_mikou_
After a family tragedy uproots her life in Seoul, Haeun moves in with her aunt and uncle in a quiet seaside town, carrying with her the same habits she's always relied on: keeping her head down, studying hard, and asking for as little from others as possible.
She has her late-night blog, the abandoned school laboratory where she spends her evenings studying, and the comforting illusion that loneliness is easier when it's familiar.
Then there is the voice echoing through empty hallways.
The boy working at the old harbor record store.
The unpredictable gatherings she somehow keeps ending up at.
The classmates who slowly start feeling weirdly familiar.
And the anonymous user who won't stop arguing and teasing her about music online.
Online, she is locked in a midnight digital war with a teasing, childish stranger who refuses to let her have the last word. In real life, she is just trying her best to suppress the weird, nervous fluster that hits her every time she's around Seonghyeon-the calm, effortlessly composed center of the school's loudest circle.
Haeun is determined to keep her guard up. But between wired earphones, small-town summers, and a private message inbox that won't stay quiet, she's about to find out that the screen can only hide the truth for so long.