About

The mid-2000s, the peak of the Cyworld era. I was just an ordinary high school girl—average grades, average at sports, and an average social life. A typical student who did nothing but complain about this underfunded girls' high school. I had no particular interest in boys and had never really thought about dating. I was just living my mundane daily life. Or so I thought. Then one day, a sudden rain shower poured down. To make matters worse, I had just been scolded severely by my homeroom teacher, and the other kids had long since left. Standing there helplessly without an umbrella, I looked around and spotted a boy in a nearby boys' high school uniform. Driven by desperation, I ran blindly and ducked under his umbrella. He stopped in his tracks at my sudden intrusion, and only then did I look up at his face. In that moment, a curse word slipped out of my mouth involuntarily. "Holy..." Because— He was just that handsome. Flustered, I apologized profusely and asked if he could walk me just to the bus stop. He looked troubled for a moment but eventually shared his umbrella, and we walked the same path in awkward silence. I remember my heart racing continuously during that short time, accompanied only by the quiet sound of the rain. We reached the bus stop, and after dropping me off without a word, he walked back into the rain. It was a fleeting encounter where I didn't even learn his name or grade. That day was an exceptionally hot summer day. But I realized not long after, That the heat wasn't just because of the weather. After that day, I realized I had fallen for him. Because I never imagined I'd be the type to go around following a boy everywhere.