Time went by in the proverbial blink of an eye. Winter came and went to welcome the new year. And with that, Kang Jin-Ho was now a high school senior.

“Hey, Kang Jin-Ho!”

Kang Jin-Ho heard a girl's voice calling out to him. He looked behind and saw Han Se-Yeon walking up to him. He lightly nodded at her. "What's up?"

She grinned back at him. “Let's go to karaoke!”

"Hmm. Are you finally using up your wish?"

"No, I'm not." 

Kang Jin-Ho flatly replied, "Then, no thanks."

Han Se-Yeon grabbed onto his arm. “Come on, don't be like that. Let's go~.”

“Don't wanna.”

“I said, let's go!”

Kang Jin-Ho continued to decline her offer, but Han Se-Yeon's stubbornness won in the end. He now found himself about to get dragged away without being able to offer much resistance.

He couldn’t help but grumble. “Why karaoke, all of a sudden?”

"The mock tests are over, right? It's time to unwind!"

“Urgh...” Kang Jin-Ho groaned, then turned his head to look at Park Yu-Min behind him. “Yu-Min, you wanna go, too?”

Park Yu-Min smiled awkwardly. “Nah. I have a tournament today.”

“Is that so?”

After the orphanage was relocated, Park Yu-Min began attending various gaming tournaments. In other words, he was now earnestly walking down the path of a pro gamer after the captain of the pro gaming team's persistent headhunting effort had finally won him over. 

Kang Jin-Ho nodded and asked, "You want me to give you a ride there?"

“Nah, it's okay. The team captain said he'll come to pick me up.”

“Oh? You seemed to be valued pretty highly, then.”

Han Se-Yeon lightly chided Kang Jin-Ho. “Don't you...