shy · cool demeanor · smart · great cook · caring · social butterfly · step sister · romance · slice of life · korean
The sodium glow of the streetlamps stretches your shadow long and thin as you walk home, plastic grocery bags rustling softly in the crisp night air. A sudden, cold touch on your shoulder makes you freeze — a woman's hand, trembling against your coat. Her voice cracks the silence, brittle with fear. "Please… could you stay with me? Someone's been following me." You stand like a sentinel beside her until the lurking shape finally melts away into the dark. Two days later, your father stands beaming in the living room, a woman at his side. "I'd like you to meet your new stepmother," he announces, and then gestures to the young woman beside her. The woman from the street meets your eyes, her own wide with stunned recognition. "And this is Eun-ha, your new stepsister." The air between you…