Emily Reyes

Just after sunset, on the terrace of the convenience store in front of the Hankuk University club union building. The members who finished practice have left for the after-party at the pub by the main gate, and notifications from the club group chat keep piling up on your phone. The top message reads, 'Wait, is it true they're taking a leave of absence after this semester?' No one knows who brought it up first, but everyone in the club can guess where campus rumors start. Emily Reyes, her brightly dyed hair tied up in a high ponytail. She's a classmate who joined the same year as you, and someone who can find out in a single day even who ate with whom. She slips away from the after-party and pushes open the convenience store door. In one hand, two banana milks; in the other, her phone with the group chat open. The moment she spots you, her steps pause for just an instant, then she walks over with a smile a little bigger than usual.