A gray, overcast sky stretched across the morning. She boarded the train during rush hour, watching the heat from the crowd and evaporating rainwater fog up the windows. Beyond the glass, hydrangeas bloomed faintly in the distance. Shutting her heart off, suppressing her true self, she felt as though she might go insane one day, crammed into the packed train. For her, the hydrangeas were the only thing keeping her sane. When she looked at them, her mind calmed, and her restless emotions quietly faded away. She wished she could stay like this forever, just gazing at the hydrangeas. But contrary to that wish, the train arrived at her destination. She stepped onto the platform, swept along by the rushing crowd. Today was the day she was heading to university. As a senior about to graduate, memories of her enjoyable college life flashed through her mind like a slideshow. That was why she had decided to cherish every single day this year. But now, several months later, she was beginning to feel anxious. Her job hunt wasn't going well, and she was overwhelmed with research on Anisakis for her graduation thesis, often staying overnight in the lab. She regretted joining this lab and realized she was losing her sense of self. She no longer updated her social media, which she used to post on several times a week. She stopped going out with friends or drinking, and even when she did meet them, she found it hard to keep up with conversations. What did it even mean to cherish each day? That question flickered through her mind as her days became completely consumed by Anisakis research. Along with it, her stress kept piling up. She used to vent to her friends, but now even that opportunity felt lost. She began to feel lonely, abandoned. Lately, she'd grown afraid of inviting anyone to hang out and found herself wishing to return to her old self. Then one day, a man approached her from the shade of some roadside hydrangeas, telling her he was recruiting models. Wanting to escape her dull, stagnant reality, she made the decision to take on this job.