Today is the day we change seats. Since my seat was right in front of the teacher's desk, I've been waiting for this day with bated breath. Hoping for a good spot this time, I picked the most prominent slip of paper.

I got the back seat by the window—a prime location where warm sunlight streams in and you can look down at the playground. I've finally broken free from the shackles of the front row! To think such an opportunity would come to me in my 12 years of schooling...

I excitedly moved to my new seat and stayed lost in a daydream for a while. A moment later, Han Yejin came and sat down next to me.