Before We Knew It Was Love

He loved her first.
She loved him later.
And by the time she was ready-

he had already learned how to let her go.
...
She lived in his house.
He treated her like family.

So when Kim Seokjin confessed his feelings, there was only one answer she could give~

"No."

The first time, it was easy.
The second time, it was confusing.
The third time... it broke something neither of them could fix.

Because loving him meant risking everything:
the family they built, the years they shared, the safety she had always known.

So she chose distance.

And he chose to stop waiting.

But what happens when the one person who was always there... suddenly isn't?
And what do you do when you realize~
you were never protecting yourself from him,
you were protecting yourself from loving him?

A slow-burn story about timing, distance, and a love that waited... until it didn't.