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Philosophical fiction. Lost story...EP2 The Past That Day

I remember that morning well.

My house was filled with emptiness after my family left.

People frequented, expressed regret, and returned to their lives.

Only him.

That came to me.

He came when I realized he didn't have much money.

I took him everywhere.

Take to eat

Take to sit quietly in a place where nothing is to be said.

At the time, I thought having someone nearby would be enough.

I'm not asking what he lost to get here.

-

The night before he returned,

I remember him answering the phone around 10: 00.

He said his brother would pick him up at 5: 00.

And gently asked me,

"Then I'll be out."

I was quiet for a while.

I told him

I can't wake up.

I'm not well.

And I said a sentence.

"Don't bother anyone. My mother and grandmother have to leave early, too."

He's quiet.

And only replied that

"Yeah."

-

I don't know what he did after that.

I don't know what time he left my house.

I don't know how he walked through that door.

I only know

I didn't wake up that morning.

-

After that, he called me when he got home.

His voice is normal.

Like nothing happened.

I said to him,

"The next day, I have to say, it's very important."

"And... come on another trip."

There was silence for a while.

Before he answers.

"Yeah, yeah."

-

That was the last time I heard him.

-

I never knew

He pressed his credit card to come to me.

I never knew he was carrying my bag out of my house quietly.

I never knew he'd come home.

And chose to sneak into the house

To keep his mother from looking at me badly.

I never knew

I "didn't get up and open the door."

Will become another door.

That closed down forever.

-

He's gone.

No goodbye

No explanation.

There's only emptiness.

Like my house that day.

-

I thought

He'll be back.

But he never came back.

And I just understood

That sometimes

People don't disappear immediately.

They gradually decided

From the moment I knew

Myself.

Not important enough

Give someone

Get out of bed

To open the door.

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