The sunlight outside the window shimmered with summer heat.I had failed, and I could already sense that we were going to fall apart a little.***If you had to pick the most mismatched pair of acquaintances in the South Korean entertainment industry, Seo Sa-heon and Lee Seo-eul would definitely rank in the Top 5. They were names that always came up in the “celebrity best friends” lists, but the term “best friends” attached to them usually ended in confusion.In looks, personality, aura — hell, even in what could be described as art style — the two couldn’t have been more different. If their lives were a drama, they’d belong to different genres. In a dating sim, they wouldn’t even appear in the same event routes, probably not even share the same background art.If Lee Seo-eul was the type of man who belonged in a library, a church, or even a Buddhist temple, then Seo Sa-heon was the kind of man who’d need an exorcist if he dared to walk outside in broad daylight. So when IZPATCH first released their two-shot photo together, the entire internet exploded.@FUCKFUCK_Fake news level legendary. Reporters these days are literally photoshopping stalker pics together.It was a friendship no one could believe. You’d sooner believe a loan shark got hit by a car and turned into an idol. That’s how nonsensical it seemed. Furious fans started attacking the journalist’s “shitty Photoshop skills,” swearing they could do better with their toes.Even though both men were in the same frame, the photo had that uncanny, cut-and-paste feeling — like someone had taken scraps of different images and stuck them together with glue. Lee Seo-eul was half-pulling down his mask as if saying something, and Seo Sa-heon had his arm slung around his shoulder, laughing. It looked too intimate, too natural — almost like an AI-generated image. The moment it hit the internet, it was a cyber firework show. There was no way to scroll past that kind of bait.“That” Lee Seo-eul and “that” Seo Sa-heon.They were both famous — just for opposite reasons — and everyone immediately started producing memes and jokes in perfect unison.But what really threw gasoline on the fire was a single post on Seo Sa-heon’s ONSTAR feed, back when his follower count had already passed a casual 1,000k.(Two-shot with Lee Seo-eul.jpg)Likes: 2,153,000narrative_h: Photoshop.It was a mirror selfie — Lee Seo-eul with a script resting on his stomach, his head ◆ Nоvеlіgһt ◆ (Only on Nоvеlіgһt) leaning on Seo Sa-heon's shoulder, while Sa-heon tilted his cheek toward him, smiling.If it had been anyone else, no one would have cared. But this was Lee Seo-eul — a man with virtually no public sightings outside of film sets.Who was Lee Seo-eul?The “national actor,” the “man of Cannes.” The angel-faced child who’d appeared on the silver screen twenty years ago and had, ever since, carried the banner of Korean cinema through sheer talent and consistency.And yet, despite such long-standing fame, next to nothing was known about his private life. In a country as small and gossip-prone as South Korea, that was a miracle. People joked he might not even live here — that he was a reclusive alien. His fans suffered endlessly, swallowing their tears as rumors of his hermit lifestyle continued.No close celebrity friends, no SNS accounts, not even a fan café membership — it was enough to drive fans insane.Radio shows? Variety shows? Don’t be ridiculous. The only glimpses of Lee Seo-eul off-script came from stage greetings and behind-the-scenes videos. Some wondered if he had some kind of personality defect, but everyone who had ever worked with him — co-actors, staff, even former managers — all said the same thing: he was a saint. That rumor didn’t hold up either.Even on sites dedicated to tearing people apart, Lee Seo-eul was untouchable.[356234] People who shit on Lee Seo-eul’s acting IQDestroyed?If you’ve got a brain, go read the dawn edition of that script, idiot.The writer literally went nuts trusting Seo-eul.· Stage Direction: (Enter) “Ah,” (Walks) “Ha,” (Stops) “Huh, ngh…” (Finally cries)⤷ lololololololol⤷ bro what the fuck⤷ one line of that shit and you call it acting? take Seo-jun’s paycheck too⤷ yeah and it’s right after his lover dies lmfao· who even picks a script like that?⤷ didn’t he win the Grand Prize for that though?⤷ oh fuck right he did;· okay fine you can’t attack his acting⤷ that’s why it pisses me off⤷ y’all don’t get it that’s why you nitpick⤷ nitpick what, dumbass? he doesn’t even have a private life⤷ people like him are always hiding something dark, don’t you know?⤷ says the creepiest bastard in the roomThere was nothing to mock. No scandals, no slip-ups — boring. Haters need reactions to feed on.But Seo Sa-heon? A whole different story.He had debuted like a comet — a magazine model who blew up the entire internet with just three photos.Wearing N-brand’s satin nightgown and dragging a long rifle across the floor, the half-naked man in monochrome was art itself. In another photo, he was biting K-brand’s necklace while staring at an old Bible, and yet the shot that immortalized him was the last one.The setting sun grazed his cheek, but his eyes remained pitch black.With a priest’s Roman collar around his neck and a wedding ring — symbol of eternal promise — resting on his tongue, the man stared directly into the lens.His face was beautiful enough to make you pause — but unsettling enough to make you look away. That eerie charm didn’t just captivate regular people; it crossed dimensions, setting even hardcore fandom hearts on fire.He trended in real time. People begged for his name, the magazine sold out, every product he touched went out of stock, and agencies flooded his inbox with offers.It was pure chaos — the kind that makes a CEO stare blankly into space.The problem was what came after.