Memory Manipulation Club: txt [Short Story]

First love's first love (1)

You know what, Subin? Do you know something?

The fact that every first page of my life started with you.




You've always been like that.
When the wind blows, I slip one of the earphones out of your ear and
You asked me while poking it into my ear.

"Yeoju, do you like this song too?"


To be honest, loud rock music that makes your ears ring is
It wasn't my taste at all.

But when I see your dimples spreading brightly like a boy's, Subin,
Strangely, I felt like I couldn't breathe, so I just ended up nodding.


"Yeah, I only listen to this song these days," I said, lying.
Because it was much easier to lose my taste than to lose you, Soobin.




Since that day, my playlist has been completely colored by your colors.




I really can't eat spicy food.
But if you, Subin, suggest going to eat tteokbokki
I nodded at the spiciest level,

I'm following you, Choi Subin, who likes basketball but wants to rest at home on weekends.
Crouched on the bone-chilling gym stands
I spent the whole night just taking in your back view.




"We really match well in both taste and personality. Right?"




I thought to myself while looking into your eyes back then.

I like you so much that I'm foolishly accommodating everything you do.


But Subin, you're so foolishly sweet, you'd never know.




Then one day,
You said that while smiling shyly.

I've developed a crush on someone.

At that moment, it felt like my whole world was collapsing.


Unlike the relaxed look in your eyes when you look at me,
Your eyes were shimmering and shining as you called her name.



So I bit my lip until it bled and forced a smile.

"Who is it? Is it someone I know?"




Since that day, I made a promise to myself every night.
I decided that now I have to erase Choi Soobin from my world, even if I have to force myself.

I even reduced contact with you to keep my distance,
We naturally drifted apart like that.




For several years, we haven't heard a single word.
I became a complete stranger.

It was a dawn when I thought I had finally buried you.

At 2 AM, when only silence filled the air, the phone screen
As it got brighter, the vibration buzzed.


Appearing on the screenChoi Soo-binThe moment I saw the three letters,
My heart, frozen solid for years, plummeted mercilessly under the night sky.


A single line appearing on the main screen amidst the terrible silence.




-Yeoju, are you asleep by any chance?

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