Due to these secret areas, they referred to as 5 inside design firms. Every firm was tasked with making two secret areas, and solely a part of the home’s flooring plan was disclosed. Even the businesses that stated it was troublesome to proceed with this sort of work did it with out complaining once they noticed the sum of money provided by Woo-hyun.

After such an advanced course of, it took six months for the fundamental construction of the home to be set, and one other month for the detailed inside to be completed.

In comparison with the inside development, the design was simply determined. Woo-hyun handed over a lot of the decision-making energy to Yoo-hwa, aside from the kitchen, which was a eating space, and his personal area, the examine. Since Yoo-hwa was additionally not very demanding, the home ended up being neatly adorned with timeless supplies. One of many issues that took the longest was the backyard.

“We don’t must plant something. I don’t need it.”

Woo-hyun stated in passing. Yoo-hwa rapidly understood what he meant by that.

The backyard was a spot the place life was born and existed, but in addition disappeared. Withering was going to be seen in a roundabout way, so if it was a burden to witness such a factor, it meant that there was no want to brighten it.

After eager about it for some time, Yoo-hwa determined to brighten the backyard. The world across the fence was adorned with evergreen timber in a manner that was not extreme, and on the bottom, synthetic grass was laid for straightforward upkeep.

It didn’t have a beautiful feeling as a result of there have been no flowers, however the greenness had extra attraction all yr around the extra one checked out it. Since they have been evergreen timber, it didn’t seem to be they modified in any respect, so it was enjoyable to search out the delicate variations.

Whereas the evergreen timber have been altering barely, the day by day lifetime of Woo-hyun and Yoo-hwa additionally started to happen. The friction that arose from minor behavior variations was adjusted by means of mutual yielding, and the meal instances have been typically constant.

When resting, Woo-hyun would watch the information, and Yoo-hwa would relaxation her head on his legs and skim a e-book. They realized that it was comforting to be in the identical area even when every of them was taking a break. They made scrumptious meals and childishly determined who would do the dishes with rock-paper-scissors.

Then, after a couple of instances, she realized that Woo-hyun was purposely dropping to her. She realized that after doing solely scissors.

When the weekend’s drowsy afternoon daylight pushed deeply into the room, they lay in mattress, rolled round, touched one another, and kissed. When the cool windy climate got here, there have been instances once they saved the window open and stayed there quietly whereas embracing one another. Then, they’d impulsively dress and exit on a drive, drink espresso in a scenic spot, and are available again. Particular days existed as standard.

Like twinkling lights within the evening surroundings.

As standard, as she waited for Woo-hyun to return, Yoo-hwa appeared on the evergreen timber outdoors the window. In the present day, the evergreen leaves appeared darker underneath the gloomy, gray sky.

“Relationship…”

She heard herself in a sigh. She didn’t assume a lot of it at the same time as she muttered, so she tapped the harmless wall together with her toes.

She missed the enrollment interval on the College of Broadcasting and Communications and determined to attend the next yr, however there was nonetheless fairly a while left. Whereas trying round for a spot to study, she discovered a humanities lecture from a author she used to love and utilized for registration. Luckily, it was near dwelling, and he or she solely wanted to go a few times a month so there was no stress.

She solely heard the lecture thrice over the course of three months, however she realized lots. One of many issues she realized was to choose a phrase and give it some thought.

“Though the easiest way to put in writing is to learn lots, I’ve a particular manner. I feel lengthy and exhausting a couple of single phrase. So, to place it merely, write it down and take into consideration all of the issues which are associated to it. Then, strive writing a novel, a poem, a sentence, or no matter. In the event you try this, even should you hear to 1 factor, a whole lot of ideas will come to thoughts right away. That’s while you get a whole lot of concepts.”

“I don’t know what number of of you’ll do that, however shall I provide you with some homework whereas we’re at it? Are you able to write down the issues that come to thoughts while you hear the phrase ‘me’ for the subsequent lecture? In fact, you don’t must do it should you don’t need to. I’m not forcing you.”

Since then, a phrase has been given every time as a homework task. Within the first lecture, it was ‘me’, within the second lecture, ‘you’, and within the third lecture, ‘relationship’.

In comparison with ‘me’ and ‘you’, which have been simple to put in writing about, ‘relationship’ was tougher.

“Relationship, relationship, relationship…”

She propped her chin on the windowsill and considered all of the relationships she had had.

She was as soon as somebody’s daughter. She was additionally the buddy of somebody who didn’t even know if she was alive or lifeless, and to the world, she was the daughter of a assassin. After that, she suffered as Kim Yi-woon’s older sister for a very long time.

And now…

Her eyes widened as she realized that her imaginative and prescient had turned blurry. It appeared that sooner or later, she had introduced her face to the window out of behavior. The window clouded together with her breath, as if it was foggy. Her head went clean as a result of her imaginative and prescient was blurry. Yoo-hwa slowly wrote one thing down on the window together with her fingernail, as if possessed.

Sin Woo-hyun’s

Kim Yoo-hwa

The world her breath created on the window was small, so she may solely write that a lot. Yoo-hwa appeared quietly at what she had written and gave a faint smile. As quickly as she noticed the title Sin Woo-hyun, her fiercely wavering thoughts immediately calmed down.