To you again,
[Side Story] Dear. Army <1>


I had a fight with my dad and left the house.

To the words, “I wish I could erase the name Ami and live as ‘Shin Yeoju.’”

I was stubborn about not giving up the name Ami.

"Army" is the only name that Hoseok can use to call me.

Jung Ho-seok.

A bad guy who abandoned me when I was 5 and was adopted and left alone. A traitor.

After Ho-seok left, I was left alone in the orphanage, but I was caught by the director and beaten up badly.

I was even starving.

After living like a paper doll for two years, I met my savior, Mr. Shin Gu-hyeon. My father.

"Please be my father. I'll do whatever you say. I'll listen to you. Please take me out."

My wrist, where I was hanging on to the old man's hand, had a bruise on it.

The man went ahead and started the adoption process.

He donated a lot of money to the orphanage and brought me here.

When I was in middle school, I reported the director to the police for 'child abuse'.

The director was arrested and a new director was appointed to the orphanage and brought me a letter.

The very old, faded letter was from Ho-seok, who had been adopted to America.

"Amiyah. It's Hoseok. How are you? How are you? I can't go now, but I'll definitely come get you. Wait."

His crooked handwriting filled me with longing and anger.

You left me behind.

What are you looking for? You liar.

I persuaded my father to go to America with that one letter.

But in the end I couldn't find it.


The relationship between me and Hoseok is tough.

Before I knew it, he had debuted as a singer under the name J-Hope. A little while later, around the time I finally landed a job at Big Hit Entertainment on my own, his adoptive mother came to see me.

I want to find out J-Hope's original name. It's Jung Ho-seok.

I tried to pass it by thinking, "What can I do?"

I happened to hear Jeong Min-seok muttering at a company meeting.


정민석
I think my father is looking for 'Jung Ho-seok'.

Tall. My steps stopped.


정민석
Find that kid first. You can kill him.

A certain sense of justice?? Loyalty?? I don't know.

Hoseok was just the jewel of my childhood.

The country is the foundation of my roots. The umbrella of my childhood. My light, the one I long to find again, to encounter.

I was desperate to hide Jeong Ho-seok from Jeong Min-seok.

One rainy day,

I was caught like an idiot by Jeong Min-seok's stupid subordinates who were like a fool.



Dead.



저승사자(?)
Welcome-

As I entered the building, which was filled with bright light, a heavy voice rang out.


김아미
......Am I dead?


저승사자(?)
yes.


김아미
.....wow. This is annoying.

The man chuckled at my words that came out of my mouth.

He's so handsome that he's a grim reaper.


김아미
Where is this place?



저승사자(?)
This is a place to look back on your life.

As I said that, the scenes of my life unfolded before my eyes...


김아미
.......excuse me.


저승사자(?)
??


김아미
Isn't that my story?

On the screen, the images of Hoseok and the female protagonist unfold, but the content of our lives was completely different.

First of all, I'm dead now and they're getting married.



저승사자(?)
Oh.....!!! I'm confused! I haven't seen this......


김아미
Why is there someone with the same face and name as me??


저승사자(?)
......This is a secret


김아미
......

Ami nodded with a serious expression, holding back laughter at his immature appearance, which was different from his appearance.


저승사자(?)
There are countless worlds in this world, where souls with different destinies live lives with different scenarios.


김아미
oh.



저승사자(?)
It's a secret, okay?


김아미
Then I'll keep it a secret, so can you just send me over there once?

I saw Jeong Min-seok there too.

Where did that wit go?? It seems like the soul is completely gone.


저승사자(?)
Of course not.


김아미
Then I'll tell you what I saw.


저승사자(?)
.....Wow. Fatally.


김아미
There's someone I want to save, that's why. Someone I really want to save before I die. Can't I go there and save them? Or can I just briefly revive in the world I was in and then come back?


저승사자(?)
.......

The man, who had been thinking for a while, looked at the numerous bottles behind him and then picked one up.


저승사자(?)
You can't go back to a place where you've already died.


김아미
.......


저승사자(?)
Even if you go there, you won't be able to change your fate.

A pink potion was held in my hand.


저승사자(?)
Go there sometime


김아미
....You are so kind.



저승사자(?)
Ahhh... This really shouldn't be happening. You know this is a secret, right?

I don't know who it should be a secret from, but it's a secret. Call.

I pressed my lips together, pretending to zip them.

The handsome grim reaper turns around with a bright smile.


저승사자(?)
I'll put this back in its place for a moment.


김아미
yes.

I quickly looked through the bottles from where he had left.

A shiny green vial that caught my eye.

[Dimensional Travel]

I checked the writing underneath and quickly hid it in the end of my sleeve.

A man who had been away has returned.

His gaze passed by the place where the medicine bottle had disappeared, pretending not to notice it.


저승사자(?)
Okay then. Have a nice trip!


김아미
Can I drink it? It won't hurt, right?


저승사자(?)
yes-

The man looked at her with a smile.

The man gently lifted Ami's body as she drank the medicine and collapsed.



저승사자(?)
......I saw it. I.



I opened my eyes in a shack in an alley.

Oh my... why is it so hard to get up...

Ami got up with a thud and looked in the mirror and screamed.


김아미
Ewwwwww!!! What is this??!!!!! Why did I become a grandma!!!!!!!!!




[Author's Note] Ta-da~~~Surprise~~~!! Hahahahaha

Are you surprised? Hahaha. Actually, I was originally thinking of including the ARMY story as a side story, but I forgot for a moment. Haha. I remembered it after seeing Gyulgyul's comment, so I prepared it.

Please think of it as a Christmas gift^^

I miss you all~~~~><♡