Maginot Line with you

Episode 30] I'll be on your side_

*This episode is a flashback.

*Please be mindful when viewing.

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...This story may be a bit of a distant memory.

It was hazy, as if a thick fog was blocking the view, yet cruelly clear.

Those feelings were mixed together and made me frown...

Such a fairytale-like memory.

Clear

Boom-

윤여주

.....eww,

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...((Frowns slightly.

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....my eyes hurt,

전정국

If you're going to frown like that, why don't you just not look out the window? lol

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..But, there won't be another day with better weather than today. The rainy season is coming soon.

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.....

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I hate rain.

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why?

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It's wet. My clothes, my shoes, my bag.

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I hate it because it makes me feel uncomfortable. That kind of thing

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......

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...It's neat, haha. Actually, I'm like that too.

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......

Drumroll

Drumroll-

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....

윤여주

But aren't you going home?

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..Huh...? Hehe

...

We were really like that back then.

The innocence and thoughts appropriate for that age,

Perhaps it was the age that best suited the word elegant.

A conversation that starts with nothing,

Another conversation that ends up being interrupted by something trivial.

And again, smiles are made over trivial things

The conversation continued with that smile.

If those short moments piled up and piled up to carve out who we were back then,

The memories hidden and sparkling within were so transparent.

And when the feeling of first love begins to show its color like a small flower bud blooming on a spring day.

Those memories, which I can now only say are just memories, were clear, bright, and perhaps even fresh.

The time we spent in the art room after school naturally tied us together more tightly.

...a sense of belonging...? Those steps, which began with a similar feeling, multiplied and pushed us further.

Under the blue sunlight, under the tranquil sunset.

The conversations we had been having in the quiet art room had grown and grown, and were flying high into the sky.

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......

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....

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.....((smile

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....?

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....he,

A time when we didn't even understand the meaning of the smiles we exchanged.

When I vaguely felt that the feeling of first love, which I had taken for granted, was now growing to a level that I could no longer handle,

Who would have expected that a question I asked as if it were a joke would remain in my memory for so long?

Swish

Swish-

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((He holds out a picture in front of Jeongguk

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....?

전정국

..what?

윤여주

A picture, it's a gift..

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Hey... You drew this after a lot of thought over the past few weeks... But,

윤여주

I drew it with you in mind in the first place, haha. It's a gift, right?

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......

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.....

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...pretty,

윤여주

Really? That's a relief, lol

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...so much, so much that I wonder if it's too much...

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.....

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When I grow up, I want to live in a place like that.

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...Would you like to live together?

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Hwaak))

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Uh...huh...?

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Why? There are people who build houses and live by the lake or the sea. I always find it fascinating to see them. I'm also envious, haha.

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...It'll be pretty in winter, right? The snow's piling up...

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......

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...((Smile

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Yeah, let's go together later. Definitely.

윤여주

Huh, really?

전정국

What... what can't happen? Huh?

윤여주

lol

Those were the days when I lived with a thick, transparent wall built inside my heart.

I may have been a little grumpy, but you smiled brightly.

Those shining figures were so bright that it was blinding,

I thought that even the smallest teardrops in my eyes would shine in that light and become jewels.

As each layer of those transparent walls became darker,

Every time I add more traps to my already painted heart,

Underneath that vain illusion that you will always be there,

That evening,

The way home after packing all the drawings I had been drawing into my bag was much lighter than usual.

..what kind of mind did he have to do that,

Now... is even this vivid memory becoming blurry..?

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........

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.....((Stop

I once heard that the more shocking a memory is, the faster it is erased from your mind.

'' ....Oh, lady... ''

'' ...........quickly, ...get in....! ''

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...mom......?

..So, does that mean this memory was a shock I could endure?

Funny enough, it was brutally vivid.

A messy house and bottles of alcohol broken everywhere.

As soon as I opened the front door, the sight that greeted me was my mother blocking my father's hand from lifting a picture frame high on the table.

He tried to smile at me when I came home without knowing anything.

With a trembling voice and eyes, he told me to go to my room.

A little while later, it turned out that my brother was already sitting in the living room, bleeding from his head.

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......

