Today is Ji Hoon's special concert day. As his personal designer, Iseul had to accompany him and dress him up for the concert. Both do their job professionally and leave their personal relationships behind; at least they try their best.
Iseul asks the hairdresser to tidy up Ji Hoon's hair to match it with his costume design. After his hair is done, Iseul approaches Ji Hoon and makes the last little touch by touching his hair. Alright, this time Ji Hoon couldn't manage his heart anymore; he looked at Iseul with a confused feeling in his chest.
Well, actually, it wasn't so different from Iseul's condition when the distance between them became so close and she could inhale the man's masculine scent closer. She shook her head, picked up a costume, and asked Ji Hoon to change his stage outfit. Ji Hoon just took the shirt without saying anything and entered the dressing room.
       While Ji Hoon changes his clothes, Iseul approaches the window. She could see more than hundreds of thousands of fans waiting in line outside to enter the concert hall. Somehow, seeing a lot of people like that made Iseul feel nervous just by imagining that Ji Hoon would perform in front of thousands of spectators.
   Involuntarily, she bit her thumb while looking at the direction of the fans down there. It's not her who will perform in front of them, but she can feel a sense of nervousness for Ji Hoon. She prayed that the man could do his concert well, even though she already knew he could certainly do that.
After waiting for about five minutes, Ji Hoon came out of the dressing room with his masculine and handsome appearance. Iseul approached him and smoothed his clothes with a nervous face.
"Are you okay?" asked Ji Hoon, who caught Iseul's nervousness.
"Well yeah," Iseul replied briefly.
"The expression on your face is different from when I entered the dressing room; what is it?" Ji Hoon was worried. Iseul raised her head and looked at Ji Hoon's face directly.
"You have a lot of fans, don't you?" ask Iseul to Ji Hoon. The man just nodded while figuring out the meaning of her question.
"Don't feel nervous when performing in front of them, okay? You'd do well, wouldn't you? Don't get nervous." Iseul told Ji Hoon.
"I'm not nervous," the singer said calmly.
"Okay, that's good," said Iseul, still feeling nervous.
"Are you feeling nervous for me?" Ji Hoon asked later.
Iseul was silent for a while, but then she nodded slowly. She just didn't know why. She didn't even feel nervous when she entered the stage for the competition in such a long period of time, nor did she ever feel nervous when she knew there were many pairs of eyes staring at her on the stage, but now she felt nervous just from imagining that Ji Hoon would sing on stage alone in front of those thousands of people. Somehow she knew, she was just... caring about him.
Ji Hoon smiled as he received a nod about his question. He felt happy to see that the woman still had attention for him and was nervous for him. He patted the woman on the shoulder and smiled at her.
"It's okay; believe me, I'll do well," said Ji Hoon. Iseul hesitated for a while, but then she decided to trust him and nodded to him.
"If she can accompany me and worry about me every moment like this forever, then it will be perfect," thought Ji Hoon in his heart as he smiled sadly at Iseul.
Ji Hoon finally enters his stage and sings his beautiful songs. The fans shouted in a cheerful voice when they saw their idol appear and sing very well. Iseul also smiled while watching Ji Hoon from backstage, especially when she heard the fans cheering him on.
The guy has done an amazing job, and she is really happy about it. Yoon Hee then also joins Iseul and watches Ji Hoon's performance from backstage. She greets Iseul, and the designer greets her back before they return to enjoying the show.
Ji Hoon sang a lot of songs from his album, and now he sings his last song before his concert is nearing its end. There was a change in the rhythm of the music, and he was ready to sing his song called "Love Beyond Pain."
🎶Love comes into my life by accident, and before I'm ready, it's leaving.
 
I'm trying my best to keep it, no matter how hard I try.
 
It's against my will, and I can do nothing about it.
 
We say goodbye to each other just as others do.
 
Love always comes together with pain.
 
crying, laughing, desiring you
 
Love is an endless wait.
Ji Hoon sang the song with all of his heart, although he sang well with his heart for every song before, but somehow he felt that this song really showed his current feelings, a song he created by himself.
🎶My heart is broken, broken into pieces.
 
I'm struggling waiting for you.
 
But I'm crying like a fool.
 
I can't help waiting for you again.
 
I can't forget you; I love you.
 
For this reason and with this expectation, I love you.
Iseul listened to every lyric of his song carefully; everyone who listened to this song would know how much the man tried to show his deepest feelings through the song. The MC as well as the audience remained silent while observing Ji Hoon's facial expression, his sad expression.
Iseul can really understand his feelings, even though he didn't tell her directly about them, but she knows—she really knows—that this song was sung by the man for her, and she can't control her heart and looks at the man with sad eyes.
🎶It's a long way to love.
 
I should approach you slowly.
 
I should have loved you step by step.
 
Are you fed up with me because I'm so impatient?
Iseul's figure when she left Ji Hoon with Ro Woon was somehow so clearly ringing in his head. Her shadow being with another man makes him feel very lost. She is very close to him today, but somehow he knows the woman will never come back to love him again. He doesn't know how to make the woman stay for him, but maybe he just has to accept it.
🎶I I love you, even though my heart is broken.
 
I love you like a fool.
 
Do you understand me? I only need you.
 
I need nothing but you.
When Ji Hoon finally finished his final song, the audience fell silent for a while before giving him a standing ovation. MC approached him and talked to him.
"Alright, Kim Ji Hoon-ssi... we can see how many feelings you express when you sing this song; I mean, it feels like there is more emotion in this song than any other song before; does this song have something special, or is this song related to your real feelings?" asks the MC. Ji Hoon smiled shyly while listening to the question, and the audience shouted enthusiastically out of curiosity.
"You're right, this song represents my true feelings," Ji Hoon said honestly.
      "Ah really? Well, we still haven't received a direct response about your issue with Hyori-ssi; is this song related to her or anyone else?" Ask MC again.
"About me and Hyori... nothing special happened; we were just friends and nothing more," replied Ji Hoon.
"Then that means there are other special people? Can you tell your fans about her?" asks MC.
Ji Hoon hesitated for a moment. He turned his gaze towards backstage and could see that Iseul was watching him with Yoon Hee. He smiled warmly at the woman and then turned his gaze back to the MC.
"There is someone special... I loved her for over ten years, I guess... I loved her secretly all that time," said Ji Hoon.
Iseul listened to his words with a pounding heart; she really didn't know what the man was trying to do and say in front of so many people. He is not the kind of person who will tell the public about his personal life.
     "Oh really? What a lucky girl, so... how about now? Does she know how you feel? What did she say?" Ask the MC, who is curious as well as the fans who are waiting for the answer.
"She knows... but she belongs to another man now; tomorrow is their engagement ceremony," said Ji Hoon with a smile on his face.
"I'm sorry," MC said. She felt guilty about her question.
"It's okay, well, I'm trying my best to let her go now; I just want to be friends with her like I used to be, and I also know I gave her so much trouble and made her cry; that's why I just hope that I won't give her any more weight, and I wish her all the best for her happiness," said Ji Hoon.
      Iseul looks at Ji Hoon with teary eyes, and Yoon Hee realizes that. She observes Iseul from the first time Ji Hoon mentions their love.
"Thank you, oppa," Iseul said in her heart.