Oneshots from Songs

Thank You

Inspired by ; Hug Me by South Club (Nam Taehyun)

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"Thank you for coming." I said to the people that came to the funeral. I looked at Yieun who was standing still beside me. She looked very lost. Maybe she was still thinking about something that she would do to continue her life or maybe she was still thinking about ways to die early. I sighed.

Losing both of her parents instantly made her heart broke into pieces. She got nothing. At that moment, she felt incomplete. Luckily, I was staying by her side from the moment she knew about her parents were having an accident. My parents and I were helping Yieun with everything that she needed during she couldn't think about a single thing inside her mind. She wanted to die. She wanted to commit suicide.

I remembered that night after doctor announced that Yieun's parents died, Yieun almost died because of sleeping pills that she took. She said that she wanted to take one sleeping pill because she couldn't sleep well. She wanted to sleep because she needed energy to face another day without her parents. I just nodded at her request and then I saw that she took only one pill in front of me.

Then, at 2 in the morning, I woke up because I heard someone at the kitchen. I walked out from my room to the kitchen and I saw that Yieun was holding a packet of sleeping pills and she already took out 4 pills from that packet. "Yieun!" I screamed. Yieun looked at me emotionless. I went to Yieun that looked blurred by her own actions. "What did you want to do, Park Yieun?" I asked. Yieun was staring at the pills on her palm and her eyes got teary again. "I don't know, Woohyun. I really don't know. I'm tired of crying. I'm tired, Woohyun. I want to die. Let me die. Please..."

"I will not let you die, Yieun. Never." I said as I hugged Yieun that was getting skinny.
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I woke up from my deep thought about something that happened two days ago. Yieun held my hand and looked at me. "Yes? What do you want, princess?" She smiled at me. I felt better when she started to smile again after 3 days even though I didn't know if that smile was sincere or not. Without tears in her eyes, she looked pretty even without makeup.

"I want to go home." She said. I nodded. Then, we put 2 roses on both of her parents' graves. We walked away from those graves as Yieun held my hand tightly. I looked at her left eye and saw her tears. I touched her eye with my right thumb and wiped her tears. She looked at me and smiled. "Thank you." She said.
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I was driving to my house when Yieun requested something to me. "Can we go to my house?" She said. "Why?" I asked.

"I want to go there and live there by myself."

"But you are not in a good condition." Yieun stared at me.

"Do you assume that I have mental health? Do you think that I still want to commit suicide?" Yieun's voice sounded upset and made me looked at her with the corner of my left eye. "No. I didn't me-"

"Stop lying, Woohyun! You don't believe me, you don't support me!" I stopped my car for a while because I felt that I couldn't argue with her while driving. I turned my body to face Yieun. I held her shoulders with my two hands.

"Look, Yieun. I never said that I don't believe you. I will always support you, my dear. Why do you doubt? Yes, I worry about you right now and about your decision to live alone. You are not in your normal state. I know it, Yieun. I know you. This is not Park Yieun. This is not you. I'm your boyfriend so I'm responsible to take care of you after your parents gone. I don't want to say this to you because I think that this is too early but I have to tell you, Yieun. I want to marry you." Her eyes looked teary again. I played with her hair playfully and wiped her tears. "Alright. Let's go to your house." She nodded and paid attention to buildings on her left. I looked in front and started to drive again before I heard she said something very soft to me. "Thank you so much." I smiled. "My pleasure."
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I looked inside the refrigerator at Yieun's house. Empty. I begun to search for food at the cabinet. 3 cups of ramen. Hmm....alright. I searched for something else that eat for dinner. Only kimchi? Hmm... I sighed and begun to boil water for their ramen. I took out 2 cups of ramen and opened it. I took a small bowl and put kimchi in it. Then, I rested for a while and waited for water that I boiled.

I sat at the chair near to a table. I stretched his back and massaged my head. Then, I dumped my head on the table. Yieun was taking a bath right after we arrived. It's been 15 minutes and she's still there? I was about to lift my head and wanted to search for Yieun but then I felt her two soft hands were massaging my head. I looked up and looked straight into her eyes. She smiled brightly at me. "Thank you." She said.

Few minutes after that, we ate together. Both of us were happy and talked about anything without thinking about anything that could make us sad. Suddenly, Yieun stopped smiling then looked down at her ramen without looking at me.

"Is there anything wrong?" I asked. Yieun looked up at me. She smiled. "Nothing. I just, well, I miss mama and dad." I nodded and looked at her ramen. "Are you sure that you want to stay here?"

"I don't think so. I mean, if I stay here, I will surely cry every day, every night and I will look ugly and you will never look at me again." I chuckled at her statement. I playfully punched her face and she grinned at me. I looked at her face. "So? Where do you want to live? At my house?" She nodded. "I think so. I also think that nowadays I need to know who is the real Oh Woohyun. But tonight, can we stay here? I want to stay here for the last time but I don't want to be alone. You are here with me right?" I nodded at her.

She smiled and begun to clean the table after we were done. She took my cup of ramen and threw it to the rubbish. Then, she took 2 mugs and made chocolate drinks for us. She placed a mug in front of me then she sat down beside me again. "Thanks." I said. She smiled and drank her chocolate drink slowly.
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Yieun took out a big mattress for us. Then, she took two blankets and threw it on the mattress. I sat down near to the mattress and then I arranged the blankets and the pillows that were on the mattress.

"Can we sleep together for tonight? I don't wanna be alone." She said as she sat down on the mattress. I joined her. I smiled and nodded and I ruffled her hair. She smiled at me and wiped her eyes. Maybe she was about to cry but she kept it inside by herself. She lied down and pulled me to lie next to her. I lied down and faced her.

"It's good to have a brother." She smiled and she closed her eyes.

"It's good to have a boyfriend." She said again.

"It's also good to have a future husband." She added. I chuckled while staring at her beautiful face.

That face lost its shine. That face looked tired. Those eyes that lighten up before became dull and surrounded by dark circles. That white nose became reddish because of flu that were caused by her endless tears. Those lips became plain without any lipstick or lip gloss or lip balm. I stared at the tired Park Yieun. Her mouth opened a bit because she couldn't breathe through her nose.

"Don't leave me, Woohyun." She mumbled for the last time before she fell asleep.

"I will stay here."

"Thank you." She said. I smiled at her and stroked her hair. I pulled my body closer to that body that was getting skinny.

I hugged her as I closed my eyes and slept while hugging that small figure.