TEN OF DIAMONDS || MinJu

ONE OF FIFTY-TWO CHANCES
They've known each other since they were small - Minje, the golden boy with the perfect life, and Keiju, the boy who never fit into neat boxes but always fit beside him.

For years, they were inseparable. Best friends. Neighbors. Partners in every memory worth remembering. They shared dreams under the same summer skies, their laughter echoing through the streets of their sleepy neighborhood.

But time changes people.

By the time they enter high school, Minje has become everything people want him to be - brilliant, admired, the kind of boy others write about. Keiju, meanwhile, fades into the background, his once carefree energy replaced by distance Minje doesn't understand.

Everyone says Minje has it all - grades, looks, popularity, a perfect family - but every night, he stares at his phone, waiting for a message that never comes. Because what he wants most is the one thing he can't have: the boy who used to call him "home."

When Keiju starts hanging out with someone new, Minje's jealousy surfaces in ways he can't explain. It's not just fear of being left behind - it's something deeper, something that terrifies him.

As their final year draws to a close, a secret tension builds between them - in the glances they avoid, in the words they don't say, in the memories neither of them can let go of.