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' Jiyeon-sshi, do you know whats the opposite meaning of 'Life' ?' I followed her slow pace of walking, casually taking a few glimpse of her

' DEATH ! Everyone knows that ~ Are you using that kind of approach to 'trigger' the meaning of life ? '

' Well ... kind of '

' Dont tell me we're visiting graves ! ... Are we ? ' she stopped and looked at me

' No no no, thats illegal ( not really ) I'm thinking of a more respectful way, humans aren't the only living things in the universe '

' Pheww, so where are we going to film this exactly ? '

' It takes 1.5h to reach there by bus, if we take the next bus ... we would reach there around 2.30pm ? '

' Fine then, lead the way ~ '

Weirdly, part of me felt manly for once cause i was leading her but part of me wasnt ... anyways, she talked about how Qri kept complaining to her how her boyfriend was cheating on her and she wanted Jiyeon to pay him a visit, but Jiyeon declined and Qri is kind of ignoring her. Well it would be rude to not listen, right ? So the leftover 45mins, she fell asleep snoring silently, and my shoulder being her cushion ...

As time ticked pass so quickly, we finally reach our destination without any problems. Its been quite a long time since i've been here, maybe too long. A place where me and my father loved to visit.It used to be a lively farm filled with sweet strawberry crops which is now an abandoned village with lifeless plants scattered around. The government was planning to demolish the whole village and make a residential estate with advanced technology, but due to some circumstances, they delayed the project, for now, it might be my last chance to ever visit this place. I took out my camera and started taking random pictures.

' Lets get to work '

Steadily I carried my camera with professionalism. Jiyeon was in charge of refreshments, I told her that it was fine for me to film it alone for now. The village looked like death itself. Skinny stray dogs starving and suffering form exhaustion, i did want to help them, but there wasnt just 1 dog. Are humans like that to ? Helpless and feeble. I took a close up of the dog with the background blurred. I continued walking, and yet to my disappointment, the garden that i knew and grew to loved had vanished. All thats left are weeds and the barren land. I held back my tears and continued filming.

I climbed up a hill, to my surprise, i saw a small wooden hut. Theres was an old man sitting on the rocking chair on the porch. Curioused, I greeted the old man. I asked him why he was still in this village. He looked at me with his sincere eyes and said, ' I can't bare to leave behind my precious memories of this village, I already promised my wife that i would take care of her treasured garden after she passed '

Is life all about promises ? Being loyal to a vow ?

He kindly allowed me to his garden, which amazingly survived. He gave me permission to take any shots of his house and the garden. I thanked him profusely before going back to Jiyeon, by the time i reached there, the sun was setting. I secretly took a picture of her before officially ending the whole filming.

' How was it ? '

' It was okay, now it just needs some 'polishing' with the editing ' i ensured her

' Sorry if i'm no use to you ' she looked down and drew circles on the soil

' Without you, i would'nt be able to go this far ' I fumbled

' What do you mean ? '

' I .... I .. li-' before i could even confessed, she gasped in awe at the beautiful scenery

' It sure is beautiful ! Don't you think so ? ' she smiled sweetly at me

My heart was attacked by her charm, i felt my cheeks burn. I looked away and answered, ' Yeah ..... *but nothing can be compared to your beauty* .... '

' See you in school ! ' she waved back at me

' See you there ' i watched as the bus drove away painfully fast

I walked along the familiar path, but i heard a deep mellow voice that echoed my name,

' Myungsoo ? '