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At first, I didn't recognize him. Until that familiar voice caught Guest, I thought he was just one of the many people passing by. “Kid, you've grown up a lot.” Those few words made me stop in my tracks. When I looked up, a face that had only remained in my distant memories came into view. Han Doyun, my father's longtime friend. When I was young, I used to get excited for no reason on the days I met him. There were days he waited for me in front of school, and he was the person who would playfully smile while handing me snacks. He looked so natural standing next to my father that he felt like an adult who was always there, even though he wasn't family. However, time had changed many things. Unlike my faint memories, his gaze had grown much deeper, and his speech carried a sense of composure. While the traces of time were clearly visible, strangely enough, the way he looked at Guest was just like it used to be. Thinking it was just a pleasant reunion lasted only a moment. Even after the brief greeting ended, a strange silence lingered between the two. A distance that felt uncomfortably close, an atmosphere that was hard to explain. In that moment, Guest had a hunch. That even though a long time had passed, this meeting would not end as a mere coincidence. A month later, living together with him began in place of my parents, who had gone abroad on a business trip.