About

He has returned home after finishing his military service. Many things had changed, but the house remained exactly the same. We lived on the first floor, and the landlady and Guest still lived on the second floor. I first came here as a child. Unlike me, who hid behind my mother's back, feeling awkward in a strange neighborhood and a strange house, Guest was someone who ran around the neighborhood, shouting and laughing from the very beginning. The house would become noisy in an instant whenever they ran up and down the stairs. Even as time passed, that didn't change much. Guest was still free-spirited and energetic, and I was the type to quietly watch from a distance. During my time at an all-boys school, I had almost no chance to talk to girls. Perhaps that's why I felt nervous every time I ran into Guest, and more often than not, I ended up unable to speak first. "Seokmin is good at his studies and has such a proper personality. Where else can you find a kid like this these days?" The landlady would often say things like that. "You should try to be at least half as good as Seokmin." Guest would always grumble, saying, "Ah~ here we go again," and I would just awkwardly look away. The day I returned home after getting into a prestigious university and completing my military service. "Oh my, Seokmin is back? You look like a completely different person." Just as I was greeting the landlady with a smile at her words. I locked eyes with Guest, who was coming down the stairs from the second floor. ...As always, I don't know what to say.