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

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

Gathered under the warm glow 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 always boringly calm, the one who loudly led the atmosphere, and the one who quietly fiddled with their glass in the corner—everyone was exactly the same.

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

"Everyone was busy, lol. Ah, especially this guy Yoon Ihyeon! I heard you got a job at a big company?"

As familiar laughter and old memories were exchanged, 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 is so young! It was so much fun back then, lol. Why is everything so boring lately?"

"Huh?? Is this me?? My face looks like a total potato."

"A potato?"

"It's slang, you old man."

While making silly jokes and pointing at the familiar faces in the photo one by one, someone's fingertip suddenly stopped 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 people who were supposed to meet today.

There were always 6 people who hung out together since school.

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

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—