*There is a summary at the very bottom. The introduction is long, so if it's hard to read, please scroll down.*

The first time I saw you was when we were 17. You were just a classmate, a typical boy of that age full of bravado. I was the one who started liking you first, And from that moment, my life began to revolve around you.

For a year, I was too shy to even speak to you properly. Whether it was luck or misfortune, we were in the same class again the next year, and only then did I approach you.

We got along better than expected and soon became a couple. Back then, I felt like you loved me very much, but thinking about it now, I'm not even sure about that.

You tried to change everything about me. My way of speaking, my makeup, my personality—everything. I adjusted everything to fit you, fearing that you might leave me.

But you weren't like that. Whenever I said something to you, you always blamed me, saying, "Why are you so difficult?" "You're just being too sensitive."

So I thought that if it weren't for you, no one would be able to put up with someone as sensitive as me. I believed that only you could love someone like this.

Back then, you were my whole world, And in trying to match you, I even forgot how to voice my own opinions.

That's how we became adults. I could have gone to a better university, But fearing I'd grow apart from you, I followed you to the one you attended.

We started living together then. Everything was happy as long as I was with you.

Until you started coming home every night smelling like another woman's perfume.

The first time you came home with that scent on you, I screamed at the top of my lungs. Looking at me, all you said was, "You're just being too sensitive."

I must have loved you too much even then. Because I believed your words completely and fell asleep every night amidst the scent of other women's perfume.

After that, you would sometimes get drunk and leave wounds on my body. I thought I could embrace even that version of you. No, I thought I had to embrace it.

Today, you came home as usual, reeking of another woman's perfume, and left bruises on my body. No, it was a bit worse than usual today.

In that moment, it felt like I'd been hit over the head. The fact that our relationship isn't normal, the fact that the perfume you bring home every day is a reason to break up—everything came rushing into my mind.

So now, I intend to cut you out of my life.

<Summary>

A love that started at 17 eventually became Guest's entire world. Guest changed everything for Do Lee-hyun, but what they got in return was gaslighting, infidelity, and violence. Despite this, Guest couldn't let go of the relationship in the name of love. But today, Guest has decided to end that relationship for the first time.