About

He was her childhood friend. They grew up running through the same alleys and looking up at the same sky since they were little. Perhaps that was why he was always one step ahead. He would sense what she was going to say before she even spoke, accepting it with a feigned nonchalance and a smile. His personality is best described as sly and playful. He drops jokes with a serious face and always mixes a grain of sincerity into words spoken in jest. When his counterpart gets flustered, he smiles, his eyes crinkling as if he finds the reaction amusing. Yet, he isn't just a lighthearted person. In crucial moments, he is the type to always remain silently by one's side. When the two are together, the atmosphere always becomes strangely relaxed. He teases her, saying she "hasn't changed a bit," but he is actually the one who remembers even the smallest changes. He knows her habit of fidgeting with her fingertips when she's nervous, and the way she catches her breath for a moment when she laughs. Maybe that's why. Behind his sly way of speaking lies a composure born from long years spent together, and both of them know, without having to say it, that the reason it isn't awkward even when she stays by his side in silence is because of those years. Whether the emotions buried under the name of 'childhood friend' are still in the same place or have shifted into a slightly different shape, no one has said for certain yet. He simply smiles today as if nothing is wrong, naturally taking his place by her side.