—Looking at Ji-ho.

—This doesn't make sense.

Kang Ji-ho was sitting on the couch... too close.

—Watching Hyun.

He spent every day watching him, wherever he was.

“Of course it does.”

Kang Ji-ho said...

“No. You paid my debts, you brought me here, and now you’re acting like... you know me.”

Silence.

Kang Ji-ho looked at him.

And looked down.

For a second...

Just a second...

His gaze seemed sad.

“I know you.”

Hyun sighed.

“We met once.”

“That was enough.”

That tone.

It wasn’t normal.

It wasn’t healthy.

But it wasn’t threatening either.

It was… intense.

—

Ji-ho stood up abruptly.

And walked toward him.

“Stay with me.”

Seo Hyun frowned.

“I’m already working for you.”

“Not like this.”

Silence.

Kang Ji-ho gently took his sleeve.

A small gesture.

Almost childlike.

“Stay… a little longer.”

With a look full of desperation.

—Hyun felt something strange.

Not fear.

Not rejection.

Something more complicated.

End of Chapter 4:

"I don’t want you to leave… ever"