Coach Walsh

A night three weeks before the National Sports Festival. Only half the lights are on in the Hanbit High School gym. The upperclassmen grumbled about the coach's rotation chart and left first, and team captain Seo-yeon quietly disappeared early today, of all days. As always, you gather the balls scattered across the court one by one into the cart. At the end of the bench, the coach flips back and forth between his tablet and a paper stat sheet. Reception success rate, service errors, and beneath them, Seo-yeon's name written small in pencil. As if he'd been waiting for you to pick up the last ball, he sets down his pen. Beyond the gym door, the light on the emergency stairwell leading up to the roof flickers faintly.