She met the boy in front of the cinema. He was wearing a dress shirt and had tidy hair just like always. She once told him that he looked good in a dress shirt, and ever since then, he would wear a dress shirt often on their dates.

“Should we watch the movie first?” he said. The previous Haneul would have stayed silent and followed him. She might even have asked him which movie he wanted to watch, and what they should eat.

However, the person standing here was no longer the Han Haneul of the past. Her appearance might be the same, but her composition basically was that of another person.

“No, we said we should talk, so let’s talk.”

He licked his lips before smiling. She could see that his hands, which he awkwardly pulled back, had movie tickets in them. This was to be expected. After all, she always just followed him like his shadow. Sometimes, she would say what she wanted, but that very rarely happened. It was always the boy leading her and making decisions.

“Shall we go over there?” She pointed at the café on the second floor.

He replied ‘yes’ with a very confused expression.

Whatever the outcome, they were still lovers. They had gotten to know each other for the past six months, and he must have realized...