YEARS APART

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«The more you LOVE ...
...The more you SUFFER »

- Vincent Van Gogh

" Let's get you out of here ! Lean on me Hyunjin " Changbin said and held Hyunjin helping him to walk. Hyunjin glanced back at the bridge, then turned his head towards the road.

Inhyeong stepped back, breaking the one last kiss she shared with Minho. They gazed at each other for a moment, sensing the ending of everything they shared until now.

" One last thing ... " She said and smiled in between her tears

" If Ever possible... Try forgiving me, for the sake of every genuine moment we shared "
Minho stared at her then looked away. His eyes caught the sight of the night sky, all clear and beautifully decorated with shining stars. It was cloudy moments ago, but it's all cleared up now.. it's all fine now.

" I forgive you, because I don't want any more of this burden... " he looked at her with sad yet relieved eyes

" I forgive you, to free myself... I don't blame you, so don't blame yourself. It's better this way... for both of us... "

" Yeah .... It's better ... " she repeated after him. Minho looked at her one last time then turned around going back to the house. Inhyeong watched him walking away, silently holding back her cries. A day when Minho walks away, a day when Minho will no longer be by her side, was that even possible ?
Minho silently walked back home. It's over now, everything is finished. All the expectations, the hopes, the pain, deception, and patience... he could finally breathe again. However, he himself never imagined walking away from the only person he ever learned to love and cherish... it's terrifying to know, that nothing lasts for eternity.
Sometimes you expect a lot from someone because you'd do that much for them. Little did you know that we all eat lies when our hearts are hungry.

Inhyeong closed her eyes, tears fell down her pink cheeks. She, alone in that street, hugged herself as tightly as possible. Her silent cries slowly turned into loud ones, reflecting her inner pain. Loosing Minho, loosing an irreplaceable person, and almost loosing herself... there was so much to cry about. Nevertheless, she wasn't the only one shedding tears that night.

" S-Stop Here .... "

Steps .... Steps

Hyorine leaned against the wall hardly walking correctly.

" Miss ? Are you okay ? " the Taxi driver asked when seeing her state. Hyorine waved with her hands ordering him to leave without looking back or saying anything.
The driver left and she kept walking, pushing herself to take further steps. Why now ? W-Why ! .... W-Why I have to s-see his face again .... Why !!

She fell on the ground unable to go any further. Hyorine clinched her fist placed against the wall, while her head was titled towards the ground.
Neither time nor the place she was in mattered to her. The only thing she was focusing on was the anger, fear and the resentful feelings she was developing inside her. That man whom she thought she'll never see again popped out in front of her, out of nowhere after all these years, at such an unexpected timing.

" How could you think about it ? Look up, we both are under the same sky ... that's enough for me to Find you again "

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