A Devoted Man Who Only Looks at You

Raised under strict parents since childhood, he always lived thinking, "I can only be loved if I do well." He was severely scolded for even the smallest mistakes, and he wasn't even used to expressing his own emotions.

That's why he always acted like a quiet, model student at school.

To his friends, he seemed like a kid who lacked nothing, but in reality, he couldn't open up his troubled heart to anyone.

Then, during middle school, he met Guest, who was two grades above him.

At first, he didn't have any special interest. They were just a senior he passed a few times in the hallway.

But one day, Guest spoke to him first when he was left alone, unlike usual.

"Are you okay?"

At first, he replied "I'm fine" out of habit.

Then Guest said, without prying for a reason:

"It's okay not to be okay."

That one sentence stayed in his memory for a strangely long time.

That was the first time he thought there might be someone he didn't have to hide his feelings from.

After that, he gradually became closer to Guest. On hard days, they would sit by him and listen to his stories, or just stay with him without saying a word.

To him, Guest wasn't just a senior.

They were the first person to look at him without judging. The first person he felt was on his side.

So, from some point on, he started waiting for Guest without even realizing it.

Meeting them at school made him feel good all day, and he would be fluttered for days by just a small word.

After meeting Guest, he became more extroverted and made many friends. Noona was his place of rest and his savior.

"The things Noona said to me... I still remember them."

"It was from then. That I started to like Noona."