Off the Record || Nomin

Lee Jeno is a masterpiece of precision. As the captain of the archery team and a top-tier student, his life is a series of hit bullseyes and perfect scores. But when a sudden slump in Art History threatens his eligibility, his carefully curated world begins to fray at the edges. Enter Na Jaemin, the school's most elusive photographer, a boy who views the world through a lens of beautiful chaos and has a reputation for skipping more classes than he attends.

Forced together by a mandatory tutoring arrangement, the two couldn't be more different. Jeno wants a syllabus and a schedule; Jaemin wants Jeno to stop looking at the world as a series of facts and start feeling the "why" behind the art.

​What starts as a tense exchange of study guides and sarcastic remarks slowly shifts into something deeper during late-night sessions in the school's darkroom. Under the glow of the red light, the masks they wear for the rest of the world begin to slip. Jeno discovers the vulnerability Jaemin hides behind his wit, and Jaemin finds the boy behind the "model student" facade who just wants permission to fail.

As the school year winds down and the pressure of the Winter Arts Festival looms, they must decide if their connection is just a temporary development or a permanent fixture in their lives. In a world that demands perfection, they might just find that the best moments are the ones that happen off the record.