❝𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥
𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴.
𝘪'𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 ❞
ha chae-rin is a bubble ready to burst. she's a wilting flower on the side of the road, a balloon caught on a fence, just about to fly away. hanging...
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ha chae-rin's life felt like sand slipping through her fingers. she knew it was only a matter of time before the sand ran out. chae-rin let out a shaky breath, using her tear-stained fingers to type the digits she'd memorised into her phone. the number she'd deleted from her contacts, but could never manage to erase from her brain.
"damn you, baek kang-hi. why'd you make you make me fall in love with you? why'd you leave me?" she whispered.
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chae-rin
i love you so much. i miss you so much. why did you leave first when we promised we'd leave together? i want to resent you. i can't. it wasn't your fault. baek kang-hi i love you so fucking much. we'll see each other soon, don't worry.
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chae-rin thought her heart stopped. sat on a random bridge in the city of seoul, chae-rin gaped at her phone. "i must be hallucinating. you're crazy, ha chae-rin,"
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what do you mean "we'll see each other soon"???
Read 2:52 am
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she blinked at her phone, the aching of her heart slightly reducing.
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hello?? you're scaring me. answer!
chae-rin
oh my god i'm so sorry. i texted the wrong number.
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np but what do you mean?
chae-rin
nothing. i'm sorry.
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what no. please tell me you're not going to...
chae-rin
not going to what?
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die.
chae-rin
there's a possibility.
Read 2:54 am
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chae-rin sighed deeply, the cool air filling her lungs, looking out onto the han river. her phone buzzed, indicating that she had gotten a new message.
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look at the stars
Read 2:56 am
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she tilted her head upwards, seeing dozens of stars scattered across the sky. beautiful.
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if you leave, you can't see them anymore.
chae-rin
but i can't see her anymore.
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the person you've lost, the one who you miss so much, is surely looking down at you filled with pride. i'm sure that you miss them very much. but everyone has their time to go, and i know that yours is not now.
chae-rin
how do you know?
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what's your name?
chae-rin
ha chae-rin.
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ha chae-rin, don't leave.
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their sentence tugged at chae-rin's heart strings. she felt wanted for the first time in a year. "pathetic. it's a random stranger over a phone, how could you believe that they genuinely want you to stay?"
chae-rin debated with her herself, before making her decision.
