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Nire always dreamed of Seoul—its bright lights, its music, its fashion. Growing up in a wealthy Bengali family, he saw it as the ultimate escape, the place where he could be free. But when he arrives on a scholarship, the city is nothing like he imagined. It’s a place where he feels invisible, his brown skin and foreign roots a constant reminder that he’s not quite what the world expects.
Working at Yours and Mine Café, a trendy spot filled with the city’s elite, Nire wears a mask—not just to follow the café’s dress code, but because hiding who he is feels like the only way to survive. It’s easier this way—less pain, less rejection.
That is, until Si Si’U, the golden boy of K-pop, walks in. The world worships him. Everyone’s eyes follow him. Except for Nire’s.
Intrigued by the one person who doesn’t fawn over him, Si Si’U begins to seek out Nire’s quiet, mysterious presence. But as he digs deeper, he uncovers a truth that shatters everything he thought he knew. Nire isn’t just another fan. He’s a young man fighting to belong in a city that tells him he doesn’t fit in, and his struggle is one Si Si’U can’t ignore.
What starts as a fascination turns into something more, and suddenly, Si Si’U finds himself questioning everything—his fame, his privileges, and the barriers that keep people like Nire at arm’s length. But can Si Si’U, the idol who’s never been anything less than perfect, truly understand what it means to love someone whose world is built on rejection?
In a world where perfection is currency and beauty is skin deep, can two people from different worlds ever find a place where they both belong? Or will their love be just another fleeting fantasy, lost to the shadows of Seoul’s unspoken rules?

Table of More Than What They See

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Volume 1