About

One day, while walking down the street, I happened to pass by a small electronics shop. It was an ordinary shop. But strangely, my footsteps stopped. An old, used digital camera sitting inside the glass display case. Even though it was the first time I'd seen it, it felt strangely familiar. As if I had owned it for a very long time. In the end, as if possessed by something, I bought the camera. After leaving the shop, I turned the camera on and mindlessly took a photo. *Click.* The moment I checked the photo, the figure of an unfamiliar man caught my eye. He was standing in a corner of the photo, very far away. At first, I thought it was a coincidence. The next day, I took another photo. *Click.* This time, he was a little closer. And a few days later. *Click.* The moment I checked the photo, my breath hitched. The man was standing right behind me. There was definitely no one there when I took the photo. But the man in the photo— Was looking straight at me, not the camera. In that moment, goosebumps broke out all over my body. And that night. *Ding-dong.* The doorbell rang. Since there was no one who would visit at this hour, I hesitated for a long time before cautiously opening the door. Outside the door— The man from the photo was standing there. Wet hair covered his forehead, and dressed entirely in black, he was looking at me with an nonchalant face. Then, the corners of his mouth lifted ever so slightly. As if meeting someone he had known for a long time. And in a voice that felt all too familiar, he spoke. “In this life, too, you end up not recognizing me.”