We decided not to cross the line (Season 2)
Episode 43. Another End of Love

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2026.09.12Views 106
Starting that day, Director Kim came to the cafe every day after work
as if he were commuting to work.
After kneeling in silence for hours,
once I had finished all my work
and it was time for me to leave, he would leave with me.
For the first week, I didn’t think anything of it,
but after that, little by little, it started to get to me.
But I kept
trying not to show it.
It was about ten days later.
I asked him.
"Because of those photos,
how miserable do you think I was
going to be?"
"To be honest...
I didn’t think that far.
I just hoped those photos would
create a rift between the two of you.
That was all I was thinking."
"You said you liked me, but you didn’t
think even a little about me, did you? Right?
Did Taehyung really like me?
Now I’m even doubtful about that."
"My feelings for liking you must have come first.
Now... I mean that as regret.
I said I liked you, but
I didn’t think about you first."
His last words were ironic.
"Then what does it look like now?
Even now, Taehyung is putting his own comfort first
and not being considerate of me.
Coming here every day and kneeling like this
is all for his own comfort.
Have you ever thought about how hard this is for me?"
"Then what am I supposed to do...
Jung-a..."
"Let’s break up."
"Is that really the only...
way?"
"In a relationship that’s lost trust,
what more can you expect?
Please go now.
And don’t come back again."
"What about the happiness we had for a year?"
"The moment I saw those photos,
our whole year turned to foam.
I can’t look at Taehyung the way I used to.
He doesn’t look like an innocent person.
He looks like someone with other motives."
"No matter what I do, it’s not enough?"
"Whether you try or not,
I don’t care.
Just don’t let me see you."
And just like that, the simple happiness I had wanted
our one-year relationship came to an end.
On the way home, I looked up at the night sky.
A single star was shining especially brightly.
"Is that the North Star?"
After staring at the night sky for a long time,
I suddenly thought of Hoonji.
'I miss you...'
The beginning of every love is sweet and thrilling, but
the end is always this bitter and sharp.
The relationship with Director Kim,
the one that had put me at ease, ended,
and I decided
I would never love again.
Even though the relationship had ended,
those photos would come back to me sometimes,
and the memories I had with Director Kim followed after them.
And so for a while,
I spent my days in unhappiness.
Then one Wednesday night,
I suddenly felt like watching a late-night movie.
After checking the film and the time,
I threw on something simple and headed straight out of the house.
Because it was almost midnight,
the theater had already closed its concession stand, and
there were hardly any people there.
I chose a seat in the dead center of the back row
and bought my ticket.
Without even properly checking what kind of movie it was,
I just picked one by the time, but
maybe it wasn’t popular,
because there was no one inside the theater.
'What? I'm the only one watching?
A little scary...'
After I settled in,
the movie started.
Not long after,
one more person came in.
He left one seat empty beside mine
and quietly sat down.
Without meaning to, I looked at him.
At that moment,
my breath caught in my throat.
The person in front of me
was unbelievable.
"Wait!!"