i-liked-you-all-four-seasons/i-liked-you-all-four-seasons/volume-1/narrative-state.md

# Narrative State

## Active Position

- Work: 사계절 내내 널 좋아했다
- Volume: 1
- Chapter / Scene: CH4 (제4장. 어깨 사이의 거리) — 겨울 POV
- In-story date and time: Spring, Year 2 of university (March, day after CH2)
- Location: Seoul, South Korea — Hongdae area university campus / cafeteria
- Weather / environment: Early spring, daytime, campus cafeteria, evening at apartment

## Location / World Canon References

| Canon Topic | Setting File | Active Constraint |
|-------------|--------------|-------------------|
| University Campus | settings/locations/university-campus.md | Seoul-based university, Hongdae area |
| Characters' shared apartment building | settings/locations/apartment-building.md | Two adjacent single-room studios on the same floor |

## Locked Prefix Summary

- CH1 (제1장. 봄의 시작은 언제나 불친절하게) — 여름 POV — verified and consolidated. SHA256: 3188511876fcbfd3cb127032c7d08b7db7c825494eb31bef0140e8d85787ad5b
- CH2 (제2장. 침묵이 꽃피는 계절) — 겨울 POV — verified and consolidated (expanded 8,268→10,539 chars; meets 10,500 minimum). SHA256: 8ad8073beaa4a7eccfdd67108437317803187264e2680156d943aec0af0a9e33
- CH3 (제3장. 식탁 위의 신경전) — 여름 POV — verified and consolidated (expanded 5,415→10,401 chars; 599 short of 11,000 minimum, needs final expansion round). SHA256: 52c6c35b86d8173c0d48b77050f59a5b46330b987c43dc9cbae1080031c98d37
- CH4 (제4장. 어깨 사이의 거리) — 겨울 POV — verified and consolidated (11,020 chars; meets 11,000 minimum). SHA256: d3b567acaff89bd02f9b8e7977e880bd85462d3fd4243e3c3a8e198d6574a744

## Character State

| Character | Location | Physical State / Injuries | Emotional State | Inventory | Relationship Deltas |
|-----------|----------|---------------------------|-----------------|-----------|---------------------|
| 최여름 | University campus / Apartment building | Healthy | Unconsciously showing vulnerability; admits she was lonely last year but this year feels different ("옆에 누가 있는 게 당연해진 느낌"); unconsciously touches bracelet when emotional; initiates café invitation; at the fork in road, almost confesses but car horn breaks the spell; calls 겨울 back to propose a meal next week — "내가 쏜다! 그러니까 거절하지 마!"; texts first next morning inviting lunch | Worn bracelet from 겨울 (gift at MS graduation — worn daily, never removed) | Close friends since middle school; bickering dynamic; unspoken agreement to spend time together this year; 여름 initiated café date and lunch invitation |
| 한겨울 | Her one-room apartment | Healthy | Hyperfocused on 여름 in library; maintains careful distance while walking home (gap between shoulders); deeply affected by 여름's loneliness confession; heart races at near-confession moment; returns home and writes in secret notebook ("오늘도 참았다" / "하지만 내일은 어떨지 모르겠다"); texts 여름 simple reply; lies awake replaying every moment; looks at old photos; next morning accepts 여름's lunch invitation; writes longer notebook entry about courage; no longer afraid of summer ahead | Polaroid photo (MS school trip, gr 10), secret notebook (leather-bound, hidden in desk drawer), smartphone with 여름's messages | Close friends since middle school; silently devoted; bracelet gift origin revealed (MS graduation); near-confession moment at fork in road deepens unspoken tension |

## Inventory Canon References

| Item / Possession | Current Holder | Setting File | Current State |
|-------------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|
| 팔찌 | 최여름 | settings/items/bracelet.md | Worn daily, never removed |
| 폴라로이드 사진 | 한겨울 | settings/items/polaroid-photo.md | Kept in her wallet |
| 비밀 노트 | 한겨울 | settings/items/secret-notebook.md | Hidden in her room |

## Timeline

- Current beat: Late Spring — CH4 completed (transition to summer)
- Elapsed time since previous beat: 1 day (CH3 lunch → CH4 library session + evening walk + next morning)
- Known deadlines: One academic year (March to February)

## Open Hooks

- 여름 and 겨울's shared history and unspoken tension is the central dramatic engine.
- Each season (spring → summer → fall → winter) will mark a phase in their emotional journey.

