Chapter 91 (1/2)

Chapter 91: Chapter 91

“…I’m sorry.”

It really shocked Miho.

“About what?”

He asked because he really couldn’t know what he was apologizing about. He saw how shocked he was and said, embarrassed, “About bullying and tormenting you.”

“….But why?”

Really, he couldn’t understand. It had already been half a year since his bullying stopped. Half a year wasn’t that long, but to Miho, it felt like so long ago, despite the fact that the bullying had lasted for more than three years.

“Shit, I know it’s too late, but…”

He couldn’t look into Miho’s eyes. He had been confident to the very last moment, but now he was bowing like a sinner.

“At first, I just found you creepy.”

It reminded Miho of what he had forgotten. Himself looking down at the funeral and the way his relatives had looked at him.

“Then, I got angry.”

What he had felt as he wrote a fake name on his gym suit, what he had felt as he became an outcast of their class, and the ray of hope that suddenly came to him one day.

‘I don’t have parents either.’

“And later, I just got used to it.”

It felt so sad. His heart ached, telling him he had forgotten what he shouldn’t have. It wasn’t Jagyeom. It wasn’t the bully.

“I’ve been thinking a lot after that day.”

The moment Miho blinked, a tear ran down his cheek. He looked away instead of wiping it and saw a small cat. More tears came out.

“And I realized… I just used it as an excuse to be hard on you.”

As the bully looked down in shame, he couldn’t see Miho’s tears. His head ached even more.

“I’m sorry.”

‘What does it have to do with you?’

He hadn’t heard that voice before. It wasn’t Jagyeom, and it wasn’t the bully. But the unfamiliar voice somehow made him cry.

‘Whether he weeps over his sister’s death or not, what does it have to do with you?’

“…You…”

The cat stared at him, its tail moving gently. The bully looked up as Miho spoke.

“You said I wouldn’t shed a single tear even if my sister died.”

The bully looked surprised to see him cry for the first time. Tears were running down his face now, but he spoke calmly.

“Apologize about that too.”

“Why– Why are you…”

He faltered. He raised a hand to grab Miho’s shoulder and ask why he was crying, but then someone stopped his arm. The cat was gone. What Miho saw first with teary eyes was light-brown hair.

“…What the…”

His eyes were flashing.

“Who are you? What are you doing?”

The boy said nothing. He looked back in surprise at Miho and frowned. He let go of the bully’s arm and let out a sigh. He muttered.

“I thought… No, I was wrong.”

Jagyeom came running with a boy Miho had never seen before.

“Myohan’s mad again…”

Jagyeom whispered.

“Hey, I asked you a question. Who the hell are…”

“Me?”