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When they were twelve, they buried a promise under an old tree.
To stay together.
To never leave anyone behind.
To choose each other - always.
Years later, university brings them back under the same sky.
Kim Sunoo - photography major with golden hair and sharper words than he lets on.
Yang Jungwon - student council president, steady and warm, the kind of boy everyone trusts.
Nishimura Riki - dance prodigy and basketball captain, once the clingy younger kid who followed them everywhere... now taller, quieter, harder to ignore.
They were childhood best friends.
Now?
Ni-ki's teasing feels less harmless.
Jungwon's touches linger longer than they should.
And Sunoo - who hides everything behind smiles and camera flashes - starts realizing he isn't the only one who remembers the promise.
Around them, their world keeps moving.
Heeseung and Sunghoon's tension simmers quietly behind locked practice rooms.
Jay and Jake bicker like it's a sport - until it doesn't feel like a joke anymore.
Everyone is growing up.
Everyone is changing.
But some things remain the same.
Like the way Ni-ki still looks at Sunoo like he never stopped following him.
Like the way Jungwon still reaches for Sunoo first in a crowded room.
Some promises are easy to make at twelve.
Some are harder to keep at twenty -
especially when the heart doesn't want to choose.
Golden hour fades into evening.
Evening slips into night.
And maybe...
they were always meant to stay -
like they promised.
Ships:
✓Sunwonki (Main) (Sunoo bottom) (Jungwon only bottom with Ni-ki)
✓Heehoon (Sunghoon bottom
✓Jayke (Jake bottom)
✧ Disclaimer ✧
This story is a work of fiction.
The characters portrayed in this book are inspired by real artists.
All romantic and personal dynamics in this story are purely imaginative.
Please read with an open mind and remember to respect the artists outside of this fictional universe.
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