Before My Heart Stops

Kim Seungmin was born with a heart that was never meant to last.

A weak pulse. A ticking clock in his chest. Doctors say he's careful. His friends say he's strong. Seungmin just calls it surviving.

At school, he keeps his world small - Jisung, Jeongin, Felix - the only people who know that every laugh, every sprint down the hallway, every flutter in his chest could be too much.

And then there's Bang Chan.

Cold. Cruel. Untouchable.

Chan bullies to protect himself - because in a world that would tear him apart if it knew the truth, he can't afford to look weak. No one knows that behind his sharp smiles and bruising words, he's hiding something inhuman. Something with fangs. Something with claws.

When a month-long school project forces them together, Seungmin begins to see the cracks in Chan's armor. And Chan begins to hear something he can't ignore - the fragile, uneven rhythm of Seungmin's heart.

But there's a cruel twist.

The more Seungmin falls in love with Chan,
the faster his heart beats.

And his heart was never built for this.

With only weeks left to live and a secret that could destroy them both, Seungmin must decide:
Is love worth dying for?

And Chan must decide something far more dangerous -

How do you save the boy whose heart is breaking...
when you're the reason it's racing?