I hadn’t really been to a concert before, but once I entered and found my seat, strangely, my heart began to flutter.
Because people were passing by, the stage was intermittently visible, but even that filled with anticipation.
“Wow, honestly, I thought it would be similar to watching a movie, but it’s very different?”
“Right. It’s my first ti too, so I’m a bit nervous.”
Choi Yiseo also seed excited since it was her first concert, as a faint smile appeared on her lips.
The atmosphere wasn’t bad.
Because I was holding on to her in line, others occasionally glared at us with a mix of jealousy, but that was just a part of it.
Originally, it was rare for soone to co to such a concert alone, so everyone was preoccupied with their own partners.
“What should I do, I’m so excited.”
Choi Yiseo, stomping her feet, was trying hard to suppress her excitent.
It was the first ti seeing her act like a child, which felt refreshingly cute.
I also felt proud of myself for succeeding in getting the tickets.
When I offered Han-kang and Pyo Jinho as sacrifices, I felt a twinge of guilt now and then.
But seeing Choi Yiseo so happy made think it wouldn’t be a problem to offer them up a few more tis.
“Oh, looks like it’s starting.”
At that mont, so lights went out, and the remaining lights began to focus on the stage.
The mont the singer appeared on stage, I thought cheers would erupt.
Instead, the audience was srized by the quietly resonant voice, exclaiming out loud not even crossing their minds.
“Wow.”
Having stayed in the sa position for three hours straight, I twisted my stiff neck from side to side.
Choi Yiseo pressed on my neck as we walked, which eased it a little.
After roughly receiving a massage, I reciprocated by giving one to Choi Yiseo, and we shared our thoughts.
“I didn’t realize concerts could be this grand. Seeing it in person is amazing.”
When I clicked my tongue in amazent, Choi Yiseo nodded vigorously in agreent.
“It’s really different from just listening to the recordings. It felt like I was absorbing the music with my whole body.”
“Oh, good analogy! That’s exactly it.”
I nodded while pressing on Choi Yiseo’s slender neck. That expression seed just right.
“What should we do now? Should we get dinner?”
The concert was over, and it was already evening.
The sun had set, and I was feeling peckish, so I checked my phone to see if there was anything to eat nearby.
“No.”
Choi Yiseo gently pushed my hand away.
I wondered if the massage was enough now, but there was a strangely damp resonance in her voice.
The fresh atmosphere just monts ago cooled with the winter wind.
Choi Yiseo, who stepped forward, distanced herself from , and the hand that was pressing on her nape lingered there faintly.
As if it regretted her departure.
“Choi Yiseo?”
Out of anxiousness, I urgently called her na without realizing it.
Otherwise, it felt like Choi Yiseo would leave without looking back at at any mont.
“Woojin, listen carefully from now on.”
Choi Yiseo’s navy blue eyes were moist, tears welling up in them.
However, as if hoping I wouldn’t notice, the tears just welled up without flowing.
“During the break, I worked with Yoon-ji.”
“……”
It was a na that wasn’t very welco to .
A na that still remained like a lump in my heart, delivering a heavy feeling.
“Right now, Yoon-ji is working with your brother.”
“I know, she is working with my second brother.”
I heard from my eldest brother last ti.
I still don’t know what exactly you’re doing, though.
“I helped Yoon-ji there. Actually…I wanted to hear about you from Yoon-ji.”
“……”
“So what I’m trying to say is, Yoon-ji hasn’t forgotten you yet.”
Even when my eldest brother said sothing similar last ti.
I had imagined such things.
What if Yoon-ji had left for so unspeakable reason.
Then how should I react?
“Yoon-ji is working for you now.”
“For…?”
“Yeah, to free you from the family business. So you don’t have to rely on the family’s help.”
A chilling feeling crept over .
Family business and family.
The blood of my father within boiled, urging to live as the heir to the company.
“It was just a slight misunderstanding… No, it was just a miscommunication that made you break up.”
“……”
I felt a certain hollowness.
During the vacation after the first sester, living like a recluse.
I imagined it countless tis, hoping it was true.
Of all people, Choi Yiseo was the one telling .
The one who helped the most to get over Oh Yoon-ji.
It had to be her.
She was thrusting the mories and unknown truths of that day back at .
The hollowness made my heart ache.
The heaviness made my tongue heavy as lead.
It felt like my eyes were slightly moist.
Unable to answer, just confused, Choi Yiseo smiled bitterly at .
“I’ll speak first, Woojin.”
Without hesitation.
And honestly.
Choi Yiseo calmly unravels words that cannot be spoken lightly to others.
“I feel guilty.”
