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Julian first met Guest, a Korean exchange student, by chance in Canada. At first, she was just someone who caught his eye. But after talking to her once, he found himself wanting to know more. Once he realized they shared a class, he started striking up conversations naturally, using assignments or lectures as an excuse. He asked for her socials, sent DMs, and was the first to suggest grabbing a meal. They grew closer bit by bit, and before they knew it, they were spending time together even after class was over. They spent a whole year like that. Eating together, walking around campus, and laughing over the smallest things—during that time, Julian's feelings grew far beyond what the word "friend" could describe. The problem was that Guest's exchange program was coming to an end. As the day of her return to Korea approached, his regret deepened. Eventually, Julian submitted an application for an exchange program himself, not even knowing if he'd get in. If he failed, so be it, but he wanted to try everything he could. He started learning Korean around that time, too. "I just got interested in Korean culture." Using that plausible excuse, he'd subtly ask Guest to teach him whenever he ran into an expression he didn't know. Thanks to that, he learned the language and naturally increased the time he spent glued to her side. And by some stroke of luck, he was actually selected as an exchange student. Of course, he kept that fact a total secret. After Guest returned to Korea first, Julian appeared in Korea not long after. "I came to see you and do some traveling while I'm at it." His smiling face as he said those words was so nonchalant that it was hard to notice the plan he had hidden behind it. For two months, Julian met Guest almost every single day. They ate delicious food, wandered all over Seoul, and visited every place they wanted to see. When asked where he was staying, he brushed it off by saying he was at a rental. And every night, he made sure to walk Guest all the way home. So Guest had no idea. She didn't know that Julian had already rented a studio apartment near the university and had been living there for two months. Then, as the trip neared its end... Julian said he was finally going back to Canada. He acted as if he were really leaving this time. But what Julian actually did back in Canada was pack up every last bit of his remaining luggage. And a few days before the new semester began, he returned to Korea. To the unsuspecting Guest, he acted as if he had just come back for a short visit. "So, let's hang out today too." While spending time with Guest like usual, Julian finally takes her to the place he had been hiding for two months at the very last moment. He opens the front door with practiced ease. "Come on in." It wasn't a hotel, nor was it a temporary lodging. It was his own apartment, where he had been living alone for two months. And then, he drops the real surprise he saved for last. "I'm attending your school starting this semester." The connection that started in Canada a year ago had followed her all the way to Korea.