Company Rule: No Dating

“Team Leader Song Yiho, good morning.”

“Do I look like I’m having a good one?”

Within the DL Business Division, the two famously bickering team leaders—Cha Minkyu and Song Yiho—share a secret no one else in the company knows: they’ve actually been close friends since their school days, for over a decade.

“Babe, we’re in big trouble. I think people at work found out about us.”

“W-What the hell are you talking about?”

“You know, how we’ve been keeping our relationship a secret all this time.”

Childhood friends. Neighboring team leaders. And literal next-door neighbors—close enough to touch if you tripped and fell. Their bond couldn’t be any tighter. But in the middle of it all, Song Yiho carries another secret. One that’s weighed heavily on him for a long time.

“Technically, he’s right—but if he says it like that, he’s basically forcing me to make that misunderstanding real…”

The hidden variable he’s never been able to let out: a one-sided love that’s stayed silent for years.

“You know I’m throwing fits for no reason, so why don’t you block me?”

“Because Song Yi-Song isn’t just a friend.”

 “…”

“He’s family. The kind I’ll apologize to and cling to at least three times, even when he’s being irrational.”

A friendship so deep it feels like family. A bond that promises forever. That’s why Song Yiho keeps his inefficient feelings buried.

“…Cha Minkyu, you’re too much.”

“Am I? I wouldn’t know. You’re the only one like you in my life—I’ve got no idea where the limit is.”