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....((I close my eyes and walk into the room.

'' hey..! ''

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.....ugh.. ((stop

''A girl... How could she pass by without even saying hello to her father? Huh?''

''Where did you sell your manners?!''

'' ...You should stop now, too! You have kids.... ''

''No! Let go, let go,''

widely

widely-

My father roughly shook off my mother's hand and strode towards me.

...and the pungent smell of alcohol on the tip of my nose,

His body, which was probably several faces taller than mine, cast a shadow over me.

Snap

Snap_

Hood

Thud-

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..uh,ah....!

''What is this...a picture?''

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..J, wait..... That's...

The heroine quickly collects the paintings that have been mercilessly torn and fallen to the floor.

He was the one who grabbed her hair and roughly pulled it down.

'' ...where, ''

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Ah, ugh..!

Iron fist

Cheolpuduk-

The recoil eventually caused me to fall and my field of vision became the same as the paintings that fell to the floor.

Even the words I wanted to say were stuck in my throat and I couldn't spit them out, with my eyes wide open.

Jjiik

Jjiik-

Crunch

Crunch))

I watched my paintings, my works, fade away under his footsteps.

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....blanket

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....Ah... ((Tears are running down my cheeks

'' .........! ''

Jjiik

Jjiik-

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..no.....!

I don't even know what kind of courage it was.

I don't know what the wind was blowing.

...At that time, the last remaining picture was torn by that human's hand.

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....ha,. ha... ha,ah......

'' ...Ha, so are you finally coming to your senses? ''

He asked back, smiling contentedly as he placed the torn picture down below.

...And then, silence came. In my head. A silence like emptiness.

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.......

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....((He lowers his head and picks up the torn picture.

Jjiik,

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle

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....ha, haa... ha.........

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...........

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.....((Throws a shredded piece of paper at him

It was a beautiful sight to see the broken pieces of paper leave my hands and float into the air.

At that moment, everything in front of me became blurry and it felt like I was buried in white snow.

'' ...N,you...! What is this... What is this...... ''

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.....

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...개새끼야, ..

He frowned and cursed. And then,

I left home.

There were more and more people looking back at me on the street, my face covered in tear stains and a mess.

..because that street was all about the happy commute home from work.

I didn't feel any shame. It was just... the guilt of not being able to protect my paintings that seemed to consume me more.

The sky was damp.

The feeling of guilt that clung to me so persistently grew and seemed to sink me.

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.......

No tears came out.

...Is it just because the situation was so absurd, or because my mind hasn't quite grasped it yet?

As I stood alone on a deserted street, all the emotions that had been welling up in me came rushing back at me.

Thump

Thump-

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........

Doo do ...

Dooroooooo_

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........

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- hello..?

Funny enough, I called you then, and...

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......

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- ...n,hug me...

He came to me willingly to do what might seem like a ridiculous request.

Knock knock knock

Knock knock knock-

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...Yoon Yeo-ju...!

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........

Swish

Swish_

You came into my sight, covered in sweat, as if you had been running that distance.

Your eyes shook greatly as you continued to gaze at me, even while taking heavy breaths.

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....hi...?

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Yoon Yeo-ju....,

Yes, maybe he saw me hesitate slightly at my unusual appearance.

Even if I wiggle my fingers, I end up putting it back in right away.

...I could hear your worries from here.

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......

윤여주

...quickly.., you're here..

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You, no, your voice... seems... unusual...

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........

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.....

Jeokbuk

Jeobuk-

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....

slap

Pulsuk_

He came up to me and hugged me like that.

I could hear your breathing coming from close by as you held my arm a little tighter, as if it was going to crush me.

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.....ha........

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.......

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Ugh...ugh...

It was an indescribable feeling.

That day, I was locked in your arms, holding me without knowing anything...

...It was probably the day the rainy season started.

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.......

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....My lady.. I, I....

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No matter what happens... really...

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.........

.........

Booths

Booths-

'' .......I will be by your side.... ''

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dark room,

The female protagonist woke up alone under damp bed sheets.

The ringing in my ears came crashing in like a wave and was swept away.

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.........

It was a night when I desperately needed someone's warmth at an inopportune time.

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