A Long Way Home // WHC FF

Yu-Jin Lee has always been good at taking care of people.

His little sister, his responsibilities, the problems nobody else wants to deal with. He's the kind of person who smiles easily, remembers small details, and makes sure everyone else is okay before thinking about himself.

Transferring to Byeoksan High was supposed to be simple. A new school, a shorter commute, and one less thing to worry about.

Then he meets Yeon Si-eun.

Si-eun isn't someone who lets people get close. He's quiet, distant, and impossible to read. Where Yu-Jin fills every silence, Si-eun seems to live inside them.

They shouldn't understand each other.

But somehow, they do.

Between crowded hallways, late afternoons, and everything they refuse to say out loud, two people who have spent years carrying things alone might finally find someone willing to carry them too.