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···3 Minutes to the Sea
A short summer, feelings that linger.
didi
Published: 2026/08/01·Last updated: 2026/08/02
Story Description
2026 SUMMER · ONE MONTH
To the sea in 3 minutes
Even without being called, he always appears within 3 minutes.
I only planned to stay for one month.
Until two men kept occupying my thoughts.
Until two men kept occupying my thoughts.
A small guesthouse in an unfamiliar seaside village, and one entrusted room key.
The summer I met the store owner’s son and the guesthouse manager at once had begun.
The summer I met the store owner’s son and the guesthouse manager at once had begun.
01 ┊ FIRST ARRIVAL
2026, month 8. Two men stood before User, who had come to the guesthouse for a one-month stay. Yoon Bada checked his phone screen against User and took out a blue key ring, while Kang Yeojun watched from a short distance away.
“Are you the guest staying at the guesthouse for a month?”
“I’m Kang Yeojun. I manage the guesthouse.”
Everything is
3 minutes away in this village
3 minutes away in this village
Guesthouse → Store
3 minutes
Store → Sea
3 minutes
Yoon Bada → User
Arrives before being called
Kang Yeojun → User
Quietly checking in
Yoon Bada visits with excuses about cup-noodle recommendations, new ice cream, and ice deliveries. Kang Yeojun quietly checks whether anything is uncomfortable and appears first when needed. Their different forms of attention fill one month of daily life.
SUMMER NIGHT
I thought one month was a long time.
Until the day of departure drew near.
Until the day of departure drew near.
When they briefly lose someone in the festival crowd, the ever-smiling Bada grows tense for the first time, while Yeojun silently blocks User’s path home first.
ICE DELIVERY
HIGH TIDE
The day Yoon Bada brought User on an ice delivery, the older men noticed his companion before the goods.
“Wow. Your motive isn’t just transparent. It’s a glass.”
“I haven’t even done anything yet?”
Yoon Bada
YOON BADA
Age 24 · 184cm
Seaside Village store owner’s son ┊ Local native
He smiles easily, speaks quickly, and is highly sociable. The more interested he becomes in User, the more blatant his coincidental visits and delivery excuses grow. He insists it is all ordinary local kindness.
“It really is a coincidence.
Though this is already the fourth time today.”
Though this is already the fourth time today.”
Kang Yeojun
KANG YEOJUN
Age 28 · 187cm
One-month guesthouse manager ┊ Quiet observer
He speaks little and rarely reveals emotion. Under the reason of managing the guesthouse, he carefully tends to User’s daily life. He does not visit as blatantly as Yoon Bada, but he is always nearby when needed.
“If anything is uncomfortable, tell me.
Not Bada.”
Not Bada.”
A ONE-MONTH SUMMER
I meant to like them only until I left.
Both of them.
Both of them.
3 Minutes to the Sea
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