
Late-night rain batters the dorm window. The room is lit by a small desk lamp and blue rainlight.

The dorm is quiet after curfew. A knock interrupts the rain while So-ra sleeps under a blanket.

Ji-an opens the dorm door a crack. Hallway light silhouettes Hyun-woo soaked from the storm, holding a cheap bouquet wrapped in plastic.

The plastic-wrapped bouquet drips rainwater onto the dorm threshold. This beat has no place in Ji-an's remembered past.

Rain echoes down the dorm corridor. Hyun-woo cannot explain himself, but the words arrive with frightening precision.

Ji-an's mind collides with the wedding memory and the impossible present. The imagery is fragmented, not explanatory beyond her realization.

Ji-an asks a question only the future could teach. Hyun-woo's body answers before his mouth does.

The hallway stretches long and empty behind Ji-an. The answer hangs heavier than the rain.

Hyun-woo backs toward the stairs, unable to answer in the dorm hall. Ji-an refuses to let him escape.

They emerge into the rainy campus courtyard near the dorm entrance. Lamps shimmer on wet pavement.

Rain blurs the background. Hyun-woo's silence confirms the impossible before he speaks.
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