lifetimes。yoonseok

ten

"i was a princess

on... the first

time this occurred,"

you told me.

it was three

in the morning

(probably),

and i decided to

stay again even

if i didn't know

you at all.

for all i know,

you could

kill me in my

sleep.

(would you

do that, though?

i wonder . . .)

i felt you

shift on the

bed, and

i held my breath.

"so you were..

originally a female?"

i asked,

turning my head

to look at you.

you shrugged.

"i don't know."

silence.

tick. tock. tick—

"have you

ever killed

yourself?"

i asked the

question you

asked me

days ago,

rolling to my side

until i was

hovering above you.

my hands were

loosely wrapped 

around

your neck,

and you stayed

still while

staring back at me.

"yes," you whispered,

grabbing my wrists.

"millions

of times.

but the curse didn't

let me."