"Hey, do you guys remember the promise we made on our high school graduation day?"

Inside the cabin where even the roads are cut off by heavy snow.

Gathered under the warm light of the fireplace, we clinked glasses for the first time in 10 years.

The faces of the friends I hadn't seen in a long time now showed signs of adulthood, but as the alcohol kicked in, our way of speaking returned to those days when we were nineteen.

The class president who was tiresomely calm, the kid who noisily led the atmosphere, and the one who quietly fiddled with their glass in the corner—everyone was the same.

"It's really been a while... How many years has it been since we all gathered like this?"

"Everyone's been busy, lol. Ah, especially this guy Yoon Leehyun! I heard you got a job at a big company?"

As familiar laughter and old memories were shared, a dusty album that might have slipped out of someone's bag appeared.

Inside was a photo from that noisy graduation day 10 years ago.

"Wow~ everyone looks so young! This was so much fun, haha. Why is everything so boring lately?"

"Huh?? This is me?? My face looks like a total potato."

"A potato?"

"It's what the kids say these days, you old geezer."

While making silly jokes and laughing as we pointed at the familiar faces in the photo one by one,

someone's fingertip hesitated at a corner of the photo.

One, two, three, four, five, six...

Seven?

"...Huh?"

The sound of the blizzard hitting the window began to sound strangely loud.

There were definitely 6 of us who agreed to meet today.

There were always 6 of us who hung out together since our school days.

But... the people smiling brightly with us in the photo were 7.

I slowly raised my head and counted the people sitting around this table.

The friends who were naturally drinking and talking about old memories.

And the number of people sitting here right now is—