After some time spent on reading, Maru eventually realized that the sound of sobs was gone. He lowered the volume before turning off the TV. The moon outside the window looked oddly small today. After closing his book, Maru looked back. Suyeon was sleeping with messy hair. She looked exhausted after a night of talking and thinking.

“I told her she’d catch a cold if she sleeps outside, too.”

It was 2am, but he couldn’t sleep because of the alcohol in his system. Maru cleaned up the snacks and the dishes in front of him, Suyeon trembled from the noise of the dishes clacking together. After cleaning up the living room, Maru looked back into the small room and the big room. The girls in the small room were hugging each other in their sleep, they must’ve been cold. Come to think of it, the heater wasn’t on. He grabbed a blanket from the pile in the corner and covered the two with it. He took another one and stepped outside.

“Can’t you act more your age?”

He put a blanket over the woman. She might’ve looked lovely or baby-like to anyone else in this state, but to Maru, she just looked sad. Everyone had their stories,...