[⚠️Warning Caution⚠️]
This content is written in homage to Suga's second mixtape, "Dear My Friend" and several characters.
Contains scenes of profanity and drug addiction.
(Those who are uncomfortable, please cut off your hands in advance)
Transferred from a short story collection (slightly modified)
*All stories come from the author's head.
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©️ Earthquake in My Head (2022)
Dear My Friend 9
The charity concert consisted mainly of songs with calm and comforting lyrics.
I made sure that the NA family, the residents, and the friends they invited were seated properly, and then stood at the back and watched the stage from a distance.
The music I gave up on... The ambitions I gave up on
At the back of the small theater, I immersed myself in the music for the first time in a long while. I felt as if I was standing in the middle of a massive wave he was sending out.
Yoongi's appearance, rapping under the lights, making comments in between, and talking to the audience, even looked noble.Now that the show is over...This is how our reunion will end...
Yoongi doesn't know this, but I feel relieved that my only friend, who I've been apart from for a long time, is still doing his best and quietly doing well.
After the stage ended, BTS members took pictures with the new inmates and NA family members and offered words of comfort to each and every one of them.
Hey friend...It's good to see you're landing just as you wanted.
. . .
Since the center residents were at their designated bedtimes, the charity concert ended at a fairly late hour. After taking care of the NA family and residents and sending them home, we returned to the theater and the site had already been cleared out. All the cars in the parking lot, including the equipment trucks and the vans BTS had arrived in, were gone.
"Mr. Lee Soo, you should also get off work now~"I hope the foundation staff and BTS members all returned safely..?"
"Yes! Thank you for your hard work, Team Leader!
Today was really a jackpot.. ㅜㅠ
“Team Leader, have a nice weekend and see you on Monday!”
After seeing Lee Soo-sam get into a taxi, I returned to the parking lot.
I guess today will just end like this..
It was a day I wanted to avoid, but nothing happened.
Well done, Taesik.
I just need to stay in my seat and stay quiet like I am now.
I just wanted to make sure we were all doing well. Oh, Yoongi might not know how I'm doing... But to be happy just because of childhood memories... We've come a long way.
[Please read while listening to the BGM...]
. . .
I was about to open the car door and get in when I felt a presence.
"Taesik~"
I was startled and looked around,
The parking lot was still empty. Was I hallucinating?
Taesik.. It's been a long time since I've heard that name.. I'm about to get back in the car,
""Jung Tae-sik! Not over there, over here!"
Yun-gi, who had been under the shadow of the tree, walked out into the streetlight.
"Yoon, Yoongi...."
I was so surprised that I couldn't move.
Actually, I was a little confused as to whether I should be happy.
As I froze and stood still, Yoongi came and hugged me tightly.
""Nice to meet you, Taesik."
At Yoongi's words, my legs gave out a little and I stumbled. My eyes were hot.
"I knew...?"
"No, I wasn't sure at first...
But at some point, I knew for sure... that it was you..."
Up close, Yun-gi's face revealed fine wrinkles, as if testifying to years he hadn't noticed. Yun-gi's eyes widened and he smiled faintly.
"How have you been..?
"You've changed so much since I last saw you..."
I just thought I wanted to avoid it somehow,
That wasn't it.
After seeing Yoongi's face that knows me
This moment is mine
I felt how much I had hoped, waited, and longed for this moment.
"Yoongi... Nice to meet you... Heuk.."
While I was talking, for some reason I couldn't look straight at Yoongi's face. I saw my tears glistening and falling on the asphalt floor of the parking lot.
"Hey, don't do this..."
There was a twinkle in Yoongi's eyes as well.
We hugged each other and cried for a while.