Love is better than pain
24. Under the same sky, at different ends
Inside the plane. Myungho stared blankly out the window.
Countless clouds and strange lands passed by, but he saw nothing.
디에잇(명호)
"You said we'd be together... Why, why did you leave me..."
That question kept repeating in my head.
I couldn't sleep properly and my head was empty.
As he left the arrival hall, Myungho headed to the office with his mask and hat pulled down low.
***
???
“Huh? Myungho—what happened as soon as you arrived?”
A staff member asked cheerfully, but Myungho's voice was low and calm.
디에잇(명호)
“…Siyeon. Kang Siyeon, have you changed jobs?”
???
"Why? What did Siyeon do wrong again? Why are you looking for her?"
Myeongho came a little closer to the horse and asked quietly but desperately.
디에잇(명호)
"Do you know where he went...?"
???
"I'm sorry, I don't know what happened. What happened?"
디에잇(명호)
"under...."
Myeongho bowed his head like that.
Myeongho left the company feeling empty and returned home.
I closed the front door, dropped my bag on the floor, and threw myself onto the sofa.
He covered his face with both hands.
디에잇(명호)
"Siyeon... why didn't you tell me..."
The more I thought about it, the more I felt like I was going crazy.
While he was gone, Siyeon cleaned up everything and disappeared.
디에잇(명호)
“How… I didn’t know it would be this hard…”
At that moment— A loud 'bang!' rang out from outside the window.
Myungho raised his head in surprise, and before his eyes, fireworks were unfolding as if they were a lie.
Countless fireworks spread across the sky. Amidst those brilliant lights, I recalled the night I laughed with Siyeon.
디에잇(명호)
"Siyeon... We watched it together, right? We... watched it together..."
Like that— Myeongho sank down in front of the wide glass window, clenched his fists, and sobbed.
I cried so hard that I felt like I was going to lose my breath.
It's really over. She's gone from my world.
디에잇(명호)
"...Ah, ah...ah..."
His cries echoed and echoed through the air, mournful and heartbreaking.
Meanwhile, demonstration.
A quiet hospital room window. Siyeon sat on her hospital bed, looking out the window at the fireworks.
강시연
‘Always... so pretty.’
Just like that day I saw him with him. But now, his hands were out of reach.
Her lips were parched and her throat parched, but Siyeon whispered quietly.
강시연
"Are you doing well...?"
My heart ached so much it felt like it was going to burst. My whole body ached, and the days I was coughing up blood became more and more frequent.
강시연
"At this rate... it won't even last six months..."
The sound of fireworks could be heard from a distance. Siyeon closed her eyes, leaned her head back, and spoke quietly.
강시연
“I hope you’re happy. Really… live well.”
After a moment of silence— she whispered the last words she had been unable to convey, in a voice that seemed to reach nowhere in the world.
강시연
“…I love you. So much…”
Tears fell quietly onto the pillow.