Taehyung, who had been waiting for Jungkook to calm down as he cried endlessly like a flood, finally opened his tightly closed mouth once he saw Jungkook settle down.
"Are you feeling better now?"
Jungkook was someone who only opened up to Yeoju, but seeing him like this made Taehyung’s heart ache too.
"Yeah..."
"Stop crying. I’ve never had a friend who cries so much."
Taehyung’s teasing brought a faint smile to the corner of Jungkook’s lips. Even though his words seemed harsh, Jungkook knew that Taehyung was only trying to comfort him.
"I'm not crying anymore."
"Good. You shouldn’t cry, especially not for Yeoju."
"Ha..."
"Why? What’s bothering you now? What’s making you sigh again?"
"Your sighing is enough to make the sky fall."
Every day that Jungkook spent with Yeoju used to be filled with laughter, but now every day was filled with tears and sighs. Taehyung was slightly worried, wondering if Jungkook might collapse from all the stress.
"I’ve been avoiding skinship with Yeoju."
"I’m worried that she might get hurt because of it."
The reason Jungkook had been avoiding skinship with Yeoju was that she was a soul. It wasn’t that he was scared of touching her, but rather... it was because of the rules of the soul.
"If it’s Yeoju, of course, she’ll get hurt. It’s not just anyone, it’s you avoiding her."
"If I keep making contact with Yeoju for my own sake, she’ll disappear forever."
The law of souls:
Frequent contact with a person can cause the soul to disappear forever.
"You guys... really..."
Taehyung couldn’t continue his sentence. He just felt so sorry for them. Both Yeoju, who was stuck in a soul form after trying to save the person she loved, and Jungkook, who could only watch over Yeoju as a soul, unable to protect her after she became unconscious in the accident.
"Ah..."
Why did his heart hurt so much? It seemed like his heart, stabbing with pain, was answering the unspoken feelings Jungkook had.
"What time is it...?"
Looking at the time, the clock hands were moving toward 5 PM.
"When was the last time I ate...?"
Lately, his memory wasn’t as good.
The law of souls:
Unnecessary memories fade away, and only the most important ones remain.
The thing Yeoju remembers best is everything about Jungkook. Ironically, she couldn’t remember anything about herself.