Piece 025: Locked and Sealed Shut
Jigsaw
‘Don’t you remember?’
He squeezed my hand but it’s not as tight as it used to be when we were yelling before. His eyes were half opened but somehow, I could feel some kind of warmth in them.
‘Is there something that I should remember?’ I asked carefully, still fixing my gaze to his eyes.
‘Tell me what I did wrong.’
‘You did so many wrong things to me, don’t you know? You left me during our wedding day, you killed my soul, you owe me millions of Won and most importantly, you took away a piece of my heart. Why? I didn’t treat you that badly, not as bad as other jackass out there. I gave you everything, presents, my trust and even my heart but why do you have to hurt me?’ His voice was weak but then, he tried to get up.
‘You’re still weak, L-shi. You should lay down –‘
‘Don’t call me that. Just who, who are you? Who you really are, Bae Suzy? Son Hyemi or something else? My head hurt. Don’t make things more complicated please. I don’t think I can bear with your lies anymore.’ Surprisingly, I could see tears rolling down his cheeks and somehow, my heart hurt seeing him crying. His hand in mine, I clutched it tight.
‘Who am I? You ask me, who am I? To tell you the truth, I don’t know myself. I can’t remember. Who am I?’ I said things that’d been lingering inside my mind since all these years that I lived and remembered with Son Dongwoon.
Dongwoon Oppa kept saying nice things, happy memories that would soothe my soul, like I had a perfect life and a pleasant childhood before I forgot everything but in some way, all of his stories didn’t feel right.
Like they didn’t belong to me.
‘Tell me. Tell me, who I really am. Please, I want to know.’
His face changed when I uttered those words. He could be holding answers to my questions and I couldn’t help but to feel so eager. After his wiped his tears away, I noticed that he took a couple of deep breaths before he started to speak again.
‘Suzy-ya, can I hug you?’
I didn’t manage to answer when he suddenly scooted closer and pulled me into his arms. His warmth, it felt so familiar and all I knew was it felt so right to be in his embrace. No more words, no more questions could come out from my lips anymore as w
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