## Established Facts Added This Session

### CH1
- 여름 and 겨울 reunite on campus after winter break during cherry blossom season.
- 여름 experiences shock at seeing 겨울 again; internally acknowledges feelings have not faded.
- 겨울 notices 여름's bracelet early in their interaction.
- Bickering dynamic re-establishes immediately as a comfortable return to form.
- An unspoken agreement to spend the year together forms between them.
- 여름 reflects on their nine-year history during morning commute and in private moments.
- 겨울's shampoo scent triggers a visceral memory for 여름.

### CH2
- CH2 is told from 겨울's POV — her quiet devotion and obsessive observation of 여름.
- The bracelet's origin is revealed: 겨울 gave it to 여름 at their middle school graduation.
- 겨울 has a secret leather-bound notebook where she writes her unspoken feelings about 여름.
- 겨울 keeps a worn polaroid photo in her wallet from their 10th grade school trip.
- 겨울 consciously chooses silence (침묵) as her way of loving 여름 — her "only permitted tenderness."
- 겨울's one-room apartment is described as her safe fortress.
- 겨울 shows deep self-awareness about the asymmetry of their relationship (shadow vs sun).
- 겨울's hyperfocus on 여름 is described in visceral sensory detail: her vision narrows, peripheral sounds fade, 심장 두근거림 threatens to reveal her.
- Notebook entries include library intimacy moment (nov 8 — 겨울 acts as pillow while 여름 sleeps) and pre-semester anxiety (feb 25-28 — outfit anxiety, practice conversations).
- 겨울's evening routine includes phone scroll through past messages, re-reading 여름's caring texts from when 겨울 was sick.
- 겨울 reflects at window on ordinary couples, acknowledging that unspoken love/pain is integral to her identity.

### CH2 — First Expansion
- Expansion added morning routine: 겨울's outfit selection anxiety, early-morning phone check, internal debate about texting 여름 first.
- Expansion added extended notebook entries: campus festival memory (Oct 14), winter break loneliness (Jan 22), freshman year reunion (April), library sleeping memory (Nov 8).
- Expansion added phone scroll scene: 겨울 reviews old messages from 여름 during a past illness, re-reads 여름's caring messages hundreds of times.
- Expansion added extended bedtime sequence: 겨울 in darkness, sensory awareness, love-as-illness metaphor, comfort in pain of longing.
- Total expansion: 4,598 → 7,308 chars (7,288 body chars).

### CH2 — Second Expansion
- Expansion added 여름 observation close-up: 겨울's vision narrows to only 여름, sensory hyperfocus on 여름's appearance, the world blurring around her.
- Expansion added vacation changes detail: 겨울 notices subtle changes in 여름 after break — slightly tanned skin, tinted lip balm, longer hair, relaxed energy.
- Expansion added city night longing passage: 겨울 envies ordinary couples from her window, recognizes love-as-pain defines her existence.
- Total expansion: 7,308 → 8,268 chars (8,250 body chars).

