Even the Rainy Season Eventually Ends

“My life smells like fishy water after the rainy season.”

With parents whose combined criminal records total twelve offenses, Cha Seonjae’s rough life has stripped him of his conscience, leaving only shamelessness.
But one day, a boy resembling the summer sun appears before him.

At the start of a new semester, Seonjae suddenly gains a new seatmate. No matter how prickly Seonjae behaves, Leekwon keeps approaching with a warm, unwavering smile.

“‘I like you’ simply means that I like you.”

As a strange, hazy happiness gradually blossoms into first love, the gray world drags Seonjae back into the mud once again.

Seven years later—after misunderstandings and wounds drove them apart—Seonjae, now working as a cleaner, is wrongfully accused of theft. In the worst possible moment, he reunites with Leekwon, now a professional volleyball player.

“You said it yourself. Your specialty is stealing.”

My own foolish words suffocate me.

“So why should I trust you?”

The coldness in his eyes blurs my vision.

“Cha Seonjae.”

The unfamiliar sound of my name cuts sharply into my heart.

Only then do I fully realize:
Shin Leekwon no longer loves me.
And that all of this—I brought upon myself.

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Character Info

» Gong (Top)

» Shin Leekwon

With a face that makes people say “he really lives up to his looks,” Leekwon has the heart of a loyal golden retriever—he gives everything to the one he loves.
He believed that sincerity begets sincerity—and it always did. Except once.
Now, years later, he reunites with the first love who once abandoned him. He tries to hate him… but his eyes keep getting drawn back.

“In the end, I always end up liking you again.”

⟢ Soo (Bottom)

⟢ Cha Seonjae

Raised by a conman father and a pickpocket mother, Seonjae became skilled at lying and sleight of hand.
He’s long grown used to being judged and looked down upon.
But after meeting Leekwon, for the first time in his life, he wants to change—to be someone he can stand tall in front of, if only for that one person.

“Whenever I stood in front of Shin Leekwon, I felt parched—like I’d been standing too long under the blazing summer sun.”