Life, Once Again!

The ball is cold. Jun-min sweeps the ball with his palm. Something slippery is buried. I can see the mint sticking out its short tongue between the dim vision.

“You look like you're getting wrinkles every day. ”

Mint pulls the bulldog's ball straight up. It reminds me that this beloved dog is a species born of human selfishness.

“I'll give you something special today that you like. ”

I pulled my chin once and got out of bed. You pull the blinds with all your might to drive the Darkness away. A green light appears between the slanted blades. It is a color that cannot be seen in Seoul.

I brought mints, panzees, and roses out into the yard. A racing house with no engine sound at all. It is a quiet place where the number of cars and people who pass by is not more than ten people, even if they only look outside all day.

“Someone's going to starve for days. ”

I snored in the bowl, watched the dogs eating the food badly, and then went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast. Dog food is more important than human food, so Jun-min pondered what a dog's life is. A salad with a handful of almonds and a baguette. Boiled eggs, half chicken breast, and bananas. In the time of being an anonymous actor, if you had no money and lived off boiled eggs, now you eat boiled eggs for your health. After fifty years, I felt a rapid decline in my physical strength, and I started caring about my health. Alcohol is business, cigarettes are the food of the soul. These two are lifelong companions and cannot be discarded. Taking care of a healthy meal may be a reward for not giving up both. I'm eating this healthy food.I could use a drink and a cigarette. Well, that's just it.

I took care of the morning and came out. I stuffed the collar of the three dogs staring at me with a dazed eye and circled the town. This neighborhood is nothing but a thrilling pension.

You rely heavily on the dogs who climb the slopes. It moves so fast with its short legs. The broken-down ones are small enough to be called mountains, and on the hillside, at the edge of the obscure high ground, Jun-min looks down at his villa.

“This is a successful life. ”

Heh heh heh heh. A house of your own name in a quiet place. People who don't know if they're friends or enemies to come running whenever they call. In social conscience, this is a pretty good life. Joon-min sat up for about 10 minutes.

It's time to go.

By the man who should have enjoyed all this.

You let the dogs in the house and opened the closet. It's a big wardrobe, but all it's got is a yellow suit. I bought it as a carryover from an established tailor shop. That was 20 years ago. A tie is a grey tie stained with chipmunks. I also took out the bread hat next to the tie. I took all the diseased shoes from the bottom of the wardrobe and headed to the shoe closet. One of the handles opens a shoe rack that has fallen out and pulls out an arm's length sack from the inside. Inside is a small sickle.

“I'm going to my dad's. ”

I hurried to the front door to say hello to the sitting dogs and opened the door on April 23. I rolled the date in my mouth once and then took a step. I was away from the pension and headed towards the stop. I got on a town bus that only took an hour.

I miss the smell of it on the bumpy bus. I leaned my head against the window and took a breath. Taking this bus makes me think time is going backwards.

“If only I could. ”

Destination catches my eye Jun-min presses the bell and stands at the back door. The grandmother, sitting right in front of the back door, smiles. Joon-min couldn't reconcile with that smile. You nod slightly and get off the bus. Smells like cow poop from afar. You also hear the sound of a cow crying.

I entered the alley next to the stop. The dozing old man wakes up and gazes carelessly. Could it be a hated guest? Jun-min bought soju and two glasses, and shrimp cans and cotton balls, saying he was sorry to wake him up.

“Didn't you come last year? ”

“It's coming every year. ”

“I see. My memory is quite useful. ”

Unlike the cold first encounter, the senior center guarding the shop asked me to take a look. It seems to congratulate him on not fading his memory. Joon-min left the alley with a promise to stop by next year.

I moved along the paved path. A red car is approaching. It's the kind of color a young friend would ride.

Somehow, the villagers turned to the right, wearing what they called "the elderly." There is no mountain ahead. All the buildings in the left field of view are disappearing and only the trees, grass, and signboards built by the villagers. The information on the pamphlet was simple. Watch out for the Boars.

Then, there was a boar, but Joon-min smiled lightly and entered the path where the grass grew thick. At first glance, it looks like a mountain pass that can't reach people's feet, but if you look closely, there is a small path. Joon-min followed that path and went inside. On the flatlands, the slope gradually changed and even the forehead of Jun-min sweated a little.

“It was time for Earth to perish. ”

In the news this morning, the midday temperatures have risen to 28 degrees, 28 degrees in late April. Earth may explode soon. 20 minutes of walking while stealing sweat with a handkerchief. The trees that were covering the sky split to the left and to the right, and a place came out. In the middle of a depression-like basin, you can see a grave rising nicely.

Jun-min walks in a straight line towards the seal. Standing in front of the seal, I sighed a little. A weed that grows on its stubble pierces the retina. I put my hand in my pants pocket. I touch the gloves I put in last year. I pulled out the tall weed in my hand. Tough things go away with a sickle. It didn't take long. It's not something to brag about, but he's good at grooming tombs.

“It's gotten pretty hot. ”

I took off my gloves and sat in front of the seal. I wiped the gravestones clean with a handkerchief. I looked at the tombstone of time for a long time.

