We were destined to fail.

08 | The Truth Revealed

지안.

Sorry, but I have someone I'm in love with. If you have nothing more to say, I'll go.

김태형.

Seol-ah, just wait a minute...

지안.

Please don't come near me. I don't want things to get any more awkward between us.

In the end, I stabbed the person I loved. I knew it would hurt and be difficult, but I still hurt them. The moment I heard directly that the person I loved didn't love me was so pathetic. I didn't want to fall any further.

I wanted everyone to like me, but even though our statuses changed, everyone only looked at me.

왕.

Are you coming to your senses?

설.

Why am I here...

왕.

Yesterday, I was reading this diary when I suddenly lost consciousness. I don't want to hear this so urgently from you, who just regained consciousness, but I hope you understand that I'm in a hurry. Do you know what that diary is?

I opened my eyes, clutching my dizzy head. He stared at me with an expression that made it hard to tell if he'd seen me awake, and asked me a series of questions. He looked so complex, so anxious that I couldn't put it into words.

설.

Princess, have you ever been locked in a dark place when you were young?

왕.

Do you remember?

설.

I was recently locked in a bookstore, and I suddenly remembered a girl crying and screaming, and then my head started to hurt like it was going to split open.

왕.

Is there anything else you don't remember?

설.

I have happy memories with a child named Joohyun.

왕.

Gian, I'm sorry. I couldn't recognize you even though you were right in front of me.

설.

I missed you, Abamama..

Memories slowly came back. I desperately wanted to tell Abamama how much I missed her. As the torn pages of the book returned, one by one, my heart ached. As each happy memory flashed before me, my childhood self smiled brightly.

설.

Abama, there's something urgent that needs to be taken care of first.

Only after I calmed down a bit did I think of Taehyung. I remembered him saying he'd wait for me, and not much time had passed since my memory returned. I clutched my aching head and turned to him.

설.

Please keep today's events a secret for the time being. I have a lot to resolve with Gian. What on earth happened, and why did you do it?

왕.

I want to cut off your head right now, but I heard you were my older sister for seven years, so I'll listen to what you have to say first.

설.

Brother... I'm sorry. Yesterday I...

김태형.

You have nothing to be sorry about. I guess I won't be able to see you much anymore.

Was he angry that I didn't go out yesterday? He was so cold, unlike yesterday. I thought we were finally starting to work things out, but why do we always end up at odds?

설.

What on earth are you talking about?

김태형.

Emotions aren't something you can sort out in a day. I wanted to tell you, "Please don't leave me, stay by my side," but you just left.

설.

My lost memories have returned. I was so shocked by what happened yesterday that I couldn't come see my brother.

김태형.

Is it okay? What do you want me to do if you come to see me in this situation?

설.

My brother is important to me. I don't know exactly what the situation is, but I came running because I remembered my brother's words about waiting for me when I got up from a fall.

김태형.

So yesterday... Seol said there was someone she was in love with. She told me not to come near her and rejected me. But who was that person yesterday?

설.

There is someone I am in love with.

김태형.

I've been misjudging you all along. I thought you might have some feelings for me...

설.

Not a little, but a lot. I love you, brother.