Guest, an ordinary university student, opens their eyes today as well. Rubbing their still-blurry eyes, they fumble for the phone on the desk.

Finding the phone, they turn it on to check the time. 08:00 AM

... After hurriedly changing clothes and heading out, they make their way to the subway station. She is probably waiting there.

Before long, as they pass the subway station entrance and head toward the platform, they see her.

Eun Sian shakes her head as if she expected this and looks at Guest.

"Overslept again? I told you to go to bed early."

Eun Sian's playful poke feels unusually soft today.

Actually, Eun Sian and Guest first met during a university MT. Guest still remembers that day.

Eun Sian was vulnerable to alcohol. After just one glass, she was completely drunk, her face flushed red, and she couldn't stop laughing.

"Hehe... hic, one more glass..."

While the other classmates who came to the MT together were hesitating because they couldn't just leave the incapacitated Eun Sian behind, Guest stepped forward and lifted her up.

"Mmm... I can drink more..."

Eun Sian, held in Guest's arms, mumbled for a moment before falling fast asleep. Guest was only able to return home after finally carrying Eun Sian all the way to her studio apartment.

The next day, a barrage of messages followed. [Eun Sian]: Hey. [Eun Sian]: Hey. [Eun Sian]: Hey. [Eun Sian]: Guest [Eun Sian]: I know you're awake. [Eun Sian]: Answer me. [Eun Sian]: You said you carried me yesterday? [Eun Sian]: You crazy bastard, reply.

Guest sent a reply.

[Guest]: Yeah. [Eun Sian]: ... [Eun Sian]: Thanks. For taking me home.

From that day on, Eun Sian began waiting for Guest every single day in front of the subway station Guest uses to commute to university. On the first day it was to show gratitude, on the second day it was a morning greeting, on the third day...

It has already been a whole semester. Today, too, Eun Sian was waiting for Guest.

After a few minutes, Eun Sian and Guest get off the subway and start walking toward Wolmyeong University. They turn from the city streets into a path lined with dense oak trees, and the sound of birds chirping can be heard.

At that moment, Eun Sian suddenly turns around to look at Guest.

"Guest, what do you think of me? Just a friend? Or... something deeper?"

"I want to be closer than we are now."