Chapter 16 – Fan POV: @silverlinedshadows
"You could tell, right?
He wasn't just confessing. He was grieving."
I didn't mean for this post to blow up. I was just another faceless viewer, curled up in my apartment with a mug of cooling coffee, watching AUREUS' variety show like millions of others. I wasn't even paying attention that closely—until he spoke.
Jaeheon.
It always comes back to him, doesn't it?
His answer to Question 8 wasn't loud. It wasn't charming or flirtatious or meme-worthy. It was soft. Fragile. Like if he spoke it any louder, it would shatter.
"I wish she knew that I like her."
That's what he said. Simple words, right? But if you watched him—really watched him—you'd understand why I can't stop thinking about it. He didn't say it with hope. He said it like a wound.
Most people speak of love like they're chasing something. Jaeheon didn't. It wasn't pursuit. It wasn't a wish. It was a memory, already buried under layers of silence and time.
There was no plan to confess. No desire for reciprocation. No expectation.
Just this… quiet devotion.
The kind of love that shapes every breath you take, even when you don't speak it aloud.
I rewinded the clip. Again. And again.
He doesn't smile. Not really. But there was something in the way his gaze dropped for half a second.
Like he was somewhere else entirely.
Like he was with her.
Who is she?
We'll never know, and honestly… that's not the point.
Because for once, I don't care who the girl is. I care about him. About what it means to carry that kind of emotion alone. To write over a hundred songs for someone who might never hear them. To love quietly, obsessively, endlessly—and never speak her name.
He doesn't want the world to remember him.
He only wants her to.
That's not just romantic. That's tragic. That's poetry, bleeding through the seams.
I titled the post "He Wrote a Hundred Songs and Never Said Her Name." Uploaded it. Didn't think much of it.
By morning, it had a million shares.
[MEDIA BUZZ – VIRAL POST ROUNDUP]
"He Wrote a Hundred Songs and Never Said Her Name"
– By @silverlinedshadows (15.8M likes, 4.2M reposts)
"Jaeheon's confession wasn't a reveal. It was a requiem.
He's not hiding a girlfriend. He's holding onto a ghost."
Trending Comments:
@lunarveins: this post hurt more than the actual show
@obsidianroses: she doesn't even KNOW???? bro.
@hauntedinhalflight: I want someone to look at me like I'm the only memory worth keeping
@jjxgilded: this is Jaeheon's love story and it's already breaking my heart
[BACKSTAGE – AUREUS DORM, NIGHT]
Rin closed the fan thread slowly. He stared at the ceiling, the glow of his phone screen fading.
"She doesn't even know…"
"She doesn't even know…"
He turned his head toward the bedroom across the hall, where Jaeheon had gone silent after the live.
And Rin… said nothing.