Why?
Such words needed to be said.
But all that ca out was a white breath as she bit her lips.
“Yoon-ji is my friend. And you were her boyfriend. Even morally, this isn’t right.”
Choi Yiseo’s expression gradually contorts.
She hastily wipes away the tears that almost fall because of it.
“Woojin, do you know what I thought after finding all this out?”
She tried to smile, but her cheeks stiffened awkwardly as if it wasn’t easy.
“A little.”
“……”
“Just a little bit.”
A wish close to a lant.
Desperation contained within the sorrow.
“I wished that I’d t you earlier.”
Only then.
Choi Yiseo smiled at .
Without shedding tears, the smile without awkwardness is a confession of love for and a farewell gift.
One day.
When I recall the mories of us.
This mont.
That bright smile of Choi Yiseo.
Is the epilogue of mories and the full stop of a brief love.
“Again.”
Realizing that.
“Do I have to go through the sa thing again?”
I strode towards Choi Yiseo.
The stiffness I felt just monts ago seed like a lie. Sitting in the corner of my room, hugging my knees, and crying over a lost love…
No longer suited the person I had beco.
“Do you rember what you said to , when Ahn Hyeon-ho confessed and you were walking ho that day?”
I reached out to her.
Choi Yiseo stepped back to avoid my hand, but.
“You said you’d give the right to hold on to you.”
I didn’t give up on holding her.
I reached my hand out again.
“Don’t hold . It’s different now than it was back then…”
This ti, Choi Yiseo brushed my hand off.
But still, I reached out again.
I grabbed her wrist as she tried to push away and closed the distance between us.
The distance was close enough to feel each other’s breath.
I rebuked her with emotions mixed with resentnt.
“Do you know what really pisses off?”
I was so angry that my head felt hot, and there was one thing that annoyed so much in this situation.
Soone who caused a rift between Oh Yoon-ji and ?
My second brother, who didn’t explain properly while working with Oh Yoon-ji?
Oh Yoon-ji, who called Choi Yiseo to work and explained separately?
No.
Neither of them.
None at all.
“What’s really making angry!”
Is you.
Choi Yiseo.
“Why do you feel guilty!”
I resented her for feeling guilty.
“What did you do wrong to hang your head like a sinner?”
I hated her for regretting the past.
Because I…
“You saved !”
Because she helped .
Thanks to her, I could think that maybe I could love soone again and start over.
The one who made that possible was Choi Yiseo.
The one who healed was her.
“Why are you regretting that! Why are you thinking of it as a sin! What wrong have you done in that!”
If there was any wrongdoing, it would be by , Oh Yoon-ji, or soone else that was involved.
At least, it wasn’t Choi Yiseo.
“I won’t let you go.”
I release her wrist, which she held tightly while silently shedding tears.
Then, I gently embrace her as if to hide her in my arms.
“You are never the perpetrator. No one can point fingers at you.”
Is she a bad woman for loving her friend’s lover?
No, that’s not it.
If anyone points fingers.
“It’s not you, it’s who’s the bad guy.”
It should have been all along.
“It’s because I’m a scumbag who flirts with this woman and that woman without any principles.”
Seo Yerin, Yu Arin, both the sa.
They both have feelings for , and this ambiguous situation is ultimately my fault.
“I’m the bad guy, so don’t you worry.”
You just pitifully t the wrong man.
Instead, the one who should be stoned for extending his vile hands even to his ex’s friend is .
“Do whatever you want. No matter what you do, I’ll be the bad guy at the end.”
If you want to love, then love.
If you want to leave, then just leave.
If you want to forget the past and pretend it never happened, then do so.
But.
I hoped that it was due to our own emotions.
I wished it wasn’t because of the guilt I felt through soone else.
Choi Yiseo, who was sobbing, lightly tapped my chest with her fist.
A powerless reproach.
“How could you do that?”
“……”
“Even though I’m here, you say you’ll et soone else…as if it’s for ?!”
“Because I’m trash?”
I gave a slight squeeze to the hand holding Choi Yiseo with a bitter smile.
“So even if you like , it’s inevitable, isn’t it?”
“Bastard! Bad guy!”
Choi Yiseo’s hand, hitting my chest, grew stronger.
Rather, it felt like she was returning to her original self.
Facing the winter wind, I laughed heartily.
Looking up at , Choi Yiseo clenched her fist and caught her breath.
“Bad man.”
When we stood in line earlier, you gave a hint.
“This is when you kiss.”
Ah.
“There is a lot to learn.”
I lowered one hand to Choi Yiseo’s waist, supported the back of her neck with the other, and kissed her on the lips.
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