18 – 18.
“Let’s talk.”
Mayeonseo, standing at the entrance, calmly demanded a conversation with me.
“When did you come back?”
Not realizing that she had returned from the United States because I had blocked her contact, I momentarily hesitated and tried to send her away with a cold expression.
“…There’s nothing to talk about.”
And then I tried to completely shut her out by closing the door…
Thump! She stuck her foot in the door crack and forcefully opened it.
“W-What strength…”
All I could do was watch as the door opened.
“Should we talk here?”
“……”
The wide-open door and the intersecting gazes.
Having accepted that I couldn’t stop it at this point, I reluctantly let her inside.
“….”
“….”
A heavy silence filled the house.
Looking around at the piled-up belongings, Mayeonseo asked a question in a nonchalant tone, as if nothing had happened.
“Have you finished organizing?”
A curt response burst out at her audacity.
“You probably know everything already.”
She didn’t refute my cheeky remark.
“…I’m sorry.”
Instead, she lowered her gaze and offered a straightforward apology.
“…!”
It was an unexpected reaction.
“…I should have been there for you… I won’t make excuses.”
“….”
“I understand why you got angry and said mean things.”
“….”
“So… let’s pretend that what happened back then didn’t happen.”
As always, Mayeonseo didn’t force anything, get angry, or make threats.
I just calmly acknowledged my own mistakes and suggested reconciliation.
If it had been the old me, I would have suppressed my feelings and moved on.
But now, it was different.
“…Yeonseo….”
I let out a deep sigh and looked straight at her.
And I confessed the sincerity that I had hidden deep in my heart for a long time.
“I don’t like you anymore.”
It was too late to turn back.
Everything I said before was sincere. Being with you suffocates me, and the stress even reaches deep into my soul.”
Now is the time for each of us to go our separate ways.
“…I apologize for saying hurtful things. But… I can’t take back the words of breaking up. I’m sorry.”
I also have a desire to only keep good memories.
Anyway, she is my one and only first love in my lifetime.
“…I was wrong, Yoochan…!”
But Mayeonseo didn’t give up easily.
Suddenly, she grabbed my hand tightly and begged for forgiveness with a pitiful expression….
“I’ll do better from now on. Just give me one more chance. I won’t behave arrogantly anymore….”
Maybe it was because my heart had already drifted away, but I didn’t feel any particular emotions when I saw her like that.
“…Yeonseo, you were already doing well. It’s just that I couldn’t handle it.”
Looking back, Mayeonseo was a presence far beyond what I deserved.
From one to ten, everything.
It’s because I forced myself to accept more than I could handle.
“So, you don’t have to apologize anymore.”
“……”
As I gently released her held hand, a fierce expression crossed her face.
“I… I can’t live without you.”
“……”
“I’ll die.”
In the end, it’s another threat.
“…Sigh….”
Disappointment flooded over me.
She was always like this.
If things didn’t go her way, she would resort to threats.
“You… You really disappoint me to the end.”
Furrowing my brows, I let out a deep sigh and muttered bitterly.
“…I didn’t become friends with you back then.”
Right at that moment.
“…Huh?”
Her face showed a flicker of uncertainty.
“…What did you just say?”
“I’m done talking, so just leave now.”
With no intention of continuing the conversation, I abruptly stood up and gestured for her to leave.
In response, Ma Yeon-seo also stood up and tightly grabbed my wrist…
“What did you just say?”
Thud. Suddenly, an immense force gripped my wrist.
“Ugh…! L-let go of me…!”
“Yoo-chan, I’m asking you. What did you just say?”
She interrogated me with a lowered voice.
Startled, I looked at her, and her eyes, which were always full of life, were chillingly lifeless.
She wasn’t in her right mind.
“Krk…!”
In my confusion, I tried to push her away, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t shake her off.
A mere ordinary person cannot overpower an awakened individual beyond their standards.
“Y-yeon-seo…! Let go of this…!”
“…No… You said I was your favorite…”
Her murmuring sent shivers down my spine, and her grip on my hand grew stronger.
“Yeon-seo, please…!”
“I’m the only one, remember!!!”
Thud! In an instant, a fierce pain pierced through my wrist.
“aaargh!”
In the blinding pain before my eyes, I screamed and collapsed onto the ground, my legs giving out.
“M-My, my wrist…!”
I was terrified by the horrific pain I was experiencing for the first time.
“P-Please… save me…!!!”
“Yoochan. Hurry up and say it. Just now, I’m canceling that.”
“Nooooo!!”
She threatened me mercilessly, twisting my wrist in the opposite direction.
If I didn’t answer quickly, she seemed ready to break my wrist completely.
“I-I have to answer.”
Inside my head, the emergency alarm rang, urging me to give her the answer she wanted.
