For a few days, Hamin strangely became accustomed to having Flea by his side.
At first, it was just annoying,
Now I hear that child's voice every day
“Ha Min-ah!”
That being who keeps talking, laughing, and following me…
Strangely enough, at some point it started to feel like a part of my daily life.
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“Hamin, I heard a guitar sound in the music room today. Who is it?”
"Um... I don't know."
"Hamin, you played the guitar hard too, right? LOL"
“Me? Guitar?”
“Yeah! You even sang a song while pretending to play the toy guitar~ㅋㅋㅋ Don’t you remember?”
“…Why am I doing such a strange thing….”
Ha Min laughed in disbelief.
Flea was delighted to see that.
“Oh, you just laughed!! Haha, look, you were always the kind of kid who laughed so much?”
“I wasn’t laughing… I just thought you said something weird…”
“Hahaha okay~~ Let’s just say I said something weird, okay?”
Ha Min looked out the window, his voice trailing off.
‘…Why does that kid talk about the past so casually?
I told you several times that I don't remember...'
Flea used to talk as if he was seeing the ‘Hamin’ of that time right in front of him.
That's... strangely uncomfortable,
For some reason, my heart felt strangely shaken.
‘Did I really… spend that much time with that kid…?’
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That day too, Flee was waiting for Ha-min in front of the school gate.
“Hamin!! Let’s go together!! Haha”
Ha Min said calmly while carrying his bag.
“....Do you really not miss a single day?”
“I promised you~ I’d stay by your side for a month. Why, you don’t like it?”
Flee smiled brightly.
Ha-min snorted softly, but his face no longer had the stiff expression it used to have.
“…Follow me.”
The two walked side by side.
It was the same as usual, but a familiar feeling of unease touched Ha-min's heart.
‘…I think I’ve walked with someone like this before.’
As we reached the fork in the road, Ha-min said.
“I have to go to the taekwondo gym today. Should I go first?”
“Oh, right!! That’s right.. What a shame haha”
"Don't pretend you forgot, I knew... haha"
Flea stopped and waved brightly.
“No way?! Anyway, I’ll go first!! Have a nice day at the dojo~~!!”
Ha Min said indifferently as he looked at the sight.
“Hey, if you back away like that, you’ll fall over...”
Before he could even finish speaking,
Pa———AAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
A truck honked its horn and sped toward him from afar. Flea flinched at the sudden noise and froze.
At that moment,
Flea couldn't move his body.
“Hey!!!!!!! Kimplee!!!”
Ha Min's scream came like lightning.
He opened his eyes wide and threw himself at Flea.
He wrapped his arms around Flee's waist, twisted his body, and rolled him to the other side of the truck.
bang!
The moment it hit the floor, Ha-min's head received a strong impact.
"Ugh...ugh..."
Flea was breathless at what was unfolding before his eyes.
A truck passed precariously next to me, and the wind blew strongly.
“Huh… Hamin? Hamin!!!”
Flee leaned over Hamin and grabbed his face.
Ha-min's eyes were half-closed and he seemed to be in a state of confusion.
“Hamin, come to your senses… please… sob… Hamin!!”
Hamin could barely see Flee's face through his blurry vision.
“…You didn’t… get hit… right…?”
“Me? I’m okay!! Because of you… thanks to you… sob… Hamin, please open your eyes!!!”
Ha Min muttered, closing his eyes weakly.
“You… looked dangerous… so I just… put my body first…”
“Hamin-ah!!!! No!!!!”
Flea sobbed and held his hand tightly.
“Hamin!!! Come to your senses!!!”
The cry resounded loudly through the air.
People were running from afar, and someone was urgently making a phone call.
But in Flea's sight, there was only Ha-min.
His eyelids were getting heavier and heavier.
Flee whispered in a trembling voice.
“Hamin… please… I still have so much to tell you… please…”
Ha-min's last consciousness flickered dimly.