Chapter 1: The Day He Wore the Ring 💍Genre: BL · Forbidden Love · Doctor x CEO · Family Drama · Soft Angst
The chandeliers sparkled like stars caught in a frozen sky. Music drifted through the wedding hall — soft piano, gentle laughter, the sound of champagne being poured into crystal.
Everyone was smiling.
From her place under the floral arch, Seo Hye-rin (혜린) looked ethereal, her pastel dress matching the delicate roses behind her. Beside her, Kang Min-ho (민호) stood poised, refined, and calm — the kind of man any parent would dream of for their daughter.
They looked perfect.They looked happy.
And they were — at least on the surface.
Both had accepted the arrangement without hesitation, fulfilling their parents' wishes and stepping into the next chapter of life hand in hand.
Their engagement ceremony marked the beginning of what should have been a joyful journey.
Everyone clapped. Everyone congratulated them.But not everyone smiled.
Standing silently near the back, Seo-jun (서준) couldn't bring himself to pretend.
He didn't know why.
He didn't know what this ache in his chest meant.
But he knew it had started one month ago.
🕒 One Month Ago…
It had rained that night.
Seo-jun's car had crashed into a barrier after a truck swerved into his lane — the driver drunk, the road slick. It could've been worse, but fate had other plans.
That night, lying on a stretcher with a bleeding arm and a bruised pride, he'd met him.
Dr. Kang Min-ho.
Gentle hands.A calm voice.A face that didn't flinch, even when faced with chaos.
Seo-jun had never believed in love at first sight, but something in that moment shifted. It wasn't love… but it wasn't nothing either.
Min-ho had treated him like more than a chart. He'd smiled. He'd stayed longer than required. And when Seo-jun returned for follow-ups, their conversations grew… longer. Lighter. Warmer.
He found excuses to visit. To talk.To listen to that soothing voice again.
For Min-ho, it was friendship.Professional kindness.
But for Seo-jun?
Back in the present, the sound of applause snapped him out of the memory.
Min-ho was placing a ring on Hye-rin's finger.
Seo-jun swallowed.
The ring looked small. But it felt like a chain.
And as the camera flashed and everyone around him clapped and cheered…
Only Seo-jun stood there, heart pounding, wondering what this was.
This strange ache.This restless breath.This secret feeling he couldn't name — and didn't want to.
💬 "It's nothing," he told himself.
But deep down…He knew it was something.
Something dangerous.
📖 Next Chapter: When Did Friendship Start to Hurt?
Seo-jun's heart starts to unravel as innocent conversations turn into lingering gazes — but what happens when the person you want… belongs to someone you can't betray?
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