episode_0305

“Eumhmm~.”

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It happened early in the morning.

Morning has come to the life of the rabbit girl Eunbangul.

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“What about Bangul?”

“They said they were late because they had to go to the hospital for a bit.”

“Ahhh…… But, Mr. Banharin. You drive well.”

“I do as much as others.”

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​Eunha, who went to work at a cafe,

Ban Harin was worried about her, as tears welled up in her eyes, perhaps because the old man’s whip was so harsh.

like that,

Each morning gathers together in [Rabbit Latte],

The daily routine of an ordinary cafe continues,

“Ahem ahem~ Ta-da~ I’m here~.”

Knock knock.

Eunbangul, a girl with pure white rabbit ears perked up,

He opened the sliding door of a hospital room and burst into laughter like the sun.

… … .

Beep -. Beep -.

The flower basket held in her small arms is white.

She was in a single room on the highest floor of the hospital.

[Cheongryong General Hospital].

No, this place has now changed its name to [Neulpurum Emergency Center].

As Eunbangul opened the door to the hospital room and went inside, a small woman was lying on the bed, sleeping soundly.

Beep. Beep.

The sound of a machine measuring heart rhythm.

A faint smell of disinfectant.

The oxygen mask covering the woman’s mouth continues to move diligently today.

“… … .”

Maybe she’s around the same age as Banharin.

Black hair. No angular features.

There were no visible wounds.

Just sleeping soundly.

“… … .”

The woman was ordinary.

The kind of supporting actor you might find anywhere.

It didn’t have long, white rabbit ears or a bright smile.

Snap.

At the head of the bed where that woman was lying,

A dirty ‘rabbit doll’, suitable for children to play with, was quietly placed there.

The corners of Eunbangul’s mouth draw a soft curve.

Snap!

Eunbangul, who is as short as an elementary school student, comes running and places a flower basket on the table.

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“It was yesterday. I, who visits the Hanbit Orphanage every day, called. I heard that someone had been to the orphanage.”

“… … .”

“So, I just remembered it and came here.”

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The rabbit ears perk up.

A girl with eyes as black as tar.

His black eyes, cloudier than anyone else’s, showed neither reflection nor focus.

Eunbangul’s unfocused eyes look down at the woman with a bright smile.

Beep -. Beep -.

The annoying mechanical noise.

Eunbangul poked the ‘rabbit doll’ at the head of the bed with her finger and knocked it over.

“… … .”

But, even though the girl came right up to me,

Even if you tap the oxygen mask,

The woman did not open her eyes.

Eunbangul picked up one of the ‘silver bell flowers’ that she had brought in a flower basket.

“… What kind of dream am I having? Is it a happy dream?”

“… … .”

There was no answer in return.

It doesn’t matter.

Because that’s how it’s always been.

Eunbangul, who was combing her pure white rabbit ears with her bare hands, slowly raised her head.

ㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡ

– Open your eyes and record the 27th day!

– No photography inside the hospital! Absolutely not!

– Talk to me for about a minute! You’ll get bored if you just lie down!

– Don’t take off the oxygen mask!

– A few warm words of encouragement so you can have good dreams today!

☆★ Day 27! If you break your best record, we’ll change it! ★☆

– ૮꒰ྀི∩´ ꒳ `∩꒱ྀིა Let’s show off to everyone!

ㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡ

A note someone stuck on the bedside table.

I read [Day 27 Note] from some time ago.

I wonder if this was written by ‘Eunbangul’ who went ahead.

The pure white rabbit ears hang down softly.

“27th… I’m jealous. You lived so long.”

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Just a moment of envy.

But soon he shook his head.

If you live that long, your heart will surely ache.

Memories of my favorite galaxy are piling up day by day, and I am buried in memories of galaxy.

You won’t be able to sleep because your heart will pound every day.

‘Because it’s already making a lot of noise!’

The girl laughed.

Because I’m happy.

It’s a happy life.

“Then let’s go! I’ll be happy today too!”

A thumping morning.

He waved at the woman lying in bed, twitched his white rabbit ears, and hopped out of the hospital room.

… … .

“Eumhmm~.”

A carefree humming sound.

The rain had stopped and I walked through the damp Euncheon-gu.

A girl carrying a backpack crosses the crosswalk,

Jump over the puddles of rain that have gathered here and there on the pavement blocks,

A cozy cafe that we finally arrived at.

Daughter~♪

The girl opened the door forcefully and looked at the cash register first.

A checkout counter no different from any other cafe.

There was a star there.

“Are you here, Bangul?”

“I’m here!”

Because when I looked straight at it, it was dazzling,

Eunbangul ran to the checkout counter and clung to Eunha’s waist.

Then, a soft weight presses down on the crown of the head.

A rabbit hiding under a lamp full of shade smiled brightly.

ㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡ

– Open your eyes and record the third day!

– I went to the hospital! I’m sleeping again today.

– What are you dreaming about?

– It must be a dream where Eunha appears.

– Well, it feels like I’m dreaming when my sister is by my side.

