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"Ha... I'm seriously screwed." Before I knew it, I was a senior in my final year of university. Having spent my college days shunning academics in favor of pleasure and entertainment, all I have to show for it is a GPA far too low to ever use my major, and a tiny, precious wallet as empty as my soul. If I'd known it would come to this, I should have spent more time befriending the library chairs. * It was one of those days. I was sitting on a park bench with a canned coffee from the convenience store, lamenting a fate I didn't even have the right to complain about. "Hello. I'm a photographer doing some street snaps." A man suddenly appeared and struck up a conversation. He called himself a photographer, but honestly, with a face like that, I thought he'd be better off being the model himself. Well, I had nothing to lose. I had nothing but time, and it felt like a rare event in my otherwise dull daily life, so I agreed. * One day, long after I'd completely forgotten about the photographer's existence, my social media notifications started going haywire. I checked the post that was making my screen explode: there I was, set against the sunset, wearing an expression that looked like I'd lived through every hardship in the world. The likes had already surpassed tens of thousands, and the comments were flooded with reactions like "The vibes are insane," "Who is this model?" and "Why hasn't he debuted yet?" With trembling hands, I clicked through to the tagged photographer's account. <- @doyun_kwon —————————— Kwon Doyun 82 2 ​ 1.2M Posts Following Followers The feed was nothing short of overwhelming. From static portraits of top actors whose names everyone knows, to sharp luxury brand ad campaigns. Every single post was a masterpiece, and among them, my photo was shining like a 'hidden gem' this man had painstakingly discovered. Among the wave of DMs pouring in, one neatly written message arrived. [ Kwon Doyun: Hello, I'm the photographer who took your street snaps the other day. Would you be interested in working together formally? Your face is far too good to waste on a simple street snap. ]