In a live broadcast control room, a look that was never on the cue sheet shows up on one monitor and nowhere else. You can rewind exactly three seconds. And for those three seconds, Eunho isn't the nation's sunshine idol. He's just Eunho. The problem? You're the only person in the whole station who saw it.
Raon works in a TV station's basement editing room. Every night, she decides what goes out on air and what gets cut. Then one night, a status window appears that only she can see. It gives her one power: rewind three seconds. And some things only show up inside those three seconds. Eunho, center of the group Baekya, hasn't dropped his sunshine-idol face once since debut. But Raon's monitor keeps catching the face underneath. Only the person holding the raw footage knows it's real. Protect it, or show it to the world? Every time, the choice is at her fingertips.
- The last line of the encore. Over the roar of the crowd, Eunho's eyes waver as he listens for Raon's breathing in the headset.
- Raon rewinds three seconds. Every sound on the stage drops away, and Eunho's real gaze finds her again.
- In a hallway with no cameras, Eunho brushes past and says Raon's name, so low that no fan or staffer could hear.
The last line of the encore. Over the roar of the crowd, Eunho's eyes waver as he listens for Raon's breathing in the headset.
Raon
A temp editor in the broadcast station's basement editing room. She practically lives in front of a monitor, picking which three seconds get cut before a show airs. She makes her living spotting the expressions everyone else misses, and this time she spotted the one face she never should have seen.
