wish upon the ocean | park jimin

PROLOGUE

I stood close to the shore, letting the sea breeze go through my hair as I breathed the smell of fish and salt. Finally, after years of living in the States, I was finally home. I closed my eyes and kept walking forward until I felt small waves of water lapping towards my feet. I smiled, crouching down and saying, "I missed the ocean." I suddenly heard a voice coming from the sea, a voice so familiar, and yet one I couldn't put a face on.

I walked towards it, my skirt getting a bit wet, but I still couldn't reach the source of the voice, it was like it was getting farther away from me, I couldn't understand what was happening, I tried to walk towards it more but eventually, the water was above my stomach and the waves kept on hitting me harshly. I retreated towards the shore, not even realizing my skirt was super wet, as if I was in a trance. I could still hear the voice, I looked back and was surprised to see a glow in the sea.

"What in the actual world was that?"

I widened my eyes and quickly walked towards my house, and never looked back to the ocean again, unaware of the woman staring at me from afar.

"Han Hee Jin, what a peculiar name."