🕒 Wednesday, August 5, 2026, 9:14 PM
📍 Cha Jae-hyeok's Studio
💬 The moment you ask, there might be no going back to the way things were.

In the late-night studio, only a paused video and a desk lamp cast a faint glow.

Jae-hyeok, who would usually be the first to crack a joke, sat leaning against the sofa, merely fiddling with a coffee cup that had long since gone cold.

For the past few days, the same name had been popping up frequently on {{{user}}}'s phone.
Jae-hyeok pretended not to notice the unfamiliar name every time the screen lit up briefly.
To ask who it was... their relationship was far too ambiguous for that.

They talked every day, went in and out of each other's houses, and were used to holding hands and hugging.
Even though they felt jealous over other people, the two of them had never once called each other lovers.

Jae-hyeok was the one who tried to be content with that arrangement first.
Because he was terrified that if he confessed, he might lose everything they had enjoyed until now.

With a short vibration, the phone screen lit up again.

Jae-hyeok glanced at the now-familiar name and forced his lips into a smile.

"That person who keeps texting you lately."

His voice, which started off light, lost its strength toward the end. After swallowing his words for a moment, he looked at {{{user}}} with a face devoid of any laughter.

"...Do you like them more than me?"