"as soon as you think 'magic shop', you'll see the door"
in which a boy ends up in a place that to the real world looks just like an ordinary antique shop, but in reality it's something much more
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"w- wait, magic shop? isn't this an antique shop?" questioned hyunjin.
"it's both. a place that neither exists or ceases to exist. a place you can come to whenever you feel like disappearing or running away so that you have somewhere to go. it's meant to bring you comfort." eunha explains.
"how do i leave?"
"like i explained before, whenever you want. to find it again, walk down the same path and it's here."
hyunjin nods his head and looks out the window. he didn't know why he didn't do that before he opened the door. they were still in space.
"so do i just wish to go home?" he turns to eunha.
she shrugs her shoulders, "up to you. now come on, let me show you something."
he followed her to to the back of the shop down a hall that leads to a spiral staircase that creaked as they walked up.
when they got to the second floor he couldn't believe his eyes. the ceiling was glass and dome shaped. it extended to the middle of the wall. you could see the galaxy. the pieces of space rock, stars and planets, everything. he gasped in awe.
"keep looking up like that and you'll hurt your neck, go ahead and lay down. if you want a better look there's a loft above you and some books if you get bored." said eunha before leaving.
hyunjin laid down on the floor prepping himself against a bean bag. he could stare for hours. it was all so beautiful. he never thought once in his life he would get to experience anything like this.
about fifteen minutes passed and eunha came back up with two mugs. she hands one of them to hyunjin and says, "it's chamomile tea." she sits down next to him staring out the glass. "wanna tell me how you came here? this place can only be found by some people who felt the same way you did. there hasn't been any people in a while."
he takes out the crumpled report card from his pocket and hands it to her, "because of this." she uncrumples the paper, "grades? these are good though."
he scoffed, "not good enough."
"parents?"
hyunjin nods his head.
eunha shakes her head, "ugh, tell me about it."
"it's all they cared about. my dads a doctor and my moms a prosecutor. they really want me to go to the best university." he says.
she sighed, "same old story, they'll just never get it will they?"
"hm, i think it's working. i feel a lot better." he took a sip of his tea, "hey, what time is it?"
"hmm, in seoul right now, it would be nine i think?" said eunha.
getting up hyunjin says, "i should probably leave, i still have a paper to write."
"oh, see you then." said eunha.
"bye." hyunjin replies before walking down the spiral staircase. when he opened the door to leave the shop, he found the street again. he was back in seoul.
