is the titanium wall built to protect her.
For over a decade, Jan has flawlessly played the role of the fiercely protective best friend. She chases away suitors, happily surrenders her oversized jackets, and endures the absolute agony of Jingjing's aggressive, tactile affection. To Jingjing, Jan is her ultimate platonic safe space. To Jan, it is a daily, exquisite torture she willingly suffers just to keep the girl she loves within arm's reach.
But when a panicked excuse in high school accidentally traps them in a fake dating charade, their strictly platonic boundaries completely shatter.
What starts as a teenage shield quickly evolves into a dangerous, unspoken dynamic that spans their university years. Jingjing is still oblivious while Jan quietly bleeds out, terrified that crossing the line will cost her everything.
Then, adulthood brings literal distance. Jingjing leaves for Paris, and Jan stays behind, channeling a lifetime of yearning into her camera lens to become a world-wide photographer. But when Jingjing finally returns to Bangkok, the old, devastating proximity immediately reignites. After years of mastering the art of pretending, the excuses have finally run out, and the titanium wall is about to break.