[Must-read introduction] BTS short story

#6 BTS - FAKE LOVE / Taehyung

김태현

Lady, what kind of person do you like?

윤여주

Huh? Me? Well...um...

When I was so young

윤여주

Cool guy!

김태현

A cool... person...? What's the standard?

You were like a "queen" to me in middle school.

윤여주

Um...well...I don't know! But I think it would be nice if he was just a cool guy.

친구

Hey, heroine~ This is Pepero! Today is Pepero Day.

윤여주

That's right! Today was Pepero Day... but what should I do... I didn't bring any...

In middle school, you were popular with everyone, the complete opposite of me, who had no friends.

친구

Hey, it's okay~ I'm not giving it to you to receive it! I'm just giving it to you because I want to give it to you.

윤여주

Ah... I'm really touched, Soyul!

I wanted to get closer

I wanted to be by your side

But I felt so shabby next to you, who was so gorgeous.

[ Dear passengers aboard our Bora Airlines... ]

And I decided to go study abroad without saying anything when you were in your second year of middle school.

To become the cool person you said you were

I tried to become a person who no one could see as lacking anything.

3 years later

김태형

Excuse me Where is zone J?

여자

Yes...? Yes...??? Ah...! Just go to the right over there

김태형

(Smile) Thank you

And three years later, I was accepted to Seoul National University College of Medicine and returned to Korea.

And the first thing I did when I arrived in Korea was to change my name.

The reason is that I wanted to erase the shabby Kim Tae-hyun at that time.

I am no longer "Kim Tae-hyun" who does not fit in with you.

I wanted to approach you as "Kim Taehyung" who suits you

김태형

I heard it's around here...

After changing my name, the first thing I did was to come find you.

[ STARBUCKS ]

김태형

Found it!

I asked around among my classmates and found the cafe where you were working.

Tiring -

윤여주

Welcome~

Found it

The heroine I saw after a long time was much prettier than I remembered her from three years ago.

윤여주

Would you like to order?

김태형

(smile)

And I went to the cafe where you worked every day and naturally started talking to you.

윤여주

Taehyung, you must be great~ I'm jealous that you're a medical student!!

Very naturally

I approached you as Kim Taehyung, not Kim Taehyun.

And after a while, you and I started dating

윤여주

Taehyung!!

김태형

(Smile) Are you here?

윤여주

Wow! Taehyung's house is so amazing!

I was so happy

The love I had for you, the person I dreamed of, gave me the happiness of flying in the sky every single day.

All the hard work and effort I've put in so far is nothing compared to this happiness.

윤여주

I'm going to the bathroom for a bit.

김태형

Yeah, I went and came back.

Tiring -

As soon as Yeoju got up from her seat, a KakaoTalk message arrived on her phone.

[ Soyul - Do you still like him? ]

What do you mean?

You like it...?

Surely, Yeoju's boyfriend is me...?

It was a bit strange that the content of the KakaoTalk message was directed at me.

This won't do, but

I really shouldn't have done this, but I looked at your phone.

[ Soyul - He asked me what I was doing these days ]

[ me - ? ]

[ Soyul - Hey, but do you still like her? ]

[ Me - Yeah... not yet ]

[ Soyul - Hey~ He's great, but you're great too ]

My hands were shaking as I read through the KakaoTalk messages.

[ Soyul - Even in middle school, he was totally into you ]

And after reading the last KakaoTalk message that Yeoju received just yesterday, before the one just before, I was able to confirm who the person Yeoju likes is.

전정국

Hey heroine~!!!

윤여주

Oh really, isn't Jeon Jungkook like that?

jungkook jeon

When Yeo-ju and Jeong-guk were in school, they were rumored to be an official couple.

Of course, they didn't really date, but they were so close and got along so well that everyone called them that.

And even after all these years, there will still be only one middle school friend that the heroine will miss.

윤여주

Taehyung!

김태형

...

윤여주

What's going on...?

김태형

(Smiles) No, nothing happened.

A few days later

Even if the female protagonist still liked Jeong-guk, nothing would change.

Anyway, I have a lover in Yeoju right now and Yeoju loves me too.

That's enough

김태형

Hey, shall we watch a movie?

윤여주

So what do you want to see?

Yeo-ju and Tae-hyung sat on the sofa, scrolling through the various movie lists on TV, thinking about what to watch.

