THE BIRTHDAY DEBT

Seventeen-year-old Phuwin was done playing the "younger brother," so he manipulated the stars to ensure Pond Naravit was the only one standing across from him in his next series. What started as a calculated crush quickly spiraled into an agonizing, off-camera fever that neither could suppress during their late-night rehearsals. In the shadows of a locked dressing room, the friction of months finally ignited, but just as Pond was about to lose himself in the boy he'd grown to crave, the harsh reality of Phuwin's age forced a trembling halt. Now, trapped in a year-long countdown of lingering touches and suffocating restraint, they are both waiting for one thing: a midnight birthday that turns a forbidden hunger into an inevitable reality.