“Marriage Blue”

Episode 50 | And Still,

Before answering the phone.

Minyoung, who had belatedly heard the news and came out to the company lobby, first sought out Jimin. Her pace was hurried. She'd tried so hard to keep it a secret, yet it had finally come to light. Her impatience spurred her into action.

As if conveying a sense of urgency through sound, the sharp clatter of shoes echoed through the lobby. Heads that had been tilting toward the floor rose, and our eyes met.

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…Jimin.

I approached cautiously. Even from a distance, the redness around her eyes was evident, but up close, it was even more impressive.

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…You knew, right?

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……

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…Yeah, it felt strange somehow. There's no way my sister would report my father for no reason…

Jimin, who finally understood, looked as if he was finally realizing something. Minyoung cautiously approached him, her face on the verge of tears, and took his hand. All she could do was repeat the same words. I'm sorry… I'm sorry…

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…I wish you didn't know. If you did, things between you two would be ruined like this.

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It's the first time I've seen you in thirty years. You're smiling like that... That's why I got greedy. I believed I could handle it on my own...

So… I was speechless at the sight of her sobbing, trailing off. Not a single word could be refuted. In the end, it was all true. Everything Minyoung had predicted.

He couldn't hate Minyoung. He couldn't blame her for doing that, for hiding it. He knew it was all for his own good. Jimin's hands trembled slightly.

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… Sister, what should I do? How can I look at your face now? No, will I even be able to look you in the eye now?

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…I feel so guilty.

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I'm sorry... I'm sorry...

If I had told you from the beginning, would things have been different? Or would the outcome have been the same?

Minyoung wished for magic at this moment. For Jimin's pain to come to her.

So, let him suffer in your place forever.

…

Jimin, who had found a lifeline, opened the cafe door and entered, gasping for breath. The woman's head turned. It was the day the meeting she had been desperately putting off finally happened.

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… Lady, Lady.

As I blurted out the name I had been wanting to say for so long, the female protagonist lowered her head as if possessed by something and the corners of her mouth hardened.

As I resumed my halting steps and sat down across from him, I remembered our first meeting. It was like this back then, too. Perhaps now, I should say goodbye. The thought occurred to me.

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My face… is badly hurt.

While they were both struggling with how to start, Jimin saw Yeoju's face, which had changed drastically in just a few days. In the end, he asked her how she was doing.

김여주

…I see.

I rubbed my cheek with the back of my hand. I hadn't had time to look in the mirror in a few days, so I didn't notice, but when I touched it with my hand, it felt like it might be...

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…I have a lot to say, don’t I?

Something to say. It was such a trivial thing, but why does it feel so cruel now? I nodded slowly.

Perhaps because they anticipated what the other would say, they just looked at each other for a long time without saying anything.

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… First, I must apologize. I will apologize on behalf of my father. I am sorry, Yeoju.

His legs tightly clasped together and his hands clasped together made him even more pitiful. "I know better than anyone that this isn't his fault," the female protagonist said.

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…It’s not you who should apologize. There’s someone else who should apologize.

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……

What difference could there be? He was the son of such a human. He lowered his head, unable to say anything.

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…I think it would be better to talk things through openly. I don't think it's your fault.

However, it's just that I can't completely forget it. Even if I continue this relationship, it will eventually fall apart.

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But I... still like you, oppa? But, I resent your father so much...

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I don't blame you...

Now was the time to accept it. The separation. My throat ached. Something hot was rising. I forced myself to suppress my voice and nodded.

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It must be hard for my brother to look at me like he doesn't care.

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……huh.

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Let's break up after 3 years.

Three years can be long if it feels long, or short if it feels short. It's enough time to gather your thoughts. Jimin's eyes flushed as he quickly raised his head.

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If after three years, I and my brother still feel the same way…

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…then I thought I’d forget everything and be shameless.

Because I still love you. It was the best choice I could make. At the time, I even made the absurd rationalization that my parents wouldn't understand.

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…what is that,

If I can't let go, if I can't hold on... I'd rather erase everything. If I still love you, even when all the memories fade, then this must be fate.

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When I was little, I said I would marry a prince charming… Do you remember?

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…how could I not remember that?

It was the moment she realized my feelings for you. As I slowly nodded, the female protagonist reached out and wrapped both of her hands around his. Then, resting her forehead on his hand, she spoke softly.

At this very moment, with a voice that is more trembling and broken than anyone else's.

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“At that time… be my prince.”

A warm stream of water flowed down his hand. "You, who have fallen for my kindness, are finally coming to me again," Jimin muttered, resting his forehead against hers.

I'm sorry... I'm sorry...

In movies, when situations like this arise, they're pushed away, even if it's out of guilt, but I couldn't. Selfishly, I hoped for another miracle. I'm sorry...

That was all I could say at the moment.

++ Crazy, you guys. It's an important scene, but I think I messed it up because I couldn't focus.

++ I guess I'm a bit anxious because I have double eyelid surgery coming up in a few days. Please let it go, thinking it'll just be this once ㅠ^ㅠ.

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