<5 YEARS AGO>
Beep...beep....beep
"Sister!"
"Hey!!"
"I wanna read my story to you!"
"Okay, come here!"
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"Will you be with me forever?"
"One day.....I'll be gone for a while....but we will always end up together. I will always be in the night with the rest of the stars."
<5 YEARS LATER>
The boy looks at the tombstone.
"Song Yingtai
2003-2020
One with the stars"
The boy puts the flowers next to the tombstone and he sits down.
"Ying...it's been a while." He smiles, "I published my book. It's very successful. I made it about you too. I know you'd be proud."
He sets the book down and takes a breath.
"I love you...sister." He says, trying not to cry.
He walks away and heads to the restaurant.
<MOONCHILD RESTUARANT>
"Hey Rome!" Sunoo waves happily.
"Hey." Rome smiles, "Sorry I'm late."
"Don't worry, I understand." Sunoo says.
"Where's Beomgyu?" Rome asks.
"He's in the bathroom." Sunoo replies.
"Ahh I see." Rome nods slowly.
"How's Wang?" Sunoo asks.
"He's good." Rome responds, "He's been working on a lot of songs lately."
"Nice nice. His music has always been amazing." Sunoo chuckles.
"Yeah." Rome nods.
"I'm back! Hey Rome!" Beomgyu smiles and sits next to Sunoo.
"Hey Beomgyu." Rome greets.
"I finished your book! It's amazing." Beomgyu says.
"Oh, thank you." Rome smiles, "Flora helped me out a lot."
"That's good." Beomgyu nods, "Flora's an amazing writer."
"Oh yeah. She's great." Rome responds.
"Let's eat!"
<ROME'S HOME>
Rome opens the door and locks it once he walks in. He takes off his shoes and plops himself on the couch.
"Ugh...I'm so tired." Rome sighs.
Rome looks at his phone and sees a voicemail. He opens it and hears the voicemail, which was from Wang.
"Hey little bro! Just wanted to say hello. Sorry I couldn't see you today. Been busy, but hey, don't forget to eat your meals and your vitamins. Make sure you're healthy and not eating chips all the time. I love your book by the way. The Unfinished Symphony is really good. My favorite is chapter 18. It really is such a beautiful chapter. Especially the last page. Such a good page, I am putting one of the lines in my song if that's okay with you. Anyway, I have to get back to work, but just remember that I love you so much lil man. Bye! Be safe!"
beep.
Rome smiles softly as he listens to his brother's voice, yet felt a little guilty that Wang is working so hard.
Rome checks the time.
"11:00pm"
Rome gets up and gets his stuff ready and walks out to the rooftop and sets his telescope down and a chair. He looks into the telescope and sees the bright, burning star.
Rome smiles and looks up in the sky, "Hello my lovely sister. Hello moon."
Rome waves at the night and sits down.
"It sucks that I can't see you as I am fully awake." Rome sighs, "But at least I get to see you right sis? You're watching over me right?"
Rome looks at the other stars and sees the other star next to the shining star.
"Heeseung is next to you, isn't he? You two never lied that you two will always be together. Now that....that is a story to write about. We could call it, "The Burning Stars Who Love" or "Never Shined So Brightly." I don't know. Something." Rome chuckles.
Rome leans back and sighs. He looks at the two stars as if they were a masterpiece painting, amazed at the beautiful love story of his sister and her boyfriend.
"I miss you...a lot...you would've been an adult this year. Isn't that crazy?" Rome says, "You lived a beautiful life Ying.....You saved my life.."
Rome smiles and opens his book and reads the last page of chapter 18.
"We all couldn't believe that you'd be such a far distance from us. That you'd be out of reach, but we smile that you are now somewhere where you don't have to feel pain anymore.
I remember the beautiful melody I heard whenever it was your birthday. It was an angelic melody. Your whole life was such an angelic melody. Too bad it was unfinished.
An unfinished symphony.
But hey, for what it's worth, this unfinished symphony is more than just a song. It's a feeling.
A feeling of freedom.
A feeling of peace. A way of relaxation. The symphony was a solace for my heart.
I know that wherever you are in this world, whether you are a star, or whatever, I know we will always find a way to be with each other.
I know that if you are a star, you would burn the brightest. That's how I would know it's you."
Rome smiles at the last sentence.
"And I was right. You are the brightest star in the night. The night was already beautiful, you judt enhanced the beauty." Rome says.
He checks the time and it shows it was "11:11." Rome smiles softly and wishes on the star. Once he finished his wish, he smiles at the night.
"I love you sis. I hope you are doing well. Don't worry about me and Wang. We're doing okay. Don't live a life of worry." Rome states, "For you are a free soul."
Rome packs his things up and he walks back inside his house and he gets ready for bed.
As he was in his room, before he went to sleep, he looks outside his window.
"Goodnight moon. Goodnight sis."
"Goodnight brother. Live well."
