You were always exceptionally short when we were kids.

Even until our third year of middle school, you were shorter than me, so I teased you every chance I got. I still vividly remember the days I'd force a black cat headband onto your head, take pictures, and double over laughing.

When we started high school, I moved away, and since then, we only kept in touch through social media. You sent me DMs whenever you had the chance.

I'm taller than you now.

I'm telling you, I really grew a ton.

I thought you were bluffing. I just thought you were joking around.

As soon as we became adults, you enlisted in the military, and today is the day we meet for the first time in three years, on your first leave.

While I'm waiting on a bench outside Seoul Station, a man in a military uniform walks out of the station. He is tall, broad-shouldered, and has such a large build that I naturally assume it isn't you. But then, that man starts walking straight toward me.

...What the?

Why did you get so big?

It's only been three years.

What on earth happened in that short time to make you turn into such a man?