《Collection of Short Stories》I write whenever I think of it.
Baby, you shouldn't end up like that old man. <Taehyung>
Yeoju at age 5
여주 엄마
Please...save me..!
여주 아빠
Please... I will pay you back within a certain period of time...
어린 여주
Huh... eww!!!
두목
Haven't you said that before? I can't stand it anymore. Guys!! Hit them!!
여주 엄마
Heroine!! Go into your room and don't come out. Never..!
어린 여주
Shut up...huh...(enters the room and locks the door)
쪼무래기
What should I do with that child?
두목
Anyway, let's keep the little girl alive.
여주 엄마
Aaak!! Ugh...ugh.....
여주 아빠
Ugh...Aaak!!
(about an hour later)
He's dead...
Let's go guys!!
어린 여주
(Coming out of the room) Ugh...Mom!!! Dad!!
어린 여주
Ugh...someone please help me!!!
???
baby?
어린 여주
Ugh... Mister... Please save my mom and dad!!
???
I'm sorry. It can't be helped.
???
But...your mom and dad will go to a better place because they lived good lives.
어린 여주
Where are you going..?
???
The baby will figure that out later on his own.
어린 여주
Really..?
???
Well then. Do you like candy, baby?
어린 여주
Yes! I like it this much!
???
(Flick your hands to make a candy)
어린 여주
Wow!! That's amazing! I want to be like you too!!
???
........
어린 여주
Sir? Where does it hurt?
???
No, honey, I think your mom and dad should go now..
어린 여주
Hmph... Mom and Dad, bye bye! Be happy in a better place!
???
Honey, can you remember one thing?
어린 여주
Yes! What is it?
???
.......Don't be like me. Live a good life.
어린 여주
What does that mean... (falls asleep)
???
Honey...I'm sorry...
<Yeoju, 18 years old/present>
신여주
Hmm....
07:01 PM
신여주
7 o'clock...? I should start getting ready.
신여주
I should just eat toast or something simple.
신여주
(Omnyumnyum)
신여주
I have to go to school soon... Oh, I don't want to go...
I hate going to school, so sometimes I just walk around the playground like this.
Because I'm an outcast
여주 담임
What are you doing here, heroine?
신여주
Uh...huh? ......I'll go in later. You go up first.
여주 담임
Okay. Will you come in later?
신여주
ha....
일진
Hey, Shin Yeo-ju~ㅋ
일진
It's nothing more than asking if you have money.
신여주
I don't have money..
일진
Haha, if you have money, you lose?
신여주
....take a look.
일진
Haha, hey! Do you have ten thousand won here?
신여주
.....That's money for buying food later.
일진
Do we look like we care?
일진
I'll follow through as promised haha I'm ready
Puck_ Puck_
일진
Haha, please take a look~
신여주
Ugh... Ouch... I guess I have to go to the infirmary.
신여주
No... Should I just go?
신여주
Ha..I don't want things to get worse
신여주
Let's just go...
신여주
hello....
여주 담임
Oh, heroine~ You came up earlier than I thought?
신여주
Yes.. haha I don't want to stay long today.
여주 담임
Okay, sit down.
The author doesn't know about high school classes, so he skips to when school ends...
여주 담임
Bye guys and don't forget your homework~
일진
Hey, lady, can you come see us?
신여주
Huh...? Yeah...
일진
Hey, do you have money?
신여주
I took it earlier...
일진
Do you know if there is?
<A little later...>
일진
Wow, there really isn't any?
일진
But we're not in a good mood today. Should we go after getting hit?
Puck_ Puck_
<20 minutes later> (Originally it was only 10 minutes, but the female protagonist passed out
신여주
ouch.....
신여주
The bullies are gone....
신여주
Ugh... hurry... let's go home...
Tiring_ Tiring_
신여주
hmm...?
<Hey, this bitch's body is killer haha, go check it out (photo)>
신여주
!?!??!?!?!?!.....
Talk_ Talk_
신여주
Oh... sigh... why... what did I do wrong...
Swish_
신여주
Should I just... leave..?
신여주
I don't want to live like this...
신여주
If I fall from here... I'll die, right?
신여주
Yeah..you can..
신여주
That's what I wanted..
신여주
You can be free from everything...
.
Wheeeeek_
grasp!!!
Whoa!!!!
Here's a student who fell!!
What the heck is going on!!
신여주
Uh..hmm..? Am I still alive..?
신여주
But... why does my body feel so light...
신여주
(finds his own body being transported in an ambulance) Oh... he's definitely dead...
신여주
he...
신여주
Freedom (smile)
???
Hey, are you here?
???
Is this the right place for that kid to commit suicide and die?
???
Is that right? Where is it?
신여주
.....?(grin)
???
Huh? Hey, it's over there.
???
uh...?
신여주
'Back then... that... that man when I was 5..?'
???
Since I did all the guiding, should I go first?
???
okay.
???
(goes up)
???
Why is the baby already dead..?
???
There are still many days left to live...
신여주
I didn't want to live anymore... I just didn't want to live.
???
...........
Wheeeeek_
신여주
uh..!
???
I'm sorry... baby... I wanted to comfort you...
신여주
.......It's not even your fault...Why are you apologizing?
???
Let's go now... My family is waiting...
신여주
yes..!
<The Road to the Afterlife_>
신여주
But why did the old man die?
???
Um...about 30 years ago...
30 Years Ago/1990/Taehyung, 19 Years Old
"..I think it was when I was being chased by bullies."
김태형
Haa... haa...
일진
Hey!! Over there!!
Knock knock knock_
김태형
Huh... haa... haa...
Pak_
김태형
Eww!!
(Please think of Taehyung as having fallen into the river)
김태형
Cough...! Gulp...
"I didn't know how to swim. I had a trauma with water when I was young..."
일진
Hey, what should I do?
김태형
Ugh... save me..
일진
Hey, just go.
김태형
Knock knock... please... someone... sigh...
김태형
Haa...haa...(sinks into the water)
"That's how...he fell into the water and died."
신여주
Oh....I'm sorry...
???
It's okay...it was 30 years ago anyway.
???
Let's go quickly.
신여주
Wow... the afterlife wasn't that scary.
???
Haha, it's common knowledge that people who haven't been happy or good people come here.
신여주
But what is your name, sir?
김태형
Taehyung. Kim Taehyung..
신여주
The name is cool haha
여주 엄마
Heroine!!
신여주
Huh..? Mom!!
<Reference to Color Blade Episode 163>
김태형
(smile)
여주 아빠
Are you the grim reaper who guided me?
신여주
Yeah! My name is Kim Taehyung.
여주 엄마
Thank you so much...
김태형
No, it's my job.
신여주
Sir, can you stay here for a bit?
김태형
But... they say a lot of people are dying today too.
김태형
But if I don't guide you, you'll end up like the evil spirits you know.
신여주
Ah...I see..(nod)
신여주
Well then... (pats Taehyung) Don't push yourself too hard haha
김태형
Okay.. then, I'll be going.
신여주
yes!!
여주 엄마
Mom, Dad, where is our house?
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