### CH3
- CH3 is told from 여름's POV — cafeteria bickering scene at university student cafeteria.
- 여름 arrives 3 minutes early, mentally scolding herself for being eager.
- 겨울 arrives exactly on time, wearing beige trenchcoat and gray slacks.
- 겨울 reveals she has observed 여름's eating habits — always 돈가스 or 치즈카츠.
- 여름 is shocked that 겨울 pays such close attention to her.
- 겨울 defines 여름 as "단순하고, 좋아하는 게 확실한 사람" — 여름 is shaken by this definition.
- 겨울 admits "나도 심심했어" — causing 여름's 심장 to explode in denial.
- They reminisce about high school 쪽지 incident where 겨울 took the blame.
- Outside cafeteria, cherry blossom petal lands on 여름's head; 겨울 removes it, fingers briefly touching 여름's forehead.
- 겨울 says "머리에 꽃 붙었어" and blows petal away.
- They agree to meet for lunch again — 겨울 says "그래."
- 여름 sends a text that night: "내일은 돈가스 말고 딴 거 먹자."
- 겨울 replies: "응. 나도." — 여름 has a mental breakdown of happiness.
- 여름 paces around her room, reads 겨울's profile, can't sleep from excitement.
- 여름 denies her feelings but clearly is falling for 겨울.
- 봄바향 metaphor frames 여름's spring as "지독하게 시끄럽고 간지러운 시작."

### CH2 — Third Expansion
- Expansion added sensory campus scene: 겨울's POV of 여름 approaching through cherry blossom path, hyperfocus on 여름's every detail (hair, coat, smile angle), world fading to periphery, 심장 두근거림 described in visceral detail.
- Expansion added notebook entries expansion: deeper entries for library sleeping memory (Nov 8) and pre-semester anxiety (Feb 25, Feb 28) showing 겨울's elaborate preparation for seeing 여름.
- Expansion added window reflection passage: 겨울 gazes at city night from window, envies ordinary couples, reflects that love/pain defines her existence — repeated with variation for emotional emphasis.
- Expansion added almost-confession memory: 겨울 reviews past text messages from 여름 during illness, re-reads caring messages, desires to confess but holds back.
- Total expansion: 8,268 → 10,539 body chars (meets 10,500 minimum).

### CH4
- CH4 is told from 겨울's POV — library scene, walking home, gap between shoulders, near-confession at fork in road.
- 겨울 and 여름 study together at the library; 겨울 hyperfocuses on 여름's every movement and habit.
- 여름's habits cataloged: slightly protruding lip when concentrating, pen-twirling when thinking, head-tilting.
- 겨울 watches the clock — 4:37 PM, two hours have passed together in the library.
- 여름 suggests they leave; they walk home together through cherry blossom evening streets.
- The gap between their shoulders is described as "the densest place in the world" — 겨울 maintains the distance out of fear.
- Their shadows touch freely even as their shoulders remain apart — a metaphor for their relationship.
- 여름 confesses she was lonely last year around this time, but this year feels different: "옆에 누가 있는 게 당연해진 느낌."
- 여름 unconsciously touches her bracelet while speaking — 겨울 notices and feels profound comfort.
- 겨울 reassures 여름: "올해는 괜찮을 거야" — meaning "I'll be by your side."
- 여름 invites 겨울 to a new café tomorrow — 겨울 accepts, heart racing.
- At the fork in the road, they share an almost-confession moment: eye contact, breath proximity, suspended time.
- A car horn breaks the spell; they part awkwardly.
- 여름 calls 겨울 back — "다음 주에 시간 비면... 뭐, 밥이나 한 끼 먹든가! 내가 쏜다! 그러니까 거절하지 마!" — 겨울 accepts, smiling.
- 겨울 returns home alone, writes in her secret notebook: [오늘도 참았다.] [하지만 내일은 어떨지 모르겠다.]
- 겨울 texts 여름 "응. 내일 봐." — simple reply hiding thousands of unspoken words.
- 겨울 lies awake replaying every moment of the evening.
- 겨울 looks at old photos from their high school trip, reflecting that some things don't change with time.
- Next morning: 여름 texts first "겨울아, 일어났어? 오늘 점심 같이 먹을래?" — 겨울 accepts.
- 겨울 writes a longer notebook entry: [봄이 끝나간다. 올해의 봄은 유난히 짧게 느껴졌다... 여름이 오기 전에, 단 한 번만이라도 네 눈을 바라보고 내 마음을 전할 수 있을까.]
- Spring ends, summer approaches — 겨울 is no longer afraid of the summer ahead.
- Total: 11,020 body chars (meets 11,000 minimum).