Our story that was hot back then

The twenty-sixth story

Author's point of view

(과거의) 김태형

Wow!!! It's the ocean!!

(과거의)박지민

If Kim Taehyung gets caught, he's dead! Run!!!!

The sea, where only the sound of waves is heard quietly, becomes noisy as Taehyung and Jimin arrive. The two ran around the sea romantically like lovers, rolling on the fine white sand.

They jumped into the cold seawater and ran. The two played until they were out of breath. At the prime of their youth and vigor, at the age of 20, only after running until they could feel the heat in the cold sea did they...

[I collapsed on the ground and could gaze at the high, blue sea]

(과거의) 김태형

*Gasp*... *Gasp*... It's hard. Aren't you tired?

(과거의)박지민

I'm so tired... panting... Oh wait, look at this. Do you know what this is?

(과거의) 김태형

?? what's this?

(과거의)박지민

This is!! It's a tape recorder~ It's a new invention~

(과거의) 김태형

But what are you going to use this for?

[At Taehyung's question, Jimin suddenly stood up and adjusted his posture.]

(과거의)박지민

I'm going to use this to remember this moment.

(과거의) 김태형

What do you mean by that?

(과거의)박지민

It literally means let's remember this happy moment right now~ And say a word to my future self too, haha.

(과거의) 김태형

Oh~ then I'll go first!!

[Taehyung snatched the voice recorder from Jimin's hand and pressed the record button. With a click, Taehyung began recording in a loud voice.]

(과거의) 김태형

Taehyung~ Thank you so much for working so hard for the past two years... You did a great job. I hope you are happy by the time you are holding this right now... Forget all the pain and hardships, and live happily for the rest of your life!! Hang in there, Kim Taehyung!!

(과거의)박지민

Yooooool~~~~ Then I'll keep this one now!

(과거의) 김태형

?? you??

(과거의)박지민

I already did it~~

(과거의) 김태형

What? Where would you find something like that?

(과거의)박지민

Here it is~~~

[The way the two of them play looks so childish, like little kids, but isn't this their own promise of eternal friendship..?]

[The reason Jimin abruptly pushed the voice recorder away was not merely to remember this moment, but likely because this recorder serves as clay to fill the gap between Taehyung and Jimin should a rift ever form between them.]

[In short, this voice recorder is an item that can further strengthen Jimin and Taehyung's friendship in the future. How about we leave something like this behind too?]

[It is said that the most essential thing in life is a friend. If you quietly bring this up when you have a big argument with a friend, you might find yourself laughing heartily in no time. It is not too late. Let's keep it while we still have it.]