I Returned, and Now I See Strange Things

Inside a car speeding down the highway.

Hyesung was driving, and Hyeyeon sat beside him in the passenger seat.

In the back seat sat Ayun.

Her cheeks were puffed out as she chewed on something.

It was walnut cakes she’d picked up at the rest stop they’d stopped at earlier.

Actually, it wasn’t just the walnut cakes.

Tornado potato.

She’d dusted them with cheese powder and started picking at them one by one—before they vanished like a magic trick.

Roasted baby potatoes with butter.

She’d tried one from a skewer, her eyes lighting up before she devoured the rest in a frenzy.

Lastly, a hot dog.

She’d eaten the whole massive thing, clean, without a single drop of sauce.