Life, Once Again!

Autumn touched where the phone reached. I felt like I could breathe. The sound of the floor has not changed. It neither became thicker nor thinner. It was a pleasure to be able to sense it in the words "Oh." I stood still and thought about what kind of welcome it would be. As a friend or as an old lover.

I dried my head with a dryer and threw the towel in the basket. The Essence Bottle caught my eye, but I ran out of time. I sat in front of the crematorium and made fun of my hands. I had to admit, I'm in a hurry.

I got dressed and got in the car. I drove the car to the place Heewon told me about. I felt like I was running, ignoring the intermediate signal, but I couldn't remember. It was only after I stopped in front of the store that I realized I was speeding. Just before I got off, I could see my lips reflected on the rearview mirror. It looked whiter than usual. I took out my lipstick in a hurry. This time it looked too thick. I sighed and got out of the car. It's because I realized that no matter what I do, I don't belong in the castle.

I felt a heartbeat on the soles of my feet on the stairs. I felt like my whole body had become a giant heart. I was a little dizzy if the blood vessels spread all over my body only to my head. I hope you're not blushing. I was worried about you.

I opened the door and went inside. The store is quiet. You move, remembering the words inside the store. Some of the guests who drank quietly recognized themselves, but did not follow them. I bowed slightly and entered the hallway with the door firmly planted. I looked inside with a small window in the door, and I found the pilgrimage and the ocean source. I turned my gaze to the other side. I can see the floor holding the cup in my hand.

“You can't even get a ride when you call someone? ”

I opened the door and said, It was more tense than when I performed my first drama. I tried hard not to look nervous. I naturally sat by the floor with my toes tucked in.

“It's been a while."

Maru said.

“Yes, it's been a long time. ”

I looked him in the eye and replied. When my eyes met, I was so frustrated with my neck muscles that I felt fine, but I felt fine soon. The tension like a balloon that had been holding on since the entrance of the store suddenly burst and disappeared.

“How are you? ”

Autumn asks. The floor crosses its arms with deliberation and slowly replies, "Fairly."

“I'm sorry, Autumn. I called him out of nowhere.”

The owner was different, but the apple was from Hae-won.

“Good thing I was about to eat. I was bored eating alone. Did you tell him to do that? ”

“We ate a little too. I'll eat with you when you come. Here's the menu. Order what you want. Today is my brother's day. ”

“Looks like you've already got all the expensive stuff. ”

Autumn saw food on the table. They were expensive food at the bottom of the menu.

“If you have water, you should eat something expensive. ”

Maru said, autumn only ordered one salmon salad.

“Here.”

I reached for the chopsticks in front of my eyes. When I tried to catch it, the floor pulled out a pair of chopsticks. It was a wooden stick that lost its mate.

“Long time, no see?"

It was a floor that was waving half the chopsticks to the left and to the right. Autumn seemed to go back in time to see him smile like a child. In an unnamed restaurant, in a snack bar, in an expensive restaurant, he often acted like a child to give him a pair of chopsticks and take it away. Then he grumbles and fits into the joke. Sometimes I hit him, sometimes I struggle to get him. Autumn reached out to me in a happy mood as if I had found a dusty graduation album. The floor will pull out its evil hands and use the swarm to ask for it....

The chopsticks that should not be caught were so easily in my hands. He does not pull his chopsticks back. You place it gently on the palm of your hand and talk to Jiwon as if nothing had happened. Autumn, I gathered chopsticks together and hit the end. Memories are meaningless, so they are called memories. He and she who were playing a prank that day became completely different ‘him’ and ‘her’ in their carelessly passing time. What did he expect? Stupid.

I put the food in my mouth while talking. The man sitting next to me worries like a stove fire that he left on, but he doesn't shine it on his face. Sometimes, when I got hit with my eyes, I made a silly smile, looked at him for about 2 seconds, and then turned to the brother sitting opposite the food. I was fine with it, I wanted to express it in a gesture.

“I'm going to take this for a minute. ”

Hae-won stood up with his phone. I was cautious whether it was speaking to the High Counsel or not.

“I'm in the bathroom. I don't like what you ate earlier, but I'm still fluttering. ”

Ji-Won even left.

Fall put the salmon salad you ordered in your mouth. Salmon's flesh slobbered and dressing sounded sour, so it didn't fit my mouth. It was a salad that didn't fit my mouth, but I pushed it upside down. With the door open and wishing for one of them to come in.

“Aren't you eating too much? ”

The chopsticks, which emptied the salmon salad and headed towards the beef tadaki, caught the brakes. Autumn turned to the side. The face of the floor that was consciously pushed out of view was clearly visible. My lips fell slightly off and stuck together. I didn't know what to say, but then I realized I had to say something and said it.

