Jongin and cigarettes. Hyunjae and life problems. Two unites and become one. Promising each other to change for good. But do they really change? Hyunjae hates smokers, but she finds herself excludes Kim Jongin from the list. She loves him with all her heart and demanded him to take care of his health. But Jongin seems to hate the fact that she only cared about his health, and not hers.

What would happen if an anaemic loves a cigarette-addict?

Would everything end beautifully?

Sneak peek

Hyunjae fiddle with her fingers on the edges of the page. Her minds recall any possible memories with this guy. Each receptor in her brain cope with each other to process any single piece of information of that guy, other than the one he had jotted down on her book. His handwriting was clean and neat, easy to read – surely because he had sacrificed his time and energy to prove her that he had changed because of her. Well, was it true?

She flips to the page before, only to admire the well sculpted face that he owns. His skin is the sweet, salty colour of caramel - only a tone darker than hers. His eyes are breathing unfathomable words and they almost did not glimmer. His nose looks weird, maybe his bone structure that is abnormal. His lips…those thick lips with undesirable colour of tinted health but looks kissable; her female hormones might be just at it.

Her mom enters her room with a glass of her favourite banana milk and a plate of scrambled eggs. Carefully, Mrs Kim closes the door using the side of her arms and plods towards Hyunjae’s bed. Hyunjae put the book aside and her lips arch a genuine smile.

“How do you feel today?” Mrs Kim caresses the skin of her petite hand. Hyunjae did the same thing to her mom, reassuring her that she’s getting better day after day. Her memory had regained little by little, well only a little, after she was discharged. The pain is still there, but it is bearable.

“What are you reading?” Her mother points at the book using her lips. “Ah, ‘Down The Memory Lane’. I did read some of them. I can’t believe Seulgi is afraid of cats, I mean, she have cats at home and find them cute but she’s scared of them?” Her mom continues. Hyunjae doesn’t know how to react to her mom’s statement. Should she laugh or should she back up Seulgi?

“Ma…”She wants to back up Seulgi, but then, this girl with the name Seulgi was as if she’s a stranger. There are still bits of her that she needs to know.

“Oh right, sorry. You still can’t recall who she is. She’s one of your best buddies, along with Jihyun and Minyeon.Jihyun is somewhere in the world – you lose contact with her a year ago. Minyeon is currently applying for a job at a photostudio.” Hyunjae mouths a simple ‘oh’. Although she wants to know more about them – her best buddies as her mom had told her – her mind focuses on someone else.

“Ma, who is Kim Jongin? Do you know him?” She wants to find out more about this guy, who is also known as Kai. She needs to know what her relationship with this guy was.It was obvious that they had a special relationship, but she hunger for more information. She can’t recall Kim Jongin.

“Kim Jongin? Isn’t he your brother? Oh wait, I only have daughters.” Her mom cracks a lame joke and laughs at it. That is not what Hyunjae wants to hear. Silly, lame joke does not fit into her curiosity mode now. “Ma, really, who is this Kim Jongin?”