Three words

« Please, don't say it. I beg you. Tell these three words only when you'll wake up.
- But you are never next to me when I stop sleeping! »

Every night, Yoohyeon hears this dialogue in her dream. And every night, she has the same damn dream which never ends well.

Every time Yoohyeon closes her eyes and enters in the world of dreams, a dark silhouette appears in front of her. The dreamer always wants to run and join the woman standing in front of her: she doesn't want to lose time, dreams are always so short!... But Yoohyeon contains her excitement and walks slowly, silently - she's afraid that to much noises could afraid the silhouette.

And when finally Yoohyeon is standing next to the woman, she always asks her her name. She perfectly knows that the woman standing next to her is called Yubin but she want to be sure and polite. She is afraid that the woman may forgot her name, or worse: that she forgot Yoohyeon.

But Yubin has always the same answer: « Hi Yoohyeon, I am Yubin ». Yoohyeon likes the woman's name; it sounds like an autumn leaf falling from a tree, or a feather flying in the wind. She likes to imagine different pictures that could illustrate this beautiful name.

Yoohyeon likes to look attentively at Yubin. She likes her long brown hair, the golden gleam in her dark but yet expressive eyes, her cute and pale cheeks. Even if Yubin is shorter than her, Yoohyeon has always the feeling that the woman of her dream is more powerful than her.

During this dream, the landscape is always a field of flowers. Sometimes, the flowers are invisible because of the snow, but most of the time Yoohyeon and Yubin can walk peacefully, surrounded by roses, poppies or tulips. These walks are what Yoohyeon cherishes the most in this dream: walking next to Yubin was synonym of tranquility and she appreciates the smell of the flowers. Yoohyeon likes to try to capture the sound of the brown girl's beat heart. Sometimes, Yoohyeon takes a flower and gives it to her friend to make her smile and to put it in her hair. The dreamer thinks that Yubin's has the most beautiful smile in the world and every time she sees it, she tries to take a mental photography of it, to remember it forever.

Next to the field of flowers, there is a little lake. Its water is so clear that you can see little fishes of various colors swimming. Yoohyeon always asks Yubin to watch them with her and she likes to hear her friend commenting the weather, the purity of the water or the fishes.

Some times, the girls play a little game which consists of trying to imagine a form in every cloud. Yoohyeon likes to listen Yubin describing stories about each cloud: « This one looks like a cat, and the one next to it is a little girl. Look, they are playing together! I really like cats, and you? ». Yubin's voice is soft and for Yoohyeon, listen to it has no difference that listen a bird singing. When they are lucky, the girls can hear from far away the song of a nightingale. Yoohyeon loves when Yubin tries to imitate the bird, she loves her voice. If she could hear only one sound for the rest of her life, she would choose to hear only her friend's delicate voice.

Sometimes, the weather is rainy, but it is never a problem for the two friends. When it happens, the girls run to hide under the old and melancholic weeping saule located next to the lake. They spend the time by counting the leaves on the branches, by climbing the tree or by singing songs. Yoohyeon is always impressed by Yubin's capacity to invent a full song - with lyrics, different couplets and complicated melodies - in a few minutes.  They like to create music together and sometimes, Yoohyeon sings melodies and Yubin dances on them.

When it's snowy, Yoohyeon always wants to create a snowman but Yubin prefers to attack her with snowballs before helping the taller girl. They skate on the frozen lake or try to see the fishes through the ice. Laying in the field of flowers covered with a blanket of snow is a big pleasure for Yoohyeon, even if she gets easily cold. She is not afraid of getting sick: she knows that Yubin's arms will warm her up.

For Yoohyeon, the best place in the world is Yubin's arms. Their hugs are always tender and the dreamer loves when Yubin softly whispers kind words to her.

Yoohyeon never wants to leave this place. She can kill someone for a Yubin's hug. And moreover, a hug is the best moment to confess something, isn't?

« Don't say it, Yoohyeon.
- Why? Why do you never leave me say it? »

Yoohyeon wanted to cry. Every time, at this moment of the dream, Yubin interrupts her thoughts. If Yoohyeon could shout, she would scream that she loves Yubin.

« I don't want to wake up anymore, Yubin. I want to stay with you, forever. »

She wanted to add the three forbidden words, but something in the authoritic Yubin's way to stop her from telling it scared her.

« If you stay here with me » said Yubin, « you will never be impatient to see me at night. The time we spend together won't be special anymore. »

Yoohyeon started to cry. Tears couldn't stop falling from her blue eyes and she hid her head in her friend's shoulder.

« Yoohyeon, time will come when you will join me here forever, but this time is far away from us. One day, I promise you, we will spend the eternity together, inventing new songs and new games. But this can not be now. »

Yoohyeon knew that this was true, but it was so hard to hear it from the person she loved the most in the world. Why waking up every day just to wait to see Yubin again?

« Why? » asked Yoohyeon through her tears with a shaking voice. « Isn't it easier to join you here right now? »

A hiccup interrupted her sentence and her voice definitely broke.

« Because one day, better times will come. And when they will come, you will wait all the night to wake up. One day, we will be reunited again, but it can not be now » said Yubin.

Her soft voice had immediately an effect of Yoohyeon. Her tears stopped to fall and the hiccups too.

« Yoohyeon, I love you, but you can not say these three words to me. Please, say them when you'll wake up. Anybody on this earth will be honored to hear you saying this three words to them. One day, we will be together. But for now, promise me to wake up every morning, and to forget me every time the sun shows up in the sky. Promise it.

- I promise », said Yoohyeon calmly.

For the last time, Yubin hugged the taller girl.

« Goodbye, Yoohyeon. »