the good bye symbol because mobile won’t let me c/p
first of all: fuck you. second of all: you did this to yourself i cannot be blamed.
dated: back to a week before jae was allegedly scheduled to leave for the military.
written on a piece of paper that showed visible signs of just how upset he had grown while writing it and left in sunwoo’s room after jae had been over hanging out before he had “left for home” ( — after an uncharastically long hug from him ). in actuality, he walked to the bus stop closest in proximity to sunwoo’s and caught a bus to the airport. written in korean since it felt easier for jae to write freely in but i included the translation here obvi. the crosses out bits still eligible enough to be made out bc he sucks at scratching things out properly you’re welcome
죄송 해요. 처음으로 우리 사이에 거짓말을했지만 선택의 여지가 없었습니다. 나는 당신의 눈을 볼 수 없었고 여전히 갈 수 있습니다. 내가 데이트를 떠난다는 말은 지금부터 일주일이 지나도 ... 작별 인사를하는 건 상상도 못해 내가이 일을하니 극도의 상처를 입을 거라는 건 알지만 정말 화 나지만 결국 이해해 주셨으면 좋겠어요 형. 우리는 거의 20 년 동안 뗄래야 뗄 수없는 존재 였는데 어떻게 내가 당신을 공항 터미널에 맡길 수 있겠습니까? 만났을 때까지 나는 언니 밖의 세상과 완전히 완전히 외로웠 고 만난 후에는 더 이상 외로움이 어떤 것인지 알지 못했습니다.
작별 인사를 할 때까지. 우리는 내가 느끼는 순간에 어울리고 있었다. 우리 셋 이서 우리가 항상하는 것처럼 어울리 더군요. 평범하지 않지만 나는 그것을 느꼈다. 춥고 고통 스러웠습니다. 머지 않아 두 분에게서 멀어진 세상이 될 것입니다. 당신은 서로를 가질 것이고 나는 아마도 내가 잊혀진 선반에 충분한 먼지를 모으게 될 추억이 될 것입니다.
나를 미워하지 마세요. 그때가되면 날 잊어 버려. 하지만 나를 미워하지 마세요.
그래서 저는 웃음과 함께 내일 침대에서 일어나면 뵙겠다는 거짓 약속으로 떠나고 싶습니다.
조심해, 그가 이중 형 근무에 당신이 필요하다는 것을 알고 있습니다. 문제가 없으면 내가없는 동안 대대도 찾아 봐? 그가 내가 할 일을하게 놔두지 마세요 그는 좋은 아이이고 그 상태를 유지해야합니다. 그가 여전히 학교에서 아이들과 문제가 있다면, 내가 지금 핵무기를 이용할 수 있다는 것을 아이들에게 알려주세요.
사랑해 형. 나는 당신이 그것을 알기도 전에 당신에게 백발과 불안을 줄 것입니다. 싸움!
I’m sorry. For the first time I’ve put a lie between us ... but I had no choice. I couldn’t look you in the eye and still be able to go. Telling you I was leaving on a date still a week out from now was just ... what I needed to do for me. I can’t imagine saying goodbye to you and I know you’re probably going to be extremely hurt by the way I’ve done this and also really pissed off at me but I hope eventually you can understand, hyung. We’ve been inseparable for nearly two decades so how could I be expected to just ... leave you at a terminal in the airport? Until we met, I was completely and utterly alone against the world outside of my sister and after we met, I never knew what lonely felt like anymore.
Until I found myself envisioning the farewell. We were even hanging out in the moment I felt it. It was the three of us, just hanging out like we always do. Nothing out of the ordinary but I felt it. It was icy and painful. Soon, I’d be a whole world away from the two of you. You’d have each other and I’d be a memory who will probably end up collecting enough dust on a shelf that I end up forgotten about.
Don’t hate me, please. Forget me if that’s what time brings. But just don’t hate me.
So I want to leave with laughter and a false promise that I’ll see you whenever I eventually roll myself out of bed tomorrow.
Watch out for Ki, you know he’s going to need you on double hyung duty. If it’s no trouble, lookout for DaeDae too for me while I’m gone? Don’t let him do anything I would do. He’s a good kid and he needs to stay that way. If he has trouble with kids at school still, make sure they know Ive got access to nukes now.
I love you, hyung. I’ll be back giving you grey hair and anxiety before you know it. FIGHTING!
p.s. even if i die, I’m still older.