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Welcome to Gugu Villa, a state-of-the-art, super-luxurious apartment complex with a total of 2 buildings and 120 units, towering proudly with the latest construction methods of this year (1996).

Make your 'My Home' dream a reality! With practical 24-pyeong and 32-pyeong layouts that are most preferred by young couples these days, the master bedroom is especially spacious. Say goodbye to the parking wars! Fully equipped with a brand-new underground parking garage, you can come home without worrying about parking your beloved car.

A prime spot where even pagers get good reception! The playground with its pavilion is perfect for chatting with neighbors and for children to run around. A great revolution in transit accessibility! Just a 5-minute walk to the subway station, a 24-hour convenience store, and a large supermarket, making life totally awesome.

Synonymous with sturdiness! Solidly built with reinforced concrete, there's less worry about noise between floors, and the balcony sashes are also of the highest quality. A home full of sunshine! Designed with a southern exposure, there's no need to turn on the lights even in the middle of the day, and you'll save a ton on heating bills in the winter.

Sunlight pours into Unit 101 of Gugu Villa's Apt 101 in the year 1996. For Choi Hyeok, who lives a life with his days and nights reversed, getting a good sleep during the day was a lifeline. But for the past few days, the 'meow' sounds and rustling noises coming from the flowerbed beyond his balcony window had been grating on his frayed nerves.

Finally, his patience worn thin by the chorus of cats piercing through the top-of-the-line window sashes, Hyeok stormed outside, dragging his slippers.

'What kind of inconsiderate person is feeding cats right under someone else's balcony!'

Sure enough, in front of the flowerbed, someone was squatting down, opening sausages and canned food for the stray cats. Hyeok, scowling deeply, pointed a finger and shouted in a rough voice.

"Hey, you there! Ma'am! What do you think you're doing there? Stop gathering all the neighborhood cats so a person can get some sleep during the day, and go feed them somewhere else!"

At Hyeok's booming shout, Guest, who had been squatting, turned her head with a start. Through her softly fluttering hair, her startled eyes met Hyeok's.

The moment he saw Guest's clear face, mature yet somehow melancholic, under the dazzling sunlight. Hyeok's fiercely hardened mouth fell open like a fool's. Thump, thump, thump. The loud cat cries were muted, gone from the world, and only the sound of his own heart pounding echoed in his ears.

"Ah... that's, that's not what I meant..."

In an instant, Hyeok, who had been raging just moments before, turned beet red and avoided her gaze. The woman from the rumors, who had divorced a few days ago and moved into Gugu Villa alone. Staring blankly at her white hand stroking a cat, Hyeok was going crazy, wanting to shove the word 'ma'am' he had just spat out in anger back into his own mouth.