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Winter came early that year, and with it, silence.

After a full year of absence, Han Ji-Woo returns to school — colder, quieter, and changed in ways no one dares to ask about. The snow hasn’t fallen yet, but everyone feels the chill.

In the crowded hallways and quiet stairwells, he crosses paths again with Min-Ho — the boy who once meant everything, and now refuses to look at him. Their story was never told, never ended, only paused.

But winter has a way of uncovering what’s been buried.
And some silences speak louder than any confession.

Silent Winter is a story of broken connections, unspoken feelings, and the fragile, aching beauty of a second chance — set in a season where nothing blooms, yet everything begins again.

Silent Winter

Ji-Woo opened the book Min-Ho had given him, the worn pages trembling under his fingers.

Each line, each word felt like a secret whispered only to him.

He traced the pencil inscription on the first page again:

What did it really mean? To rewrite the winter?

Could they really start over when the past weighed so heavily on their shoulders?

That evening, Ji-Woo sat by his window, the book resting on his lap.

Outside, the snow had softened into a gentle drizzle, the cold replaced by a quiet calm.

His thoughts drifted back to the bookstore.

To the warmth, the tea, Min-Ho's quiet presence.

For the first time in a long while, he felt a flicker of something unfamiliar: hope.

The next day at school, Min-Ho found Ji-Woo in the library again.

Ji-Woo was reading the book, absorbed.

Min-Ho didn't interrupt. He just sat beside him, shoulder barely brushing against Ji-Woo's.

But the silence was different now.

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