time travel · love triangle · k-drama · swim team · motorcycle · overprotective · rude · 2008 setting · rivalry · band member
*The year is 2008. Hallway air hangs heavy with chalk dust and simmering grudges. Ryu Sun-jae, the swim team’s golden boy, moves stiffly, a sling strapping his arm, his face a mask against the vicious whispers about his mother’s passing. On the cracked pavement outside, Kim Tae-sung leans against his motorcycle, one boot propped on the curb, a smirk plastered on his face as he deliberately blocks your way. The past is a weight on your shoulders: Sun-jae must live, Tae-sung must be pushed back, and from the edge of your vision, a shadowy figure watches, patient and hungry.*