ha-neul stared at the apartment door. it was the one the police said it was. she huffed , looking at her phone at the address and it matched. she didn't understand why her brother disappeared after his shitty investment. she also just wanted answers from myung-gi. also answers on why he left jun-hee. jun-hee was pregnant anyway! why leave her? sighing , she brought her hand up to the door then loudly knocking on the door , then waiting for myung-gi to open up the door. hopefully he would , or if he didn't she'd just try again tomorrow..
— : ( @leehaneul . )
The door didn’t open right away. For a long minute, it was just Ha-Neul and the silence, no footsteps, no sound, nothing. But then, finally, a faint click echoed as the deadbolt shifted. The door cracked open just enough to reveal a tired, unshaven face. Myung-gi. He looked like a man who hadn't slept in weeks, eyes shadowed, jaw tense. His hair was longer than she remembered, messier, and his usual cologne had been replaced by the stale scent of isolation and ramen packets. "...Ha-Neul." His voice was hoarse, like it hadn’t been used in days. "You shouldn’t be here." He didn’t open the door any wider, but he also didn’t close it. "I know why you’re here. I figured someone would come eventually. But not you. Not like this." He glanced away, jaw clenching as if bracing himself. "Jun-Hee… she told you everything, didn’t she?"
Another pause. He looked down, then back at her, guilt etched into every line of his face. "I didn’t leave because I wanted to. I left because I had to. I messed up. The kind of messed up you don’t crawl back from, Ha-Neul. You think I wanted this? You think I wanted to disappear and hear from the police that my sister tracked me down like some ghost?" He opened the door just a little wider. His voice softened, but his eyes stayed guarded. "...She’s pregnant?" A beat passed. His breath hitched, almost imperceptibly. "I thought she got an abortion." He stepped back, just enough to make space for her to enter, if she wanted to. "...You came all this way. Might as well come in."