episode_0374

I had a lot to ask.

Why on earth did it disappear, where it was all this time, and why it never showed up again.

There were a ton of other questions I wanted to ask, but my mouth wouldn’t open.

“You’ve grown up so beautifully.”

Shine, who was a step away, looked me up and down as she spoke.

“Do you have a lot to ask?”

I nodded.

Shine, who was looking at me, opened her mouth while looking around.

“It needed preparation.”

“Jun… Biranyi?”

“A lot of preparation, it was necessary to make sure Jeff wouldn’t get hurt anymore.”

Shine said that and then took a step back.

“So, are all the preparations done…?”

“No.”

Shine answered my question firmly and spoke to me with a bright smile.

“It’s almost over. It’s going to get really dangerous from here on out. Just wait quietly. That’s what I called you to tell you.”

What kind of preparation is this?

I stepped forward and approached Shine.

No, I tried to approach.

But the distance did not decrease.

I clearly took a step forward, and my feet were clearly moving forward.

Why can’t I reach it?

I was walking slowly, but before I knew it, I was running.

But it doesn’t get any closer at all.

“Jeff.”

“Sister!”

Shine slowly walked away.

It gradually gets further and further out of reach.

why.

Why can’t I reach it?

barely.

We just met, and it’s been 7 years.

She’s my sister, why can’t I touch her?

“Don’t look for it.”

thud-

Shine’s voice rang loudly in my head.

Phagecic-!

At the same time, the barrier rebounded strongly.

Blue lightning blurs your vision.

Shine continued speaking.

“Don’t look for me, Jeff. Wait there until everything is ready. I’ll come find you. ”

“Sister! Don’t go! Come play with me, with me! Please!”

Phage crackle!

Shine begins to disappear between the blue lightning.

She was so far away, she was now invisible.

My voice is scattered in vain.

But it didn’t stop.

Keep looking for shine.

“Sister! How about playing puppy? How about playing cat? Let’s play together like we used to!”

I remember the game Shine told me about.

Oh, play biting, play cat, play puppy.

Things like wetting the blanket, things that can’t be called play.

Now I know.

Now, I know what they are.

I figured out why Shine did that to me.

I searched for Shine, who had disappeared annoyingly.

I looked around constantly.

“Sister! Now, I won’t refuse anymore! I was wrong!”

Don’t stop your feet.

Keep running and find Shine.

But I couldn’t take even one step away from that spot.

“Shine!!!”

With a loud shout, blue lightning bursts forth.

The ability to move according to one’s emotions took the form of a blue brain dragon and devoured the surroundings.

But still, there was no shine.

It was as if everything she had felt just a moment ago had disappeared like an illusion.

I stood there blankly, looking around.

The wind that had stopped started to blow, and the stale air felt again.

The closed-in feeling that felt like a narrow place disappears.

I’m back again.

I looked around and started running to where Shine had disappeared.

I just ran without thinking.

Keep running along the road.

The place we arrived at was a dead end blocked by a high wall.

I leaned against the wall and looked up at the sky.

Just now, was that really Shine?

Could it just be that it wasn’t just my imagination?

But the feeling on my lips was speaking to me.

It’s not a fantasy.

I lightly stroked my lips and took a deep breath.

Shine.

I needed my sister’s scent.

I took a small bottle out of my pocket and sprayed it on the back of my hand.

A clear liquid flowed out, and Shine’s strong scent wafted out.

I walked endlessly.

I kept wandering around the place where I met Shine.

I wonder if Shine will come back again, to tell me what he forgot.

I continued walking like that.

The sun has completely set and the moon has risen.

Streetlights illuminate the roads against the pitch-black sky.

The blinking streetlights blurred my vision.

There is no place that is okay.

I looked around and thought blankly.

There were piles of trash under the broken streetlights, and in the few remaining intact places, homeless people were sitting.

I kept walking.

How long did it take to walk like that?

The cell phone started ringing.

Bright and cheerful sounds did not suit this place.

I took my phone out of my pocket and checked who it was. It was Rain.

Only then was I able to wake up from my illusions.

“Rain?”

[Jeff? Where’s Jeff?]

Rain’s voice coming from the other end of the phone was no different than before.

Even when we first met, he called my name in this voice.

Cute chick.

My precious rain.

I smiled, wiping away the tears that had formed in my eyes.

“I came out for a moment.”

[Huh. Really? Didn’t he run away?]

“Run away? Me?”

[Are you saying that because you’re too scared of playing poking game with me?]

I looked around at Rain’s words.

Because I was worried that someone might hear what Rain said.

Poking and poking? Is that what they called it because they kept poking and poking my insides?

I sighed at Rain’s words.

“What if Mom hears?”

[Ah. Amy? Amy isn’t here right now.]

“Didn’t your mom come home?”

[He came in and quickly went out again.]

“Hmm. What is Rain doing?”

[I’m playing hide and seek with Chuchu right now.]

I nodded and headed for the gate.

“Rain.”

