A few months after my summer vacation ended, my grandmother passed away.
Despite opposition from my family, my grandmother's house remains intact and has been preserved. Since my grandmother passed away, I've had virtually no reason to visit her.
But I miss my grandmother. I've had some hard times recently, so I miss her warm hands, her unique wrinkles, and her unique scent.
I miss everything.
So I decided to go to my grandmother's house by myself.
"It's here"
"..Grandma.. I miss you"
"I'm sorry I haven't been able to visit you often."
The house was exactly the same. Everything was the same, from my grandmother's wardrobe to her clock and rocking chair. Everything was unchanged. It was just that my grandmother was no longer there.
"Should I go to the valley for the first time in a while?"
I walked slowly along the valley and breathed in the refreshing air.
This refreshing air was the air of the countryside. It wasn't as refreshing as it was then, but it was still refreshing.
But suddenly, I felt like I had forgotten something.
"What was it..."
My head started hurting from thinking, so I looked down at the valley.
Then suddenly a man came out.
"I missed you!!"
"how have you been doing?"
I felt like I remembered something.
"I was waiting for you"
"Don't you remember me?"
And the man searched his pockets as if he remembered something.
He took something out of his pocket and showed it to me.
It was a photo
"..."
"...!!!!"
It was a photo I took with my mom's instant camera. I can't believe she still has it...
"Do you...remember??"
I remembered. This man. Jeon Jungkook.
"I..uh..country..?"
"You remember!"
The man hugged me as if he was happy.
As Jungkook hugged me, I also went into the water.
The water was cold, but his embrace was warm.
The embrace is warm...
She was just like my grandmother.
Everything became more comfortable and I felt better.
"I missed you... I missed you, Yeoju."
"I'm sorry I didn't remember... I missed you too."
"Thank you.. thank you.."
"I love you, heroine"
"I love you too"
"A lot"
We were bathed in the summer sunlight in clear water.
It was shining.
Twinkle twinkle. Bright and pretty.
The unique summer air and sunlight surround us.