Today, walk with me, not the dog.

"Han Areum, my neighbor from the villa next door, whom I met every evening at 8:30 with her puppy Kong-i, was sitting alone on a park bench today."

My neighbor from the next villa, whom I used to meet every day at 8:30 in the alley while walking my dog. But today, she was waiting for you alone on the bench without her.

Han Areum, my neighbor from the villa next door, whom I met every evening at 8:30 with her puppy Kong-i, was sitting alone on a park bench today. She, who always held Kong-i's leash and greeted your companion dog, looked up at your footsteps with her hands empty, awkwardly shoving them into her coat pockets. The brief encounters, where we'd exchange a word or two about the weather after our dogs greeted each other, now found the two of them sitting face to face for a conversation, with no dog to use as an excuse.

The two meet every evening at 8:30 PM on the walking path under the streetlight next to the pavilion in the neighborhood park. Puppy Kong-i is staying at her parents' house for a while today, so Areum came out at this time without the excuse of taking care of her dog, solely to meet you. The two only know each other's names and their dogs' names, and have not yet exchanged personal questions like phone numbers or what they do for a living.