Midnight Tales | ✔

29

Jaehyun

I woke up in the afternoon. Still on the floor, though the bed's now empty. A blanket was put around me and a pillow beneath my head. I sat up and sighed. I must have fallen asleep for a long time. I pushed the blanket off me and stood up and went downstairs to find Soyoung standing in the living room, watching the now moving clock perched on the wall. I walked over to her side.

"It's been moving since days ago"

Soyoung nodded without looking at me. "I know"

Silence settled over us, the soft sound of the clock filling the whole room.

"Things will start to change here then. The more reason why you need to go home now" she said then walked over to the kitchen. I quickly followed her. She went to the counter and took out a glass of water. "I've speculated some things. Maybe Min Seok was able to leave and go back to your reality because he has an anchor"

"An anchor?"

Soyoung nodded. "Eun Oh. A person that links the two realities. Eun Oh often thinks about Min Seok and Min Seok to him. I think the body and mind have to be in sync for the two realities to connect. When you played the piano that day what were you thinking?"

"About the song, it sounds of longing"

Soyoung nodded. "I was thinking of Min Seok at that time while humming the song. Same as the day when he got here, we were thinking about the same thing—The Fairy and the Woodcutter and held the same object. It must be the bridge, something like a way for the two realities to connect"

A coincidence. We just need a little coincidence for the realities to connect. I must coincide with someone in our reality to go back. I only have Mr. Kang there, so I need to do something and think of something Mr. Kang would do.

"What does Eun Oh often do?"

"He paints and read"

After drinking, Soyoung put the glass down and walked going to the living room "Do those and think of things he might think of. The early you leave, the better"

She was about to pass me but I stopped her. "Soyoung why are you ignoring me?"

She turned to me. "Go back to your reality Jaehyun. You have friends there who are waiting for you. You belong there, not here"

"And you?"

"I belong in this place. I'm cursed to live alone forever Jaehyun"