Tides of Youth

Epi 5: Unexpected Roommate

Character Introduction and Description

Ha-eun
Introduction: The protagonist who moved into a new house, dreaming of an independent life.
Description: Ha-eun is introverted but has a strong sense of independence. She enjoys spending time freely in her own space and tries to handle sudden situations calmly.

Mystery Fish
Introduction: A mysterious fish that Ha-eun discovers, which exhibits human-like behaviors.
Description: Unlike typical fish, this one displays human-like expressions and actions. It responds to Ha-eun's conversations but does not speak or attack directly.

Synopsis

The story begins with Ha-eun experiencing her first morning in her new house. She enjoys a free morning with music but is startled by a sudden noise, prompting her to head to the computer room. There, she discovers a mysterious fish and moves it to the bathtub.

Ha-eun is taken aback by the fish's human-like behavior but decides to have breakfast and go out to organize the remaining items. After buying groceries from the market, she returns to find her house in disarray due to the fish. She moves the fish back to the bathroom.

Ha-eun interrogates the fish but gets no answers. Finally, as she tries to eat a candy, it accidentally falls into the bathtub, and the fish swallows it.

Epi 5: Unexpected Roommate

Ha-eun woke up to the first morning in her new house. She slept soundly like never before. Still groggy and half-awake, she picked up her phone next to her and played music through the Bluetooth speaker on the desk.

Feeling a great sense of joy at being able to play music without worrying about others from the morning, Ha-eun muttered to herself, "Ah, this is why I wanted to live alone."

Ha-eun snuggled into the blanket due to the chilly morning air, and then,

Crash—

Suddenly, there was a sound of something falling or breaking on the floor, and Ha-eun headed straight to the computer room next to her.

When she reached the entrance of the room, she found seashells and corals scattered outside. Fortunately, the glass bottle had not broken but had fallen to the floor.

It wasn't the wind that knocked the glass bottle over. Trying to find the cause, Ha-eun looked inside the computer room and, in disbelief, fell backward.

"Gasp!"

A creature that looked like a fish was lying on the floor of the computer room, staring straight at Ha-eun, making her scream.

"Aaaah!!!"

The fish grimaced like a human, seemingly annoyed by Ha-eun's scream, and glared at her.

Realizing she couldn't let the fish die, Ha-eun ran to the bathroom and started filling it with water. She lifted the fish and placed it in the water.

The fish, now calm, swam around energetically in the bathtub while Ha-eun tried to calm herself down by brushing her teeth.

To make sense of the situation, Ha-eun opened the internet and typed into the search bar:

'When a fish suddenly comes out of a shell'

Finding it ridiculous even as she typed it, Ha-eun erased it and started talking to the fish.

The fish seemed to understand Ha-eun's words but did not speak, float in the air, or try to harm her.