– ૮꒰ྀི ⸝⸝´∩∩` ꒱ྀིა

– I will live longer than 27 days.

ㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡ

The rabbit that entered the cafe had a dream.

It’s a happy dream.

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“… … Haa… Miss. If it’s okay with you, could you help this old man?”

And then, in the afternoon of the same day.

When the clock hands point to 6 o’clock.

“Wow, okay. What’s going on?”

Eun-ha, who returned to her apartment after finishing at the cafe, readily accepted the request of the elderly security guard waiting for her at the entrance.

Knock knock.

The evening sky is already beginning to show sunset.

I feel anxious as the sunset time gets shorter day by day.

“Please stop what you are doing and come and sit down.”

“I haven’t done anything yet.”

“Seeing that you are saying ‘yet’, I guess you were planning to do something.”

What’s going on all of a sudden?

Is it because I came back to the apartment during lunch today and did a backflip against the wall?

The neatly repaired wall was filled with the elder’s sincerity.

Po-ok.

He entered the security office quietly and sat on the sofa.

“You fixed it quickly. Thank you for your hard work.”

“If you know that, leave the wall alone. It’s hard for old people.”

“If you tell me what grudge made you turn into a monster, I’ll stop.”

“… How on earth did you end up stuck in the wall?”

“Umm… After taking the pill that [the black person] gave me, I’ve been feeling anxious about the wall. Am I sick?”

“You ate something wrong.”

An old man who had locked the door to the security office hands me some warm soy milk.

Despite his words, he is still a kind old man as always.

The unchanging, kind smile was like a wall that had forgotten to collapse.

Choop.

Eunha, sitting in the shadow of a huge wall, exhaling lukewarm breath.

I got back to the main topic while drinking the soy milk pack I had received through a straw.

“So, sir.”

“Yes.”

“You said you would do it all by yourself until this morning, but now you are asking for help. From me, the building owner.”

Proud.

Eun-ha straightened her back at the fact that she had been asked a favor by the elder.

An old security guard bursts into laughter.

But, perhaps because she was annoyed by the arrogant Eunha, she pressed down on her head and restored her height to her original state.

Knock knock.

Galaxy, whose neck is pressed, falls onto the sofa with a creaking sound.

“Keuh… Keuhp! Oh man, I just couldn’t breathe. You shouldn’t tease an old person.”

“Hehehe. Since I asked for your help, please stop touching the wall. You said you would only break a little bit. How is that a little bit?”

The old man who had been anxiously waiting all day for the galaxy to invade.

Eunha, with a guilty conscience, handed over a box of soy milk she had bought on the way here.

The old man grumbled, asking why I brought something like this, but did not push me away strongly.

He carefully placed the box of soy milk under the desk in the security office, then took off the security guard hat he was wearing and put it on Eunha.

A cozy smell that would come from the countryside.

The smell of the earth after it rains.

Is it because Eunha’s head is small? The hat pulled down too low blocks her view.

“Wow… They look alike a lot.”

Knock knock.

Like a grandfather patting his naughty granddaughter on the head.

The old man, with a soft laugh, gently presses Eunha’s head.

Eunha shrugged her shoulders, wondering if she would say goodbye to her cervical vertebrae again.

But this time, the touch was gentle, and Eunha smiled lazily and rested her head on his.

“What does it resemble?”

“Once upon a time, there was a little boy who tried to tear down the fence I built.”

The old man’s expression was not visible because it was obscured by the guard’s hat.

Wouldn’t he be smiling kindly as usual?

“… … Hey, bro…”

“Thanks to who, my back hurts from fixing apartments and walls all day long.”

But that was only for a moment.

An old man’s voice cuts into Eunha’s words and calls her attention.

“I need to take a break today, so the apartment owner should take care of the night patrol.”

“It’s a ding-dong, sir.”

“Doesn’t the building owner not even pay the security guard’s salary?”

“I also can’t get monthly rent from the residents. When I asked, they all said it’s a jeonse deposit.”

“You’re probably the only one who won’t say a word to this old man.”

Swish.

The old man’s hand opened a desk drawer.

The back of the hand is full of wrinkles.

What he took out from the slightly open drawer was a carefully coated sheet of guidebook.

The old man took out the ‘Euncheon-gu Night Patrol Guide’ and showed it to Eunha.

“Night Patrol Guide… Huh? Euncheon-gu? Not ‘Saetbyeol Apartment’? ”

“This is a guidebook with the old man’s ‘rules’ written on it.”

“… … Oh.”

“I just think it’s okay to give it to you now.”

The old man’s voice was gentle.

Looking at my granddaughter who has now grown up, it seems like I am reminiscing about past memories.

It’s a gentle touch.

‘Um… I don’t know. It’s good, it’s good.’

Eunha thought positively.

As winter approaches, the sunset time gets shorter.

Someday the sun will set before I even get off work at the cafe.

But if you just have that ‘Night Patrol Guide’,

Her range of activity will be somewhat guaranteed even after the sun has set.

For example, going on a midnight date with [the Red Lady],

Or work the night shift at [Euncheon Restaurant].

