The Ghost on the Yeonhui-dong Street

I'm here

RYUJIN

Yeji, she suddenly became so quiet. I'm used to see her talking nonstop when we're on the way home but now, she's leaning her head on the window.

When we're already at home, i'm used to see her jumping on the sofa and turning on the T.V but now, she sits on the sofa and quietly. She should be happy now that she knows she's alive but she's so unusual.

I think i need to do something. I get my wallet and my keys, i surprisingly put my chin on Yeji's shoulder....

"Hey!! Yeji? do you want to go outside? let's buy some ice cream...."

She's still not smiling, she stand up just like that then when we're already outside, i put my airpods on....

"Why are you sad? What's wrong?"

Yeji just smiled at me and i can tell that she's faking it. When we're already at the convenience store, i get two ice cream....

"R-Ryujin..."

"Wait..Yeji..."

I went to the cashier and paid the ice cream, we went to the park and i asked her....

"What is it? what's your problem?"

I sit on the swing and Yeji sit on the other swing....

"Ryujin...I-I think...this is all enough..."

I stop swinging my swing and i asked her...

"W-Why???"

Yeji suddenly cried....

"I-I can't tell y-you right now...I-It's so hard to explain, Ryujin...."

I listened to her, she keeps on crying and crying, i don't even know the reasons why. Yeji suddenly started punching her chest and her head....

"YEJI!? WHAT'S HAPPENING TO YOU?!?!"

Yeji's fighting back and pulling her hand, she never stops punching her chest....

"NO!!! NO!!! RYUJIN!!!"

I hugged her so tight and told her...

"I'm here..Yeji..I'm here..."

She's not stopping crying out loud then she told me....

"I-I REMEMBER EVERYTHING—"

After hours of crying, Yeji gave me her name broken name tag....

"You can have this...it's my gift for you..."

Yeji sighs loudly then she said...

"I'm not gonna tell you what happened to me, Ryujin. Because, i'm sure...the world will be the one who's gonna tell you what happened to me, why i ended up like this...."

I stares at her and told her....

"I don't care if the world will be the one who's gonna tell me what happened to you, Yeji...I trust you because i met you in the way where no one told me so, I don—"

"You don't understand me, Ryujin...soon, you'll gonna hate me...I need to go back to Incheon now, to the place where i belong...to the place that i should've stayed so at least you never met me and i never met you...."

I really don't understand what Yeji's talking about, I sit in front of her and bended my knees....

"Yeji—tell me what's going on...i'm gonna make sure that i will definitely understand you..."

Yeji didn't answer, i stared into her eyes even more and told her...

"I-I don't think...i can take it..."