First of all, it's a cat.

disappear into the cherry blossoms

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(From Seong-un's perspective) Ga-hyeon...

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..you fainted very deeply..

Looking up at the ceiling from an empty room.

What should I be thinking about now?

Will it disappear soon?

The moment when the owner was injured passed through my mind in a blur.

Obviously, I brushed my hand against the rope scissors at that time.

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Ah... sigh...

A deep wound on the back of the hand.

The blood continues to flow.

In that state, it's excessive bleeding...

Why? You should think about treating your own injuries first.

Why did you help me first without making things difficult for me?

Even if you help me, you won't be able to protect me anyway...

Because I couldn't... protect it...

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... under..

Memories of that day, heavy thoughts that keep passing through my head and making me feel tired.

My head was just filled with those thoughts and memories.

Because I don't know what to do.

I left behind the heavy memories and thoughts and treated the back of my hand.

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Now, here's what I can do...

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This is all there is...

I tried hard to hold back the tears that were about to flow.

When I see you in pain because of me, I can't help but cry.

What about the wound on the back of your hand?

Blood that continues to soak the bandage.

I had a hard time trying to stop the bleeding, but it stopped quickly, so I'm okay.

I looked out the window to try to slow down my impatience even a little.

What I see outside the window is...

Cherry blossoms continue to wither as time passes.

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That cherry blossom tree, like me, doesn't have much time left to live.

Just like me...

Tears are flowing.

Aching heart.

Should I prepare now?

What should I do?

The last thing I did was bandage him and treat him.

I think there will be a lot of regrets left...

As time went by, my heart continued to hurt

Finally I came out of the house.

(Now back to my original point of view..^^)

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..where is this..

02:25 PM

The time is 2:25...

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..this is my room..

I looked around.

Seong-un, who would normally be by my side, is not there.

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..where did you go again..

I couldn't tell anything except for the bandages tied around my hands.

I can see him wrapping a bandage around his injured hand.

Because the bandage was tied tangled up...

The door to the room is open, so it's clear he went out.

I roughly threw my outer garment over my shoulders and went out of the house.

I could see Seongun sitting next to the streetlight in front of the house.

He was kneeling, holding the part of his shirt where his heart was, as if in pain.

And the cherry blossom tree in front of our house, which grows facing the streetlight

It remains in a state where it looks like it will soon wither.

As soon as I saw Seongun, I ran to him.

I don't know why it hurts. I don't know...

When I see tears coming from your eyes, maybe...

Seongwoon is sick...

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..it hurts..?

I hugged Seong-un while wiping away the tears that were flowing.

Trying to only show a good side...

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..okay...okay..

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Everything... except my heart hurts so bad...

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Okay... okay... ugh... ugh...

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Why... where does it hurt... let's go to the hospital... okay...?

Seong-un patted her back as he watched her tears flow endlessly from her eyes.

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It's okay... everything's okay... ah...

I could see that he was having a hard time, but all I could see were tears.

I couldn't help it because tears were flowing.

And then the nebula becomes increasingly transparent.

The cherry blossoms also begin to wither little by little at the same time.

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..why..why...where are you going without me...

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Why is it becoming transparent...?

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Just... because I couldn't protect you...

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That's it... It's okay...

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I don't know a single thing that's okay...

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It's just... I just hurt the back of my hand...

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What... what didn't you protect...

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Originally... the punishment was a bit harsh...

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Once you get hurt and start bleeding... you can't protect it.

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In our world, God... is a bit... strict...

The more I talk about it, the more transparent the nebula becomes.

I want to stay like this longer.

Why... why...

I'm fine...

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I'm fine... but why...

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But why.... why on earth....

And then it just scattered like dust from the tips of my feet.

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..don't disappear...

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I... I don't want you to disappear...

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I want to stay like this... like this...

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..everything is okay.. life is just going back to normal..

The more he spoke, the more Seongun scattered like dust.

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Don't... Don't say anything... It'll just make things harder... Yeah...?

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I didn't hurt you on purpose... and I didn't get hurt because I like getting hurt..!!

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Why did it disappear...? Was it you who decided...?

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.. I don't know either...

And now, when there is not much left to scatter like dust, Seong-un speaks.

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..before it scatters like dust..there's something I want to give you..

Putting a few cherry blossoms on my head

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..Cherry blossoms mean 'the most beautiful moment'..

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...maybe even when we were together...

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Wasn't this the most beautiful moment, like the meaning of these cherry blossoms?

After Seong-un said his last words while smiling until the very end,

Everything scattered like dust.

There was no trace of it.

At the same time, the cherry blossom petals also withered.

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Come to think of it, that cherry blossom tree...

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It was the first tree that Seong-un asked me to plant when I first met you...

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Now that I look at it, it's all withered. Right?

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When will it bloom again...?

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You will quietly come back to my memories again...?

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When will those cherry blossoms bloom again?

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