I'm sad. But I don't know where this sadness comes from. Obin? Just thinking about Obin makes me panic. I feel dizzy. I feel suffocated. I feel short of breath.
It was more than a month later that Beomgyu realized the cause of his feelings, although he didn't know it.
The reason I met Yeoju was because of the emotional stone.
Dandelion seeds
Wait, Jeong Oh-bin, I'll go with you too.
Hearing Beomgyu's words, Yeoju felt an indescribable emotion. Goosebumps ran down her spine. Even if she lived her entire life over again, she felt she couldn't contain this feeling. It was already a frenzy. A thrill enveloped her.
That's why Yeo-ju wanted to hold on to Beom-gyu even more. What would it feel like to push this man to the edge? I was so curious that I thought I was going crazy. But soon, Yeo-ju felt that same feeling from Beom-gyu. The feeling of being on the edge.
“Hey, customer!” ((Yeoju
Yeoju desperately grabbed Beomgyu. Beomgyu looked at her helplessly. It was a moment of encountering the edge of a precipice. When someone is on the edge of a precipice, it seems impossible to hold on, no matter what.
For the first time, Yeo-ju felt something she didn't want to feel. So, without any resistance, without even realizing that she was letting Beom-gyu go, she let him go.
"Thank you for listening to my story." ((Beomgyu
"Please come again next time." ((Yeoju
Beomgyu simply smiled without saying anything. Yeoju politely greeted Beomgyu. She felt like she would be the last person to see him.
"Thank you." ((Beomgyu
With those words, Beomgyu left the store.
"Whew..." ((Beomgyu
Beomgyu sat down by the sea, where he had sent Obin off after running nonstop for four hours. After drinking a couple of drinks he'd bought at a nearby convenience store, the enchanting sea and the dazzling night sky suddenly seemed to merge into one.
“Obin... you miss me too, right?”
Beomgyu chuckled and blankly stared out at the sea. The moon floating over the sea reminded him of Obin. Beomgyu staggered toward Obin.
"Wait a minute, Jeong Oh-bin..."
A wave crashed in, and water reached his feet. Nevertheless, Beomgyu kept walking. Another wave crashed in, and this time, his knees were soaked. As the water reached his torso, he saw Obin in the distance.
I saw the real Jeong Oh-bin.
“Obin? Hey!!! Hey!! Jeong Obin!!!!”
I called Obin's name out loud. It wasn't long before my feet couldn't touch the ground, and every time I called Obin, salty seawater filled my mouth. I didn't have time to think.
“Me too, me too, please come with me...”
Beomgyu continued to move forward, crying. Until the moon over the sea reached his hand, until he reached Obin beyond the horizon.
"Jeong Oh-bin!! Jeong-o-bu....."
A strong wave crashed down and engulfed Beomgyu. As Beomgyu struggled to escape, the bracelet on his hand disappeared along with the wave.
It was a bracelet filled with longing. Wouldn't Beomgyu have felt longing even without the bracelet?
Although he didn't know the answer, Beomgyu continued to move forward and entered the deep sea where Obin was.
Beomgyu thought. For some unknown reason, the sea wasn't cold.
'Ah, it's Jeong Oh-bin...'
When I closed my eyes, I saw Obin.
'It's Jeong Oh-bin.'
Beomgyu slowly closed his eyes and returned to Obin's side.
"Found it, Jeong Oh-bin. Let's stop this damn hide-and-seek."
At 5 a.m. this morning, Mr. Kim, who was out on a fishing boat, discovered a man's body in the nearby waters. Police concluded the body's cause of death was suicide...