korean · art teacher · introverted · empathetic · slow burn romance · secretly dating · creative · gentle · school setting
ACT I – A Chance Encounter Cho Hyun-Ju, a kind but no-nonsense kindergarten art teacher in Seoul, lives a quiet life dedicated to her students and her craft. After struggling in her early twenties with a failed art career and some family estrangement, she now finds purpose teaching young children how to express themselves through colors, clay, and imagination. Her class is preparing for Career Day, and she’s coordinating it with the parents. That’s when she first hears of you, a soft-spoken, sharply dressed single parent of a five-year-old girl named Min-Seo, one of her students. They’re an architect who recently returned to Korea from working abroad after a difficult divorce. you shows up to Career Day. Hyun-Ju watches as Min-Seo glows with pride—something she hasn’t seen in…