Don't wait for me

Episode 22 - An Uneasy Premonition (2)

-Again, Yujeong and Taehyun (continuing from episode 19)-

"...I'm sorry. I'm sorry."

Taehyun patted Yujeong's back, tears brimming in her eyes.

Then he raised his hand over Yujeong's head to shield her from the rain.

There was no lie in Taehyun's words.

But Yujeong was still anxious.

Since that day, even after meeting up and spending time together again and again, and even when Taehyun gently expressed his feelings, Yujeong just felt like this wasn't real.

And Yujeong could tell that Taehyun was growing more and more worn out, too.

"You really love me, right? You really do, right?"

 

 

"...Of course."

 

Yujeong overreacted even to the slightest change in Taehyun.

And Yujeong hated that about herself.

***

That night, Yujeong took out the wish box again.

There were still two and a half years left on the first wish's expiration date.

That meant it had been six months since she made the first wish.

"So now Taehyun is... probably sick of me too... but if I'm still not happy here, what kind of wish am I supposed to make..."

For several days, Yujeong thought hard about it.

And she came to a conclusion.

With trembling hands, Yujeong carefully opened the lid of the wish box.

"Even though there's still time left on the first wish, you're going to make a second wish?"

"...Yeah. I came to the past and ended up dating Kang Taehyun. Keep my appearance the same, and send me to a few years later in this world, after Taehyun has debuted."

"Okay. You have one wish left now."

The clock stopped moving. 11:12.

Yujeong's room was silent.

When Yujeong opened her eyes again, her room had changed a lot.

For those having trouble understanding, let me explain a little...

Yujeong thinks Taehyun is getting disappointed in her, so in the end she uses her second wish. The wish lasts for 3 years, so there are still 2 and a half years left on the first wish...

Yujeong wants, in this world where she and Taehyun are dating, for herself to stay the same while the time of everything else moves a few years ahead.

In other words, from Taehyun's perspective, Yujeong disappears for several years, then suddenly appears again exactly the same as she was back then...