Chapter 58

Lucy had her legs wrapped around Ryeon's waist, holding on tight to avoid falling as her boyfriend ran through the soft sand of the beach with her on his back. It was Sunday, more precisely, the 31st of December. The night before, they had gone out for pizza to celebrate Jaesun's birthday, even though they rarely celebrated it properly. They simply enjoyed being together, maybe eating pizza, wasting time watching silly things, but they did that on any other day too. However, it was a fact that they liked to say they turned a new age only on the first day of the following year, making everyone feel like reality was more intense.

But it wouldn't be long now; Jaesun was excited anyway. In a few days, he would finally turn nineteen. He could finally feel like an adult, even though he knew that almost nothing would actually change in his life.

For the next day, the 31st, they had planned to go to the beach. All of them together. Everyone in the group. Some peop