Sweet Spell - Sweet Spell-Episode 77

Episode 77

Chapter 7. Regret

“I don’t want to get married.”

The officiant was looking at Hayoung at a loss for words at the priest’s words, and even the host, who was supposed to control the situation, was lost. Ha Young-man, the person involved, threw the veil on her head to the floor with a relieved expression, then quickly lifted the hem of her flowing dress and turned her back to the wedding guests.

Suddenly, Yeo-rim came to her senses at the clearly audible sound of shoes. Hayoung, who was about to pass by her, stopped. We couldn’t see each other’s faces because our shoulders were facing each other, but we could see their small shoulders shaking slightly. Mr. Yeorim, to Hayoung’s low voice calling me, Yeorim answered, “Yes,” in a low voice. Hayoung took a moment to catch her breath and continued speaking.

“I don’t want to do anything foolish.”

“!!”

“Because you know there won’t be any happiness anyway. “I’m the one who throws it away first.”

Yeo-rim couldn’t say anything at Ha-young’s words. It wasn’t easy for her to say sorry. She couldn’t even see what kind of face Hayoung was making right now. Ha-young passed by Yeo-rim. As if she wasn’t worth looking at Yeorim, she didn’t even glance at her and just walked on her carpet that she had walked on. Hayoung left her ceremony with a more confident look on her face than when she came in. Where the bride disappeared, only a broken bouquet and a crumpled white veil remained.

Yeo-rim blinked her eyes slowly as the guests came to their senses and murmured. Most of them were criticism of Hayoung for messing up the wedding. No, this wasn’t all Hayoung’s fault, but she couldn’t say anything to Yeorim. What on earth are you going to say when you turn around? Are you the one who ruined this marriage? Should she at least make an excuse that this sadal happened because she cheated on Ha-young? Even in this situation, Yeo-rim was a selfish person who believed that she was more important than Ha-young.

“What are you thinking now?!”

Ms. Kang, who came to her senses, screamed. Mrs. Kang jumped up from her chair and approached Yeo-rim, grabbing her by the shoulders and shaking her.

“what’s this. “What the hell is this!!”

“… … .”

“Did you guys really mean to do this from the beginning?”

Shaking in Mrs. Kang’s small hand, Yeo-rim looked for him among the guests. Just as he was wondering if he had already followed Hayoung out, he found him still sitting there. It was obvious that he missed the timing to follow Hayoung and had to sit down, but it didn’t matter. Yeo-rim pushed away Mrs. Kang’s hand. Mrs. Kang, who had been staggered and pushed away, called out to Yeo-rim, but she could not hear anything in her ears.

“Kang Yeo-rim!!!!”

Mrs. Kang screamed and fell down holding the back of her neck. The surprised guests and host could be heard running to the fallen Mrs. Kang. But Yeorim didn’t look back at her. In the chaotic ceremony hall, she was calm and delicate. Everything was strangely quiet for her. She walked towards him.

He, who was lost in confusion, noticed Yeo-rim approaching towards him and immediately stood up from his seat. Yeorim stood in front of him. His face distorted. He seemed to have something he wanted to say, but couldn’t get the words out easily because of all the eyes focused on him. Yeorim stretched out his hand. She took his hand.

After meeting him, I was full of regrets about everything. If I hadn’t been greedy, if I hadn’t been selfish, or if I hadn’t met you at all. Even with the regrets filling my head, my feelings for him still remained. Even though everyone was unhappy because of this mess, she still had an ugly feeling of wishing that he were by her side. I can’t do that, I can’t do that anymore. Putting all her thoughts aside, Yeorim spoke in a calm voice.

“Hayoung, follow me.”

“… … .”

“Hurry up, Hayoung, follow me.”

“brother… … .”

For the first time, I thought of Hayoung, not him. No, he chose to think more about Hayoung than about himself. He confidently left this place, but what Hayoung, who was having a harder time than anyone else right now, needed was not him. He couldn’t go to Hayoung himself. His eyes shook greatly at Yeo-rim’s words. Yeorim smiled weakly.

If I send him away like this, will I ever see him again? Yeo-rim could feel that she would never see him unless she worked hard to find him. He was the one who said that after this wedding, he would go far away. Therefore, at this moment, when his relationship with Ha-young was completely over, he would no longer meet Yeo-rim.

“Later, after some time has passed… … “Can we see it?”

“… … .”

“I won’t bother looking for it. But if you, Joohan, want to see me… … .”

Yeorim could no longer continue speaking. She knew that even this was just greed, so she was so hung up that her words could not come out. She was delicate and tried to suppress and suppress her emotions that were about to burst out. She had no right to hate Hayoung, no right to catch him, nothing. So, I have to let him go completely, without leaving any space, with the intention of never seeing him again… … My selfish heart does not go away.

“Sorry. Until the end. “Because I’m selfish.”

I hope the crackling voice didn’t tremble so badly. Yeorim smiled weakly while looking at him. The muscles on her face that she had created against her will kept trying to distort, but it was a pretty good smile in the end. Yeorim let out a short breath and spoke in a calm voice. Hayoung follows. He kissed Yeorim’s words and let out a short sigh. And after a short silence, he spoke in a low voice.

