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The Beautiful Memory

Classical music playing softly in a small cafe. The aroma of coffee permeates the whole shop. Makes you feel refreshed at a corner table There was a young man around 22 years old with a cappuccino glass in his hand. and another glass on the other side of the table. As if waiting for the owner............

The young man looked down at the time and drank the little remaining coffee. Then call the cashier. With another coffee cup still on the opposite table..............

“Junmyeon, take the money.”

"Luhan hyung, that cappuccino......." Junmyeon pointed at the glass on the other side. Luhan saw this and smiled slightly. Then he answered and said:

"The owner of this coffee mug likes to drink bitter things," Luhan said while looking at the coffee mug. Junmyeon could only sigh.

"I still love him."

"Yes, and it will always be like this."

"Hyung...."

"I'm going now," Luhan said goodbye to Junmyeon before driving back to the condo.

Actually, he has another house. So there were many people asking to buy this room. But he still insists on not selling. Because in this room It is filled with precious memories. It's the memory of that person...........Kim Minseok

It's snowing here today. Makes him think back to the past with that person.

14/5/xxx

4 years ago

At that time he was an ordinary third year high school student. wake up early to study Eat lunch and go home to do the work the teacher ordered and has a girlfriend named.......Kim Minseok

Minseok is a cute person who smiles well, making it difficult for him to smile. He became a person who smiled better. And the two of them were close. Until he accidentally thought of Minseok more than a friend. I don't know when Luhan fell in love with his slender, oval face. But there are those plump, pinchable cheeks. love that smile and Minseok's cuteness

He tried to suppress that feeling. But in the end, I decided to tell him how I felt. At first, Luhan had prepared himself that he would definitely be hated. But instead, Minseok smiled shyly and said that Minseok himself thought differently. So they changed their status to lovers instead.

“Luge~ Let's go to the cafe~” Minseok smiled sweetly. Because of this He loves this much.

"Um, let's go," Luhan responded and walked to the cafe together.

Yorkshire Café

“Welcome, both hyungs. Will you receive the same today? ^^"

The store employee's voice spoke up. This person is Junmyeon. Juniors at their school Junmyeon opened this small cafe around 4:00 a.m., just after school time. With a classic atmosphere suitable for all ages. Including Junmyeon is a good-natured person. This makes the shop quite popular.

“Do the same, Junmyeon.” Minseok smiled at Junmyeon. Junmyeon smiled back and turned to make coffee.

He and Minseok like to sit at the table next to the window. Because the view here is very beautiful. If you come in the evening You will see the sunset view. which is very beautiful

"2 cappuccino art already ^^" Junmyeon placed the coffee cups in front of them both. But today there was a plate of cookies. Minseok and Luhan looked up with question marks. It easily caused laughter from the white shop owner.

“Just today I tried to make a new type of cookie. So let me try it." Junmyeon gave him a wry smile. Every time the restaurant has a new menu. Junmyeon would let them taste it every time. Because the two of them are regular customers.

This is Luhan's daily life. He used to come to this cafe with Minseok after school every day. And then we went back to the condo together. Because Minseok likes to drink coffee. When Minseok is sick When I drank coffee, my symptoms improved without having to rely on medicine or anything. Luhan was also confused.

3 months later

Minseok and he are quite busy these days. As a result, we rarely get to go back together like before. For example, today Luhan stopped late. So he told Minseok to go back to the condo first. Moreover, Minseok has been making appointments with his personal doctor quite often lately. When Luhan asked, Minseok said there was nothing.

Now Luhan has returned to the condo. Greeted the guard as usual. We chatted a bit and then excused ourselves to go up. When Luhan arrived in the room He saw shoes that didn't belong to him lying in front of the room. Luhan immediately frowned. So he walked into the room. And the picture he saw was Minseok hugs someone else.........

"Minseok...." Luhan said in a low voice but for the other person to hear.

"Luhan......."

“What is this, Minseok? Do you have someone else?”

"If I say yes....." Luhan was stunned as soon as Minseok spoke. Tears that are difficult to flow flowed from the deer's eyes

“Why, Minseok? Why do you do this to me?" Luhan's eyes watered. I'm sad that the person I love is with someone else. Minseok saw this and closed his eyes.

"Sorry, but I don't love you anymore. So let's.........let's break up.” Minseok finished speaking and walked out with the other man. Leaving Luhan to suffer alone in the room.

"Minseok hyung......"

"What's up, Yixing?"

"Is it a good thing to do this?"

"I accept being viewed as bad by Luhan. But I won't let him suffer because of me. If I do this, Luhan will turn away from me. Until then, he won't regret it and won't be clingy. I hope you'll win my heart, Luhan."

After that day, Luhan never saw Minseok again. Minseok disappeared from his life with words that hurt him so painfully. He skipped school for 3 days because he wasn't ready to face Minseok yet. He asked for time to calm down before seeing those harrowing images.

"Luhan, I gave you a lecture. Take it and read it," Kris, a classmate, said as he handed him a notebook.

"Thank you, Chris."

“By the way, do you know why Minseok doesn't come to class?” Kris' words immediately made him frown.

"Minseok isn't coming to class?"

"Yes, you don't know that, right?" Chris had a shocked expression on his face. Luhan chose to be quiet. along with many questions floating around in my head

Break for lunch

Luhan chose to ask Yixing himself about Minseok not coming to class.

"Is this Yixing?"

"yes"

“I want to know why Minseok isn't coming to class.” Luhan stared intently at Yixing, wanting an answer.

"If you want to know I recommend meeting in front of the school at the end of class. I will take you somewhere,” Yixing replied with a calm face.

“Where are you taking me?” Luhan asked.