윤여주

uh?

김태형

Why? Do you want to see this?

윤여주

Yeah! Let's see this

김태형

September 2016...? It's been quite a while since it was released.

윤여주

yes...

The female protagonist had a vague expression on her face.

김태형

(Come to think of it, that movie is quite familiar to me...)

윤여주

Wow, Taehyun, what are you doing? I'm so excited!

김태현

Is this the movie you wanted to see so badly?

윤여주

Yeah! Seriously, I've been waiting for it since before it was released.

It was the first movie I saw at the cinema I went to with you.

The content wasn't too bad, but it wasn't a movie that suited my tastes, as I don't like fantasy.

윤여주

Wow... this was really awesome! It was so much fun.

김태현

I had fun too

윤여주

Ah~ That was really fun

김태형

I'm glad you had fun

윤여주

Taehyung, how was that movie?

김태형

It was fun

윤여주

Really? That's a relief!

김태형

Now that I've finished watching the movie...what should I do?

윤여주

(Blinking) There's something I want to do

김태형

(Snickers) What is it?

윤여주

Take me to Taehyung's house!

김태형

Huh? This is my house, right?

윤여주

No... I'm curious about the other rooms too!

김태형

Okay, I'll introduce you.

김태형

This room is usually used for things like assignments.

윤여주

Oh... that's amazing

The female protagonist carefully examined all the items in Taehyung's room as if she were looking at objects in another dimension.

김태형

Want to see more?

윤여주

No! I want to see the other room.

Tiring ringing -

As Yeo-ju and Tae-hyung came out from the front line together, the cell phone rang in the living room.

김태형

It's my phone

[Senior 1]

김태형

I'll take a call for a minute. You're watching.

윤여주

huh

김태형

(Phone) Yes, senior

선배

(Phone) Hey Taehyung, this time we have an assignment...

김태형

(Phone) Okay, I understand, senior.

Chaeng---!!!!

선배

(Phone) What are you talking about? Is anyone home?

김태형

(Phone) Just a moment, sir

Thump -

김태형

Yeojuya

Perhaps the sound of breaking glass sounded like it was broken, and the female lead was nowhere to be seen in the living room.

That means it's one of the three rooms

김태형

(The homework room is closed and the bedroom is closed too...!!!)

And what Taehyung saw was "that room" with the door open.

김태형

Hey...hey lady...

As soon as I entered the room, the glass in the picture frame that seemed to be the cause of the breaking sound I had heard earlier was shattered.

윤여주

Taehyung... no... what should I call you...

김태형

No, heroine... I'll explain everything. It's me..!!!

I was so embarrassed

This room is definitely locked.

윤여주

Kim Taehyun...Taehyun...

right

The password on the lock was Yeoju's birthday.

김태형

Hey...hey...you...

The room was currently filled with Taehyun's belongings, not Taehyung's.

No, to be exact, it's the room where Taehyun's things that Yeoju touched are located.

I definitely threw away everything I had at home before going abroad to study.

However, the things I couldn't throw away and kept were all gifts from the heroine or things that held memories of the heroine.

Among them, the photo in the picture frame that the female protagonist broke was a sticker photo that was kept when she took the sticker photo when she went to the movie theater.

And the dresser underneath was something the female protagonist bragged about and gave to me, saying she made it herself during craft class.

The tiger doll on the dresser is the one the heroine picked out for me on my way home from school, saying it resembled me.

윤여주

Let's break up

김태형

...

윤여주

Why...why...have you changed...?

It seemed as if tears would fall from Yeoju's eyes at any moment.

윤여주

The person I liked, and still like... is Kim Tae-hyun.

Thud -

윤여주

I've always... always liked you... since middle school... no, since the middle school entrance ceremony...!!

윤여주

But...but...you...you...

윤여주

who is this?

윤여주

Is it Taehyun? Or is it Kim Taehyung?

김태형

Yeoju, calm down first and tell me everything...

윤여주

no

윤여주

I don't know who you are

윤여주

Do you think it makes sense that I don't know who I love...?

김태형

...

In the end, I couldn't catch you in the end

No, I couldn't catch it

In the end, I failed to erase Kim Tae-hyun from this world.

I never once thought that Kim Tae-hyun was the one who remained in your heart.

In the end, I let go of my first and last love.