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❝—𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯'
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴...❞
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"I tried to talk to my parents, who were vey biased to my sister, but all they did was tell me to suck it up and accept that my sister was better than me in every way. I started to wonder what was the point of me working so hard if I wasn't even going to be recognized by my own parents. I started to overwork myself and whenever I did, I would get heavy nosebleeds. It was around that time that my parents even scolded me for having breakdowns. So the only solution was... to lie." I looked over to see Wonwoo-hyung, hoping he wasn't going to get sleepy from this but he still seemed to be still listening. I drank some water that he gave and continued. 

"I ended up having a talent of lying. I was able to lie about everything so effortlessly. Even me just smiling was... a lie. I ended up keeping everything to myself. However... Because of that, I started to hide everything from everyone. I felt the burden that it gave. There was nothing to hide now that I think of it. No one asked anyways... Then, I started to write on that journal. Because I wrote a lot, my handwriting improved greatly." I finished. I looked over to Wonwoo-hyung, who was still sitting next to me. "Ah! S-Sorry I was ranting too mu--"

I was interrupted by something unexpected. I felt a warm embrace. Wonwoo-hyung gave me a hug. It was such a simple and common thing... But for some reason... Silent tears came rolling down. Those tears that were being held back for so long... They came back. My hands found their way to Wonwoo-hyung's sleeves and I tightened my grip on them. That was when I cried for the first time, I let it all out. Silent tears like a little child... I finally broke free from that fake smile that caged me. I let go and wiped my tears with my sleeve. 

"It's fine to let your feelings out. It's never something wrong to do so. But when you feel like no one would listen to you, you can come to us. We are something like found family you can say. So if you have a problem, then you can tell us and maybe your burden wouldn't be as much. We can solve a problem together, okay?" Wonwoo-hyung's words... "Thank you, hyung." I said with sincerity. Without realizing, a smile showed on my face. This time... It was far from fake. It was a real smile and that came with a feeling I wouldn't forget. Happiness... Joy... Hope... They were all real. It was something I haven't felt in a long time. 

"Do you feel better?" Wonwoo-hyung asked. I nodded and took my bag and stood up. "I would love to talk more, hyung. But... I think I need to go now. My parents won't like it if I would show up late." I sighed. I walked towards the door and turned back, "See you at graduation day, hyung!" He waved to me goodbye and I left. I walked out to the hallway and to the exit. "It's getting colder..." I opened my bag and took out my light blue jacket. 

"Over-the-top nameless
As meaningless as people
If we were to be forgotten now
I think I'm gonna be lonely

One day in each day
Passing breathlessly
One day of tomorrow
Even if the world goes the other way...

Every day is not my way
It's foggy, but...
There's a lot of roads ahead of me

So please come with me so we can go through this together."