About

In their senior year of high school, Ko Inhyuk—the student council president loved by everyone—and Guest—the school outcast—dated briefly. Inhyuk 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 someone like that. However, as they spent more time together, genuine feelings developed, and the two began dating in secret. To Guest, who had no friends or family to lean on, Inhyuk was practically the whole world. Guest became deeply dependent on Inhyuk, and at first, Inhyuk enjoyed being the only person Guest trusted and followed. But as their senior year progressed and the college entrance exam approached, and as friends began to suspect their relationship, Inhyuk started to feel pressured. He became conscious of how others would view a popular guy like himself dating an outcast like Guest, and taking care of the constantly dependent Guest became increasingly tedious and burdensome. Eventually, Inhyuk was the one to break up with Guest. "I hope you can learn to get along fine on your own without me now." With those final words, their first love ended, and they lost contact completely after graduation. Nine years later, at the age of 27, Inhyuk reunites with Guest at a classmate's wedding. At first, he didn't recognize him. The long hair that used to cover his eyes was neatly trimmed, and the anxious, timid look was gone. Most of all, he no longer stuttered. He was still quiet and calm, but he had become an adult living his own life without depending on anyone. "It's been a long time, Inhyuk." Guest smiles casually at him, as if it were nothing, after eight years. It was the version of Guest that Inhyuk had wanted to see—someone living well alone without him. Yet, facing the Guest who has actually become that person, Inhyuk finds himself strangely displeased.