숲이랑

Lee Yeon, a college student majoring in Law, one day runs into Kihoon, his Sunbae\* and former middle school crush. During a trip they take together at Kihoon’s suggestion, the two unexpectedly find themselves tasked with a bizarre mission: the “Red String of Fate Quest.” “Red String Quest, Round 1: 5 Pecks on the Cheeks!” But as Yeon, who is skeptical about ideas like being “destined for each other,” gets swept up by the folklore surrounding the “Red String of Fate,” their relationship begins to shift in ways neither of them could have anticipated…! \*TL/N: Sunbae is a term for a classmate or coworker who is older than you.

For the past ten years, basketball player Lee An has been secretly in love with his hyung, Gunwoo. He has kept his feelings hidden all this time, but when he suddenly hears the news of Gunwoo's divorce, his heart starts to flutter once again! What's more, Gunwoo asks him to become the promotional model for his company? It's a rare opportunity, so he decides to make his move! “Lately, I— I’ve been so pent up that I have a hard time focusing on basketball...!!!” Derailed from the path of unrequited love, Off-Track Crush

San once found comfort in Heemin’s kindness. Years later, he confesses the love he has kept hidden, not to win Heemin over but to finally walk away with closure. To his surprise, Heemin accepts his feelings without hesitation. Struggling to trust something that feels too easy, San finds himself torn between doubt and longing. He yearns for a kind of love he has never learned how to receive. A tender and tangled love begins between a black-haired beast still learning how to be human, and the man who never turned him away.