The rain didn't stop all night.
Sohee was standing by the window.
Without even opening the curtains, I just stared at the darkness beyond the glass.
As if it doesn't matter what happens outside.
After leaving the hospital and returning to the mansion,
She barely spoke.
Jimin was looking at Sohee from behind.
I wondered how many times I should say this,
Finally, he opened his mouth carefully.
"…are you okay?"
Sohee didn't answer.
The only sound that filled the room was the sound of rain hitting the glass.
Jimin took a step closer.
Don't get too close,
But don't go far away.
“…You look a little better today.”
Only then did Sohee open her lips.
“…It’s not okay.”
The voice was low and weak.
“I just… can’t think of anything.”
Jimin nodded.
Rather than saying it's okay,
Because this seems more honest.
Sohee slowly raised her hand.
My fingertips were trembling slightly.
“…I’m still shaking.”
Jimin didn't ask any more questions,
He carefully wrapped his hand around it.
It was cold.
“It’s strange.”
Sohee smiled bitterly.
“It’s over… but I’m even scarier.”
"what."
"I."
Jimin's hands tightened.
“That can’t be.”
"there is."
Sohee shook her head.
“When that person fell… I had no regrets at all.”
He paused for a moment, as if catching his breath,
He continued again.
“That was the scariest thing.”
Jimin couldn't say anything.
“…and yet,”
Sohee said.
“As night falls, that face keeps coming to mind.”
“Noh Chang-ki?”
"…no."
Sohee slowly turned around and looked at Jimin.
"you."
Jimin's breath stopped for a moment.
“The face you held me with your bloody hands.
...that face keeps coming to mind.”
Sohee tried to laugh, but failed.
“That’s when I realized. Ah, this person… is going to keep getting hurt because of me.”
"that-"
“Stop talking.”
Sohee shook her head.
“It was a choice,
I said it was because I wanted to protect—
“I know so well now.”
A moment of silence.
“That’s why it’s even scarier.”
Jimin pressed his lips.
“If you’re with me,”
Sohee said.
“I think you’ll keep making these choices.”
“Sohee”
"no?"
“Someday… I might really die.”
At those words, Jimin's expression wavered for the first time.
“I can’t stand that.”
Sohee lowered her head.
“…I am still alive after killing a person,
“It’s ruining you too—”
I couldn't finish speaking.
Jimin ended up hugging Sohee.
With an ambiguous force, neither strong nor loose.
“Stop it. You never broke me.”
"lie."
"no."
Jimin's voice rang low.
“You saved me.”
Sohee didn't laugh.
“Then why does everyone hurt so much?”
Jimin couldn't answer.
A few days passed.
Sohee's body recovered,
My mind became more and more quiet.
I neither laughed nor cried.
I just looked out the window.
Jimin looks at that sight
I came to one conclusion.
This can't go on like this.
That night,
Jimin placed an envelope on the table.
Sohee didn't ask right away even after seeing that.
After looking at it for a while,
He opened his mouth slowly.
“…What is it?”
“Airplane tickets.”
Sohee's eyes shook.
“London...? ...Are you kidding me?”
"no."
Jimin said calmly.
“Rest there for a bit.”
“Are you telling me to run away?”
“No, I want to live.”
Sohee laughed.
“…You’re sending me away.”
“I’m protecting it.”
“Is there a difference?”
Jimin remained silent for a while,
I slowly raised my head.
"there is."
“…What is it?”
“Sending it means I won’t see it again.”
Jimin's voice trembled slightly.
“This is—
“I’m going to bring you back.”
Sohee didn't say anything.
“I love you.”
Jimin said.
“So… I don’t think it’s right to put it next to you right now.”
Sohee lowered her head.
“I am next to you,
“I thought I would be happy.”
"me too."
"however."
Sohee looked up at Jimin.
“Every time I see your face, I feel guilty.”
Jimin laughed.
Very sadly.
“Then I failed.”
Sohee approached
I covered Jimin's face with both hands.
"…no."
His eyes were red.
“Thank you. For thinking of me this much.”
Jimin said, catching his breath.
“Go to London,
“Learn. Not how to fight.”
“Then what?”
“How to endure.
“With yourself.”
Sohee closed her eyes for a moment.
“…Thank you,…I’ll be back.”
Jimin couldn't say anything.
In front of the departure gate at the airport.
"liaison-"
Jimin started to speak but stopped.
“I won’t do it.”
Sohee spoke first.
"…each other."
Jimin nodded.
"okay."
“Don’t forget me.”
Jimin laughed.
“That’s impossible.”
Sohee spoke finally.
“When you come back,
“I won’t run away.”
And then he turned around.
The plane took off,
Jimin stood there for a long time.
What's left in your hands is,
There was only Sohee's body temperature that had cooled down.
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