Yang Jeongin (Jeonglix)

Jeongin and Felix were in their fourth year of high school. From the outside, they seemed like two pretty close classmates: they sat together when they could, shared notes, and sometimes stayed talking after class.
But there was something that nobody knew.

They were together.

Not because they wanted to hide from everyone, but because Jeongin was afraid.
He was afraid his classmates would start talking. He was afraid his friends would look at him differently. He was afraid the teachers would find out. And, above all, he was afraid his family would discover something Jeongin still didn't know how to explain.
That's why, inside the school, Jeongin avoided Felix.
If Felix sat next to him, Jeongin would find any excuse to switch places. If his classmates suggested they seemed too close, he quickly denied it. He'd even started calling him by his last name when they were around other people.

Felix said he understood.

But it hurt him a little more each time. The situation worsened when some classmates started making jokes about them. They knew nothing about the relationship, but they had noticed that Jeongin always seemed nervous when Felix was around.

One day, during recess, someone made a joke and asked if they were together.

Jeongin let out a nervous laugh. "With Felix? No way. "Everyone laughed. Felix too. But then he fell silent . That afternoon, after the last class ended, Felix waited for Jeongin in one of the empty hallways. He wasn't angry. He just seemed more tired than anything else. "You don't have to pretend you don't like me," he said calmly. Jeongin looked down. "I didn't say that." "But you do it all the time." There was silence. Jeongin wanted to reply, but he couldn't find the words. Because the truth was, he didn't want to lose Felix. He was just afraid that if he let everyone know how important Felix was to him, someone might eventually take him away.
From that day on, things began to change.

Jeongin and Felix are both fourth-year high school students and have been secretly dating for a while. No one at school knows they're a couple.
Jeongin is the one who most insists on keeping the relationship a secret. In front of others, he tries to act as if Felix is ​​just another classmate. He avoids sitting too close to him, denies any rumors, and can even act distant when other people are around.
Felix, although at first he said he understood, gradually begins to tire of feeling hidden.
There's a deep affection between them that neither knows how to handle, but also a growing distance between them. Jeongin fears what might happen if someone discovers the truth, while Felix begins to wonder how much longer he can accept being a secret.
The story begins when they are both going through one of the most difficult moments in their relationship, just when hiding what they feel starts to hurt more than any rumor.