suncediac
I don't care how many millions of people love your face. To me, you're just a hazard."
Kim Maeum has a "Visual Allergy." In a world obsessed with skincare routines and idol-tier aesthetics, she prefers things-and people-a little rough around the edges. To her, "pretty boys" are nothing but trouble: arrogant, high-maintenance, and fake. She's spent her entire high school career successfully avoiding the spotlight, tucked away in the dusty corners of the library or the back of the gym.
But her peaceful, "ugly" world is shattered when she stumbles upon a boy hiding in the school's old equipment shed.
He's not just any boy. He's Kim Younghoon-the nation's "Visual Center" and a member of the global sensation THE BOYZ.
Maeum wants nothing to do with him. She doesn't want his autograph, she doesn't want a selfie, and she definitely doesn't want to be his "secret friend." But as their paths continue to cross, Maeum realizes that behind the airbrushed skin and the blinding stage lights is a boy who is clumsy, soft-spoken, and heartbreakingly lonely.
Now, Maeum is facing her biggest challenge yet: How do you keep your heart guarded when the most beautiful boy in the country won't stop being so... kind?
Wait," Younghoon whispered, his fingers brushing against her sleeve in the dark. "Don't go yet. You're the only one who looks at me and actually sees... me."