The younger generation's communication method of quietly checking up on their acquaintances' daily lives through 'Stories', which are 24-hour limited posts on SNS, is attracting attention, instead of directly asking friends, "How are you?" via smartphone messenger. Rather than having a direct conversation, passive communication is mainly done by ‘eyeing’ the other person’s posts and leaving only reactions such as hearts or likes. It is interpreted that this is a result of so-called ‘relationship fatigue’, which is an attempt to reduce the emotional exhaustion that occurs in the process of starting and continuing a conversation while not letting go of the relationship. Mr. A (28), an office worker, mainly checks the latest news of his friends through Instagram Stories. The number of direct messages asking “How are you?” has decreased significantly. Mr. A said, “I get tired because I have to continue the conversation when I talk to him, but it’s convenient because the story only leaves traces.” The explanation is that direct communication through messenger feels like a kind of work or task. In this way, stories, which are posts that automatically disappear after 24 hours, are used to share the daily lives of acquaintances.