We decided not to cross the line (Season 2)

Episode 94. The Tears of Princess Hoonji

On the way to work at the café

I got a call from the real estate agency.

 


Someone suitable to take over the café

had shown up.

 

 

'So soon...?'

 


I was glad a taker had appeared so quickly.

But

at the same time, even the smallest thing

was a place my own hands had touched,

so I felt sad and a little wistful.

 

 

After Jisung came to work,

I told him the news.

 

 

"Jisung... sooner than I expected,

we might end up parting ways even earlier."

 

 

"Whenever the owner's table,

where you always sat and worked, is empty,

I think I'll feel sad."

 

 

"And I'll miss chatting with Jisung

when I'm working alone too."

 

 

That afternoon, I

organized the list of things to hand over to the buyer.

As exciting as beginnings always are,

endings are sad and disappointing.

 

 

After wrapping up at the café,

on my way home,

Hunji called me.

 

 

"Hunji. Are you on break?"

 

 

"Yep. Semonesemo!!

Tonight, let's go somewhere.

I got vacation until tomorrow night."

 

 

"Really?

There's somewhere I want to go..."

 

 

"Where?"

 

 

"I want to go there again.

The place where we went camping."

 



"Ah~ there!! Okay.

Then let's go there."

 

 

"Wow... I'm so excited!!

I was just heading off work,

so I'll go shopping on the way and head home after that."

 

 

"I'll be able to get home

in about two or three hours.

I'll check whether I can make a reservation for tonight.

If you don't hear back from me,

assume it's booked and get ready."

 

 

"Okay~ got it.

See you in a bit, Hunji."

 

 

Since it was a trip arranged so suddenly,

I was even more excited and in a good mood.

 

 

I hurriedly bought just something for dinner

and headed home

to pack the things I needed.

 


Last time, Hunji had been surprised, so

this time I packed as little as possible.

 

 

[I'll arrive in 10 minutes.

Meet me in the underground parking lot.]

 

 

I checked his message

and immediately grabbed my bag and went down to the underground parking lot.

 

 

Soon after, Hunji got out of the van.

We loaded the luggage into his car and

set off for the campsite.

 



"Maybe because it's a weekday, we were able to book right away,

which is a relief."

 



"Oh no. I'm so excited right now."

 



Hunji looked at me as if I were adorable.

 



"If you wanted to go that badly,

you should've told me sooner."

 



"You've been busy lately, Hunji.

I was worried you'd push yourself and make time just for me..."

 



"Since you like our Semonesemo

I'm really happy too."

 

 

At last, we arrived at the camping site,

and we prepared dinner first.

 



"Still, since this is our second time,

I think we're better than the first time, right?"

 


I asked Hunji.

 


"Does that mean we'll be veterans next time?"

 

Hunji replied with a proud expression.
 




"By the third time, we'll be total pro campers, right?

I want to come in winter...

I want to see it snow here together."

 

 

"We can come in winter and see it!!

It's not that hard..."

 


Hunji looked at me with a confident expression
 
and looked at me.



But

in life, there are times when

things that don't seem difficult

are later realized to be hard to achieve.


 


We grilled meat, and marshmallows,

grilled bell peppers, and mushrooms,

and grilled all the ingredients we brought.

 

 

Finally,

it became a night full of falling stars,

and the campsite was filled with the sound of

the crackling bonfire and insects in the grass.

 

 

We were staring at the campfire without saying a word.

Then Hunji spoke first.

 

 

"Jungah.

If your family keeps opposing us,

maybe we could... go to another country and live there

for two or three years before coming back?"

 

 

"..."

 

 

"I think that could be one way to do it..."

 

 

"If that's what you think, Hunji,

then let's do that."

 

 

"Are you upset?"

 

 

"People's hearts are all the same, aren't they?

I'm upset, but I understand."

 

 

"I said I was sure I could get their permission within three months,

so I'm sorry for saying this."

 

 

I slowly turned my head

and looked at him.

 

 

"Hunji.

You don't have to say that.

I've already made up my mind

to do what you said, Hunji.

It's okay."

 



I held out my hand to him.

He smiled gently

and took my hand.

 

 

"But Hunji...

I'm reassured because I have you on my side,

but your parents or your older sister might actually

feel even lonelier."

 

 

Hunji answered while looking at the campfire.

 

 

"If only my mother and father could understand

how you feel, Jungah...

 

 

that would be wonderful..."

 


Hunji let out a small sigh.

"My father said that if I can't get their permission within three months,

he can't give you to me...

 

 

It's one hurdle after another."

"Hunji.

Last time, I asked if you'd be able to give up your family and your job

and live with me in another country,

 

 

remember?"

 

 

"I remember."

 

 

"And you said you'd have to think about it, remember?"

 

 

"Did I?"

"Yeah. I said I'd think about it too,

because I was worried it might burden you...

But even then, my answer was yes.

 

 

As long as I'm with Hunji, I don't care where we go."

Hunji was looking at me.

When I turned my head to look at him,

 

 

his eyes were shining full of tears.

I wiped away the tears

 

 

with my hand.

"With time, they'll accept us.

So don't cry, Princess Hunji.





If you cry, my heart breaks."",""How is it? This time, did I succeed?"