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Time doesn't seem to pass by so quickly anymore.
Of course, ever since he was gone, Time stopped and then ticked ever so slightly. Even I could hear those ticking noises, the sound of his breath finally stopping, and the staggering breaths of his companions. The final cries as Kim Dokja were finally resting eternally and we couldn't do anything about it.
There was nothing else we could do but clench our fists and regret the moments we couldn't help him. The times he sacrificed himself for us, as we get angry at him for doing that. But what other way were we going to do to cope with his death? other than getting angry at him for being selfless? other than locking him up because he deserves to be stopped from his sacrificial self?
We all knew this would happen. We just didn't know when.
We should've seen it from the beginning. It all started with that damned smile.
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"Congratulations Jihye-ssi and Namwoon-ssi!" Yoo Sangah cheered while hugging the two. Her smile was still so bright just like before.
"Congrats, I guess." Han Sooyoung on the other hand was grumpy as usual and looked at her computer more than the two graduates. Her eyes squinting from time to time to check mistakes in her presentation that is be given tomorrow to her stubborn class.
"Han Sooyoung." Yoo Joonghyuk's voice was loud in the cafe and its intentions weren't very innocent. His eyes glared daggers at the supposed teacher while Han Sooyoung sighed at the terrorist and closed her laptop right after saving her presentation. Disappointment could be seen clearly in her eyes.
While that scenario happened, Jung Heewon was laying her head on her boyfriend's shoulder, Lee Hyunsung. Both of them talked happily as they talked about how Kim Namwoon and Lee Jihye would be in the future, thinking of even supporting them if ever the time comes.
Lee Jihye and Kim Namwoon bickered mostly, as Kim Namwoon beg for mercy while Lee Jihye scolded him for touching her hand even at the slightest, "you bastard! dont you dare touch me, you chinuubi!" With what was said, Yoo Sangah was there seemingly pissed at the sudden chaos and almost hit the two teenagers but didn't and held her anger.
Lee Gilyoung and Shin Yoosung on the other hand were both drawing Kim Namwoon and lee Jihye so the two graduates would receive a gift from them.
Ding!
The cafe's door rang as someone entered and all eyes immediately looked at the person intrigued to know how stupid that person was. Clearly, there was a sign, "fully reserved" but it seems they didn't see it.
As they all were about to think that the person, that stupid rando was just a rando, all of their eyes widened at the sight.
The so-called rando who walked in stopped walking and looked up from his phone to see people looking at him with wide eyes. Seeing them, his eyes widened too, 'No way...How are they?-'
The whole Kimcom had the urge to run up to that person and hug, squeeze him, and never let him go.
Some started to shed a tear at the sight while some...clenched their fists and furrowed their eyebrows at the sight. The other person who walked in had his eyes wide open, looking back and forth between his phone and the people.
'aren't they the characters from...this novel I was reading...?' the person furrowed his eyebrows and his stomach churned as though finally he found something, something that he'd be with if not forever, at least for now.
Finally, the Kimcom and the person locked eyes and both contained a sense of familiarity with one another. Han Sooyoung grinned helplessly while Yoo Joonghyuk stood up and went to the person, that man. His eyes glowering and his fists clenched.
When Yoo Joonghyuk finally arrived just right in front of the man, his eyes softened and his fists relaxed. And as sudden as it was, Yoo Joonghyuk hugged that man, that damned man.
The other man trembled at the hold, he didn't believe it. They're real? knowing that they could touch you, they're tangible. They're not hallucinations...
Realization hitting the man, he hugged Yoo Joonghyuk tightly not seemingly wanting to let go as his eyes became teary. 'Damn it, they're real...they're really real.'
The Kimcom seeing this softened at the sight and smiled. So did Yoo Joonghyuk who smiled happily while feeling the warmth of his reader once again. His embrace and his intention wasn't to let go either.
All the Kimcom members thought of one thing,
It seems their reader was back again...