Joohyun waited with an anxious heart

Please bring her back she prayed

The thought of losing Seulgi clouded her eyes

And just like her emotions, she heard raindrops from the outside.

Without vision, she knew it was raining.

And it felt odd to be on her own.

She laid on her bed and wrapped herself with her blanket, pretending it feels the same warmth as Seulgi’s arms.

Please fight for me, Seulgi.

**

Before entering the Operating room, Seulgi made a request if she could call someone.

Someone with a face she vaguely memorized,

A voice she hasn’t heard for a long while.

There was no certainty the other person would answer, but she still took the risk.

The phone rang, and her heart pounded loudly

She waited but after a long ring, the call was forwarded to a voice mail

Seulgi wept in despair

“Mama, I’m so scared”

**********************

1 YEAR LATER

Happy Birthday to you~

The people around her cheered as the song ended.

They’re at some café near her workplace right now.

After being discharged from the hospital, Joohyun decided to become a social worker.

She wanted to help kids at the orphanage, to be exact.

Because she knew how it felt to lose every loved one.

“Make a wish” she heard them say

She closed her eyes and made a hopeful request

happiness.

Joohyun opened her eyes and stared at the small flame burning the candle

Her cake was round and colored purple with a simple greeting written on it.

The candles are sparkly and small, like the size of a pinky finger.

She blew it and looked at the faces around her.

There was Jennie, who she became friends outside the hospital

And then there was Yeri and Joy, who she met in the orphanage as volunteers.

She can describe them as her caring friends

But not only their personalities,

She can physically describe them too.

 “uh, why are you looking at me like that?” Yeri asked when she caught Joohyun staring

“I just noticed that you have a tiny mole on the bridge of your nose” she answered

Jennie smiled when she heard the girl

“it must be nice to see all the details, huh?” she looked at her and Joohyun looked back.

Both of them smiled with a hint of sadness in their eyes.

It is.

The ability to picture things without just her imagination,

It is nice indeed.

Seeing how the grass is green and the sky so blue

Seeing the flowers bloom with the touch of dew.

I love that I see everything again now.

But I hate how I couldn’t see you

Here, next to me.

Her birthday ended and she went home alone in her apartment,

Lying on her bed.

Staring at the clock, waiting for it to strike twelve midnight to officially end the day.

She laid there with the lamp on, to serve as her only light.

The feeling was familiar, seeing the dar