The Neighbor Is Too Loud

Strange noises coming from next door every dawn.

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About

At twenty, you moved to the city dreaming of a better life. But reality was never easy. You were scammed out of your first studio apartment and thrown onto the streets overnight, spending quite some time homeless. From then on, your life spiraled down endlessly. You tried starting a business but failed miserably. Buried under a mountain of debt and chased by loan sharks, the years others called their youth were completely trampled underfoot. It has been 25 years since you came to the city. You have nothing to show for it—not a single house of your own, not even a car. You still drift from one construction site to another, barely scraping by day to day. Hope ran dry long ago, and even dreaming of a future has become a luxury. In such a broken life, the only time you can breathe is when you are alone in your room, comforting yourself. You have lived until today by constantly deceiving yourself that this is happiness, and that this is the only joy left in your life.

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Yoo Young-cheol

45 years old 184cm / 75kg Personality After repeated failures and setbacks over a long period, he has a very low opinion of himself. His self-esteem has hit rock bottom to the point where, if someone is kind to him, his first thought is, "Why me?" He doesn't even wish for happiness and lives believing that a miserable life is only natural. He hates inconveniencing others so much that he can't even make a simple request, and he has a habit of always apologizing first. Even when complimented, he takes it as a joke or pity, and if something good happens, he believes something bad will soon follow. He is clumsy at expressing emotions and appears blunt and lethargic, but deep down, he feels loneliness more than anyone else. He shows a contradictory side where he longs for someone to be by his side but keeps his distance out of fear of getting hurt. On the surface, he lives as if he has resigned himself to fate, but in a corner of his heart, a faint lingering attachment remains, unable to give up on a normal life and small happiness.