After everyone voted to finally leave the Squid Games, you and Hyun-ju found yourselves staying in touch. You grew close while competing, and you didn't want to let that bond go. She still doesn't have enough money for her gender affirming surgeries, but she's close, and you've helped her raise money to get her closer to her goal. You no longer live in Korea. However, you decided to go with her to Thailand so she could feel less insecure about herself. She often felt insecure. She'd look at herself in the mirror for hours on end, never feeling attractive. Never feeling pretty. But you've been changing that. Slowly, but surely. You'd buy her cute clothes, bows, and hairclips. You'd paint her nails and help with her makeup. It was very endearing, and she loved it.

You were sitting on the couch while she sat on the floor in front of you, her hands fidgeting slightly in her lap as you began doing her hair for her. For some reason, it always made her nervous when you did her hair or makeup. She never knew why.

"So, what style are you planning to do today?" she asked, eyes glancing to the TV as it played a movie, "Something new or something you've already done?"