“Later, when I can see my brother casually… … “I’ll come find you then.”

“!!”

“… … I’m fine.”

With a calm final greeting, he pushed away Yeorim’s hand. As her body temperature receded, Yeorim held her hand meaninglessly toward the empty space. Even if he did that, it wasn’t like he could hold his hand again, but the lingering feeling lingered. He turned his back on Yeorim. And then he quickly ran towards the door where Hayoung left.

Yeorim looked down at her hand, which had been holding his hand just a moment ago. It was cold. He hadn’t caught a mirage, but it was so cold that he felt like crying. Holding his hand in the empty air, Yeorim gave him a greeting that she had not been able to say before.

“bye.”

***

The wedding ended in a mess. The bride who ran away during her wedding vows, Mrs. Kang who collapsed, and the groom who said nothing. Mrs. Kang’s face was badly damaged, and Yeo-rim had to be the subject of many gossips for a while. Some of them started to have reasonable suspicions after seeing Yeo-rim approaching him at the end, but she did not give any negative or positive answer. She knew that she would disappear as time passed, so she just quietly went about her daily life.

Mrs. Kang, who woke up in the hospital, grabbed Yeo-rim by the collar and screamed, but soon after hearing the situation at the wedding, which was completely ruined, she lay back down on the bed. After that, Yeo-rim didn’t say anything to Mrs. Kang. Neither Mrs. Kang nor she asked Yeo-rim anything anymore.

Even as daily life went on, Mrs. Kang did not speak. She looked like she was completely cut off from the world, and Mrs. Kang just blinked her eyes. There was a doctor’s opinion that she could return to her home and rest, saying that her mental trauma was so severe, but it was difficult to leave Mrs. Kang alone, helpless and motionless, with her eyes set somewhere else. . Three months passed as her hospitalization period continued to extend and extend, but she was still the same as Mrs. Kang.

Yeo-rim, who went to see Mrs. Kang out of a sense of duty, looked at Ms. Kang’s face as she was quietly looking at the ceiling again today. The time spent quietly observing her silent partner was very boring. Yeorim yawned while rubbing the back of her aching neck and suddenly thought of him. When Hayoung was asleep, did he also think like this? I thought, “It’s so boring.” He can’t possibly do that. If Yeo-rim knew him, he would have held Ha-young’s hand every time and prayed for her to wake up quickly. Yeorim smiled softly at the thought that came to mind at that time, then quietly got up and left the hospital room.

Yeo-rim, leaning against the completely closed door of the hospital room, rummaged through her pockets. I guess I’m out of cigarettes. After the wedding broke up, I started smoking like crazy. Because I lose my sanity when I drink alcohol, I felt like I would make another mistake. Cigarettes were appropriate to avoid making stupid mistakes like visiting him. She had been chain-smoking even before she came to see Mrs. Kang, but was that the last time she smoked? Yeorim let out a deep sigh and rubbed the back of her neck vigorously. Her head hurt.

“Is your mother okay?”

Hayoung, who was outside the hospital room, asked. Yeorim nodded his head instead of answering. She wasn’t the type of person to die from something like this, and although the shock would have been great, it was probably one of the things Ms. Kang had roughly expected. Don’t worry, Ha-yeong, who had been glancing at the hospital room door as Yeo-rim said, turned her head as if she had never done that before. I wasn’t worried. Yeo-rim smiled slightly as she saw Ha-young sharpening her words.

“I told you to come in, why are you doing that outside?”

“If I go in there, are you going to grab my mother by the back and fall down again?”

“Well, I guess so.”

The two people exchanged silly jokes without looking at each other’s faces. Even though it looked okay on the outside, we met while putting aside for a while the emotions that couldn’t be resolved. The friendly atmosphere that had lasted for a long time quickly solidified. Yeo-rim leaned against the wall and looked into the distance, and Ha-yeong followed her, leaning against the wall and looking in the opposite direction of Yeo-rim.

“If you have time, would you like to have some coffee?”

“No, it’s okay.”

Yeo-rim was speechless for a moment as the words were cut off firmly. However, she had things to say to Hayoung when she met her after three months. There were still a lot of things she had to say to her face that couldn’t be said in a message or over the phone. Yeorim hesitated and then carefully continued her words.

“But still, we came this far.”

“… … all right.”

Yeorim smiled slightly at Hayoung’s answer. Lucky for her, she thought. If I send Hayoung away like this, I don’t know when I’ll see her again, or maybe I won’t see her at all. Yeorim quickly thought of a suitable location. After thinking for a moment, what came to her mind was a large cafe near the hospital. It was a place where you could mix with people and talk quietly.

Yeo-rim walked ahead, and Ha-yeong followed behind. Sometimes when she looks back, Ha-yeong, who she thought was close to Yeo-rim, was far away. When she stopped walking, wondering if she might not be able to follow me, Hayoung also stopped. She seemed to be saying that she would not come any closer than this. Yeo-rim smiled bitterly as the distance widened as if it would never narrow and turned her gaze forward again.