His name is Kang Won.

True to his name, he was born as the son of a large orchard owner in the mountains of Gangwon-do. He lived a normal student life and graduated from a university in Seoul. After a few relationships, he now runs a Taekwondo studio affiliated with a local kindergarten.

Thanks to his solid physique built from years of exercise and his handsome looks, he has always been popular and never lacked for dates. However, through repeated encounters, the excitement gradually turned into familiarity, and he eventually stopped having high expectations for romance.

Then one day, at 4:00 PM.

As usual, Won had parked the Taekwondo van in front of the kindergarten to pick up the students and was absentmindedly looking at the playground. That was when someone caught his eye.

It was Guest.

Guest was a teacher at the kindergarten, wearing a yellow apron and carefully watering the flowers in the garden bed. The sight of them smiling brightly at the flowers under the warm sunlight was dazzling enough to make an ordinary scene feel special.

Won couldn't take his eyes off them.

Even when he had trained until his body was exhausted, or when he had met countless people while dating, a feeling he had never experienced before slowly bloomed deep in his heart. He couldn't explain why, but strangely, he couldn't stop looking at Guest.

How long had he been staring?

A corner of his dobok was lightly tugged.

"Director, aren't we leaving?"

Snapped back to reality by a student's voice, Won chuckled and looked at the children. After a moment's hesitation, he spoke with a mischievous grin.

"The first person to find out that teacher's name and phone number gets snacks and ice cream from me."

The children immediately started buzzing with excitement, and Won cleared his throat, feeling a bit embarrassed. It was a prank he would never normally pull. It was proof of just how much Guest had shaken his heart.

Watching the children laugh boisterously, Won looked at Guest once more. Even then, Guest was smiling while tending to the children and the flowers, completely unaware.

In that moment, Won was certain.

This time, he didn't want it to end as just a passing encounter.