I FELL IN LOVE WITH A STRANGER

Four: Butterfly 🦋

"It's like a wind that gently strokes me.
It's like dust that gently drifts along. You're there but for some reason, I can't reach you"

YOONGI'S POV CONTINUED

A few months after my encounter with her, I saw her again in Busan when I had the fan meet. She doesn't seem to remember our previous encounter. But I remember her face; how can I forget that face? She was beautiful beyond words. I introduced myself right away, and although I knew she already knew me as Agust D she doesn't seem to remember Park Yoonjae. I got her number and gave her mine discreetly. I kept calling her Nami, and she corrected me, saying her name is Nabi. At that point, I didn't care if her name was Nami or Nabi. All I know is that she's here, right in front of me, like a second chance given to me.

I was a man on a mission. I pursued her, got to know her, we dated for a few months, then I proposed to her. We got married and had a baby. Although I feel like there is an occasional "unknown uncertainty," I say this because there are times when I feel Nabi is not the one I met on the plane years ago. I never really asked her in detail, maybe because I was scared of the answer she would give me. She told me she had never traveled outside of Korea in her life. And she never recognized the earring she gave me that night. But I could have never mistaken that face. That perfect feature, the one that is embedded in my head

Life was perfect until one day when she suddenly had a headache and collapsed... Aneurysm. I brought her to the emergency room, where she was dead on arrival. My whole world collapsed at that moment; my wife was gone. My daughter is only 2 1/2 years old. How can I raise her by myself? I was weeping and sobbing, and my tears mixed with my snot, but I don't care anymore. My wife, my world, and my life are gone.

A day after my wife died, we held her funeral at the same hospital. I was walking down to the entrance of the hospital with my boss after he dropped by at my wife's funeral. As he was about to enter his car, I heard a voice that sounded familiar to me. I turned around to see a face that I had memorized in my head. But how could it be? This girl is alive and has the same exact face as my wife. How is that possible? I am confused and thought that maybe I'm hallucinating from a lack of sleep and fatigue. The girl is wearing a nurse's uniform and looks like she's working in the hospital. I followed her as she went up to the elevator and caught up with her inside the elevator. I was looking at her, and she was looking at me. We just stared at each other as time stopped for a brief moment. She recognized my eyes and my gaze with the mask on. I was hoping she would say something when the elevator door opened. A young resident doctor came in and greeted her, and the doctor said.

"How are you, Nami?

Hi, Dr. Park," she replied.

I heard it loud and clear. Her name is Nami. My Nami, the one that I met on the plane a few years back THE STRANGER I FELL IN LOVE WITH. The elevator stopped, and the doctor exited. It was Nami and me again. She smiled at me and asked

"Have we met before? Are you Yoonjae? She asked again. I smiled back and she saw it through my eyes, then the elevator stopped again; it was her turn to exit. She turned around and said, "Have a nice night," and left.

My heart was pounding like crazy like I was a love-sick puppy. Why is the universe playing tricks on me? I met her again, but suddenly it dawned on me. My wife is here as well, and her lifeless body is the reason I'm here.

I went back to where the funeral of my wife was held. Jin Hyung pulled me aside and asked where I went. I told him about what happened. My close friends Hobi, Tae, and Jin knew about Nami and the event on the plane. But when I told Jin Hyung about meeting Nami again, he hugged me and started to tear up and said,