STARS || ksy

37

Soonyoung knew. That he was dying.

He could feel hinself being dragged slowly to the bottom of the sea. He could feel the chilling sea water brush against his skin. He could taste the saltiness of it.

Just then, memories of his past zoomed into his mind.

However...

Jisoo was in all of them.

One memory showed a toddler Soonyoung and a toddler Jisoo squatting by a small pond, catching small fish with nothing but their bare hands.

"I caught one, Youngie!"

Another memory showed a young Soonyoung and Jisoo running around in Soonyoung's chicken pen, with a small cluster of baby chicks chasing them.

"Let's run! Youngie!"

The third memory showed a middle school Soonyoung teaching Jisoo math.

"I understand now, Youngie!"

Soonyoung felt weightless, as his body drifted deeper into the sea, his eyes were merely open, staring at the reflection of the sun from under the sea.

Just then, the final memory seemed to jolt Soonyoung awake.

Soonyoung didn't see himself in the dream...

But it was a young Jisoo and Wonwoo, in the backseat of the car, blood smeared over their faces, cuts everywhere. Wonwoo seemed to have lost conscious already, whereas Jisoo was still awake, whispering something before she lost her consciousness.

"I love you, Youngie..."

Soonyoung's eyes widened as the last memory, along with the three others, disappeared from his mind as quickly as they had appeared.

And then, he understood.

He understood everything.

Soonyoung watched as his body seemed to be getting closer and closer to the ocean's surface. The light from the sun was blinding, Soonyoung felt as though something was dragging him out from the sea.

Just as he felt his whole body leave the cold waters, he breathed heavily and knocked out cold.

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