Behind you, ghost

Episode 33_Alcohol

trudging along

Yul, who got lost while walking mindlessly

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Damn it... Where are you... My leg hurts too...

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....Should I call Seokjin oppa..

Tururu_

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Hello? What's up?

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-....Oppa

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What's wrong with your voice? Did you cry?

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...I got lost... Could you come over?

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Where is it?

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"...Uh... I don't know... I see a big department store... The Bangtan... Department Store..."

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-And next to that?

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There is a broadcasting station. It's the BTS broadcasting station.

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Yeah, I think I know. Just wait 15 minutes.

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-thank you....

Drip_

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....Oppa..

15 minutes later_

Seokjin's car was visible in the distance.

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Ride next to Yura

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yes..

widely_

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....Sorry..

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what

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I called my brother out while he was resting...

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Okay, look how swollen your eyes are. Why did you cry? Did Namjoon say something weird again?

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....Sua.. was my middle school classmate..

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Really? But... why...

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...He... was the one who instigated that school violence.

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I somehow found out that I live with my aunt.

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They spread rumors that she was a shaman's daughter, pushed her out of the third-floor window of the school like a medieval witch hunt...

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I gave him sleeping pills and locked him up in the fallen gym storage... then set it on fire...

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But... they set fire to my house too... so I barely managed to survive... well, the house didn't burn much...

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Such a terrible thing...

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But because I survived, I was treated even more like a monster... If only I had died back then... it would have been easier...

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And so, that girl named Sua suddenly appeared and destroyed everything precious to me.

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Did you... report it?

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I told the counselor, but since Su-a's dad is the president of a major company, he just apologized and that was the end of it, without even a penalty point, let alone disciplinary action.

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But... then Kim Nam-joon came out in front of me too...

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....

A phone call came in while Seokjin was listening to Yul.

Ring ring

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.... It's Namjoon..?

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...take it quickly

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-hello?

Seokjin remained silent for a while, then glanced at Yul and spoke.

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"...Yul? ...He's right next to me."

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"Seokjin... please tell Yul I'm sorry... If he sees me right now, he might actually kill me...

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...Where is she right now, oppa?

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-..Hey, where are you?

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-Me? ...Ami's bar

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They say they are going.

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Eat there.

Drip_

Seokjin pressed the accelerator even harder.

Vroooosh

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..... it's annoying

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Who is Namjoon?

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yes

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...Even though I don't like it, it keeps bothering me..

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lol

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I wonder if they're crying... or where they might cause trouble...

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That's love.

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Tch... Love my ass...

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What? That's absolutely right.

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We've almost come down.

Seokjin turned off the engine and opened the car door for Yul.

Click

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....

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Say it nicely, I'll be by your side.

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Thank you and I'm sorry..

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Okay, let's hurry inside.

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huh...

Ding-dong

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Ugh...

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Hey Kim Nam-joon

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Ugh... huh? It's Yul... Am I drunk...? No... am I going crazy...

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I'm not drunk, nor am I crazy.

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O..Yuli?!!

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...uh

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I'm sorry... I was crazy... for saying such things to you...

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I drew a clear line with him. That won't happen again.

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..Really?

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of course..

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Sit down for now, Yura.

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Yeah

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Excuse me, I'd like a green grape cocktail, non-alcoholic.

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I'll have a draft beer.

"yes"

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Now, please make up.

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....Don't do it next time

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Got it haha

Cocktails and beer came out...

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Sip sip_)) Seriously, Oppa... Ugh, stop eating so much

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Ugh... I'm sorry...

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Ugh... Ah... Did you buy the groceries?

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Yeah... it came out to 70,000 won...

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No... it's just the two of you eating...

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Ah, I bought this and that to make Samgyetang.

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Shall we have Samgyetang for hangover relief tomorrow?

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Well, yeah, I guess I'll sleep at your place haha

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....it's annoying..

Yul wiped away the quietly flowing tears.

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....

Namjoon had been drunk and passed out for a long time.

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what's the matter..?

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...Whenever I see him/her... it reminds me of that time... and I keep getting scared. I'm afraid I might go back to how things were back then...

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...what happened to me back then is...

(In the next episode, I will show you what happened when Yul was in his third year of middle school.)