He vaguely realized a while ago that the name ‘Han Maru’ started floating around in the department from some moment onwards. Why would someone who dropped out suddenly be the topic of everyone?

He found out that Han Maru, that guy, had become an actor, and not just that, an actor who had won the grand prize at a film festival. He would have ridiculed him if it was some run-of-the-mill film festival, but when he investigated, it turned out to be the biggest short film festival in the country. Many famous actors participated as hosts and many famous directors participated as judges.

Not only that, Han Maru started appearing in a new drama as a minor actor. Naturally, people who knew Maru started mentioning him in the department, and the event that led up to his dropping out became quite a hot topic. The story that was buried without a proper closure ended up surfacing again.

Sanghoon chewed his lips and looked at his phone. His juniors did not read his message. He was being blatantly ignored. He also posted something in the group chat composed of his colleagues. Not a single one of them replied either. The same went for his club. In just a few months, his position had degraded into ridicule. Not to mention the department, even the club he was in used to be centered around him, but now, no one replied to him anymore.

It was around that time that he got a message. It was from a friend of his in the same club...