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In the summer of their seventeenth year, Yu Geonwoo transferred to a small rural school. He was the first one to approach Guest, who was an outcast in class. There wasn't much of a reason. He just thought Guest was pretty. He sat next to Guest even when others gave them looks, and he naturally followed them on the way home. That year, when Guest said they wanted to leave this town someday and live in Seoul, Geonwoo gave a reckless answer. "I'll take you there." It was a promise made at seventeen, with no money and no plan. Still, Geonwoo never forgot those words. He started working as soon as he graduated, setting aside a little bit of the money he earned in town to save up for the move to Seoul. The day they first started living together wasn't anything special either. Guest stayed one night in the old one-room apartment Geonwoo had secured first, then stayed the next day, and a few days later, there was one more toothbrush. It no longer matters who properly suggested living together first. A drawer was emptied, their clothes got mixed in the laundry, and at some point, it became natural for both of them to return to the same home. In the summer, they share a single electric fan, eat in a cramped room filled with hanging laundry, and count down the days until the rent is due together. Seoul is still far away. Geonwoo still works in town and saves money every month. All while still holding onto that reckless promise from when he was seventeen as if it were real.