"Yes, dad."
📞Hey, do you have time now? I think I need to come to the police station.
"why?"
📞I'll let you know when I get there. Come quickly.
"yes."
After hanging up the phone with her father, Yeoju packs her coat and goes outside. After getting into a taxi, Yeoju goes into the police station.I bow to the people inside the police station, stand in front of the chief's office, raise my hand, and knock.
dripping-
"Come in"
At the sound of her father's voice telling her to come in, she grabs the doorknob and goes inside. She goes inside and sits on the sofa in front of her father.
"How are things going with the BTS organization?"
"I'm doing well without being caught."
"You didn't give them affection?"
"...yes."
"I see. Have you learned anything about the BTS organizations? Like, did you take any pictures?"
"..."
"doesn't exist?"
"...no. Sorry. It was hard to find information about them."
"It's okay. There's still plenty of time. That's enough. Go."
"Yes. Goodbye, Chief."
The female protagonist greets the chief, opens the door, and goes out. Before going home, the female protagonist stops by the bathroom and starts to wash her hands. She sighs while washing her hands and then takes out theHe takes out his phone. The female protagonist stares intently at the picture of Jungkook and Seokjin pickpocketing earlier, then pauses. Then, he becomes absorbed in thought.She pressed the delete button and put her phone back in her pocket. After staring blankly at her reflection in the mirror for a while, she soon came to her senses, left the bathroom, and headed home.The female protagonist, who was walking home weakly, came to her senses when someone put an arm around her shoulder and turned her head to see who it was.
"It's been a long time since I sent you home, so why are you walking here so listlessly?"
"ah..."
"What's going on?"
"No... there isn't."
"...Shall we sit in the park and then go?"
"A park? Or something like that."
Jimin and Yeoju were sitting on a bench in the park, looking at the clear sky. The sky was so pretty that Yeoju let out a word.
"The sky is pretty.."
"I know"
"..."
"I wish we were as pretty as the sky is."
"Are you pretty enough?"
"No. I'm already broken."
"...Why do you think you're broken? When I saw you, you were a bright shining being. A being that shines more beautifully than the sky and is hotter than the sun."
"..."
"So don't ruin yourself."
"thanks."
At the end of Jimin's words of thanks, Yeoju looks at Jimin and smiles brightly. Jimin is so surprised that he wonders if he has ever seen Yeoju smile so brightly.The female protagonist asks Jimin, seeing his surprised expression.
"Why are you surprised?"
"Huh? No... Your smile is prettier than I thought."
The female protagonist, who didn't know Jimin would say "pretty," was even more surprised. The female protagonist, with a blush on her face, continued to stare at the sky as Jimin spoke to the kindergarten children playing in the playground.
"I used to play like that when I was that age."
"So what did you do next when you were that age?"
"I just wanted to die all the time."
The female protagonist looks at Jimin with her pupils dilating at his words.
"Why did you want to die?"
"Because no one liked me when I was around, and no one would be sad when I died."
"..."
"But I don't think like that anymore. There are people who like me when I'm around, and there are people who will be sad when I die. You're one of them, aren't you?"
"Of course. I'd be happy if you were here, but I'd be terribly sad if you weren't."
"I'm happy. I have one more person who cares for me. So please don't leave me..."
"...okay"
"But are you talking about family, the people who won't be sad even if you're gone..?"
"huh."
"..."
"It was when I was in first grade."
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When Jimin was just starting elementary school, he loved school so much and hated home so much. It was because there was no one to welcome him when he got home.Jimin had a younger brother. His mom and dad were always busy taking care of his younger brother and didn't pay attention to Jimin.Jimin's mom and dad were so blatantly discriminatory that it would have been fortunate if they hadn't just looked at him.Even when eating, my younger brother would eat a lot of meat side dishes, but Jimin would only eat vegetables and couldn't even put meat side dishes in his mouth. At one point, I wanted to eat meat so badly.I once got caught secretly eating my younger brother's food, and I couldn't eat at all. Of course, I got angry at my parents and tried everything I could to talk to them, but all I got in return were negative comments about Jimin.
"Mom, Dad. Can you take care of me too?"
"I have to take care of my younger brother."
"You can take care of both your younger brother and me. Is it difficult to take care of both?"
"Yeah. It's difficult."
"Why can't you take care of both? Everyone else is taking care of them well."
"Oh, damn, you talk so much."
"Honestly, aren't you saying that because you don't want to take care of me?"
"Yeah, that's right. I don't want to take care of you. So please, get out of my sight."
"Why... why don't you like it?"
"You're not good at studying, you're lacking in talent, and you're ugly."
"..."
"Get out of the house. I don't want to see you."
Tears welled up in Jimin's eyes and flowed down his cheeks. He put on his shoes and left the house, telling her to get out. Had he been wandering the streets for a while?He reached the bridge over the river. He stood still on the bridge, looking down at the vast river, then climbed up the railing, as if ready to jump.
"If I jump from here, I'll be able to live a better life than I have now, right..?"
Jimin climbs up onto the railing, stands precariously, and closes his eyes. As his body slowly tilts and he is about to fall, someone grabs his feet and pulls him onto the ground instead of the river, causing him to stagger.He fell to the ground. Not exactly on the ground, but on top of a man. Jimin was startled and got up quickly as he suddenly fell on the man. The man kept looking at Jimin with his round eyes.Was it because he liked the boy's touch at that moment? Or was it because he didn't want to die? Jimin felt grateful for the boy's saving touch.
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“It was Kim Taehyung who saved me back then.”
"..."
"Aren't you sad?"
"No. I don't feel sorry for you at all. Because you have me and the kids around you, so I don't feel sorry for you at all."
When the female lead looked at Jimin's face while he was talking about the past, Jimin was crying. And he was holding it in.When she saw Jimin's face, the female protagonist also felt like crying, but barely held it back. Seeing Jimin's expression, the female protagonist hugged Jimin tightly and patted his back.After leaning against each other for a while, Jimin comes out of the woman's arms, wondering if he's okay. Jimin is in the woman's arms.
He gets up from the chair he was sitting on with a red face, embarrassed by having been in her arms, and tells her to go home quickly. The female protagonist nods, smiling faintly at the sight of Jimin being so cute.Jimin and Yeoju walk towards home.