Past Honeymoon: BTOB IHS

Chapter 14

P A S T  H O N E Y M O O N
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"Even though we can't be
together, I know the
universe tried.
The stars lined up,
The years passed,
And you crossed
the line with those
sunflowers in hand,
but it was too late."
ㅡDemetra Gregorakis,
Love Letters In The Wall
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Chapter 14 | 3rd-person narration

MARRIAGE COUNSELING
1ST SESSION

Marriage counselor: Yoon Sera and Im Hyunsik, good morning.

Sera: Good morning.

Hyunsik: [silent]

Marriage counselor: See, I'll get straight to the point. The very first thing I ask my clients is this question: when did the problems start? What made you file for a divorce?

Sera: [silent]

Hyunsik: [silent]

Marriage counselor: I will need you both to answer me. Alright, take your time.

Sera: [stays silent]

Hyunsik: [frowns] It was... after she got checked up.

Marriage counselor: Uh-huh. What happened there?

Hyunsik: We found out we... can't have a child.

Marriage counselor: [speechless]

Sera: [sighs]

Marriage counselor: [clears her throat] Alright. What happened after that?"

Hyunsik: She was always on edge. We... always fought even over the smallest things. It wasㅡdraining.

Sera: I found out I couldn't bear a child. Did you want me to be happy about that?

Hyunsik: I didn't say you should be happy! It's justㅡyou. You were always picking fights-"

Sera: Oh, I was picking fights? Huh. You were-

Marriage counselor: [writes on her pad] Alright, that's enough. Did the both of you ever get over it?

Sera: No. He didn't.

Hyunsik: It's not that. I was just tired. Maybe at some point I got tired. I got tired of us always arguing, always fighting over something that I'd rather stay quiet.

Sera: So, you thought that was the best way to save this marriage? To keep quiet?

Hyunsik: Didn't you?

Marriage counselor: [writes on her pad] So, lack of communication there. It's not how it works, you know. You know how they say, "Don't go to bed mad at each other?"

Sera & Hyunsik: [silent]

Marriage counselor: [sighs] It's true, especially for married couples. You are married. You promised to stay together for better or for worse, and all that. But you can't take it in its literal sense. You can't just stay together for better or for worse. You need to work it out. If you have things you don't agree on, if you screamed your lungs out to each otherㅡthe rule should be that you talk about it at the end of the day, sort out what went wrong, what made the other put up a fight. And no matter what happens, don't go to bed while you're still mad at each other. Because then, you'll wake up still mad at each other, and then you'll spend the rest of the day mad at each other, and then it'll make you want to pick up fights again, and then you'll go to bed mad at each other. It's just a never ending cycle.