Hello everyone~

As you might have noticed, this story has been really on the down low for quite some time. I'm sure there have been questions as to where I have been, and the future of Ephemeral. Well, this chapter is here to answer all those doubts. 

First of all, I will apologise profusely for everyone that has been waiting to read about the future about Junghwa and Yoongi, and their journey, and their life. Due to personal struggles with university in these last three years, my depression, trying to get to a place where I am confident with myself and love myself has been difficult. Not only that, my interests have changed a lot over these years, and writing this story has been difficult in that sense too. So, I have decided to end this story at where I last ended it, with Yoongi asking Junghwa if she'll go out with him. 

The story was not progressing a lot in terms of the plot anyway - there were just fillers, fillers and more fillers, and then they graduate at the end. I'm making a conscious decision to end the story where I ended it, to leave Junghwa, Yoongi and the crew's future "open to interpretation". Maybe they lived happily ever after, maybe Junghwa and Yoongi decided they would be better off as friends, maybe they get married, who knows?

I won't tell you too much of what I think would happen afterwards, but in my thoughts, everyone's living a happier life. Obviously still struggling with mental health but all of them are there for each other and that really helps to talk about it. Hobi opens up to the rest of their friends about his depression, and they all help him with it. 

What also irked me about this story was the lack of medical research that went into it (just a personal opinion). I feel like I could have read a lot more, and understood a lot more about drug abuse, mental health, and having watched a lot of documentaries and researched about it, I know in real life, a lot of this can be very different and I want to keep my stories as real as possible.

Once again, I apologise to anyone that has been looking forward to more content from this story - which I cannot deliver, sadly. 

If any of you are struggling with mental health, please please talk to someone, please get help. Your problems are just as valid as anyone else's. There is no one who has 'bigger' problems - so if you are struggling, or you know someone is struggling, please talk. It could help save a life. I wrote this story to shed awareness on depression, anxiety and drug abuse, and want to encourage people and show them that they have nothing to be ashamed of if they are struggling, and that reaching out, surrounding yourself with friends, family, therapy and good vibes really can help. It might not always go away sometimes. I still have dark days, and struggle a lot with my emotions but I think on the whole I'm doing a lot better, and what helps me are my wonderful friends that always talk to me and know what to say when I'm down. 

I love you all, and thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for reading Junghwa's story. 

- V.