[Anonymous] Is S.S.H. some kind of cursed muse or what?Every breath he takes becomes a scandal.Every lunatic in the industry gravitates toward him like moths to a flame. Dopamine addiction level insane.· lol idols should be building shrines to him — he literally pied-pipered away every gossip leech in the industry⤷ especially J.J. and Y.S.H — they owe him a ritual⤷ that’s why fans pray for him instead... they say just hearing his name makes them cry⤷ fffuckkkkkk lmaooo· how does a celebrity get the nickname “wreck muse”?⤷ man’s a towing truck for scandals⤷ and he sues everyone so they all end up in prison, insane arc⤷ scandal scrap god-tier⤷ dude’s a saint of litigation; godheon 😭· fr tho anyone who flirts with him has a 99% chance of drama⤷ ranked #1 celebrity everyone prays not to be friends with⤷ maybe only psychos’ hearts race around him lolAnd it was true.Every photoshoot, every runway, every bit part in a drama — no matter what he did, scandal followed. The obsession and rumor-mongering around him were grotesque. Anyone else would’ve cracked long ago.But Seo Sa-heon? Not even a blink.He didn’t hide or explain — he retaliated. Publicly. Through the courts. Hundreds of times.Search his name, and “lawsuit” automatically popped up beside it. The public reaction shifted from suspicion to weary acceptance. At this point, everyone knew.Yeah. That man’s perpetually on fire.He wasn’t fueling gossip — he was the fire. People were so desensitized that even if a breaking headline read “Seo Sa-heon Commits Murder,” they’d just shrug.So when a photo of him and Lee Seo-eul together surfaced, disbelief wasn’t just natural — it was survival. The nation’s cleanest actor with the industry’s biggest trainwreck? Unthinkable.Our pure actor… best friends — no, prenatal soulmates — with the chaos king himself? Impossible.Rumors said anyone tied to Sa-heon would crash within months. Seo-eul’s fans collapsed en masse.But months passed. Then years. And Lee Seo-eul stayed pristine — better than ever. Almost as if mocking the superstition, his acting only got sharper, deeper, more magnetic.So when news suddenly broke that they’d appear together on a variety show, everyone laughed. Until…@sldkfe (Mildo) · June 20People keep saying Lee Seo-eul’s doing a variety show but no. My actor doesn’t do that. Also that “best friends with Seo Sa-heon” rumor? Fake lol. Can you even imagine them together? I, for one, cannot.@sldkfe (Mildo) · June 24Okay hear me out.What if it’s not a variety show… but a project?Like the next film?Working title “Best Friend Exchange”? lol@sldkfe (Mildo) · July 10Lee Seo-eul has that thing, you know? He always gets awkward when someone’s nice to him — like he’s allergic to kindness. He flusters easily, draws deep lines inside himself. He lures you in without meaning to, then looks at you all conflicted. And god, that drives me insane.│If you asked, “Sunbae, can’t we date?” he’d just freeze mid-task, sigh, and look at you — as if remembering the truckload of people who’ve already asked him that. But he’s never cruel. He’d worry about hurting you. You can feel it. I’ve been dumped by that feeling forty times already.⤷ @8skj43TWI8GLK7z: holy fuck you’re writing fanfic again go write in your private account⤷ @sldkfe: my actor doesn’t interact. shut the fuck up. #2342DaysSinceLastInteraction⤷ @UUuu0_0: Mildo, why don’t you talk about Seo Sa-heon? Aren’t they besties?⤷ @sldkfe: first of all, they’re not. and that bastard has like twelve fuckbuddies besides me.⤷ @UUuu0_0: lol painfully realistic number, I’m mad.⤷ @hhhh5: twelve’s “realistic”? wash the cum out of your brain.⤷ @sldkfe: it’s spinal fluid. leave me be.@sldkfe (Mildo) · July 28LMAOOOOO? This is real? The agency actually sold Lee Seo-eul to protect Seo Sa-heon's scandal? Are you kidding me? Where does he live, I need to bow down. Once or twice. I’ll decide how many. 😭@WYTV_original (WY Originals) · June 3Looks fake, right?But this friendship’s the real deal...WY Originals Premieres August 14!#WY #BestFriendSwap #SeoSaheon #LeeSeoeul #Yejuyul #Yunhyeok@sldkfe (Mildo) · August 4Looking for bleach.Please send offers.They say it’s at the convenience store?Yeah. Thought so.So it wasn’t fake. No matter how much fans denied it, the official program tag didn’t change. Their actor — the hermit of hermits — was finally appearing on variety TV. You’d think that’d be cause for joy, but no one was happy. Okay, fine, seeing him was joy. But with Seo Sa-heon? Unthinkable. Their chemistry? Impossible. It simply couldn’t exist.As the premiere date drew near, Seo-eul’s fandom descended into mass hysteria — people wandering supermarket aisles for bleach, muttering like ghosts. They were about to cleanse their stomachs on the rocks.Still… might as well see my actor’s face one last time.And after watching Episode 1 of Best Friend☓Swap—··@sldkfe (Mildo) · 1m agoSeo Sa-heon... you insane bastard...What the hell am I watching.........They all collapsed again — for very different reasons this time.

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