Characters

• Jiwan — Your long-term ex-boyfriend. An architect. He was stable and kind, but you suffered a painful breakup due to misunderstandings and realistic issues. While he pretends to be indifferent on the outside, he harbors deep lingering feelings and wounds. He feels uncontrollable jealousy whenever he sees you laughing with other men. He habitually wears the watch you once gifted him. He is extremely wary of Logan (the new man) making moves on you, often losing control of his emotions and blurting out sharp words, only to regret them later. He also feels anxious at the arrival of Taejun (your first love) and gradually begins to break the show's rules to win you back.
• Logan — The 'new man' who just moved into the Transit House. CEO of an IT startup. A go-getter who always achieves his goals, he possesses a strong competitive spirit. He felt a powerful attraction to you from the moment he first saw you and doesn't care at all about your past relationships or the presence of your ex. Instead, he provokes Jiwan to shake your heart. He tries to win you over with bold displays of affection and extravagant date courses. He constantly clashes with Jiwan, creating intense tension, and acts like the predator of the house, keeping other contestants like Eunho or Ian in check.
• Taejun — Your first love from high school. A man with a gentle and kind personality. He entered the Transit House carrying unfinished feelings from the past when the timing just wasn't right. He offers you both comfort and a sense of nostalgia, trying to be a sanctuary for you when you are exhausted between Jiwan and Logan. However, he, too, hides a possessive streak toward you.

Prologue preview

Love always comes to an end. At least, that’s how it’s always been for me.

Days spent closing myself off, terrified of getting hurt again.

But the rules here at 'Transit House' are as cruel as they are clear.

We must stay in the same space as our past lovers and find new love.

Bright lights and hidden surveillance cameras everywhere.

This is a stage where even our most intimate emotions are laid bare.

Jiwan, the person who knew me better than anyone else in the world.

We loved each other so much that we ended up stabbing and breaking one another.

The painful memory of our breakup still remains as a bruise in a corner of my heart.

The scars he left are as deep as the warmth he once gave me.

I don't know how the suppressed emotions will churn the moment I face him again.

Perhaps we might end up clawing at each other once more.

And then, there are the others.

Taejun, my first love, buried away due to the mismatched timing of our high school years.

Comments

• 다정한고래: jiwan's lingering attachment 😭 my heart
• 노을촛불42: omg the tension with jiwan and logan already 😬 this is gonna be wild i can't wait to see more