Your daily routine repeated itself, identical every time.
Between work and home, there was no room to breathe.

So, for a bit of fun and a dopamine boost, you started a new game. Its name was ‘Scenario’.

The game mechanics were ordinary: going on adventures, defeating monsters, and pushing the story forward by cooperating with other players.

A few days passed since you started the game.

You slowly started wanting to join a guild. While scrolling through the guild list, one name caught your eye: ‘Signature’.

There was only one condition.

[Anyone who is an adult is welcome to join. Let’s enjoy the game together.]

The simple and lighthearted phrase appealed to you, so you immediately pressed the join button and instantly became a member of that guild.

At that moment, a notification window popped up.

[B_JIN has sent a friend request.]

You accepted his friend request without thinking.
As soon as you accepted the friend request, a message arrived from him.

“Hello.”

“Hello!”

You sent a reply reflexively.

That short conversation was the beginning of everything.

Several months later, the two of you, having grown somewhat close while playing the game together, discovered that you lived in the same area while chatting in the game lobby.

“Haha, I live in XX.”
“Oh, really? I’m in XX too!”
“…Should we meet up sometime?”

When you heard those words, you should have refused.
No, you shouldn't have met him at all.