[huh?]

“I have. I met Shine.”

[Really?]

“Yeah, but. I’m not sure.”

[What does that mean?]

“I don’t know either.”

I said that and put my phone in my pocket.

Because the call hadn’t ended yet, Rain’s voice could be heard faintly.

I wasn’t sure.

Is it right that I met Shine?

I wonder if I took some drugs without knowing it.

I was so suspicious.

I got into the car and was lost in thought.

***

I race down a road brightly lit by moonlight.

I think while looking at the quickly passing scenery around me.

Let’s think again about what Shine said.

I told you not to look for it.

He said he wasn’t ready yet.

The fact that he called me to tell me that must have made it clear that Shine knew I had been searching for him for the past seven years.

Could it be that the image captured on that camera was meant to summon me?

Everything was questionable.

It feels like someone is blocking my vision.

I sped through the gate.

As I was running with the long light trailing like a tail, I found myself back home before I knew it.

Park your car in the garage and head up.

A cool breeze blows at dawn.

A time when everyone is asleep.

The hallway was completely quiet.

I walk down the long hallway to my room.

The moment I arrived at the door, I could see a little chick leaning against the door.

She was sitting in front of the door, wearing her pajamas and hugging a large pillow to her chest.

The face was tilted sideways and the eyes were closed.

“Rain.”

“Ugh…”

“If you sleep in a place like this, you’ll catch a cold.”

I hugged Rain, who was sitting on the floor.

Could it be because I was exposed to cold air for a long time?

Rain was cold.

Even in her sleep, she dug into my arms as if seeking warmth.

That small and cute appearance brings a smile to my face.

As I entered the room holding Rain in my arms, everything had changed.

A room filled with new furniture.

The interior, which had been a mess, became normal.

I walked slowly and laid Rain down on the bed.

Rain, who was still asleep, burrowed into the blankets.

***

The next morning.

At the sound of sparrows chirping, Rain woke up, rubbing his eyes.

I sat on the sofa and watched the scene quietly.

Rain, who seemed accustomed to sleeping in my bed, came down naturally and headed to the bathroom wearing slippers.

It seemed like he didn’t know I was back in the room yet.

I continued to watch.

After a quick wash, Rain came out of the bathroom with a wet face.

Then I take out my phone and play a song.

As soon as the song for the height increase gymnastics started playing, my body started to flinch.

I held on desperately.

Lane, with her hands on her waist, began to move to the rhythm.

Rain, who had been bouncing around on the spot to the beat, began to do gymnastics by waving her hands.

I watched quietly for a while and then took out my phone and started recording the scene.

“Hot. Hot. Hot”

Lane doing gymnastics hard while giving short shouts.

She stretched her short limbs with all her might and spun her body as she jumped.

The lane that was spinning round and round met my gaze.

“Oops.”

The spinning lane landed and stopped moving.

She stood still and looked at me as if she were ice.

Rain’s blue gaze turns to my phone.

“Ah. Aaaah!”

As if he had finally figured out the situation, Rain ran towards me with a bright red face.

Looking at the way he stretched out his hand with a sad expression on his face, it seemed like he was trying to erase the video I had taken.

I smiled slightly and hugged Rain, who was running towards me.

I will never erase this.

As I saved the video and quickly picked up Rain, she started thrashing and screaming.

“Did you take it? Did you just take it!?”

“Yeah. Did you take pictures of them all?”

“No! Erase it!”

“Why?”

“Dad, that’s embarrassing!”

What on earth is there to be ashamed of?

You’re in your late 20s and you do height-gaining exercises that kids do?

Isn’t it too late to be ashamed of that?

There are countless videos of Amy doing gymnastics.

I said, lowering Rain to the floor.

“Get ready to go out. We’re going to be busy.”

“Are you busy?”

Rain, who had been angry that the video had been filmed, tilted his head as soon as the topic was changed.

“Yeah. I have to find Shine.”

“Ah! That’s right. What did you mean when you said you met Shine earlier? Did you really meet her?”

Rain clung to my leg, fussing over my words.

He looked up at me with his eyes wide open as if he would never let go until I told him.

I walked forward with the rain hanging on.

“Have you met? Well, I don’t know. I think we met. I don’t think we met.”

Rain fell off the bridge with a puzzled expression on his face at my words.

Rain’s preparations didn’t take long.

Change into comfortable clothes and grab a nice pair of sunglasses.

Next, carry a large chick bag on your back.

The sight of it still being the same as it was back then makes me laugh.

Raina hated being treated like a child, but she liked the chick bag.

Like Rain, I also packed a large dinosaur bag.

“Where are you going today?”

“Well, there’s no set place.”

I plan to search every area like this.

If you tell me not to look for it, I’m not the one who will listen.

I had to be a good younger sibling who listened to my older sister, but if my older sister was a bad older sibling who didn’t come to see me, I had to be a bad younger sibling too.

Next time we meet, I’ll have to bite your heart off.

I left the room, clinking my teeth.