“To gain some weight. ”

“What confidence. I've been running around losing weight lately. I used to love eating, and then I got fat. ”

“I see. I wasn't interested. ”

The self who wanted to break up the conversation created unnecessary words. I was not very good at picking up spilled water. I moved my chopsticks indifferently. Let's get up and get out of here. Is it weird to hold a phone to your ear that doesn't cry? Why is he so restless?

“It's been three years, right? ”

“It's been three years. ”

“I played it with the band. In college, they sold tickets because they were popular. ”

“Really? I shouldn't have told you. I would have gone to see him. ”

I knew the details of the play to the name of the character, but did not pretend to know it. I wondered what I would look like if I told the floor that I had been to the last show for just a little while, but I didn't keep my mouth shut.

“I saw your play in the army. That was fun. You got a prize, right? ”

“I got a new acting award. ”

“How was it?”

“Good. You get one for being an actor. Thank you.”

“That's impressive. The kid we used to play with is acting in front of me now. TV appearances and awards. I have to work hard to catch up. ”

“Chase what? ”

Fall put down the chopsticks in a loud voice. The floor leaning against the chair, with its clasped hands on the back of its head, glances at the ceiling.

“Admiring and chasing the best actors is the mission of the laggards. I have to try to be like you or Jiwon. ”

“Trying? Now? ”

The horse kept going wild. I couldn't calm down. For over a year before he left for the army, he was on the university road. He said he was going to finish the basics of acting, but at the time of autumn, the floor was spending only time doing nothing. I asked him why he was doing it, but he didn't answer me. Around that time, he entered the film 'Lady of Flame’ and the floor didn't give him any news close to the bottom. It was the day before enlistment that I received the good news from him. The news was a breakup notice.

“You have Merritt as soon as you got to the army. All you have to do now is keep going straight. I had my chance."

“So, that's why you went to the army without saying anything to me? Because of that famous Merritt? ”

“Military service is no big deal. And I said goodbye the other day, and I'm not gonna tell you again that I'm joining the army in disguise. ”

“What's the big deal? Two years of military work? ”

“Why are you so angry? It's in the past.”

I smiled as if I didn't know why. In the fall, I felt the ball of fire rushing through my head cooling at once. It turned from a ball of fire to an ice mass, lowering the temperature to a cryogenic temperature that was boiling with anger, disappointment, longing and expectation.

“It's in the past, so I'll ask. Why did we break up? ”

“How did that happen? We needed some time to think about each other, but that was a long time. ”

“Is that why I stayed away from you? ”

“No, it's not like that. ”

“Then why? If not, why didn't you take care of me when I approached you again? ”

“As there was a reason when you were away from me, there must have been a reason for that. Now I don't know what it was. Maybe it was just a lack of iron. ”

“You didn't grow up? One drink?”

“We were both kids. Maybe he broke up with her because he was a kid. ”

“Can't you just... tell me that I hated it? ”

I was incredibly calm. I had no idea where my fears had gone until I asked the question. I felt like I could run into the lion cage at the zoo. I wanted to know in the fall. The heart of the floor. Rather than the reason for the separation, rather than the reason for not answering it in the army, the feeling of the floor that said goodbye that day than the reason for not finding it after being discharged.

The floor gave me a tissue without a word. I didn't know what it meant. Till I bend my head a little. A drop of tears fell on the back of my hand. Only then did Autumn realize that she was crying, holding hands so that blood flowed from the back of her hands. The reason my head was clear was because my emotions ran out into my tears. I tried to grab the tissue with a trembling hand, but it didn't work. It was then that the hand of the floor approached my face.

It was the hand of the slow-reaching floor.

“Tears before words are the same as before. ”

The floor lowered the tissue onto the table.

“What do you want me to say? ”

“The real reason we broke up. ”

“If God told you not to meet, would you believe it? ”

“Tell me you don't like me. ”

“Enough. I'll cry again. ”

“Tell him I broke up because I hated him. Or tell me there was another woman. Anything. Tell me. …… so I can be reassured. …… so I can hate you. …… so that I don't think of you. ”

The floor scratches around the elongated eyebrows with an embarrassing smile. His smile was soft but at the same time as steel. He opened up the possibility, but he didn't tell me the conclusion.

“You're not saying anything. ”

“... because I have nothing to say. ”

“Yes, you did. So that's it.”

Autumn wiped her tears by taking the tissue off the floor. I wiped my lips with the remaining water. Until the red is all wiped out.

“Thank you for eating today. ”

“Tell him because Jiwon lives. ”

“That's right, I should. I'm going.”

“Yes."

“I'll be very happy to see you next time. ”

“I'll be happy to greet you. ”

“Goodbye. ”

“Goodbye. ”

The floor is crooked. Autumn pulls on the door hook with all its might.

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Ouch! It's cold!

It's freezing!

Hamtory's not coming out of the house either!!!!

This guy!!!!

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Coupon, thank you. I write thanks to you.

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