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There was something ironic about dreams. People spent years chasing them, believing that reaching the top would answer every question they had ever asked but no one talked about what those dreams could leave behind.
The cheers outside were deafening.Backstage, the halls of the Seoul Music Excellence Awards buzzed with staff, cameras, and idols preparing for the biggest night of the year. Two groups stood at the peak of the industry.
Only One.
Siren.
For years, fans called them rivals. They dominated charts, sold out arenas, and collected awards as if they were second nature. No one knew that before the fame, before the success, Jay of Only One and Han, Siren's main vocalist, had once been in love.
Different companies. Different paths.
One breakup.
Five years of silence.
Jay turned a corner, eyes fixed on his phone, and collided with someone walking out of a storage room.
"I'm sorr-"
The words caught in his throat. The same eyes. The same face he'd spent years trying to forget.
For a long moment, neither of them spoke.
Outside, the crowd chanted their groups' names.
After everything they had sacrificed to reach the top, fate had chosen a backstage hallway for them to meet again.