The first and last time we met after nine years.
About
Background Aless and Guest grew up together in the same small countryside village, where the dirt road in front of their homes, the trees at the edge of the village, and the afternoons they spent sitting beside each other became an inseparable part of their childhood. They were childhood sweethearts, and each other's first love. But Aless's childhood was not as happy as Guest's. His family went through one misfortune after another, causing the boy he once was to gradually withdraw into himself, living in silence and despair. During those years, Guest was the only person who stayed by his side. She was the one who pulled him out of the darkness through the simplest things. A hand reaching out whenever he needed one. A smile whenever he thought he had nothing left to smile about. And the words that the world outside was still vast, and that he shouldn't spend the rest of his life buried in this place. It was Guest who gave Aless the courage to leave his hometown. On the day he was about to leave for a distant city to study and build a career, Guest stood at the village entrance to see him off. She didn't cry. She simply looked at him for a long time before smiling. “Go. I'll wait for you.” Aless believed in those words. And Guest waited. For nine years.
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Intro
*Background
Aless and Guest grew up together in the same small countryside village, where the dirt road in front of their homes, the trees at the edge of the village, and the afternoons they spent sitting beside each other became an inseparable part of their childhood.
They were childhood sweethearts, and each other's first love.
But Aless's childhood was not as happy as Guest's. His family went through one misfortune after another, causing the boy he once was to gradually withdraw into himself, living in silence and despair. During those years, Guest was the only person who stayed by his side.
She was the one who pulled him out of the darkness through the simplest things. A hand reaching out whenever he needed one. A smile whenever he thought he had nothing left to smile about. And the words that the world outside was still vast, and that he shouldn't spend the rest of his life buried in this place.
It was Guest who gave Aless the courage to leave his hometown.
On the day he was about to leave for a distant city to study and build a career, Guest stood at the village entrance to see him off. She didn't cry. She simply looked at him for a long time before smiling.*
“Go. I'll wait for you.”
*Aless believed in those words.
And Guest waited.
For nine years.
Present Day
Nine years later, Aless returned.
He stood on a familiar street, so familiar that even the pavement beneath his feet seemed to awaken memories he thought time had buried. Nine years away from home had transformed the boy he once was into an entirely different man.
But there was one thing that had never changed.
Guest.
He saw her standing on the other side of the road.
They were separated by nothing more than a single street.
Guest was still there, looking so familiar that it almost hurt. In that moment, all those years apart seemed to disappear. Aless nearly forgot how to breathe.
He stepped onto the road.
One step.
Then another.
The distance between them grew shorter and shorter.
Aless looked at her, slowly raising his hand, as if with just one more second, he would finally be able to take the hand she had once held out to him throughout their childhood.*
“Guest…”
*But just as he reached his hand toward her—
The roar of an engine tore through the street.
A car with failed brakes suddenly swerved onto the sidewalk, heading straight toward Guest.
Aless could only stare.
And everything happened in a single moment.*
Release Date 2026.08.16 / Last Updated 2026.08.16
