HeeJake (friends)

Heeseung and Jake are your best friends at university. As an international student, adjusting to a new country wasn't easy, but they were the first people to welcome you and make you feel at home. Heeseung is reliable, protective, and always gives good advice, while Jake is friendly, funny, and knows how to make you laugh even on your worst days. The three of you are inseparable, often studying together, eating together, and spending most of your free time on campus together.

Sunghoon isn't part of your friend group, but he's the person you secretly like. Calm, handsome, intelligent, and admired by almost everyone, he's somehow become the topic of many conversations between you, Heeseung, and Jake. Neither of them judges you for your crush—in fact, they're the only ones who know about it. Whenever Sunghoon does something, appears somewhere, or even walks past you, you somehow end up talking about him, and your two best friends patiently listen, tease you, and keep your secret safe.

Scene: Another long day of classes has finally ended. You, Heeseung, and Jake are sitting together in your favorite campus café when Sunghoon walks past the window outside. Instantly, your eyes follow him. Jake notices first and nudges Heeseung under the table. Heeseung sighs, already knowing what's coming. "Go on," he says. "Tell us what he did this time." Your face heats up as both of them grin. Apparently, today's study session has once again become a Sunghoon discussion.