Whispers, Shadows… and a Warning
The Park mansion wasn't a house.
It was a kingdom built on silence, secrets, and surveillance.
And in one of the countless hidden rooms, behind cold marble walls, someone was watching.
A soft hum.
A flickering screen.
Surveillance footage. Boss and Sea. Walking together. Laughing. Holding hands for barely two seconds. But it was enough.
"He's losing himself," the voice whispered from the shadows. "Because of that boy."
A cold, feminine chuckle followed.
Boss's aunt.
The one who always wanted control. The one who saw love as poison.
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Back at school, things were... strange.
Sea noticed it first.
The way the students looked at him now—not with curiosity, but with sharpness. Fear. Envy. Hate. Girls who used to ignore him now whispered behind their hands. Some flinched away like he was diseased. Others sneered like he was stealing something that wasn't his.
"You really think he loves you?"
"Bet he's just using you..."
"Watch your back, sweetheart. Park Boss doesn't do love."
But the worst?
The locker note.
A folded paper, trembling in Sea's hands.
"You'll never be one of us."
"Freak."
"Better disappear before he gets bored of you."
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Sea tried to ignore it. He tried to breathe.
But the more he smiled in front of Boss, the more it tore him apart when he was alone.
Was he a threat? A target?
Was he a mistake?
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Meanwhile…
Boss noticed the difference.
The way Sea looked over his shoulder too often. How he flinched when girls laughed. How his smiles were slower now. Fainter.
It was eating at him.
And then, he caught one of the girls in the act—shoving Sea's books off a table on purpose.
He didn't yell.
Didn't threaten.
He just looked at her once.
Dead in the eyes.
"Try that again," he said. "And you'll forget how to walk."
She turned pale. The room fell silent.
Sea was shaking.
But Boss...?
He was burning.
Because someone had dared to hurt what was his.
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That night, as Sea walked home alone, a black car followed.
Slow.
Creeping.
Someone inside was watching him. Breathing. Smiling.
And the next time Sea reached his room…
There was a flower on his bed.
A red rose.
And a note.
"He's not the only one watching."
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To be continued