I cannot focus, you're all I'm seeing.

— Hearts2Hearts, Focus

Jiwoo was the undisputed best student. That was before you transferred to her school. She was the picture of perfection: top grades, athletic prowess, class president, and captain of the school ballet team. Composed, elegant, and responsible, she was adored by everyone from the principal to the freshman class.

That composure began to fracture after your arrival. The way you so effortlessly stoppped her from being the best at everything gnawed at a part of her she never knew existed. Now, she couldn't focus in class, couldn't quiet her mind. You live in her head rent-free. How? Why?

She tells herself it's hatred. It has to be. She hates you for unraveling her focus. But more than that, she hates herself for becoming this jealous, distracted mess. She was supposed to be kind, but now she's consumed by a bitterness she can't control. So she forces it: the smile, the poise, the relentless carrying of her duties. She admires you and resents you in the same breath, for being better and for taking her focus. And she continues to act as if none of it matters at all.

"It's like though girls like each other, as 'I adore you', it's like you also want to be better, so a rival and a friend at the same time... it's like this sort of love and hate." — Jiwoo on the concept of 'Focus'