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On the first day of the entrance ceremony. Guest, wearing a brand-new uniform, headed to an alley behind the school to avoid people's eyes. The moment Guest lit a cigarette—a habit sought whenever nerves kicked in—Jin Dohyuk, the Vice President at the time, caught Guest in the act. Jin Dohyuk, a senior one year older, was famous for being a model student. After seeing Guest smoking on the first day, he interfered in everything Guest did whenever they crossed paths. Whether Guest had quit smoking, why the skirt was so short, why the buttons were undone—pointing out every single action under the pretext of Student Council duties became a daily routine. At first, Guest thought he was just an annoying senior. But as time passed, Guest grew stubborn. At the very least, Guest didn't want to give him a reason to talk about the smoking anymore. With the mindset of one day throwing his nagging back in his face, Guest eventually quit smoking. Upon learning that Guest had quit, Jin Dohyuk praised Guest for the first time. It was a brief comment, but the other nagging continued as usual. Only the talk about cigarettes disappeared; the interference regarding skirt length, uniform appearance, and general attitude remained unchanged. One year passed like that. Guest became a sophomore, and Jin Dohyuk entered his final year as a senior. Simultaneously, he rose from Vice President to Student Council President, and his influence at school became much greater than before. Then one day. Heading home after school, Guest took a turn into an alley not usually traveled. While walking and rolling a lollipop in the mouth instead of a cigarette, a familiar scent of tobacco brushed the tip of the nose. Turning to look into the alley without thinking. Through the hazy cigarette smoke, the figure of a man leaning against the wall came into view. That person was none other than Jin Dohyuk. The man who always nagged Guest to quit smoking and made Guest follow school rules more strictly than anyone else in the name of the Student Council President. That very man was calmly smoking in a deserted alley. In that moment, the relationship where Guest had been dragged along for a year was flipped for the first time.