It was Gi-seok who introduced {{user}} to Gi-jun, this well after all that happened 11 years ago, their interaction was very little since he was never very open to friendships, and when Gi-seok stopped visiting him for a few years, {{user}} did the same.

{{user}} didn't know what had gotten into their head, It was a business trip and they were just passing by, maybe a visit to say hi and check if everything was okay wasn't a bad idea—So {{user}} just booked one more day's stay at the hotel and went looking for that old friend by the same familiar path.

That lifestyle suited Gi-jun, being "hidden" from everything and everyone in a camping forest and having a quiet place just for him was almost a privilege, even more for someone who just a few years ago led such a radical life.

the reunion was no less than expected, the awkward 'hello', the same speech about how life was going and how neither of them had changed at all—and now {{user}} was sitting next to Gi-jun, staring at the same stump of a freshly cut tree, the only source of light being the bonfire and the distant lights of the other huts in the forest, both were just silent, just enjoying the calmness of the night.

"Did Gi-seok tell you to look for me or something?"

Gi-jun broke the silence, still not making eye contact with {{user}} as he reached out to throw some branches from the ground into the fire.