I don't like the world, I only like you

020

[EPILOGUE]

One of the incidents that left an
extremely deep impression on me was when Taehyung fell in love with a table lamp whilst we were shopping at IKEA. The lamp considered rather expensive for us during that period of time, we left regretfully without purchasing the lamp.

When my salary arrived that month, the very first thing I did was to purchase the lamp as a gift for him.

I told him, “I believe that the obstacles and difficulties which we’re currently undergoing is a necessary experience that we have to go through being cash-strapped, suffering from high stress levels, and the inability to achieve success. These are all events that everybody would experience.

Thus, you don’t have to worry, and you don’t have to feel anxious. You can simply take it slow. Worst comes to worst, I’ll earn enough to take care of you for the rest of your life.”

Subsequently, Tae and I changed our accommodation several times, but the lamp always accompanied us.

Out of curiosity, I asked him a while ago, “Did I ever say anything that left a very lasting and deep impression on you?”

“When you offered to take care of me for the rest of my life.”

“Oh? Were you very touched then?”

He replied, “No, I was so angry I couldn’t fall asleep the entire night.”

“Why??”

“Even if one of us have to take care of the other, it ought to be me taking care of you. Don’t ever say such things again in the future.”

Ah, sometimes I truly fail to understand his temper.

As I woke up exceptionally early this weekend, I decided to head to the nearby grocery store to purchase some daily goods.

When I left the house, the sky was extremely cloudy. With a heart filled with hope that I would be able to successfully return home before it rained, I decided not to bring an umbrella along with me.

Upon reaching the grocery store, I speedily purchased the necessary goods. However, just as I stepped out of the grocery store, the torrential rain began to pour.

After waiting for a period of time, I decided to call Tae as the rain showed no signs of letting up. When I left the house earlier, Taehyung was still sleeping.

“Have you woken up?”

“What’s up?” He sounded as if he had just woken up.

“Could you come to Carrefour to pick me up? It’s raining and I didn’t bring an umbrella.”

He muttered about my forgetful nature before hanging up the phone. As I stood at the entrance of the grocery store watching the rain gradually lessen.

I started to feel pangs of regret for waking him up , I ought to have let him sleep in for a longer period of time.

Suddenly, I recalled a certain incident that occurred during Year 3 of High School. Similarly, it happened to be raining that day.

As I had forgotten to bring an umbrella, I was reduced to standing at the school entrance, waiting for the rain to stop. During that period of time, my relationship with Taehyung was rather strained and awkward, as various people often teased him as being my ‘rumored boyfriend’.