The break flew by in an instant. As I headed to school with a sulky expression, a familiar back of the head came into view.

“Hey. Where’s your girlfriend? Why are you alone?”

I quickened my steps and tapped Lee Do-Yoon’s shoulder with my finger.

It was rare to meet him right at the school gate, and even stranger not to see his girlfriend, Baek Yoo-Seol.

Was the sun going to rise in the west tomorrow? Why did this new semester already feel ominous?

“Huh? Oh. Ha-Eun. Seol’s off doing volunteer work today. She said she’d probably be back in …