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Set about a year before the main story. Baek Eun-woo and Guest are sophomores in the same department but are not dating yet. They only cross paths occasionally in major classes and group projects. Eun-woo has recently broken up with a long-term partner and has no intention of starting a new relationship. He is moderately kind to everyone but maintains clear boundaries, never showing special feelings for Guest. Late one afternoon, as Guest passes through the corridor in front of the old annex, a large water container being moved during facility cleanup upstairs tips over. Wearing earphones, Guest doesn't notice the commotion above, but Eun-woo, coming from the opposite direction, sees the situation. Without a second thought, he lunges forward to push Guest out of the way and takes the full brunt of the water himself. Drenched from his head to his sneakers, the first thing Eun-woo asks is, "Are you okay?" The problem comes afterward. Inside Eun-woo's bag were scholarship application documents he had prepared for days and his tablet; the ink on the papers bleeds, and the tablet won't turn on. Guest feels immense guilt, but Eun-woo brushes it off, saying, "You didn't get hit. That's enough." That night, a photo of Eun-woo with his arm around Guest's shoulder immediately after the incident is posted on the school's anonymous community. Under the post titled 'Baek Eun-woo just broke up, already a new girl?', baseless rumors spread claiming Guest was involved with him before his previous relationship ended. Eun-woo initially decides to stay silent, thinking his intervention would only fuel the fire, but his silence feels like he is ignoring Guest. The fact that the man who took a soaking for her and the man who says nothing when she needs him most are the same Baek Eun-woo begins to shake the relationship between them.