For My First Love

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This story is fictional

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As I leave the movie theater and walk through the busy downtown, the sun sets and the neon lights shimmer

The streets are packed with people, and I shrink against the occasional knife-like wind

"It's pretty cold, isn't it? Let's go get something warm to drink"

"...."

Seeing the heroine's face darken, he stops walking

"...sunbae?"

"I'm sorry, Beomgyu"

"Don't say you're sorry"

"I feel like I'm only hurting Beomgyu too much"

"...."

"Let's stop here now. I came out today because I thought I might be giving Beomgyu hope and cause a misunderstanding

"I'm so cruel. To hurt you so openly on such a good day—what am I doing"

Seeing the heroine's eyes grow red, he too felt his nose sting and his throat start to tighten

I am your reason for living, your everything, and we haven't even really started yet..

Without being able to meet Beomgyu's eyes, she wipes away her tears and looks away

He couldn't not understand the heroine's feelings, but to draw the line this quickly

"At least to me, sunbae isn't just someone who means nothing

You gave me something to hold on to too. When I thought I was all alone in this world, I was scared. So to me, you're everything.."

"Beomgyu"

"You said I could owe you, didn't you? You can use me however you want

I'll help you with revenge too, so please don't leave, okay?"

"Once time passes, you'll end up wondering why you even liked me"

Even knowing it was impossible, Beomgyu was making one last desperate struggle

As the heroine's voice trembled faintly and their eyes met,

Beomgyu's gaze was so desperate

"..Can I hug you?"

After she nodded, he pulled her into his arms without hesitation

Beomgyu buried his face in the heroine's shoulder, and soon his shoulders began to shake as he cried silently

The heroine's chest ached with guilt too. After breaking up with Beomgyu and finally coming to her senses,

she found herself in front of the convenience store where Taehyun worked part-time

She was so dumbfounded by her own behavior that

she pressed a hand to her forehead. I must be crazy. Why did I have to come this way on my way home..

There was no way Taehyun would be here at this hour. Get it together, Seoyeju

Then, with a jingle, through the door that opened like a miracle came

Taehyun, not in his uniform but in casual clothes. Yeju gasped and covered her mouth

Taehyun's eyes widened too, as if he were surprised. Could it really be fate?

"Noona?"

"Taehyun"

"What brings you here at this hour?"

She covered it up by saying she was just passing by. Taehyun hesitated for a moment, then grabbed Yeju by the wrist

and led her into the convenience store. He handed her a warm canned coffee

"Drink this. You look really cold, noona. Why are you dressed so lightly

You might not be cold in the afternoon, but at night it's freezing"

It felt a little annoying, like he was nagging for no reason, but Yeju felt oddly grateful to

Taehyun, who was worrying about her

"Thank you. Taehyun, you're such a warm person"

"I'm not that warm of a person. Is something wrong?"

"...."

"Tell me. We said we'd listen to each other's worries"

Her eyes reddened again and the words wouldn't come easily

Yeju's expression looked like someone with a story behind her

After taking a sip of the warm coffee and clearing her throat,

"I have a coworker. He said he's liked me for a long time

So today I told him not to like me.. For my coworker,

today should have been the happiest day, but I was awful to him"

Taehyun guessed who it was. Yeju kept talking

"If I just keep putting it off, it feels like I'm giving him hope for no reason, and that's

even crueler to the other person, isn't it?.. Actually, I still can't get over my ex-boyfriend

No, I don't think I can. We were together for 8 years—how could I forget that easily

Taehyun, do you think you could forget that quickly?"

Dropping her head, she barely forced strength into her voice as if her throat were closing up. At the words "I can't get over him,"

Taehyun's heart sank with a thud. The ex he couldn't forget is marrying his older sister,

and even while worrying that if he finds out, he'll feel deeply betrayed and leave her side, strangely enough

his feelings for Yeju keep growing larger and larger

"Taehyun, thank you. Just talking about it like this

makes the tight feeling in my chest ease up a little"

"I'm the one who's more thankful. I'm glad it feels like we're getting closer. And me,

whenever you have worries, please tell me"

After breaking up with Taehyun, a few days later Yeju came down with a bad flu and ended up in the hospital

Maybe it was because she had gone out on Christmas Day wearing only a coat and scarf

Yeju spent two days with a fever that wouldn't go down, and she had a really hard time

In fact, she was getting by on IV fluids. She could barely eat anything, and over the past few days her face had

grown gaunt. A big, dark bruise had formed on the back of her frail hand where the drip was inserted. After work, Soobin

always stopped by to see Yeju. Today too, she was lying in bed, waiting only for Soobin to come

When the hospital room door opened, she naturally thought it was Soobin and welcomed him, but it wasn't Soobin

Yeju's eyes wavered

"Were you perhaps waiting for Yeonjun?"

Caught off guard by Haewon's completely unexpected appearance, Yeju looked flustered

and Haewon snorted

"...How did you get here..?"

"You said you were in a lot of pain. Are you okay now?"

"...."

She was smiling, but her eyes were cold

"What do you want to say?"

"Want to hear something interesting?"

"You know Kang Taehyun, right?"

"How do you know? Don't touch Taehyun"

Haewon let out a hollow laugh at Yeju's words. Who exactly is she telling not to touch someone?

"I'm going crazy because of Kang Taehyun"

Seeing Haewon speak while mocking her, Yeju's eyes shook violently

"I came here myself because you wouldn't listen no matter how I said it

That Kang Taehyun you know is my little brother. He's not someone you can dare to covet"

"!!"

"Taehyun has a personality where he can't walk past someone pitiful, so when he was little, what was it

with some homeless person he brought home. That day the house really turned upside down. You too

are that kind of existence. I'm saying this because I feel sorry for you, so come to your senses"

At her completely unexpected words, Yeju's heart dropped

The air in the hospital room was cold. In a trembling voice, she barely managed to say

"That's a lie"

"You'd like to believe that, but just searching Kang Taehyun on a portal site brings him up..

I won't say much. You're a smart person, so I believe even hearing this much

was enough for you to understand. I came to warn you not to touch my little brother

Now, take care of yourself"

After Haewon finished what she came to say and disappeared with a smile, Yeju's shaking hand grabbed her phone

She turned it on and searched the site for Kang Taehyun's name. Then, just as she said, his personal information

came up, and there were quite a few articles about Taehyun as well. On top of that, even a family photo with Haewon

was there. What Haewon said was true. Why had Taehyun approached her, and why had he hidden his identity

while being kind to her? Was it really just because he pitied her and treated her well? Unable to believe it,

Yeju's eyes grew red again

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In the end, Haewon revealed Taehyun's identity, huh. Mind blown😨

The story feels kind of heavy, doesn't it? I'm planning a fast-paced development

Beomgyu is pitiful. Still, he'll show up here and there

So cringey🥲 I feel like I should quit😬

translations should be?

what

test

???

Actually no, final should contain 123?

no extra strings

sorry