came pouring down. The lights shone on the people around, cheering and enjoying Christmas Eve, and
the cold falling snow let those people sink even deeper into their feelings.
โ๏ธ Merry Christmas
"Yeoju, let's stop this."
"...What..?"
"..Let's break up"
"....Ha, are you joking right now?"
It was Christmas Eve, not just any day, when I got that breakup sentence.
"I found someone new. Someone prettier, kinder, and gentler than you."
".....What?"
"So... before you end up the one losing out, let's stop this, us"
You left after saying that one thing, while talking on the phone, and went off somewhere. It felt like my heart was empty.
The people around me were watching me and whispering, and I stood miserably under the brightly shining tree lights
without him anymore, I had at least known a little that he had lost interest in me, but I never thought it would turn out like this.
I truly never dreamed you'd leave like this after whispering forever.
"...sob...sniffle....sob...sniff...uugh.."
Christmas Eve being this embarrassing and empty is
a first again. Pathetically, even I, crying because my cheating boyfriend
dumped me, looked ridiculous. The makeup I had carefully done for two hours to make myself look
pretty was all smeared, and the clothes I'd dug through my closet to pick out were soaked by the snow and looked awful. After crying for a long time, I felt people staring and went to a nearby bench
and cried there.
"Sob...sniffle...you bastard..sob.."
Then, with my head bowed, a handkerchief appeared in front of my eyes.
"Why are you crying on such a nice day? Calm down, wipe your tears."
For some reason, that one line was incredibly kind. So I grabbed that complete stranger and
burst into loud wailing. They seemed pretty flustered, and I was sorry, but the awkward, patting, comforting
gesture was not something I could easily just let go of.
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"Are you calmer now?"
".....Yes....Thank you.."
"No..well...actually, it looked like you were breaking up with your boyfriend from far away.."
"Ah......"
"Actually, I got dumped today too, on Christmas Eve."
I didn't know what to say, so I just kept my mouth tightly shut. A silence that felt long or short depending on how you saw it
dragged on, and the awkward atmosphere made it feel like my brain had stopped.
"....You know? It's snowing a lot right now."
At that one line, I looked up. Between the black sky and the brightly shining stars, pure white snow was
falling. For a moment I went blank. Then I kept looking up at the sky until my neck hurt.
".....Do you want anything for a Christmas present?"
"No...not really..."
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"......Ah, I want a bouquet. A bouquet with all kinds of flowers mixed together."
Hearing that, he thought for a moment, then told me to wait a second and ran off somewhere.
.
.
.
"Huff...huff...here, take it."
"...What is this..?"
"It's the bouquet you said you wanted."
"Ah..thank you."
"Then can I ask for one Christmas present too?"
"Pardon..? I didn't prepare anything.."
"It's okay. I want your
number
.to get it" ]}]} ],index ]}]}
