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Towards You: Chapter 2_Reminiscences
후렌치
2020.10.10Views 18
The next day, after work, the man came out the front door and looked up at the darkening sky.
‘My first meeting with Jisoo was here, too.’
The man slowly recalled their first meeting. Everything from the first time they met here to the restaurant, movie theater, and coffee shop they went to together.
Moving his feet, which had not moved for a while, the man went to meet his memories with Jisoo again.
“Please give me Set 2.”
The man's footsteps stopped at a restaurant he and Jisoo often visited. Their tastes were so similar that he always ordered Set 1, and Jisoo ordered Set 2. But today, he didn't want to order Set 1, which he always did. He didn't know why, but it was just the kind of day he wanted to.
“It doesn’t taste good.”
Eating food that didn't suit my taste was, as always, difficult. I wanted to spit it out right away, but I didn't. It was a day when I just wanted to force myself to eat everything.
The man finished eating and headed to the movie theater.
“The villain was bad, so one adult is enough.”
Jisoo and the man also had different tastes in movies. Jisoo liked sweet romance films, and he preferred flashy action flicks. So whenever they watched a movie, he always decided to watch the action movie instead of buying popcorn. But today, he didn't do that. Instead of buying popcorn, he chose the romance movie.
“It’s not fun.”
Unlike action movies, this soft and quiet romance movie felt like the perfect lullaby for sleep. I suddenly felt like quitting halfway through, but I didn't. Today was a day I just wanted to endure and watch it all the way through.
Finally, we returned to the park where the large birch tree grew. Jisoo and the man had completely different tastes, but they had one thing in common: a love of flowers and trees. Of all the plants, these two loved birch trees the most. Because the trees were pretty? Because the flowers had beautiful meaning? No. There was no particular reason they liked birch trees. They just liked them.
It was a hot summer when the man and Jisoo first came to the park. The two were happy in the park with its scenery of green leaves and colorful flowers.
“Now… ….”
The man, who lived in a present different from the past, gradually lost hope along with the leaves falling helplessly, and the cold wind froze the man's heart.