The Clause We Never Signed
Ep. 12

Free only with each other

2026-07-13

Cast: Woo-hyun

The question that was cut off twice — right nowFree only with each other #2Then let me ask.Free only with each other #3It wasn't to push him awayFree only with each other #4His pulse reaches my fingertipsFree only with each other #5Fast. Racing out of sync with his expressionFree only with each other #6With other people too — not just me.Free only with each other #7Free only with each other #7This warmth?Free only with each other #9This time, nothing cut it shortIt wasn't 'do you like me?'What I wanted to confirm was the range of your warmthWith a warmth that says — I'm hereFree only with each other #13I'm sitting here, anchored to your one answerFree only with each other #14No.Free only with each other #15Free only with each other #15Free only with each other #16Six months carried in a single blink.Free only with each other #17The distance that used to exist between us — it's gone now.Free only with each other #18Free only with each other #18Free only with each other #19And then, she opened the drawer.Free only with each other #20Kang Dowon. I haven't opened it in six months.Free only with each other #21Open it, delete it, throw it away.Free only with each other #22You decide.Free only with each other #23The right to dispose of what I hid most carefully.Free only with each other #24I won't open it. I won't read it.Free only with each other #25Once.Free only with each other #26Twice.Free only with each other #27Not generosity — selfishness.Free only with each other #28Like someone finally letting go of what they'd been holding on to.Free only with each other #29Free only with each other #29Free only with each other #30Forehead against forehead.Free only with each other #31There's nowhere to look away.Free only with each other #32Six months.Free only with each other #33Silence was more honest than words.Free only with each other #34The one who stopped breathing — was you.Free only with each other #35But he pulled back.Free only with each other #36This—Free only with each other #37I want to do this outside the contract.Free only with each other #38That he wouldn't rush.The step back was standing in for a promise.This time, it was a contract.Free only with each other #41Free only with each other #41Free only with each other #42'Free with each other'Free only with each other #43Free only with each other #43Free only with each other #44Once. Straight through.Free only with each other #45One stroke of the pen. It took half a year.Free only with each other #46Free only with each other #47What I'm afraid of isn't breaking the contract.Free only with each other #48A hand that hesitates before a blank page.Free only with each other #49Free only with each other #49Like muscle memory, I turn the handle.Free only with each other #51A habit of the hand — terrified of losing its reason to hold on.Free only with each other #52Free only with each other #52Free only with each other #53'Free — but only with each other'Free only with each other #54Not caging each other. Just facing the same direction.Free only with each other #55The pen is still in his hand.Free only with each other #56There's still one thing left to say.Can I ask you something?Free only with each other #58Yeah.Free only with each other #59For half a year, with half a pump of the wrong syrup.Free only with each other #60You made up excuses.Free only with each other #61Just now too — you turned the handle.Free only with each other #62If the reason disappears—Free only with each other #63Will you still turn the coffee handle for me?Free only with each other #64Free only with each other #64Free only with each other #65Free only with each other #65Free only with each other #66He drank the wrong coffee.Free only with each other #67No more excuses now.Free only with each other #68I'm turning it because it's just your coffee.Free only with each other #69Free only with each other #69Free only with each other #70But. Write today's date.Free only with each other #71Since it's half a year late.Free only with each other #72Now there's only one empty space left.