Brent runs into a sad Mark in the supermart and they fall in love. They are subjected to many harsh obstacles, including the hatred and potential danger from sasaengs.
Maybe someday, their fight will be over, and they'll be happy together; for now...
I met him 3 years ago today. It was a quarter to twelve, 5 November 2016, and it was raining cats and dogs. I was taking a walk to pull myself together as I had just broken up with my partner of 2 years when it started raining. Usually, I didn't mind getting wet in the rain but call it fate or something, I decided to take shelter in the nearby supermart. I wasn't the only one who had the same idea, because there were a bunch of people standing at the counter giving looks of disgust and anger to the sky. Nevertheless, I dragged myself inside and started to roam around the store.
At one point, I just took out my phone and started to delete all our pictures, and couldn't hold my tears back while doing so. I slumped against the wall of the store so suddenly that this person behind me didn't have enough time to stop or move out of the way. He tripped on my foot and fell right on top of me, and his mask accidentally came off. I didn't know who he was, but I could see that he was Korean and WAY too attractive. But he hid his face as fast as he could and started to beg me not to make a scene or let other people know who he was, but then, he noticed the lost look on my face. He said, "Oh, sorry. I saw your phone cover and just assumed that...... anyway, ignore what I just said, and I'm sorry for falling on you. Yeah, so, yeah, bye.", and started to leave. I asked him to stop, he turned and asked me what was wrong.
"You're crying. On the inside, you're crying. I can sense your tears. My phone cover is V from BTS and I don't know why you thought that I might know you because of that but regardless, you're hurting. I am too. But you should know that you'll be fine. Whatever you're going through, you'll make it out alive, and that is good enough!"
I still don't know as to why I said all that to him. Tears escaped his eyes as soon as I stopped talking, and he looked so helpless. His eyes begged me to hold him, to hug him, to comfort him. So I gave in to my heart, walked over to him and simply wiped his tears off. "You'll be fine.", I said to him. Then, he hugged me. He just collapsed onto my shoulders and started sobbing. He tried to mumble a sorry but I cut him off, "I know. I know. You'll be fine. I promise.". I patted his head like a mother would pat her child's and held him like he was a baby.
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When he finally stopped crying, we sat down right there in the supermart. I asked him just one question, "What did they do to you to make you cry so much?"
"Well, because of them, I'll probably never see my family again."
Well, normally, this could be interpreted as a lot of things, but I somehow knew exactly what he meant. He wanted to do something horrible to himself. What could he have endured that he was driven to this point?