But…
“N-No, I won’t!”
My feeble pride pressed me to resist.
“Then I’d rather just kill you!!!”
I no longer wanted to surrender to her.
“…You’re still not coming to your senses….”
“Nooooo!!!”
Just before my wrist was about to snap, I finally managed to break free and collapsed to the ground, realizing the power difference and becoming pale.
“H-Hi, h-hehehe…!”
“Yoochan. We haven’t finished talking yet.”
And at that moment when Mae-yeonseo approached me confidently.
“Oh, don’t come any closer!!”
Instinctively, I swung my hand and forcefully pushed hers away.
“Oh, sh*t.”
Thinking that I had provoked her for no reason, I hunched my body in anticipation of the imminent pain and tightly closed my eyes.
…But…
Contrary to my expectations, nothing happened.
“…?”
I looked up, and Mae-yeonseo, whose hand I had pushed away, was staring at me with a shocked expression on her face.
As if…
Like a child caught in a terrible mistake.
“…Ah, no….”
She quickly poured out her explanation in a panicked manner, her bewildered expression showing fear.
“No, Yoo-chan…! I, I…”
Fear overwhelmed me more than her wavering behavior.
“No, it’s not like that…!”
With a panicked face, Mae-yeonseo cautiously reached out her hand as if she wanted to say something.
But…
“Eugh…!”
Startled by the chilling fear that struck my mind, I unconsciously shrunk my body and avoided her touch.
“Ah…”
As if being shocked once again, she let out a small sigh and slowly withdrew her hand.
Then, trembling, she held her hand close to her and apologized softly.
“I… I’m sorry… I… I’m sorry….”
With that, she turned her frozen back and began to pack her belongings in a rush.
In the process, she dropped things several times, her hand trembling uncontrollably.
“I’m sorry…”
Finally, leaving her apology behind like she was escaping, she abruptly disappeared.
“f*ck…”
From Noble mtl dot com
It was truly the worst breakup.
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Tick… tick… tick…
As Yeonseo walked along the chilly street, she recalled the image of Yoochan looking up at her with a frightened face.
It wasn’t the gaze of someone looking at their beloved, but rather the gaze of someone looking at a monster.
Every time she recalled that gaze, her heart felt like it was being stabbed with a knife.
“…”
Why did it turn out like this?
Where did it go wrong?
Everything was going well, for sure.
If only they had a little more time, they could have returned to the love they had for each other in the past.
-I didn’t become close with you at that time.
In that moment when all the accumulated memories were denied, I lost my sanity.
Everything was thrown off by a moment of anger.
“If only I had held on a little longer…”
Yeonso regretted her impulsive actions.
If only she had been a little more cautious.
If only she hadn’t caused harm, at the very least.
But sadly, regretting didn’t change anything.
Because now, she had crossed a river that couldn’t be turned back.
Both she and Yoochan.
It truly was over.
Everything.
“….”
Facing reality, Mayeonsero absentmindedly took steps towards the apartment filled with memories of Yoochan.
And then, as she entered the elevator that arrived, she took out her phone and left a message.
If something happens, asking Yoochan to send her a red rose and a letter in her name.
[33rd floor.]
The elevator reached its destination.
Descending from the highest floor, she immediately headed towards the emergency stairs.
Thud. Thud. Thud.
There was no hesitation in her footsteps as she climbed the stairs.
Now, there was only one way for her to remain eternally in Yoochan’s memories.
“…It’s cold….”
Standing on the rooftop where the chilly wind blew, Mayeonseo looked around with a desolate expression.
Then, she took off her shoes and coat, neatly arranging them on one side.
As her body chilled, her mind became clear.
“……”
She exhaled a breath of smoke and slowly approached the rooftop railing in the distance.
Step by step. As she got closer to the railing, memories with Yoochan flashed before her eyes.
From the moment she first sat next to him.
The moment they started talking by chance.
The moment he started teaching her studies at his request.
The moment she was acknowledged as his friend for the first time.
The moment they first went home together.
The moment she entered the same school.
The moment she felt secretly sad when their class was divided.
The moment she felt anxious as he became more and more attractive.
The moment she felt jealousy towards him for the first time.
The moment they first kissed and began dating.
The moment they went on their first date and shared an exhilarating experience.
They were memories that I would never forget, even in death.
Perhaps they would also linger in Yoochan’s heart for a long, long time.
They may fade, but they would never disappear, like scars.
Forever.
Eternally.
Whooong─. Finally, a strong wind blew on the empty rooftop.
After a moment, there was a thud! sound from below the rooftop.
aaah! Someone screamed.
And so, their love came to an end.
She really is hurting Mc to no end… His mother just died man… now add that the guilt of this? Realy selflessness right here