Then her phone buzzed.
And for a love junkie in recovery, that was the most dangerous thing of all.
But junkies know the truth: the highest highs are always followed by the lowest lows. Jae had a girlfriend in Busan. He forgot to mention her until she showed up at his show. Mira stood in the crowd, holding a flower he’d given her an hour earlier, and felt the comedown rip through her chest. love junkie new manhua
“I’m Mira,” she said. “I’m going to make you laugh before you finish that chapter.”
Mira went all in. She showed up at his office with coffee. She sent him memes about tax fraud (the only thing that made him twitch). She learned that he didn’t hate her—he was just… numb. A childhood of emotional neglect, a broken engagement, and a clinical diagnosis of alexithymia (the inability to identify or describe emotions). Dohun didn’t avoid love. He literally couldn’t feel it. Then her phone buzzed
For two weeks, Mira told herself this was better. Healthier. Dohun was a locked door; Jae was a front porch with the lights on.
To be continued in the next episode of “Love Junkie” — coming soon on Webtoon and Kakao. Jae had a girlfriend in Busan
To a love junkie, “nothing” was the most addictive drug of all.