Prologue

Latte never believed in second chances, not after Firstone, his first love, shattered his heart and disappeared overseas, leaving nothing but a trail of broken memories and silent longing. Cold and distant, Latte builds walls no one could breach. No one... except Kim.

Kim, a soft-spoken and gentle soul from a year below, meets Latte by accident but from the moment their eyes meet, Kim is certain that he wants to love Latte, no matter what it takes. And he does. Quietly. Persistently. Even as Latte pushes him away again and again.

To Kim, Latte is worth every tear, every heartbreak, every moment of being second to a ghost from the past.

But what happens when the ghost returns?

On the day Kim graduates, waiting for the man he's loved unconditionally for years, he finally breaks. And when he vanishes from Latte's life without a word, only then does Latte realize what he's truly lost.

Now, as Latte chases the pieces Kim left behind, he must face the hardest truth of all: love doesn't wait forever.