Masterpiece

Chapter 42

Mina was still crying, 3 months have passed since Minji also did.

She never left her room, she cut all of her contacts from the outside world, she locked herself inside her room like what her grandfather did to her when she was still young.

Mina never understood why life was so unfair to her, not that she felt like she was carrying the whole world on her back—but she just felt like the world was really unfair to her. Or was she the one unfair?

Mina hugs her pillow and lets her tears spill, she stares at the envelope that Eunji gave her at Minji's funeral.

"What's this?" Mina asks when Eunji gives her a white envelope sealed with a red sticker.

"Minji.. she left letters for us. And this one is for you." Eunji didn't make eye contact with her, she refused to.

"Did you already open it?" Mina asks, she noticed that the envelope looked like it was opened before it got to her hands.

"What?" Eunji asks then laughs shortly, "No. I didn't." She answers before leaving the envelope to Mina's hands and walked away from her.

Mina knows that Eunji had read Minji's letter for her and whatever was inside, it had a huge impact to Eunji. Because Mina noticed that the girl always spaced out in the funeral, her eyes boring to Mina's face.

Mina decided to grab the envelope and caresses it with her fingers.

"Minji-yah, should I open this?" Mina asks, knowing the no one will answer her question.

Mina doesn't wait for an answer and she carefully opens the envelope, she grabs the folder paper inside it and unfolds it to read. Then, a necklace with a penguin pendant fell from the envelope but Mina didn't pay attention to ir, she read the letter.

[    Dear Nana,

             I'm sorry if I died too soon, death is something inevitable and I have a lot of things to tell you but time didn't let me. I'm writing this to let you know that I've already seen it. I've already seen how I will die and the next things that will happen in the future. Eunji will open this envelope and read it but she will stop, she still has manners for you. I've also seen that Eunji will slowly grow distant to you and will start to blame you for my death, and I'm asking you to be patient with her. Please, bear with her.

             With this letter, I'm going to confess everything that I have done. That we both have done these past years. I'm afraid that I'll have to apologize that you'll have someone chasing you for the reason that she thinks you're her first love. But I'm going to ask you a favor, please if you meet her, act like you are me. Act like you're her first love. I am very sorry that I used your name, I didn't expect feelings to develop this quickly and I'm very afraid that I can't give her back the love she'll give me. Do you remember the days when you and I will switch identities for a day to fool people for fun? And the day when I asked you to switch your identity with mine? I did that because of someone named Son Chaeyoung, she's my first love.

              I don't remember how it started but I do remember that she knows a certain Myoui Sharon Mina who cared for her, who gave her the love that she wanted, who taught her all these things. But she had to migrate to U.S and all our contact was cut, I lost all my hope that I'll see her again and asked you to be yourself again. That was when Sofu decided to lock you up, I didn't know that he was going to do that when he found out about our plan to switch identities, you put the blame on yourself and I was guilty for it. 2 years later, you were freed and I never felt so happy, but Chaeyoung was back. Rina was back and I was shocked to see her. She looked for you, she didn't see me. She asked for your names, she didn't look into my eyes. She spoke of you like you were her world, she didn't realize that I was. And all of those because I was a fool, that I told you to be Myoui Sharon Minji for the whole month and that I'll pretend to be you.

               And now that I think about it, she might not be in love with me. She might not be in love with Myoui Minji, she's in love with Myoui Mina. Because I talked like how you do, I laughed like how you do, I taught her like you would, I always gave her a bright gummy smile like you would. I..I forgot that I was supposed to be Minji, I used your identity because it's what Chaeyoung wants to see in me.

               And as I said, death is inevitable but I'll ask you this Mina, is my death inevitable? Now, the question seems confusing but I'll already tell you the answer. No. But I shouldn't have died, I'm supposed to be alive. But then again, I'm already 6 feet under you and I'm asking you another favor. I also put this in Eunji's envelope.

               Preserve my heart for Son Chaeyoung. Because that's how it's supposed to be, my heart already belongs to her emotionally and I'm giving it to her physically, to let her breathe and live with you happily.

              And for the last favor that I'm going to ask you, please love Son Chaeyoung back. It isn't that hard to love her but please, please.. please.. be patient with her, love all of her insecurities, all her flaws. Stick with her even if a heavy storm is coming, hug her when she's sad. When we were still young, we made a promise back then that we'll stay by each other's side, she also gave me a penguin necklace and from now on, I'm asking you to wear it everyday.

              Thank you for your understanding and remember that I love you. Myoui Sharon Mina, my sister and my twin. I love you, I know it will be hard in the future with Chaeyoung and Eunji, but keep your head up high and your heart strong. You're a brave person, Mina. I believe in you.

P.S. Stop locking yourself in your room and help Eunji with the hospital.

                                                    Sincerely Yours,
                                                              Myoui Sharon Minji    ]

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this is only a filler chapter and I think a lot of holes in the story are filled. I think.