Chapter 6 The Night of the Falling Star

“Don’t worry. I won’t make a mistake this time.” Lee Seo-yeon murmured to themselves before stepping out to face whatever lay ahead.

Lee Seo-yeon took a deep breath, trying to sort the tangled thoughts fighting in their head. Everything had happened too fast, so fast there had been no time to brace for it.

“Are you really sure you want to do that?” the other person asked, raising an eyebrow. Lee Seo-yeon nodded slowly, with no hesitation left in their eyes.

“If this keeps up, we’ll need a new plan.” The voice was soft but firm enough to make everyone there turn and look.

All the way back, Lee Seo-yeon replayed those words again and again. Perhaps the answer they had been searching for had been closer than they ever thought.

On the old wooden table lay a sheet of paper. The handwriting on it was strangely familiar, as though they had seen it once in a dream.

That night Lee Seo-yeon couldn’t sleep. They stared at the ceiling thinking about everything that had happened, before deciding on something that would change everything afterward.

Time passed slowly, as if stretched out, every second filled with suspense, until the sound of a bell finally broke the silence.

Everything seemed to end well, but deep down Lee Seo-yeon knew this was only the beginning of a much bigger story.

A cool wind passed by carrying the faint scent of rain, as if nature itself knew something was about to change forever.

The sky began to turn orange-pink, small clouds drifting lazily along the horizon like a painting someone had carefully touched up as a gift.