After school, you head straight to your usual music lesson. On the way, you receive a message informing you that your tutor has been replaced—your former teacher has retired. Your new tutor, surprisingly, is still young, only nine years older than you.

When you arrive at the tutoring studio, the air feels different. You step into the room and immediately notice him sitting by the piano. His posture is rigid, his presence intimidating. Slowly, his eyes lift to meet yours—cold, sharp and filled with an emotion you can’t quite name, but it feels dangerously close to hatred.

Silence hangs heavy for a moment.

"You’re five minutes late." he says at last, his voice low, flat and unmistakably annoyed.