Love You Goodbye (ryeji)

25

(Scene 25; Take 6; The finale...)

Yeji was gone.

No one knew where she went. Not Yuna. Not Lia. Not Chaeryeong. Not Winter. And certainly not Ryujin.

Yeji vanished without a trace. There were no calls, no texts, no visits. It was as if she had disappeared from the world entirely.

The only thing that remained was the brokenness she left behind.

Ryujin didn't know where Yeji was, but she knew one thing for sure—Yeji was healing.

Healing from the betrayal,

the pain,

the lies.

Healing from Ryujin.

It was hard to accept.

Ryujin had tried to move on, tried to forget.

But the weight of what she had done was too much.

The guilt, the regret—it was suffocating.

And so, she waited.

She told herself that Yeji would come back. That she would return, forgive her, and they would rebuild what they had.

But the months passed, and there was still no sign of Yeji. No sign of the woman she loved.

Ryujin sat on the couch, staring blankly at the walls of her condo, feeling like the world was moving around her while she remained stuck in the same place.

The door creaked open, and Ryujin didn't need to turn around to know it was Yuna.

She could hear the footsteps, the soft thud of shoes against the hardwood floor, and the quiet sigh that followed.

Her sister had been avoiding her for months, but Yuna had finally come to talk.

To confront the damage Ryujin had caused.

Yuna's voice broke the silence. "Ryujin unnie..."

Ryujin didn't respond, too afraid of what might come out of her mouth. Too afraid of facing the truth.

Yuna sat down beside her, the air between them heavy with years of unspoken words. "You really fucked it up this time, didn't you?"

Ryujin winced, the harshness of Yuna's words hitting her like a slap. "I know," she whispered, her voice barely audible.

"No, you don't," Yuna retorted, her voice sharp. "You don't know what you've done. You think you're the only one who's suffering? Yeji is out there, alone, because of you. And you... you sit here like nothing happened."

Ryujin's hands trembled as they gripped the edge of the couch. She didn't look at Yuna. She couldn't. The guilt, the shame, it was suffocating. "I swear, Yuna, I never meant for any of this to happen."

Yuna's eyes were filled with a mix of anger and disappointment, and Ryujin could feel her sister's frustration radiating through the silence.

"Stop with the excuses, unnie. She loved you. She trusted you. And you did what he did to Mom. You betrayed her. You let your own selfishness destroy everything."

Ryujin felt the sting of Yuna's words like a knife to the chest.

"I know," Ryujin whispered again, her voice cracking. "I know. I'm not proud of it, Yuna. I fucked up... I fucked up so badly. I hurt her. And I can't take it back."

Yuna's face softened for a brief moment, but the anger was still there, simmering just beneath the surface.

"You did what Dad did to Mom. You broke her heart just like he did hers."