If you touch it, it will wither

The memory left behind is a dimly ghost

There is no such thing as "warm-hearted" us

Yeah, it's getting cold as hell, cold as

A pond that has lost all memories

A place where only traces you don't want to see are left

Even if we were beautiful

Grace Pet Grooming, Seoul

March, 2022

The pet grooming place which situated in the high-end street like Gangnam must become as celebrity’s favourite place to groom their beloved pets. It is said that this place was indeed where top celebrity went if they want their pets to be taken care of. And that included Girls Generation’s leader, Kim Taeyeon.

It was Sunday at the evening when the Korean’s top idol was seen entering the place. She was wearing a relaxed sweat pant along with PINK’s Victoria Secret oversized hoodie which came from an old collection. One of her favourite set to go, moreover in times like this when she just finished her schedule at the company. And she did not forget to wear her mask. It’s 2022, when corona virus existed.

“Zero-ya~~~” she called out her pet as soon as she arrived. She put her lovely Zero here, before went to the company this morning. It was Zero’s schedule to get groomed. She usually visits this place with other SNSD’s members. But she missed their monthly schedule, as she was busy with her INVU’s comeback schedule. Taeyeon picked him up as soon as Zero was running closer. “Aigoo, uri Zero is missing me, aren’t you?” she asked, with her cute voice to Zero which she placed in her arms.

After finishing up with the administration, she bid goodbye to the unnie who took care of her pet. She was walking out. When at the time she was about to push the door, it opened from the outside.

She froze for a longer time than she should.

The person in front of her was wearing a mask, just like her.

But those eyes. She still remembered those eyes.

The tension was high.

Because surely, the other person also caught in surprise when he opened the door and saw those eyes.

Their (both his and hers) eyes locked to each other’s.

Just like the other times, like the old times.

When we said old times, it meant old old.

Old like, ten years ago.

A decade ago.

“Kim Taeyeon-ssi,” there it was, that voice. “Long time no see,” he continued.

Taeyeon really had no words to reply.

Out of all places, why here?

Out of all people, why him?

“You picked up your pet? Ginger..?” Taeyeon looked up at him as soon as he mentioned her other pet’s name. “Ah I mean, Zero..”

Taeyeon gave her favourite pet, Ginger, who used always be with her during her hardest time, to her mother. She gave Ginger up and let her mother take care of him in Jeonju. It was just because, she cannot see Ginger and not remember this G. G and G, remember?

Ginger and G-Dragon.

He should have known. He should have realized. Or had he forgotten, already, how Ginger looked like.

Taeyeon shushed. She really did not know how to respond. So, she was only standing there, with Zero in her arms.

“Oppa, why are you in front of the door?” the voice was coming from someone behind his back. Because, Taeyeon called him sunbae-nim. Or not?

“Where is Kuma?” the voice got closer as Taeyeon could see, and recognized right away, whose voice was that.

The girl (or woman), from the outside was startled to see Taeyeon. “Ah, annyeonghaseyo, Taeyeon sunbae-nim!” she bowed with her gummy