I decided to run the name through my fingers.

“I hope it's cool there. ”

I leaned against the seal and looked up at the sky. The sky is blue enough to be depressing.

“Thanks for coming every year, though, right? ”

I stretched my legs and rested for a while. A pleasant breeze blows and cools the sweat. After regaining some stamina, Jun-min took out the shrimp cans and the cotton candy that had been prepared. Shrimp cans were torn open, and the cotton candy was crushed and mixed with soup. I didn't drink alcohol that Hae Hae liked. Even young people liked these sodas like him.

Joon-min poured soju into the seal and drank a glass. Liquor passed through my mouth is bitter as grass. Joon-min frowned at the bitter taste.

“Drinking here doesn't taste weird. Is it because of you or because of my guilt? ”

I poured the glass down the drink again.

“I keep telling you, if there hadn't been a car accident that day, what would you be doing right now? I can hardly imagine. No, you hated studying, so English must have been tough. Maybe they just got forgotten like a bunch of actors who don't perform as well as disappear without a name. ”

I spilled my drink. Too bitter.

“I really don't like it. I will. You know that. How much I hate the uncertainty. And yet, how many times do I have to repeat that damn thing? If I'd gone to the hospital sooner, if there hadn't been a car accident, if you had been home that day, if... … if you hadn't met me. ”

Perhaps you could have lived, Jun-min recalled the laughter of Haji. After 16 years, her laughter could come to life. Twenty-two year-old girl who was more beautiful than anyone else, and who was so eager. Even after all these years, she was still an eternal girl to Joon-min.

I put some sweets and ramen in front of the tomb. Then I poured a glass of wine and placed it next to it.

“Your successors are getting stronger these days. Thanks to you, the company is growing. I'll get him later. I've never seen them before, but I want them to be cute. But they work for a company named after you. I wanted to be AJ because I felt like it, but AJ was already trademarked. Choose an actor, but there's no difference between an actor and an actor. You might get tired of saying the same thing every time, but listen. I didn't have anything to say. ”

Jun-min, who was looking at the tomb without saying anything, took out his phone from his pocket. It seems like it was not long ago, but it was already past 4 p.m.

“I'll be going. Rest well."

After tidying up around the seal, it was time to turn around and remove the dirt from your trousers. I see someone coming up the mountain path. That road is not a trail. There is only one reason for that path, this tomb. Joon-min pressed on the bread hat that she had taken off. I don't know who. It can't be Hae's family. I didn't have a family to help me. In-young is getting closer.

The opposing Pokémon also reacts. Joon-min narrowed her eyes. As the calloused eyes distinguish between the opposing Pokémon's faces, Joon Min has to build a sighing smile.

“I used to think it was strange. because the tomb was so clean. And it wasn't long before I realized, Someone was here before the deadline, and on the 23rd, there was an accident. I kind of expected it. So I didn't come. But I've been here once today. I wonder if that's true."

“It's been a long time since I've seen you in a square. ”

“Yes, Jules. It's been a long time.”

Joo-min held Ahn Ju-hyun's hand.

“What about it?”

Joohyun looks at the envelope in his hand and asks. Jun-min said shrimp cans and Ahn Sung cotton. Then Joohyun shrugged his shoulders and opened the envelope he was holding. Contains shrimp cans and eye candy. In other words, it is called makgeolli instead of soju.

“I'll go first. ”

Joo-min passed by Joo-hyun.

“You're leaving already? ”

“I've done all I can. And you're better off without me. ”

It was Joohyun who followed Hae Joo like his older sister. On the day that Joon-min died in a car accident, Joon-min did not forget the look of Joo-hyun staring at himself in the hospital. Because of you, the eyes of the girl who witnessed her sister's death seemed to say so.

“Time has passed. ”

Joo-hyun said, Jun-min did not stop walking.

“I needed someone to blame back then. because I was so young that I couldn't stand it if I didn't. No, I don't know if it's an excuse to be young. Maybe he just didn't want to admit it. ”

At that point, Jun-min stepped up and slowly looked back.

“Come, make sure you don't write anything down. Or am I still in trouble? ”

Joohyun brings out the rice wine.

“Aren't we old enough to be ashamed? I'm thirty-four... ”

In her eyes, she replied, "Joon-min is a little 50."

"What do you think? I've eaten enough. Isn't that okay? You're not old enough to be hurt by what you say, and you're not old enough to puke. But I can't help it if I don't like it."

The smiling face overlaps with the one doing it. Joon-min nods and turns.

“Sis, I'm here. Besides, I have one more guest today. What, the guest from earlier? It's okay. You loved being crowded. ”

Joohyun raised the rice wine over his head and said.

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Did everyone get a good night's rest?

There's nothing more unfair than playing with me. Please take care of your health and enjoy your entertainment!

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But it's raining, so I'm depressed.

I was in the house on a day of play, but it felt good when it was sunny.

T.

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Referrals, always appreciated.

Coupon, thank you. Thanks to you, I'm writing.

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