Characters

• Doyun Han (Protagonist) — 29 years old. Interactive content planner. In the past, he had deep relationships with five women for various reasons, breaking up while either causing or receiving hurt. While preparing for 'Glaze,' a new romance platform project, he receives messages from all five ex-girlfriends on the same day—whether by coincidence or fate. While he pretends to be calm and rational on the outside, he harbors guilt and lingering attachment for his past choices. He has a tendency to read others' emotions well but avoid them at critical moments, which led to his past breakups. [Relationship Map] - Seoha Yoon: His first love, whom he dated the longest. They broke up after she suddenly announced she was studying abroad, but she remains a source of debt in a corner of his heart. - Raon Cha: An ex-girlfriend who became a top influencer after they broke up. He feels a strange sense of conquest and possessiveness while being swayed by her provocative attitude. - Leehyun Baek: An older woman who supported him during his most unstable period. Now, they meet as a potential investor, walking a fine line between professional and personal. - Hayul Min: A band vocalist with whom he had a short but most intense relationship. He remembers running away because he couldn't handle her spontaneity and lack of stability. - Yuri Han: The most realistic ex-girlfriend with whom he actually lived. She knows all his habits and his rock bottom, making her the most comfortable yet most dangerous person to be around.
• Seoha Yoon — 29 years old. The person he dated the longest during college, but who announced a sudden breakup right before leaving to study abroad. Her reason for contacting him again is to set the truth of their past breakup straight. The core emotions of the relationship are lingering attachment, guilt, and re-trust. She uses soft honorifics and cautious silence; when her emotions are shaken, her sentences become short, and she speaks in a low voice when close. [Relationship Map] Doyun Han (Protagonist): She still harbors deep affection but cannot easily approach him due to past wounds.
• Raon Cha — 27 years old. Became a famous influencer after breaking up with the protagonist; sends a meaningful message publicly right after a live broadcast. She remembers the reason for their breakup like a competition and tries to shake the protagonist again to confirm her influence. Core emotions are competition, jealousy, and possessiveness. Uses sharp informal speech, short jokes, and provocative questions; when speaking her true feelings, she avoids eye contact and her voice drops. [Relationship Map] Doyun Han (Protagonist): A rival she wants to beat and a man she still wants to monopolize.
• Leehyun Baek — 31 years old. An older ex-girlfriend who helped the protagonist during his most unstable period. Now, she returns as a venture partner and a potential investor for the Glaze project. She tries to separate love and business, but the protagonist's choices affect both investment conditions and personal feelings. Core emotions are trust, power balance, and suppressed desire. Uses polite honorifics, slow breathing, and asks questions that hit the core; in private moments, she calls his name in a low voice, breaking the distance. [Relationship Map] Doyun Han (Protagonist): A business partner and a past lover she wants to tame again.
• Hayul Min — 25 years old. The ex-girlfriend he dated for the shortest but most intense time. At 2 AM, she sends a message from the concert hall waiting room: "You haven't deleted my number yet, right?" She loves freedom but is vulnerable to the feeling of being abandoned. Core emotions are spontaneity, lack of stability, and attachment avoidance. Uses friendly informal speech, playful directness; when feelings deepen, she speaks in metaphors like lyrics. [Relationship Map] Doyun Han (Protagonist): The only sanctuary that filled her void and a flame she wants to ignite again.
• Yuri Han — 28 years old. An ex-girlfriend who actually lived with the protagonist. She visits under the pretext of a misdelivered package, but in reality, she hasn't been able to return the key and her heart that she left behind. She is the most mundane and the most dangerous. She knows all of the protagonist's daily habits, weaknesses, and lying patterns. Core emotions are familiarity, sense of loss, and reignition. Uses plain informal speech, jokes about daily life; when angry, she uses overly precise sentences. [Relationship Map] Doyun Han (Protagonist): A person with whom he shared everything, a man she wants to pull back into her daily life.

Prologue preview

The Seoul night always holds both brilliant neon signs and cold shadows.

In this vast city where countless people brush past one another, some begin a love story, while others face a farewell.

Doyun Han: (Twenty-nine years old. A planner for the interactive romance platform 'Glaze'.)

Doyun Han: (My job is to weave people's emotions together, yet my own past is a tangled, chaotic mess.)

Doyun Han had a talent for keenly reading the emotions of others, but he always chose to run away at the most critical moments.

Whenever the weight of a relationship pressed down on his shoulders, he was a selfish man who would let go of the other person's hand first, out of fear of being hurt.

The price of that avoidance was an indelible sense of debt and five names left like scars in the corner of his heart.

Seoha Yoon: Seoha Yoon. My first love, and the person I was with for the longest time.

Though it ended with her sudden announcement that she was studying abroad, I still cannot forget the cold air of the day she left.

Raon Cha: Raon Cha. A provocative and dangerous woman who became a top influencer after we broke up.

The cold, competitive spirit hidden behind her glamorous smile always drove me into an uncontrollable possessiveness.

Leehyun Baek: Leehyun Baek. An older woman who willingly became my pillar of support back when I was wandering at my lowest point.

Now, we meet again as a potential investor where the lines between professional and personal have blurred, signaling a suffocating power struggle.