episode_0088

Shine and I left Lavigne’s hospital room together.

Since Ravin contacted Amy and explained that we would be returning to the room first, there was no need to cross paths with Amy.

I thought as I walked down the hallway.

Shine, my family that is always with me.

I’ve never been apart from her even once.

That’s the memory I know.

Yes, that is absolutely true.

I nodded, muttering to myself.

“Jeff?”

“Yeah.”

Shine is always sensitive to my feelings.

Even when I’m lost in thought, Shine always notices.

“Why? Shine?”

Shine looks at me silently.

The little girl, with her gaze slowly shaking, was smiling.

My head is spinning.

It’s okay. I pretended it was okay, but no, I’m not okay.

I shook my head at the small whisper in my head.

“Is this really okay?”

I stopped walking.

I keep hearing small whispers that give me a headache.

“I’m okay.”

A breath that is exhaled with a whoosh.

Shine looks at my face and her expression suddenly crumples.

“Jeff. It’s getting weird.”

Shine’s hand reaches out.

A small hand moves and gently caresses my face.

Her touch felt so good that I naturally leaned my face against her hand.

“Am I weird?”

Actually, sometimes I think I’m weird too.

I let out a small chuckle.

Shine mumbles at my question.

She is still young.

It’s an age where learning is still necessary.

I don’t know any difficult words.

The number of words that can be completed is limited.

“Yeah… .”

Shine finally gave a short answer.

I opened my mouth, gently brushing Shine’s hand away.

“Shine I’m not weird.”

So don’t look at it like that.

I raised my hands and carefully covered Shine’s eyes.

“Jeff?”

Shine’s panicked voice is heard.

The nagging pain doesn’t go away.

The voice that sounds like a whisper is still there.

I am special to Shine.

She was always there for me.

All of Shine’s actions are for me.

I moved my hand slowly.

His softly moving hands caressed Shine’s cheek and carefully stroked her hair.

Shine’s gaze was clearly revealed, and I opened my mouth while looking into her eyes.

“Shine. Who am I?”

I needed confirmation from her.

The voices floating in my head didn’t matter.

It was just a loud noise.

One word from Shine’s voice and it will disappear.

yes?

no.

I shook my head slowly.

With my gaze fixed on Shine’s eyes, I opened my mouth once again.

“Shine. Who am I?”

Pure white snow covered the faintly rising memory.

Sitting on it was a little girl as white as snow.

Yeah, just like the shine standing in front of me right now.

“Jeff broke down again?”

Shine asked worriedly.

I opened my mouth at her question.

Again? Broken?

Have I ever been like this before?

I desperately searched my memories.

The current situation was not normal.

Yeah, it was so dizzying, like two things mixed together.

“Am I broken?”

Shine frowned at my question.

She reached out with both hands and hugged me.

A warm and soft embrace.

I leaned against her.

“It’s okay, Jeff. I’ll fix it for you.”

I had shine.

No matter what my condition was, I always had a family by my side.

So, you don’t have to be anxious.

I pushed away the voice in my head.

The voice, full of anxiety, is pushed away weakly.

She is a trustworthy older sister.

“Let’s go back first, Jeff.”

As she said that, Shine grabbed my hand and started walking ahead of me.

I followed her.

He didn’t let go of my hand.

If I let it go, something else would pop out.

The tightrope walk continues.

Whenever I made an anxious expression, Shine stopped walking and looked back at me.

“Jeff. It’s okay.”

I nod at her voice.

The room we arrived at after moving slowly.

I open the door with a familiar gesture and go in.

The room was empty.

I pass by a room full of soft dolls and sit down on the bed.

Shine also sits next to me and raises her hand.

“Lie down for a moment.”

I don’t reject her words.

But I’m anxious.

I lay down and held Shine’s hand.

“Shine.”

“Huh?”

“Can I not do this?”

I look up at Shine with an anxious expression.

Shine, who was looking down at me, asked back with a puzzled expression.

“Why?”

“This is weird.”

No difficult words come to mind.

A simple combination of words that came out of my mouth after mumbling them.

I wonder if my intentions got through to her?

At my words, Shine looked thoughtful for a moment.

“Is it weird?”

“Yeah.”

“But Jeff has become strange too.”

I shook my head.

“That’s not weird.”

“No. That’s weird.”

Shine said that and hugged me tightly.

I shook my head and answered.

“That’s not weird.”

“Jeff. Can I ask you a few questions?”

I nodded.

“First question. How old is Jeff?”

“I… .”

I kept my mouth shut at Shine’s question.

Two numbers come to mind.

One of them was correct.

As my silence grew longer, Shine’s expression darkened.

She was sad.

