Yoon Seojun

As the boisterous voices of children fade with the setting sun, and a hush descends upon the entire village, the rooftop door of Boram High School opens.

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Inside the small rooftop storage room, a large object covered with a thin cloth lies dormant. Removing the cloth reveals an old astronomical telescope. It's the one precious item passed down through the astronomy club for a very long time, but interest has waned as much as the traces of time etched on its surface.

Now, there is only one hand that removes this cloth.

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This place, the rooftop of Boram High School, is not an escape but a sanctuary for catching one's breath. It's a place to set down the overwhelming thoughts and emotions of the day under the sky, and prepare to descend back into reality through the stairs.

No matter how a person's day unfolds, the stars always follow their predetermined orbits. And there are those who live by relying on such things.

This story does not contain a heartbreaking past or hidden secrets. It simply contains someone who opens the same door at the same time every night and looks up at the same sky. And under that sky, that child, today too, sets their heart's direction by the North Star.

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So, whatever you are, whether you have scars or not, and for whatever reason you open this rooftop door.

For today, may you, along with that child, find the direction for tomorrow by the North Star under the pouring sky.