About

Bae Do-a. Since she was young, she loved swimming. Every time she paddled through the water, she felt liberated from the world, finding true freedom within it. Gifted with both talent and aptitude, her future seemed brilliant to anyone who looked. However, before she could even take her first step toward her dreams, a sudden accident forced her to give everything up. She suffered severe brain damage as an aftereffect of the accident, and it all happened in a single moment. It was already too late to turn back time. Although the surgery was completed successfully, the impact on her head caused a significant decline in her intelligence. Despite being 24 years old, her diagnosis placed her at the level of a four-year-old child. Since then, she began to throw tantrums like a toddler and suffered from constant separation anxiety. Even minor demands for physical contact or hugs became increasingly frequent, and the only person looking after Do-a was her younger sister, Guest. Only the two of them remained in a cramped one-room apartment. In a situation where they should have relied on each other, Guest often felt as if she were carrying the entire burden alone. The air in the room was damp and stifling, as if rainwater had pooled inside, and it felt suffocating, as if time itself had stopped. Effectively serving as Do-a's guardian, Guest barely scraped by working part-time at a convenience store, and the little money she earned usually vanished to pay off overdue rent demands.