1. I want to lean on the sky
“Lee Ji-hoon..!! Did you suddenly collapse?! “
“Yes.. You asked me to give you food earlier, so I went to give it to you, but you had collapsed.. “
“Please call 119 quickly..!!”
“Ah..yes!!”
“Lee Ji-hoon.. Come to your senses.. Open your eyes.. Please.”
Moments later, 911 arrived, quickly loaded Ji-hoon into the ambulance, and rushed him to the emergency room. Please...
Jihoon was immediately taken to the emergency room, and I sat on a nearby chair, barely catching my breath.
After a while -
“Please speak separately with the guardian.”
“Yes..? Oh yes.”
Knock knock -
“Teacher, what happened?”
“What on earth did you do to your body? Three or four of your veins were burst. There were bruises in other places, too.”
“.. It’s not like you can’t get up or anything, right..?”
“You won’t die or anything, but you’ll suffer terrible aftereffects.”
“Ha.. Really”
How many times did you hit him... Why on earth do these things only happen to me... God... Is this what it means to say you hate heaven and that it's not fair?
Jihoon was moved to the recovery room and I just sat next to him without saying anything.
How did he meet me, get beaten to death, and get locked up... What on earth did he do wrong to be in so much pain, and get abandoned by his owner...
Swish -
“ .. Without you, I have no one to lean on.. “
“ ... “
“I want to pray to the sky that is so unfair… to the sky that never takes my side.”
“ ... “
“Jihoon… Please give happiness to the child who brought me happiness.”
“ ... “
“So, wake up quickly.”
“ ... “
I ended up falling asleep there, and when I woke up the next day, it was already midnight. Jihoon wasn't awake. I thought, "Should I go for a quick walk?"
I wanted to take a short walk, so I headed to the hospital garden. There were many beautiful flowers in bloom there, including some I didn't see often.
at that time -
“Tantangnim..! Look at this~!”
“Huh.. it’s pretty~ Did Jihoon make it?”
“Yes!”
“.. I guess he’s Jihoon too.”
I looked around and saw a female doctor and a young boy, who called her "teacher," playing affectionately. A smile spread across their faces. I thought, "I'll bring Ji-hoon here sometime when he wakes up."
“..I miss Lee Ji-hoon”
Seriously.. how did I end up like this.. I thought I wouldn't have anyone on my side in this world and I didn't want to make any, but now it seems like I have too many.. haha The only person I was close with was Choi Seungcheol..
There's Boo Seok-soon, there's Kim Min-gyu, there's Ji-hoon... Maybe I just pretended not to know.I'm scared, but now I like it better.
“Oh! Hello, ma’am!”
“Uh.. hello. Where did that teacher go earlier?”
“You must be busy...”
“Phew.. Really? Then do you want to play with the lady?”
“Really..?! “
"Yeah. I know you're funny."
“What is it?”
“Do you know a flower shop?”
“Huh..? Is that it?”
“Hmm… That would be nice. I’d pick my favorite flower like this… and pluck the petals one by one. And then say something like this.”
“ ..? “
Same -
“Lee Ji-hoon will wake up.”
Same -
“Don’t wake up.. I’ll fly.. “
Same -
“I will wake up..”
“Oh.. I want to try it too!!”
"Okay. Okay! Go ahead."
" hmm.. "
I played with that kid named Ji-Hoon until the sun went down, and around that time, the female doctor came back. She thanked me and said goodbye, and I told her that I enjoyed playing with her.
After those two went up first, I looked around the garden a bit more and then went up to the sickroom. I was holding a flower.
2. The efficacy of flower shop
Knock knock -
“..I’m not awake yet”
“ ... “
“I brought some really pretty flowers too..”
“ ... “
“You said I’d wake up soon, but am I just too impatient to wait?”
“ ... “
“Why… I don’t see any sign of you waking up?”
I grabbed a leaf from a flower I was holding and said,
“.. wake up.”
Same -
“I won’t wake up..”
Same -
As I kept picking them off one by one, only one leaf remained, and it was time to...
Same -
“Wake up..”
“ ... “
The fortune telling is simple. Just get the order right and you'll get the answer you want. But even so, I still want to believe in the answer from this fortune telling. Because I want to wake up.
3. The moment when sincerity reaches you
“..It’s already been two weeks. Two weeks.”
“ ... “
“Doctor, you sleep too long.. Are you never going to see me again?”
It's already been two weeks since Lee Ji-hoon collapsed. The doctor clearly said he'd wake up in four days, but maybe it's because he's half cat and half human... Why did he sleep for so long? Is his regenerative ability also slower than a human's?
“.. Seokmin traded waffles for documents again today? But he must have been trying to make me angry, because he brought me a waffle he bought to taste.. In the end, I got caught by the scumbags and left.”
“ ... “
" and"My father keeps coming to me to demand that I give up my job. Our security team must have worked really hard to stop him today. I should go and give him a bonus."
“ ... “
“The female employee who was flirting with you sang a song saying she has a boyfriend. She went on a trip yesterday..? She went to Jeju Island.. My deputy manager is from Jeju Island. Should I go too..? Of course, with you.”
“ ... “
“Well… it would only make sense if you woke up…”
“ ... “
"Wake up, Lee Ji-hoon. I really miss you so much."
Gulp -
“Ha.. Seriously, it’s not just once or twice, I’ve been crying every day for two weeks.. I cry every day.”
“ ... “
“Tears... The man who will wipe them away will do it himself... Kim Yeo-ju’s life is real.”
“ ... “
“Even when I think about forgetting you, all I can think about is missing you.”
“ ... “
“Really… I think I really like you, Jihoon.”
at that time -
" .. me too "
“..?!! Are you awake..?”
“ .. Yeah haha “
“Okay..call the doctor..g.”
Tak -
“Uh.. why is that?”
“ ... “
“Why are you like that..k.a.”
At that time, Lee Ji-hoon grabbed the back of my neck and kissed me. I was surprised and tried to pull him away, but it wasn't enough to overcome the man's strength.
It was our first time. Kissing, my heart pounding like crazy, it was all a first. The tears I'd been holding back began to fall, one by one, and we kissed quite passionately. I'd wanted to see you for so long.
After a while -
“..I missed you..really”
“Me too. I really missed you.”
" he.. "
“So are we dating now?”
“What? Suddenly?”
"Yeah. The female protagonist likes me too, so I like her too. Really."
“Uh..but still, like this all of a sudden?”
“Why..? You don’t like it..?”
“No..! That’s not it.. “
“Huh.. So are you dating?”
“ .. something like that.. “
“I love you, Yeoju.”
“Phew.. Me too”
It was a moment of touch. That tiny flower, a single dot, a sincere prayer to the sky, and my heart, always hidden, all touched at that moment, and everything became sincere, becoming the most beautiful thing in the world, blooming in that person's heart.
“Thank you so much for waking me up. Hehe.”
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Luckily.. Jihoon woke upㅜㅜ What should I write nextㅜ Please give me some materialㅜㅜ Something about a historical drama.. Bye~😭
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