Seventeen-year-old Jisung knows his time is running out. With a failing heart and only months left to live, he's chosen to spend his final days near the sea-a place he's always dreamed of but never truly known. Alone and abandoned by those who couldn't face his fate, he moves to a quiet coastal town in Jeollanam-do, where the waves are steady and the days pass softly.
Nineteen-year-old Minho, on the other hand, is tired of life. Broken by years of loneliness, rejection, and pain, he drifts through his days with no direction, no hope, and no one left to care. That is, until he notices the boy who shows up at the beach every morning, like clockwork-small, delicate, with sad eyes and a gentle smile that somehow stays warm, despite everything.
Drawn to Jisung's quiet strength, Minho approaches him. What begins as hesitant conversations under salt-tinged skies slowly becomes something more-a friendship neither of them expected, and a love that neither of them thought they deserved.
But time is not on their side. Jisung's heart is failing. Minho's is breaking. And as the days shorten, they must learn how to live fully, even as the end nears.
Young Love By The Sea is a tender, emotional coming-of-age romance about grief, healing, and the unexpected beauty of finding love in life's most fragile moments.
Two years.
That's how long it's been since Jisung vanished without a trace, leaving Minho with nothing but unanswered questions and a hollow ache where his heart used to be. Two years of chasing ghosts, of following every lead to a dead end, of watching his world crumble under the weight of the unknown. No note, no goodbye. Just gone. And with him, he took every ounce of certainty Minho had ever known.
Minho had searched tirelessly, chasing dead ends and whispers, his mind plagued by the unrelenting question: What happened to Jisung? The sleepless nights, the relentless ache in his chest - none of it had dimmed his resolve. He wouldn't stop until he found out the truth, even if that truth was something he wasn't ready to face.
Just when Minho was on the brink of losing hope, his world shattered his carefully constructed life once again and everything he thought he knew. Jisung was never just missing. Something darker, something dangerous was at play.
While his friends moved forward - getting married, chasing dreams, building futures - Minho remained trapped in a reality that refused to let him go. Two years had passed since Jisung vanished, but time had done nothing to heal the wound his disappearance left behind.
Minho's world had stopped the moment Jisung left. Every breath felt heavier, every day blurred into the next, and every attempt to move on was met with the crushing weight of what if? What if Jisung was out there, waiting? What if Minho was the only one who hadn't given up too soon?
He refused to let go of the possibility of finding Jisung. He couldn't. Because in a world that has already moved on, Minho was the only one still willing to chase a ghost.