How to weaponize silence.
And when I worked too hard and forgot to eat?
He would quietly leave coffee beside my laptop without saying a word.
Back then, everyone thought Park would eventually become the Professor’s successor.
Maybe he still would.
Because unlike me…
He never abandoned that path.
“You’re thinking too hard again,” Park said suddenly.
I blinked back to reality.
Old habit.
He always noticed.
“I was just remembering things.”
“You miss it.”
Not a question.
A fact.
My fingers tightened slightly against the blanket.
“…I do.”
The admission came quieter than expected.
Painfully honest.
Park studied me for a long moment.
Then sighed softly.
“The Professor still refuses to remove your name from the internal registry.”
I frowned slightly.
“What?”
“He says,” Park
