When Zia, who woke up first, opened her eyes, she saw Daniel right in front of her.
I run my index finger through Daniel's hair.
My heart ached again as I watched Daniel still unable to wake up even though the sun was high in the sky.
How tired must he have been...
How difficult it must have been..
Daniel, who had been frowning as if he had woken up from Jai's touch, soon closed his eyes and smiled.
"Why are you up already... Let's sleep a little more..."
Daniel's arm went up around Gia's waist, hugged her lightly, and kissed her forehead.
Daniel had a future he had been planning for a long time.
Of course, Jia was with him in that future, and if Jia wasn't in his future, it would be meaningless and useless to the point where he couldn't tell whether it was Daniel's future or Jia's future.
"Are you just going to keep sleeping..? It's past lunchtime now, Daniel~ You have plans with Seongwoo and Yuna today~"
"That's a dinner appointment..."
It's true that she tried not to wake Daniel up because she was afraid he would be tired, but Jia waited for Daniel to wake up and skipped breakfast and lunch, barely drinking a glass of milk.
"I'm hungry..."
But seeing Daniel lose so much weight compared to before, I felt bad about eating alone, so I waited until he woke up and tried to wake him up, but when Daniel still didn't wake up, I sighed deeply.
"What do you want to eat?"
Daniel, who had been quietly closing his eyes and listening to Jia's voice, got up when she said she was hungry and asked her what she wanted to eat.
"The food is already cooked. Just come out and eat."
Daniel opened his eyes wide at Jia's words and went outside to see freshly prepared, warm food on the table.
"When did you finish this?"
"Look at the time. You don't even know how much you slept."
"Okay, okay, I'm sorry. Let's eat quickly, it looks delicious."
Jia smiled with satisfaction as she watched Daniel sitting at the table, holding a spoon and beginning to eat deliciously.
"It's really delicious! I think it's the first time I've eaten food you made."
Jia wakes up Daniel saying she is hungry, but Daniel just looks at her eating deliciously without even eating quickly. Feeling frustrated, Daniel picks up some side dishes and puts them in Jia's mouth.
"Eat quickly, you said you were hungry."
Could we have ever imagined in the past that a day like this would come for us, who had an unusual job like others?
Daniel did something I could never have imagined, in fact, even if I went back in time, I couldn't have imagined, and he was eating such a delicious meal.
I've always thought he was a remarkable person, but I think it was because he didn't hesitate to risk his life for anything he had to accomplish. He risked his life and challenged things he didn't even know he could do. He always succeeded, and now he's sitting here before me, but I always felt anxious, afraid that he might fail.
"Don't risk your life so easily now."
"I know I put my life on the line too often, but I don't do it easily.
It's always hard to risk your life doing something.
But that success was possible because I knew that the result was you.
So, before I met you, I wasn't like this, but after I met you, I became like this. The life I've lived was for you.
"I had to risk my life to protect you."
It was Daniel's deepest truth, hidden deep within, that I had never heard before.
Jia, who felt like she was about to cry at his words, lowered her head.
“So, please stay by my side for a long time.
Without you, I would die.
I've always put my life on the line for you."
"Why are Jia and Daniel so late?"
"Lee Yoon-ha."
"...why."
"Don't even think about coming back."
"..."
"I know. You can see everything. You were planning on coming back. To the organization."
"Whether I go back or not, it's my decision. Why are you telling me to do this or that?"
"It feels like the reason you came back is because of me. But I wish that wasn't the case."
"..Oh my, I'm speechless.."
"I can't do it. I don't have the confidence to do it like Kay, Daniel..."
"...What does that mean..?"
"I thought I'd never be able to escape again... so..."
"stop."
"You can't be like Daniel." Those words sounded like he was telling me not to expect anything. So, don't give me any more. Let's end it here. That's exactly what it sounded like. I wanted to tell him that he was deeply mistaken, that he shouldn't be alone in his delusions, but our lips were stuck together and wouldn't part.
-
When I opened my eyes, I was on someone's back, and the person on that back was Seongwu.
There was a heavy cast on my leg, and the memory of the moment when I hurt my leg flashed through my mind. Then he ran over and carried me on his back, and I'm still walking like this.
'Voice actor... Ong Seongwu...'
I couldn't call his name.
"Jay, are you awake?"
He couldn't call my name either.
I just called it in my mind.
So that no one can hear.
-
'The cafe is closed as of today.'
A piece of paper with the phrase “” written on it was stuck on Cafe Joker.
"Brother, I'm hungry."
"Are you hungry? That's not possible... What do you want to eat? I'll prepare everything."
I was living the 'normal life' I had longed for in a country other than Korea, a bit far from the house I lived in and the store I ran.
I thought being ordinary was the hardest thing in the world.
You need a home that everyone else has, a job you can talk about without hesitation, a life where you can ignore tearful stories and heartbreaking pasts, a life of simple happiness without any outstanding or lacking anything. Isn't that ordinary? And isn't that the happiest life?
But we were a little different.
We've already had tearful breakups and a heartbreaking past. But we were still incredibly happy because we had each other.
Because all of our history has ended, and now all that remains is to enjoy the happy ending.
"I'm really good at English, right? But it's weird..."
"Pfft, are you sure you did well? Hehehe."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, yeah, I'll do that."
"What should I do?! I told you it's true?"
Although it was an unfamiliar environment, Daniel had made some great plans, and now, thanks to his older brother, he's living happily in a decent home. He's slowly adapting, day by day. We have plenty of time left.
The end!! Whoa!! Clap clap clap>< ....!!! You knew it, right??
*****No? But in part 1, Ji-ah had a younger brother who went to the military????*****
"But Yoonha, there are some men's clothes at my house... Whose are these..?"
"Huh?? Oh.. that.. right.. haha.. whose is it.. Oh right! You originally had a younger sibling, right? A younger brother!
I can't see you now because you're in the military, but I think you left your clothes at home!"
"Ah... I have a younger brother... How can I not remember anything..."
"Hey Lee Yoon-ha, are you crazy? Where is Jia's little brother?"
"Then what should I say... Then why did you leave your clothes there and forget about them?!"