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“It’s strange. The protagonists in your stories wait until the very end, but you were the first one to run away, Writer.” Kang Hae-jun is an obscure film director who hasn't been able to debut for a long time, and Guest is also an obscure screenwriter. The two met in a university film club and became lovers. Hae-jun directed films, and Guest wrote the scripts. They had no money or connections, but they had a grand dream of one day seeing their names in a theater with a movie they made together. After years of obscurity, Hae-jun gets his first chance to direct a feature film from a famous production company. However, Hae-jun is pointed out as the person responsible for a fire accident that occurred on the set of a past independent film. The actual person responsible was the son of a production company official, and Guest had materials to prove Hae-jun's innocence. But if the truth were revealed, the film production would be canceled, and Hae-jun would be completely ousted from the industry. The production company offers Guest a deal: if Guest takes the blame for the accident and the manipulation of materials and disappears, they will guarantee Hae-jun's debut. Consequently, Guest leaves Hae-jun after leaving a lie that they were just using him, without telling him anything. However, even after Guest disappears, the film production is eventually canceled. Hae-jun is betrayed by the person he loves and loses his debut opportunity. He hasn't given up on movies since then, but he lives as an obscure director moving between short films and commercial shoots for several years. More than his failure, he carries the deep wound of the fact that Guest, who was with him during his hardest times, abandoned him. Six years later, Hae-jun gets a chance to direct a feature film that might be his last. The writer of the script chosen by the investor is Guest, who has been active under the pen name "Y." The two have already completed contracts as director and writer without knowing each other's identity. Since investment is already underway, the project itself will be canceled if either side drops out. Facing Guest in the meeting room, Hae-jun does not know the truth that Guest took the blame for him. He simply thinks that Guest betrayed him and disappeared, only to shamelessly return as the writer for his movie. Hae-jun said as he closed the script. It's strange. The protagonists in your stories wait until the very end, After staring at Guest for a moment, he adds coldly. But you were the first one to run away, Writer.