ch. 1 : white

"my dear seonghwa," hongjoong smiled gently, "when one falls, another grows, maybe not what was there before, but something new all the same."

"that's a quote from bambi isn't it? you know that movie hurts me."

"but it's true, isn't it?"

seonghwa didn't answer. he couldn't bear it.

or: seonghwa is an underrated and extremely talented painter that thinks the ocean is more beautiful during the night than the day. despite his utter fear of death, he found himself volunteering his time to paint the windows at the pediatric hospital every weekend. there he meets a very special blue-haired man who has a heartbreaking secret and tries to teach seonghwa about how to deal with death through the wonderful book of charlotte's web.