On that summer night, with the pouring rain, he soaked up the cold rain with his whole body, waiting for someone who would never come. His name was Kang Eui-geon. For four years, he had loved only one woman, and he had tried to promise her a future, and yesterday, their future was shattered. With that one word, "I'm tired," their relationship was easily resolved. At least to her. To him, their separation and the rain he was getting hit by now still felt like a dream. An illusion that would never happen. That's exactly how it felt. How long had he waited? A person walked from afar. He ran over in a flash, hoping to see her, but it was the same as expected. As he lowered his head in deep emptiness, a woman passing by suddenly grabbed his shoulder and asked.
"Is this you, Kang Ui-geon?"
"Yes, I am Kang Eun-gye..."
The answer he finally heard after struggling to answer was shocking. A deeper sense of guilt and despair, deeper than the emptiness of discovering the woman he loved wasn't her, slowly consumed him, starting from his ankles.
"I'm... Yeoju's older sister."
"...Lady Yeoju..?"
"Yes... I have a letter that the heroine asked me to deliver."
"letter..?"
"..."
"The heroine...was in a car accident a few days ago. She was hospitalized and seemed to be recovering well, but then suddenly she started to feel worse..."
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-To Ui-geon-
Our Eui-geon, whom I love so so much~ It's me, Yeo-ju! Are you hurt because I said I'm sick..? Actually, I'm not sick at all! I love you so, so muchㅎㅎ Right now, I'm at the hospital telling you to break up and I'm writing this letter right now. I suddenly felt unwell and the doctor said I'll live for at most 3 days...? I spoke to you more harshly because I didn't want you to see me looking so haggard and sick right now. If you're hurt, just forget it all. I didn't mean it.. Oh, and remember the bankbook my sister gave you with this letter? It's all yours. It's for the wedding expenses, so if we can't have the wedding...you should use it all. Because it's money I saved for you! I really, really loved you, I love you, and I will love you. I will continue to watch over you from heaven, so make sure you meet a good person and live happily!!
-Yi Yeo-ju, the bride of Yi Geon-i-
After reading the letter, he collapsed. My love, my heroine, had left me. What made me even more angry was that I knew nothing, and that I had even momentarily hated you. Watching him sob and wailing like crazy, the heroine's older sister also sniffled and left. He clutched the letter to his chest, worried it might get wet, and his voice, as he sobbed, sounded like the howl of a wolf bereft of its mate. Guilt and despair, rising from his ankles, slowly suffocated his heart. In an instant, it bit into his heart, and poison spread through his veins. The poison soon reached his fingertips, causing convulsions. Unable to control his trembling hands, he pulled a pair of rings from his bosom. They were sized to fit her fingers perfectly. Their initials were engraved on the inside. The rings he had intended to place on her beautiful, white hand. Now, those rings, now bereft of their owner, he gazed at them and wept. Then, soon after, she stopped crying and ran into the middle of the road. Suddenly, her vision brightened, and then a horn honked like crazy...
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Even as he was losing consciousness, the thought of seeing her again brought a smile to his lips. Watching the scene unfold, with some screaming and others trembling in fear, he whispered quietly, very quietly, so that no one could hear.
"Maybe, we..."
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