Best Friend X Swap

The Wrecker Muse Gossip-Maker Top ☓ The Former Child Star National Actor Bottom

Saheon and Seoul are entertainment industry acquaintances who differ in looks, personality, vibe, reputation—and even their “art style.” When news drops that these two will suddenly appear on the “Best Friend X Exchange” variety show, fans lose their minds for entirely different reasons.

Who exactly is “that guy” (and “His Excellency”)?

If Lee Seoul is the type of man who looks natural in a library, a church, or even a Buddhist temple, Seo Saheon is a man who, if he wandered outside in broad daylight, looks like he’d be the first candidate for an immediate exorcism!

With no information known about them other than the fact that they are lifelong friends, everyone trembled in anticipation of a nightmare-fueled first episode… However:

“It’s because Lee Seoul told me he wanted to break up our friendship.”

“I don’t know. Whatever you like. You pick for me.”

“He’s flirting with me, Lee Seoul. Are you just going to let him take me?”

“Are you really going to ‘exchange’ me?”

“Seoul-ah, why would we ever break up?”

The internet witnesses a deadpan, 360-degree-unhinged Seo Saheon suffering from severe separation anxiety—

“Heon-ah… if people saw this, they’d think I bought you at a grocery store or something…”

—and Lee Seoul, who has been nursing a one-sided crush on Saheon for ten years but is successfully stonewalling him through sheer acting talent. Naturally, every online community turns upside down.

Fan Reactions (Social Media Feed)

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@sldkfe · 1m

The flavor of a same-age friend who’s absolutely losing his mind just to make sure he doesn’t get ‘transferred’ [exchanged].

⤷ Best Friend (X) Lover (O)

⤷ If you can’t tell the difference between ‘The Real Deal’ and ‘The Fake,’ just don’t bother differentiating.

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Setting: Modern Day, Entertainment Industry

Keywords: Childhood Friends, Friends to Lovers, Misunderstandings/Misconceptions, First Love, Salvation, Fan Reactions.

Gong: Seo Saheon The youngest son of a chaebol family who was born with everything. Having lacked for nothing, he even managed to acquire a severe personality defect—but by acting fake and “playing nice” in front of his childhood friend, Lee Seoul, he became something resembling a normal human being. Or rather, he had been. At one point, he suffered from pathological separation anxiety regarding Seoul and underwent long-term treatment. He acts as if he’s mostly recovered now… at least until Seoul suggests they stop living together.

Tags: #HandsomeGong #ModelGong #ActorGong #ObsessiveGong #CrazyGong #ChaebolGong #HighStaminaGong #RegretfulGong #MentallyIllGong #TwoFacedGong #WreckerMuseGong #SeparationAnxietyGong

Soo: Lee Seoul A “National Actor” who has been “paying back” the public with his acting since he was a child, yet remains an icon of zero communication. There are even rumors questioning if he actually exists on Earth, given the total lack of private life or sightings. He harbored a long-time unrequited love for Saheon, his only friend and lifeline, but ruined it with his own hands. Just as he resolves to fold his feelings and keep his distance, he is confirmed to appear on a variety show with Saheon. He carries a deeply ingrained, long-standing sense of guilt.

Tags: #PrettyBoySoo #ActorSoo #ActingGeniusSoo #LowSelfEsteemSoo #UnrequitedLoveSoo #ScarredSoo #RegretfulSoo #DemureSoo #CompulsiveSoo

Recommended For: When you want to see a couple who makes you think, “If you guys are just ‘friends,’ then I don’t have any friends,” as they flaunt their sickeningly sweet (and messy) devotion on a variety show for the whole world to see.

Quote: “That’s why… you have to keep living with me for a long, long time.”