You're divorced, what else can you add?
23. I will save you.
Finally, I arrived at the warehouse from Chairman Muldiman's office. I arrived before the blaze had completely engulfed the warehouse.
이지은
No, this is a big company, but there's no time to joke around like, "Why isn't anyone coming?"
이지은
"Baekhyun!!! Baekhyun, are you still in there?!!!!"
변백현
"Ji.. Ji-eun? Ji-eun!!!!!"
이지은
"Baekhyun!! Are you okay?!!"
변백현
"Ji-eun, get away from the door!"
이지은
"No, I'll save you."
In order to break the lock, he picked up a large rock nearby and started hitting the lock.
이지은
"Just wait a moment. I'll get it out for you."
변백현
"Ji-eun..."
이지은
"I will definitely save you. That's why... That's why..."
A voice filled with tears came out at the thought that Baekhyun might die.
변백현
"Ji-eun, are you crying?"
No. If I show weakness now... If I become weak now, I will lose to Park Chanyeol.
이지은
"I'm not crying."
I kept hitting the lock. I kept hitting it even though tears welled up in my eyes and I couldn't see. Oh no! I hit the lock with that big rock. It cut off my hand.
Blood flowed out profusely. It was only a matter of time before the fire spread throughout the warehouse, faster than the amount of blood flowing out of me, so I couldn't help but feel pain.
변백현
"Why!! Ji-eun, what's wrong?"
이지은
"No, it's nothing."
A long time passed after that. I kept pounding on it. Why won't it open? Please open! Open!—I thought to myself, over and over again.
변백현
"Ji-eun, I can't breathe now."
이지은
"Just wait a moment.."
변백현
"I should have listened to you... I didn't listen to you and this is what happened..."
이지은
'Just wait and see, Park Chanyeol... I will never let Baekhyun die!'
I slammed it down hard. It opened. I untied all the chains that had been holding the padlock together and opened the door.
이지은
"Baekhyun!"
변백현
"Ji..Ji-eun.."
변백현
"Here..."
이지은
"You're awake!! You're in the hospital!"
변백현
"Are you crying? Because of me..?"
이지은
"You can't do without me.."
She said it with a smile while crying. "I really can't do it without you." If Ji-eun hadn't come to work today, I wouldn't have seen her face again.
변백현
"Thank you for saving me."
As he spoke, a smile on his face, I noticed his hand was bright red. I took his hand in mine and examined the wound. It was a deep, almost punctured wound.
변백현
"What?! Why are you like this!! It's bleeding!!!"
He twisted and pulled away the hand Baekhyun was holding, saying, "It's nothing, don't worry about it," and hid his wound.
변백현
"Because of me... I'm sorry..."
Words I didn't want to hear came out of his mouth. "I'm sorry," he said, "I'm sorry," but they weren't words I needed to hear.
이지은
"Don't say sorry. I don't want to hear it from you."
변백현
"what?"
이지은
"I did it because I wanted to, so don't say you're sorry."
변백현
"Yeah. But was it okay?"
이지은
"Huh? What?"
변백현
"There must have been a lot of people by the time we got here..."
이지은
"Oh, I guess it was because I only saw you from there until I got here, so I didn't even think about that?"
변백현
"thank you"
After that, a few days passed. Nothing happened for a few days after that. So, I stopped thinking about Park Chanyeol because I thought he might have given up on me, and I haven't been in contact with him since I broke up with Junmyeon oppa.
I went to Baekhyun's previous company just in case he was going to work, but he wasn't there. So I don't know where he is now. Then I got a call.
이지은
"Yes, hello?"
??
"Oh, are you by any chance Kim Junmyeon's guardian?"
Finally, the moment I thought I had contacted my brother.
이지은
"Yes? I'm not your guardian. I'm just a younger sibling you know. Are you with Junmyeon oppa by any chance?"
??
"No. I wonder if you have a guardian..."
이지은
"No, he's not here. Oh, if you have something to say, just tell me."
I heard the author's voice from the room and was about to go out to the living room when the author suddenly became quiet, so I asked, "What's that?" and came out. It seemed like the author had hung up the phone and came out quietly.
변백현
"Ji-eun, what is it?"
When I spoke behind Ji-eun, Ji-eun turned around and said, "Baekhyun-ah." - She was crying.
변백현
"Why? What's going on? Why are you crying?!"
이지은
"Ugh... My brother... is dead!!!"
It was an unexpected statement. Wiping away tears, Ji-eun cried loudly and said in a choked voice that she had died. I couldn't believe it, so I asked again. Watching her grab Ji-eun's shoulder and wipe away tears, I said, "What...what? Say it again."
However, when I said to the mute Ji-eun, "Oh... oppa? Are you really the one I think of?", she nodded. All the strength left my body. Memories of that day flashed through my mind.
김준면
"If you get married, call me."
At that time, I was resentful that I couldn't ask Junmyeon-hyung, who looked so lonely as if he was breaking up with someone, where he was going.