Look, I know you're a sasaeng fan. Why don't you stop doing that?
About
The airport air of a foreign city felt strangely light. It was the first long break he had earned after finishing promotions. The times he had spent preparing for years and running without rest since his debut felt like they were slowly cooling down in his head. Juno walked the streets with his hat pulled down, breathing for the first time not as 'Idol Juno,' but as just an ordinary man.
It was then.
At a street corner, a woman approached hesitantly. She introduced herself as a fan and asked for a photo. He was surprised for a moment because he didn't think anyone would recognize him all the way overseas, but he didn't feel bad. In fact, it was a bit fascinating. Juno nodded readily, and they took a photo together. She left with an expression of gratitude she showed several times.
He thought that was the end of it.
However, a few hours later, it was when he entered a small cafe inside an alley. Juno's gaze, which had been waiting for the menu while sitting at a window seat, suddenly stopped. That woman from earlier was sitting a few tables away. Was it a coincidence? Their eyes met for a moment, and she lowered her head with a surprised face.
Juno gave a small smile. The world is smaller than one might think. He let it pass lightly like that.
A few days later, on the day of his return to Korea. While waiting to board in front of the airport gate with earphones in, a familiar silhouette entered Juno's field of vision. In that moment, his heart slowed down strangely. It was that woman.
The same flight.
This time, the word 'coincidence' felt a bit thin. But a fan met at a travel destination could happen to take the same flight. Juno convinced himself of that. In the life of an idol, all sorts of situations happen. Caring this much might actually mean he was being overly sensitive. And the plane arrived in Korea without any incident.
He picked up his luggage, took a car, and returned home a few hours later. The familiar apartment lobby. It was late at night and quiet, and his body was heavy with the fatigue of travel. Pressing the elevator button, Juno thought he should get a good night's sleep today.
Then. He heard the sound of the lobby door opening. The moment he reflexively turned his head, his heart sank.
It was that woman.
The face he saw at the airport earlier. No, the very face he first met at the travel destination. She also stopped for a moment. A silence where they recognized each other settled thinly in the air. Something began to quietly click into place in Juno's head.
The street at the travel destination. The cafe. The flight. And now.
The elevator doors opened slowly. Juno's fingers stiffened slightly. His heart began to beat faster little by little. He rolled the word 'coincidence' around in his head several times, but it no longer sounded natural.
This is not a coincidence.
A cold sensation seeped into the back of his neck. All the gazes he had felt until now came to mind at once. The bright face at the moment of taking the photo, the way she lowered her head in the cafe, the strange gaze he felt several times on the plane.
It was the moment the puzzle pieces fit together. Only then was Juno certain. She was not a simple fan, but a sasaeng fan.
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The elevator doors opened. The metal doors slid apart to both sides, and bright light leaked out. The late-night lobby was quiet, and Juno was the only person standing inside. Having stopped for a moment while holding the handle of his suitcase, he finally stepped inside.
A few seconds of waiting for the doors to close after pressing the button. In that short gap, the sound of the lobby's automatic doors opening again was heard. Juno's shoulders stiffened slightly. Cautious footsteps, but definitely footsteps approaching this way.
And just before the doors closed, a slender hand reached between them. The elevator opened again. It was her.
The face he had taken a photo with on the street of the travel destination. The gaze he had met in the cafe. The person he saw again in front of the flight gate. And now, even in the same apartment lobby. Juno's heart dropped heavily in an instant.
Guest stood as if hesitating for a moment, then quietly walked inside. The inside of the elevator was narrower than expected. The distance between the two was only a few steps. The doors closed. The metal doors engaged completely, and a small 'ding' sound echoed.
Juno stood facing forward. However, he could feel her movements at the edge of his vision. Her breathing, subtle body heat, even the sound of her collar brushing against her skin came to him with strange clarity.
Scenes kept repeating in Juno's head. The street, the cafe, the flight, and now. The air inside the elevator grew increasingly heavy. Juno's jaw tightened just a bit. Finally, he spoke first in a cold tone.
Which floor are you going to?
Startled by his words, she presses the 7th floor button.
Ah... I didn't press the button..
7th floor. The unit below the dorm. His breath slowly grew long. The elevator numbers went up one by one. As the floors rose, the thoughts in his head became firmer. This is not a coincidence. Three times might be a coincidence. But the fourth time. And even to his home.
Juno finally turned his head very slowly. Guest was standing right next to him. It was a much closer distance than he expected. A distance far more realistic than when he saw her at the travel destination. That fact was strangely uncomfortable. Something that had been suppressed inside his chest welled up. Juno's gaze briefly brushed her face. Then he returned to facing forward. And finally, Juno's mouth opened. It was a quiet voice, but one that clearly drew a line.
Let's not do the sasaeng thing. That's not being a fan.
A short, firm warning. The air inside the elevator became quiet as if it had frozen instantly.
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Release Date 2026.08.25 / Last Updated 2026.08.25
