Jung Ho-seok (J-Hope) short story collection
Until You Come (Short Story)
06:30 PM
I looked out the window. It was so beautiful. Just like you.
And then I waited..
호석
"I wish you would come soon.."
07:00 PM
It was dark, scary, and lonely without you.
..I waited again.
호석
"..Why aren't you coming.."
08:33 PM
While I was sitting on the living room sofa waiting for 00, Kim Namjoon stopped by my house.
김남준
"Hey Jung Ho-seok, are you okay?"
호석
"Huh? What?"
김남준
"No~ I was just wondering if anything hurts."
호석
"Hey, if you're healthy, you're Jung Ho-seok, and if you're Jung Ho-seok, you're healthy, right?"
김남준
"Okay, that's fine. Then I'll go~"
호석
"Okay~ Be careful~"
09:00 PM
Kim Namjoon is gone and I'm alone again.
..I waited alone..
호석
"Why...why...isn't it coming..."
I kept waiting, hoping that 00 would come quickly.
10:05 PM
...didn't come.
호석
"Why... why... why on earth aren't you coming...?"
I thought, 'Maybe 00 doesn't come because he hates me...' but I tried to convince myself that that couldn't be true.
12:00 AM
I'm tired... I'm so sleepy that I have no choice but to go to the bedroom.
호석
"When I wake up... you'll be here, right..?"
09:28 AM
..hasn't come yet..
"...."
I decided to just sleep more. With the belief that if I slept, 00 would wake me up, I took some medicine and fell asleep.
호석
"00... hurry, lee.. yeah.."
나레이션
Hoseok fell asleep without even finishing his sentence, and had a dream. It was a very happy dream.
나레이션
In Hoseok's dream, Hoseok and 00 were walking together in the sea, holding hands. The two looked very happy.
호석
"...."
나레이션
Hoseok shed a tear in his sleep, his face stained with an inexplicable sadness.
나레이션
Hoseok's tears contained a deeper sadness and pain than anyone else's.