(Thank you so much Aesop for making the coverㅠㅠ It's so pretty//)
01 _ The weight of the pain you carry is too heavy
The same day repeats itself. Countless cars pass between the gray buildings, and the resulting loud noise fills my ears. The loud noise causes me to put my earphones in my pocket. The faint sound of a song calms my mind.
The seemingly silent, busy lives of people further crush me. While someone's mother, someone's father, someone's lover, someone's daughter, someone's son, each live their own lives, I stand among them, a stranger, blankly.
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Today, I became a stranger again. Memories of the past always shackle me, preventing me from returning to reality. The hands reaching out, the mouths opening, the words shouting were all too vivid. The memories that constantly flooded my eyes made me a stranger. I found it horrifying, yet I couldn't escape. It was always my fault.If only I weren't here, if only I weren't here -
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Her eyes returned to the same gaze they had nine years ago, when she first became a stranger. She was already nothing. With the one who had given her life gone, she had lost the meaning of living.
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@@ The body found in an apartment in the city is that of Prosecutor Ko Eun-seo, and her husband, Mr. Kim, is the prime suspect. According to testimony, Mr. Kim harbored an inferiority complex toward his wife, which grew worse after a gathering with successful high school classmates, leading prosecutors to suspect that he brutally murdered his wife. Mr. Kim is believed to have committed suicide immediately after murdering his wife.
Damp air... the pungent smell of blood...What is this smell...The moment I turn the front doorknob, hell unfolds before my eyes. The walls are stained red with blood, a kitchen knife lies on the floor, and someone lies there covered in blood.
“..Mom..? Dad..?”
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I turn around and walk out. My sense of smell, buried in the smell of blood, begins to return. I report it to the police, and my parents are buried inside me. I thought it was over.
Murderer's daughter... Filthy... Go away...
Before I knew it, I was the daughter of a murderer, instead of the name ‘Kim Woo-joo’.
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The scene changes again.
“..ㄷ..Run..away..Kim..Universe..”
You lie in an alley filled with blood. Why you, why there... Blood flows endlessly from the stabbed stomach. Why... why...
“Woo..joo..heh I..ha..really..like..a lot..”
Stop talking.. You have to live.. Go to the hospital, live, and make me love you..
I can't do anything. I'm just blankly staring at you, disheveled and bloodied, as I see you for the first time. Memories from five years ago come flooding back. Mom and Dad collapsed.jungkook jeon
“I… haauk… love… so much…”
He keeps smiling until the very end. Kim Woo-joo, what are you doing? You know what to do. Are you going to run away like a coward again? You have to save me. You can't live without Jung-kook.
“So..the universe..hey..look at me.ㅎ”
I raise my head and meet his eyes. Even his blood-stained red eyes are pretty.
“..I like..that. I love..that..Jeon Jeong..Guk..I..Kim Woo..Joo..I loved..that..person..a lot..I love..ㅎ”
Tears are falling. Why are you crying? Why is it like this is your last time? Why are you like this?
“..U..Juya..I’m sorry..I saw you..crying..so..turn..now..and..sigh..go..home..I’m..okay..”
Idiot. Jeon Jungkook is an idiot. No, I'm the real idiot. You believed the obvious lie, the words that it was okay, and turned around. Kim Woojoo. Go back, go back again. You regret it. No matter how much I scream, you won't listen.You smile again, looking at my back. What's so good about it, like an idiot?
“Goodbye…Kim Woo-joo…my Woo-joo, whom I love so much”
I'm racing. My heart's pounding. My breath's stopping. The anchor's report that the victim of a random murder has died rings in my ears.
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“Huh…huh…gasp..”
I woke up drenched in sweat. It was a dream. Memories I most hated to recall. The sticky sensation covering my entire body made my breathing ragged again.… Haauk.. I’m sorry.. I’m sorry.. Jungkook.. I’m sorry.. I’m so.. sorry”
Those who turn away from someone out of a moment of fear or cowardice will forever writhe in pain, bearing the weight of the life of the person they turned away from.
(It's a short story. It's scheduled to be completed within 10 episodes.)