“Twelve… Twelve years old.”

“That’s right. That’s correct.”

Shine’s face brightens.

She was genuinely happy that I got the answer right.

“Then here’s the second question. Who are Jeff’s mom and dad?”

The moment I heard Shine’s question, I held my breath.

Mom and Dad?

I don’t remember.

A state of extreme confusion.

I’m out of breath.

As I let out short breaths one after another, Shine’s expression changes strangely.

“Jeff. Answer me.”

“That… .”

No matter how much I think about it, I can’t remember my parents’ faces.

“Come on.”

Shine’s continued urging.

I’m so nervous that I break out in a cold sweat.

The small tongue inside the mouth moves without rest.

“That… I don’t remember… .”

I finally answered weakly.

Shine, hearing my words, smiled mischievously.

“That’s right Jeff. We’ve never seen our parents’ faces.”

Is this correct?

I breathed a sigh of relief.

Shine opened his mouth, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

“Then here’s the third question. What was the name of the lab Jeff worked at?”

I twisted my ankle while tightroping, which was going well.

I hear a creaking noise.

I closed my mouth as I was about to reflexively answer Shine’s question.

“s… .”

“S?”

Shine’s eyes are playfully curved.

A smile appeared on her lips.

Shine stuck out her tongue and licked her lips.

“I… . I.”

“Yeah.”

“Jeff… . Jeff has never worked in a place like that… .”

My hands and feet felt numb.

At my answer, Shine laughed out loud.

“Ahahahaha!”

Shine’s voice, full of clear tones, was pleasant to listen to.

And yet it was creepy.

I swallowed dry saliva.

“Good job, Jeff.”

Shine said that and slowly approached.

Eyes getting closer and closer.

Shine’s hair poured down over her lying face.

The hair that tickles my face moves gently.

“That’s correct.”

side-

Shine speaks in a whisper.

As she said that, she brought her lips to my forehead.

My body trembled at the small kiss that fell on the rough bandage.

“Good job, Jeff.”

Shine continued to praise.

He lay down next to me and continued to stroke my head.

“You did a great job Jeff.”

I was out of breath.

Shine smiled with satisfaction.

“Now, the last question.”

It seemed like Shine’s praise kept coming.

The little whispers that had been floating around in my head had long since disappeared.

“Will Jeff pass the test?”

Shine added,

“Jeff should always be safe?”

I nodded.

She was right.

If you pass the test, you can start working with Amy.

If you were part of a team and went on a mission, it was clear that danger would always come.

But, Shine does it too.

It’s okay, Shine is my older sister.

The older sister has to protect her younger sister.

But I also want to protect Shine.

It’s okay. Shine is better than me.

“Test… .”

“That’s right Jeff. It’s a test. Can you pass the test?”

If I failed the test, it was clear that I would be safe.

Because I can stay here in safety without having to go on a mission.

But then I’d be left alone… .

I hated that.

“Yeah.”

I nodded.

A look of confusion appears in Shine’s eyes.

I sat up and grabbed Shine’s arm.

“I can pass.”

The position of the gaze changes.

He raises his body and lays Shine on his side.

Shine, who was looking down at me from above, goes down, and I go up.

Shine tried to pull it away with her hand in embarrassment, but I didn’t let go.

“I can do it!”

I said without avoiding Shine’s eyes.

I will pass the test and be with everyone.

Shine, Rain, Amy, and Victor.

They are all precious people.

I didn’t like being left alone.

“I don’t like being alone!”

Jeff has always been a loner.

But not anymore.

“I’ll do it too!”

Dismissal-

A blue light flashed before my eyes.

Shine was confused.

“Is that okay?”

I asked Shine.

I don’t want to be alone, I want to be with everyone.

Shine, can I do that?

A blue light flashes before my eyes.

Shine’s voice, which had been ringing in my ears, begins to fade away.

There was a strange flow to Shine’s voice.

Whenever she speaks to me, whispering softly, I always become an idiot.

Victor said.

My power is to control the flow.

I spread a thin curtain over my head.

My vision flashed and my surroundings became dizzy, but the headache that had been pounding in my head was gone.

“Shine I want to be with everyone. I don’t want to be alone!”

I looked down at Shine and shouted.

She blinked, her eyes wide open in surprise.

Blink, blink.

A slowly shaking gaze.

Shine nodded, avoiding my gaze.

A faint blush appeared on her face.

I looked at the shine underneath and smiled.

Click-

A small noise is heard behind the back.

It was a familiar sound.

The sound of the door opening was clear.

I just turned my head and looked back.

“Amy?”

“What are you two doing?”

There stood Amy.

She looked at me and Shine with a strange expression.