Or, the three of us, Fly and [Bug Princess], go for a walk at night.

There are many things you can do.

I just don’t want to do it because I’m afraid it’ll hurt.

‘The security guard’s rule… What kind of grudge is it? I should break it and find out.’

The worries were short.

Eunha lifted the guard hat on her head with her index finger and looked up at the old guard.

An old man with his usual kind smile engraved on his lips was standing there like a castle wall.

“I will. The old man is getting a good night’s rest.”

Tonight.

Night patrol.

Unlike the night guards that were only on duty until midnight,

A job that lasts until the sun rises.

“Instead, is it okay if I bring an assistant with me?”

If you do it right, the elders will like it too.

… … .

… … .

Knock knock.

And then, after some time,

At 7 o’clock in the evening, darkness was approaching.

Eunha, shivering from the winter-like cold air, knocked on the front door of [Room 801].

Click!

Room 801, [Doll Girl]’s house.

As soon as Eunha knocks, the front door opens, and a girl wearing a pure white harp seal pajamas runs towards her, flapping her short flippers and hugging her thighs.

The door opens too quickly.

Did you really sit there in front of the door, waiting with bated breath for Eunha to knock?

“Hello. How have you been?”

“milk.”

“Yeah. Milk Sister is here. Is Mr. Rabbit here?”

Snap!

[Doll Girl]’s house is filled with fluffy stuffed animals.

At Eunha’s words as she hugged the baby harp seal, the ‘rabbit stuffed animal’ that was hiding behind the living room sofa flinched in surprise.

Clink! Clink!

Although the body was well hidden,

Pure white rabbit ears poke out over the sofa and wiggle happily.

Phew…

[Doll Girl], quietly held in Eunha’s arms, closed her eyes with a face as comfortable as the world.

Galaxy, who touched the girl’s cold cheek, smiled faintly and rocked her body like a cradle.

『… … .』

The ‘rabbit stuffed animal’ called by Eunha… Mr. Rabbit carefully gets up from behind the sofa and bows his head.

There was no word.

Are you unable to have a conversation?

Or are you trying to hide your voice?

“The security guards went on strike because they were having a hard time.”

『… … ?』

“I broke the wall, but Mr. Rabbit destroyed the 9th floor apartment. Come patrol with me tonight.”

A night when monsters roam.

A night patrol job that an ordinary rabbit would have refused because it would have put his life at risk.

『… … .』

“Don’t worry. I’ll take responsibility and protect you.”

but,

‘Mr. Rabbit’ was good anyway.

Thump. Thump. Thump.

At night,

With the galaxy,

Just the two of us,

What else matters?

For a girl, there is only the galaxy.

“……possible.”

“What?”

Beep!

A small sized rabbit plush toy.

The girl took a powerful step forward, clutching her pounding heart.

… … .

… … .

The rabbit had a dream.

It’s a happy dream.

Please, this sweet dream,

May it end as a dream.

“Okay, I’ll be back!”

“Rabbit friend. Be careful.”

A pure white rabbit stuffed animal.

The girl left the house with a pounding heart.

Beep!

A trivial sound that echoes with every step.

The eighth floor hallway was dark.

The air in the ‘Saetbyeol Apartment’ where the sunlight has disappeared is cold.

This is what it feels like to be close to death.

Mr. Rabbit took a deep breath and carefully adjusted his guard hat.

I wonder if the thread has come loose.

Are there any places where the cotton is sticking out?

If we hold hands, will Eunha hear my pounding heart?

I think about that.

『Phew….』

I stood there dumbfounded in the dark apartment hallway.

‘Mr. Rabbit’ listened to the noise he heard.

Sagagak, sagagak.

The sound of insect footsteps.

The sound of nails scratching the front door.

The sound of knocking on the window and the laughter of a child in my ear.

The monsters in the apartment begin to rise from the darkness.

『… … Sister Galaxy.』

Rabbit doll.

What was once a silver bell.

I am nothing but a fake,

Is it okay to approach the galaxy?

The girl quietly clenched her fists.

( Sister Galaxy… I don’t know how you ended up doing night patrols, but you’re probably going to do something weird again, right? )

(I will definitely protect you tonight.)

Beep!

A small promise.

Soon, the rabbit put the digital camera and a bunch of photos into the pocket on its stomach.

I went down to the first floor to avoid the numerous sounds I could hear.

The parking lot we escaped from, fighting through the cold air.

In the distance, you can see a brightly lit security office.

A woman is seen resting her large breasts on the desk and breathing comfortably.

『… … .』

“… Ah, Mr. Rabbit! Come in quickly!”

Galaxy waving her hand while smiling.

The rabbit covered its face with one hand, as if it was blinded.

『… … .』

Swish…

And, in the fluffy belly pocket,

Take out a bright yellow post-it note and a ballpoint pen,

[ (ง*`˘´*)ว Please take care of me! ]

It was a bow with a cute letter.

… … .

Sagak-.

The night sky is quickly approaching.

Two people who promised to become each other’s walls.

Galaxy and Bunny Girl gathered at the guardhouse for their night patrol.