Late at night, Chanyeol fell asleep and Baekhyun stared at Chanyeol's face for a long time.
"When I see you, it's still so warm. How nice it would be if the world stopped and it were just you and me. How could I leave you behind... How could I leave... It's so good... Please don't cry. I, I can't be without you. You can't be me. How did... How did you end up seeing me? I should have been more careful..."
Eventually, Baekhyun let out a quiet cry.
"Chanyeol, how can I? I don't want to turn back time to before I met you. I don't want to think about a life without you. Because I don't want to lose even a single piece of our memories. That's why I'm going, Chanyeol. Don't forgive me. It's okay if you hate me for the rest of your life. I won't let your longing grow stronger. I will definitely do that. My traces, your resentment, our love. I will embrace them all and disappear. I love you, I love you."
The mermaid slowly got up and walked around the house, erasing all traces of herself.
The coral pen you gave me as a gift, the crystals I dropped, the seashell bracelet I received as a gift from Chanyeol. Everything.
And finally, even the diary the boy wrote.
I tore up the diary containing the mermaid and treasured it.
I left the last one below.
"Because everything I loved was poison to you. That's why I'm leaving. You don't have to love me anymore. I'll embrace everything and go with you. Even after you and I are torn apart,
Even if you are not by my side, you are inside me.
I love you.
from. Mermaid.
Dear. My sweety chocolate butterfly. '
- Summer Boy, Mermaid Story.