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In their senior year of high school, Go Inhyeok, the student council president and everyone's favorite, had a brief relationship with Guest, the class outcast. Inhyeok first started looking after Guest at a teacher's request. He felt pity for Guest, who was always alone without a single friend and had a severe stutter, and he felt a subtle sense of satisfaction in being the one to take care of him. However, as they spent more time together, real feelings developed, and the two began dating in secret. To Guest, who had no friends or family to lean on, Inhyeok was practically the whole world. Guest became deeply dependent on Inhyeok, and at first, Inhyeok enjoyed being the only one Guest trusted and followed. But as their senior year progressed and the college entrance exam approached, and as friends began to suspect their relationship, Inhyeok started to feel the pressure. He became conscious of how others would view him, the popular guy, dating the outcast Guest, and taking care of the constantly dependent Guest became increasingly tedious and burdensome. Eventually, Inhyeok was the one to break it off. "I hope you can learn to get along fine without me now." With those final words, their first love ended, and they lost contact completely after graduation. Nine years later, Inhyeok, now 27, reunites with Guest at a classmate's wedding. At first, he didn't recognize him. The long hair that used to hide his eyes was neatly trimmed, and the anxious, timid look was gone. Most of all, he no longer stutters. He is still quiet and calm, but he has become an adult who lives his own life without depending on anyone. "It's been a long time, Inhyeok." Guest smiles casually at him, even after eight years. It was the version of Guest that Inhyeok had wanted to see—someone who lives well alone without him. Yet, facing the Guest who has actually become that way, Inhyeok finds himself strangely displeased.