Memory Manipulation Club: txt [Short Story]

My Little Utopia (2) - Huening Kai

Hueningkai's perspective


I always lived with sharp thorns raised toward the world.

Even if I act affectionately and smile on the outside, the moment they realize my true nature
Countless faces spitting, calling them scary monsters.

There was always a cold expiration date set for the warmth of people,
There was only one way I chose to avoid getting hurt.

Completely erasing one's own color in the darkest corner.


One day on the way home from school, when that terrible game of hide-and-seek continued,
The traces of the white lion that had been suppressed burst out uncontrollably
Even when I ran towards the bushes on the back mountain
My heart was completely covered in despair.


That brief moment when my eyes met Eun Seo-in who had followed behind,
A wave of shame washed over me, as if the whole world were collapsing.


I growled like a ferocious beast out of fear that I would be alone again, but
My insides were burning up.

But instead of a cold sneer, Seo-in quietly knelt at my feet
I bowed. With warm and gentle eyes, the weight of my solitude
He stared straight ahead.


I'll be a little bird for you.


I will nonchalantly... the beast within me that even I hated
Seoin's gentle voice as she hugged me.

The moment that trivial and defenseless tenderness touched my skin,
A lush summer has finally begun in my frozen world.

All the pages of my soul that had been bolted
It began to be written again, densely filled only with the name Eun Seo-in.


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Starting from that wistful first meeting, time diligently cycles and
Each of them unleashed their own deep colors.

Red fallen leaves cover the bushes, and dazzlingly transparent snowflakes
After the long winter that piled up white on the tree branches, fresh
Spring, when new shoots arrive, and summer, shining with a blue light
Until they come looking.


That secluded open space beyond the broken walking path was only for Seoin and me
It became a small paradise that existed only for the two of them.


I endured at school wearing a human mask.
On days when I am completely drained of energy,

I was by Seoin's side
He took out his white ears and tail and took the deepest breath.


The traces of the beast that were desperately hidden outside for fear of being discovered,
Seo-in, with a gentle touch as if looking at the most precious jewel in the world
He used to gently stroke it down.

Whenever that soft warmth touches
With a tickling ripple deep in my chest, my tail wagged pleasantly.

All my defense mechanisms, which had been coldly hardened, were Seo-in's affectionate
It felt like I was melting endlessly softly under his gaze.


The dim dawn light softly through the thick branches
It was a time of seeping in. Blowing through the gaps in the bushes
My hair fluttered lightly in the cool breeze.


Suddenly, a year ago,
The one who fearlessly chased me all the way to this rough hideout
Seo-in's face appeared to overlap with the sunset light.

Toward the only being that makes me breathe, I quietly
I fixed my gaze.


Huening, the moon is really pretty tonight.
It's white, just like your mane.


Seo-in pointed at the night sky and looked at me
She smiled brightly. Even my unique side was always pretty and special.
Whenever I see those transparent eyes that gaze at me, I
I often think that I made the right decision to be born into this world.


"Seo-in, I'm actually pretty good at hiding like a normal person at school now, right?"
No one will know that I'm a white lion shapeshifter.

"Yeah, perfect. Everyone probably just thinks you're a quiet kid."


Seoin smiled playfully and touched the tip of my white ear with her finger
I tapped gently. It was a light touch, but within it lay a deep longing for me.
I knew very well that it was filled with worry and affection.


Every morning, I erase my true self and
My loneliness of having to live like an invisible man,
Because Seo-in always shared in the pain with a look of apology.


As if telling Seoin not to feel sorry anymore,
He slowly reached out and tightly grasped Seoin's small hand.

The warmth of my palm to Seoin's cold fingertips
Feeling it spreading, what I had buried deep in my heart
The White Lion revealed its own truth.


"Seo-in, do you know that?"

What is it?

They say a lion lives its entire life with only one person in its heart.

"....uh?"


My world is entirely filled with the season that is you.
No matter how much the world pushes me away and acts coldly toward me,
As long as you are by my side, I can live happily anywhere.


I smiled sweetly and placed on the back of Seoin's hand
It gently rubbed its cheek against mine, holding only me in its purest form.
In Seo-in's sparkling eyes, being fully loved
The image of the white lion was gently reflected.


Even if it is not a grand salvation of the world, wounded white
To the lion, Eun Seo-in was the one and only salvation and a perfect fence.


I to SeoinI will devote my entire life to only the most precious love
Watching the fading dawn light, I made a deep vow in my heart that I would return it.

Inside the forest hideout where the blue dawn warmly embraces us,
My world had completely permeated Seo-in and was reaching a perfect conclusion.

-THE END-

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