Tangled Fates: BTOB Sungjae ✔

Chapter 20

Chapter 20, Making Memories

Mari:

/4 days left/

I woke up the next morning with Sungjae beside me and I still get that fluttering feeling in my stomach. A smile automatically formed my lips and even though I've read of how creepy it was to watch someone while they're sleeping, I can't help but stay in bed to watch him sleepㅡjust like in the past.

His eyelids fluttered as he dreamed. There was a faint frown on his face and he was sweating.

"Are you having a nightmare?" I whispered.

I scooted closer to him and I pressed my lips softly on his forehead. "It's alright." I whispered again. His frown slowly faded away.

When he opened his eyes, there were tears in them. "Mari..." He called. "I dreamed about you."

I smiled and brushed his hair up with my fingers. "It's just a dream. I'm alright."

He shook his head. "It felt so real."

I hugged him and felt the quick beat of his heart. "Aigoo, Yook Sungjae."

He hugged me back tightly. "I'm glad it's just a dream." He murmured.

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That morning, we went for my checkup at the hospital. I had my bandage removed in exchange of a smaller one. The doctor said my whole body is healing quicker than expected and I silently thanked God, then wondered if somehow Minhyuk was behind it.

After that, we went to visit my mother in her apartment. We had lunch together.

"What? You also had a mission to be able to keep living in this world?" Sungjae asked in surprise when my mother told him about herself.

She nodded. "It's to find Mari."

Sungjae's jaw dropped. "Woah, I..." He was trying to search for the right words to say and then finally, "I have your case on the pile of reports in my office. I should have looked into it immediately."

"Sungjae, it's not your fault. Besides, we found each other now." I told him.

"But I could have gotten you reunited earlier..." He murmured.

I smiled and reached for his hand. "It's alright. I'm happy enough to be with her again."

He didn't say anything but when he smiled, I knew it was forced. Something is bothering him and I know what it was. With every smile of his to the way he takes care of meㅡmy heart breaks.

Because I know he's trying so hard to give me the best of my last days.

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"Would you visit Japan with me?" He asked while we were walking, hand in hand, on the sidewalk.

"I'd go anywhere with you!"

He smiled. "Then let's go to Japan."

"I don't even know where that is but yeah, I will go with you."

He rubbed his eyebrow with a frown. "But you don't have a passport!"

"What? Um, can't we get one?"