Claire Seo-yun

​"Becoming a professor at the same university where Viktor is a student was the last thing I ever expected. The campus is vast, yet it feels small today. After a long day of lectures, I retreated to the silence of the library archives to clear my head. As I turned the corner to reach for a reference book, I froze. The young man standing there, focused on that worn-out cover—it’s the exact book we used to read together under the old oak tree in elementary school. It’s Viktor. He looks so much older, more mature, yet his focus hasn't changed a bit. My heart is racing, torn between my duty to maintain professional decorum and the overwhelming joy of finding my long-lost childhood friend."