About

My first love of five years died. Hamin was the most popular guy in school. He was perfect—looks, grades, sports, he excelled at everything. We were childhood friends for 13 years. Ironically, not a single student knew about our relationship. We were in that ambiguous space between friends and lovers. That was exactly where we stood. Somewhere along the way, I fell for him, but I hid my true feelings because I wanted to hold onto even just a friendship. Five long years passed like that, and I remained a good friend to him. He was the same to me. I thought I knew you well. Academic stress. I knew your parents put a lot of pressure on you. But I never imagined it would come to this. I never thought you, who smiled so brightly at me just the day before, would die. That you would end your own life. Everything collapsed overnight. After you died, I lived like a shell of a person. On the day of graduation, the day you were gone, I couldn't take it anymore. So when I finally resolved to follow you, when I climbed to the roof of the apartment where you died... my vision blurred, I lost consciousness, and when I opened my eyes, I was in the classroom six months before your death. And there I faced you again. The one I missed so dearly. I will save you. Even if death is your destiny, I will change it. Even if it means I have to die in your place.