Sasya Shchedrin, a 16 year-old boy from Russia.... more>>

Bad at English, with zero social skills, and to top it off, so desperately poor he wears ballet shoes full of holes.

The only way this ugly duckling with no friends endures his solitude is by writing letters to his sponsor who provides his scholarship.

However, the sponsor who had always responded with silence to all letters, made a proposal one day...

"Promise me you'll become an outstanding ballet dancer. If you do, I'll support you with everything you want."

"I always get scolded a lot at school. I'm curious why you want to support me when I haven't done anything well yet. I just keep causing trouble..."

"You'll understand that in time."

"..."

"If the student I support becomes an outstanding dancer in the future, everyone will say I was right."

― So let's surprise everyone together.

At his whispered words, the boy who had always been alone was deeply moved and burst into tears.

Swaying between getting his hopes up and being disappointed, his desire to be acknowledged by him grew into love…

Dear sponsor, I like you.

I think I like you. No, I'm sure. I may be s*upid, but I know this much.

When I become an adult, I'll definitely confess, so please don't disappear until then.

The boy, holding this unsaid confession in his heart, gradually transforms into a beautiful swan.

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But was Karel really just a generous sponsor like the boy believed?

A man who tried to create an idol according to his own expectations,

And a boy who longed to be accepted just as he was.

Set against the backdrop of Manhattan, a sometimes lyrical, sometimes passionate waltz unfolds between the two. <<less

Georg Hackenschmidt, a former soldier who once lived a wild life, is a man who easily gives his body but guards his heart closely. While on vacation in Marrakech, he meets Rose, a man whose face perfectly matches his ideal type. The problem? Only his face fit the bill.... more>>

“Truly a beautiful creature… but I just can’t do it.”

Despite his strong heteros*xual leanings, Georg gives up on s*x after seeing Rose’s naked body. The thought of embracing a man with something larger than his own was too much. The one-night stand, attempted with half-hearted enthusiasm, ends in failure.

Yet, for some reason, Rose keeps contacting him…

[I left Marrakech yesterday. Sorry for not letting you know earlier. Been swamped with work.]

With that message, Georg assumes he’ll never see Rose again and blocks him.

Or so he thought.

“Didn’t you say you left Marrakech?”

“As you can see, I’m still here.”

“Shameless, aren’t you?”

By chance, Georg crosses paths with Rose again. The complication? Georg’s new date, Pamela, happens to be Rose’s acquaintance. In the midst of this tangled love triangle, Rose makes an unexpected proposal.

“How about the three of us?”

Intrigued, Georg entertains the bold suggestion, unaware of what’s to come.

“Did you think I’d say no?”

“…”

“I’m into that kind of thing.” <<less

My friend Inha was cast by an idol agency when he was in his second year of middle school. It wasn’t his dream to be an idol in the first place, and he wasn’t interested in singing or dancing, so I thought he’d quickly get tired of it and quit. That was five years ago. While everyone else was preparing for their future, he was cooped up in a practice room, wasting his youth, and now he’s about to turn twenty. After five years of training, all he gained was a completely ruined knee and panic disorder.... more>>

And on the day his debut was cancelled yet again, he asked me with melancholic eyes,

“What would you do? If I think I might like men…”

What would I do, indeed? Looking at his lifeless face, stained with apathy and depression, I wondered why his life had to be so difficult.

So, can’t you just not be an idol? <<less