winter blues. kth

t w e n t y (alternate ending)

"will you be okay?"
Sun mi sees
constellations
in her mother's eyes

she
convinces herself
that haeri will be fine.

"taehyung isn't like
those people."

Haeri glows
when she talks.

She's happy,

after a long time,

having taehyung
to be
by her side.

"i'm just worried,

I don't

want taehyung
to do what father did."

haeri wipes the tears
cascading from her
daughter's eyes.

she's just fifteen,
she doesn't deserve
this.

she deserves
someone better than
jimin to
take care of her.

"You'll see,"
haeri smiles with
assertion, "i'm
finishing everything
in the court tomorrow."

"mom," her hands
grow warm under
haeri's love,

"divorce was the right
choice."

"it was, but
you don't break
a head over that,
young lady."

Sun mi radiates,"mom,"

"I want you
to kiss taehyung in
front of dad tomorrow."

"Sun mi"

"do you love taehyung?"

haeri blushes, "of course I love my boyfriend."

when she sees taehyung
outside the door,

she bursts
in euphoria.

"champ" he ruffles
sun mi's hair.

"I was suggesting mom
should kiss you
in front of dad
tomorrow."

taehyung cracks, "you still
call him your dad?
I dreamt of him hurting
your mum last night,
didn't know I had it in me
to uppercut someone,
but it came out when
I least expected. do you
think I should join boxing
club? in case that excuse
of a human decides to hit
on mum again?"

"totally, I'd join it"

"and, and" taehyung's
smile edges onto haeri's
memory,

"mommy should, too!
We'd be the boxing
family!"

haeri knows
that they'll be
fine, "We'd be
a great family."

taehyung embraces
her before leaving
a kiss with meaning

"We'll all
be alright."

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