Now promise me, cherish it

10. It's okay

지선

You know, Hayoung.

하영

huh?

지선

What do you think?

하영

About what?

지선

Um...what does a promise mean to you?

하영

Promise? Why all of a sudden?

지선

I was just curious what other people thought about promises.

지선

I think that promises have different meanings for each person.

하영

Are you asking me what my promise is?

지선

huh.

하영

A promise to me...

하영

It's you.

지선

...me?

하영

Yeah. You're a promise to me.

하영

A promise to be cherished.

지선

Hayoung...

하영

You said so. You promised to be my friend forever.

하영

I hate breaking promises, just like you.

지선

You are very similar to me...

하영

The more we get to know each other, the more I feel like we have a lot in common.

하영

Oh, so what are your memories of being here?

지선

ah...

지선

It's a family story.

하영

When you were young?

지선

huh.

So, I told Hayoung everything.

From beginning to end, without missing a single thing.

When I first started talking, I thought it would be hard to open my mouth.

But as we continued talking, it seemed like things were coming out easier than expected.

지선

So that's how it happened.

지선

The promise I made with you back then was the first time I made a promise with anyone since that day.

하영

and........

Ha-young was so surprised that she sat for a long time, staring blankly at the river.

About 5 minutes passed...

Just as I was about to speak, Hayoung turned around and looked at me.

And without saying a word, he hugged me warmly, more than anyone else.

지선

Sigh...

I suddenly became speechless.

The feeling at that time was so similar to the warm embrace of my father that I often held when I was little.

I tried to hold back the tears that suddenly felt like they were going to pour down, and sobbed.

하영

It's okay. It's okay to cry.

하영

I will always be by your side like this.

At those words, I put everything down and burst into tears.

I was originally very quiet and not good at expressing my emotions, so I always held back tears.

But today I felt like a completely different person.

The tears I had been holding back and hiding until then poured out like a storm.

It's no lie that I felt embarrassed like this.

But for today, it seemed like everything would be okay.

"It's okay. You can cry."

Hayoung's voice comforted me in my heart.

하영

It's okay, Jiseon.

지선

thank you...

지선

Thank you for being by my side...