Part 16

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On the rooftop...

They were standing beside each other...

"I'm sorry," she said after a long silence.

Taehyung looked at her.

"I finally understood what you meant when you said..."

"'Don't suppress your feelings... or one day you'll turn into stone.'"

"What?"

"You can cry."

"You can curse him."

"You can even curse me if you want."

His voice was calm.

She looked at him for a moment.

She was surprised.

Maybe...

He wasn't as bad as she had thought.

"I have nothing left."

"I slapped him."

"My anger is gone."

"Right." He let out a small laugh, almost mocking her.

She turned around, ready to leave.

"We were childhood friends."

She stopped.

But she didn't turn back.

"We went to school together."

"We went to college together."

"We had our first drink together."

"We're completely different..."

"...yet somehow, we're like one soul."

He looked at the sunset before continuing.

"The last time I saw him cry..."

"...was the day his mother left."

"That day we were at school."

"When he got home..."

"...she was already gone."

"No one knew where she had gone."

"He searched the whole house."

"The kitchen."

"The garden."

"Every room."

"But he didn't cry."

"Then he came to my house."

"He acted as if nothing had happened."

"But the moment he walked into my room..."

"...he broke down."

"I didn't ask him anything."

"I just stayed beside him."

"He cried for almost two hours..."

"...and then he fell asleep."

"After that day..."

"...he believed his father had driven his mother away."

"If I didn't know his father personally..."

"...I would've believed it too."

"He left his home and moved in with my family."

"He started working part-time."

"He never really got to enjoy his teenage years."

"He worked day and night..."

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