“I really can't tell you. Let's just say that once you get there, you'll understand everything.” With that, Yixing walked out of there. Luhan couldn't help but grunt but reluctantly accepted the offer.

Leave school

Luhan walked down and then headed to the front of the school. and saw Yixing already standing and waiting

“Can we go yet?” Luhan said impatiently.

"Get in the car." Yixing called for Luhan to get in the car. which he graciously agreed to get into the car

30 minutes have passed

Yixing drove his car and parked in a hospital. It immediately created confusion for Luhan.

"What are you doing bringing me to the hospital?" Luhan asked angrily.

"You'll know for yourself." Yixing then walked Luhan into the hospital. Luhan looked around the hospital with familiarity. Because this is the hospital where Minseok often comes for treatment.

"Visiting a patient's room

xxx

yes"

"Please tell me your name."

“Zhang Yixing.”

"Please come this way." The nurse then brought Luhan and Yixing to the front of a hospital room.

"Please allow me. I have relatives visiting." A nurse knocked on the door.

"Come in," a loud voice called out to allow entry. Luhan's eyes widened as well as the person sitting on the hospital bed.

"Min Seok"

"Luhan......"

Minseok looked at Luhan's face with fluttering eyes. Then he turned to look at Yixing.

“Yi Qing, I told you not to tell or bring Luhan here. Then why did you bring him here?” Minseok said angrily.

“Hyung, someday Mr. Luhan will have to know, right? Besides, I want Hyung to be happy before I go.” Yixing used a serious tone. Minseok could only sigh.

Luhan looked at the situation with confusion. What is Minseok hiding from him? Why hide it? What exactly happened here?

“You can go back now, Yixing.” With that, Yixing left the room. There were only him and Minseok left.

“What is this, Minseok? Please tell me what happened.”

“You have to accept it,” Minseok said, closing his eyes. Tears flowed down from those round eyes.

“I have leukemia. It's been a while. It was during this time that I often went to the hospital to see the doctor. Doctors tried various methods of treatment. But I chose to refuse all treatment. After all, the chance of survival is only 5-10%. Moreover, when I just found out I have cancer. It is in the medium term, which means

There is no chance of survival, even with various treatment methods. So I chose to misunderstand you. I'm with someone else You will be able to get over me. So that you don't have to regret it later. But today, Yixing brought you here. And you finally found out.”

Luhan sat and looked at Minseok with various feelings mixed in his heart. Why are you so nice to him? He was stupid for labeling Minseok a bad person. Even though Minseok was so good to him

“I'm sorry I didn't tell you. I don't want to see you sad, I....."

Minseok's voice trailed off. Because Luhan got up and hugged Minseok tightly. Minseok felt wetness on his shoulder. which he knew exactly what it was

“Don't blame yourself, Minseok. You're not wrong. Why are you so nice to me?” They hugged each other with an indescribable feeling. and absolutely refused to let go of each other

2 months later

After that day, Luhan came to take care of Minseok after school every day. Including bringing Junmyeon to visit from time to time.

"Take some medicine," Luhan handed the medicine to the other person. which Minseok easily took it into his mouth

“I went to the bathroom for a moment. Call me anything." Minseok nodded. Luhan then walked into the restroom. He completed various errands. While washing your hands He heard Minseok coughing a lot.

"Just a lot." Luhan immediately ran out to check on Minseok's condition. And what he saw was The hand Minseok used to cover his mouth was covered in blood. So he immediately called the doctor.

“Doctor, Minseok is coughing up blood. Hurry and come take a look."

Luhan tried to help Minseok as much as he could while the doctor hadn't arrived to the best of his ability. After a while, the doctor came in and immediately wheeled Minseok's bed into the emergency room. The pictures inside the emergency room caused Luhan a lot of pain. Minseok coughs up blood and is put on a ventilator. Wriggling and writhing in extreme pain.

causing the nurses to help hold it together and tried to give resuscitation The sound of the heart rate monitor became fainter and fainter, which made Luhan feel uneasy. After 20 minutes had passed, there was no sign that the sound of the heart rate monitor would sound louder. It's only gradually fading away. Until the pulse meter emits a long, linear sound, indicating that the pulse has stopped.

Teeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

“No, Minseok,” Luhan's tears continued to fall. The emergency room door opened and Minseok's lifeless body was wheeled out.

"The doctor did his best." Luhan shook his head to show that it was okay. Minseok's body was then wheeled away.

Luhan drove out to buy flowers at his regular shop. and imagine memories of the past as well He opened the shop door. The shop owner smiled at him and held out a bouquet of white lilies. He handed over the money before driving out of the store area. to get to the destination he wanted to go

He drove the car and parked at a place. while holding a bouquet of pure white lilies He walked forward, passing several stone markers. and stopped at a sign with a name engraved on it:

'Kim Minseok'

'Chata : 26/3/1990'

'Death :

xx/x/xxxx'

He carefully placed a bouquet of flowers in front of the sign. Then he said something.

“Minseok, it's been four years already. that you weren't here." He gently rubbed away the dust from the letters.

“You don't have to worry. I'm strong now Sleep well.” Luhan took out a card from his coat pocket and placed it in front of the engraved name tag.

"생일축하해 Happy Birthday

Happy 22nd birthday.” He walked out of the area. But when he opened the car door He heard a voice on the wind say,

'Thank you for everything, Luhan.'

He looked around. There was nothing but the wind blowing past him. He smiled and drove away from the area. After a while, Luhan's car left. Some golden light appeared in the shape of a human being. The light had a smile on its face, said something, and then disappeared.

'Thank you for still loving me, Luhan. Kim Minseok will love you forever.'