@starlightkr / / continued from here.
ă  ě ě´ăă just the way the sun drops off the sky at night, only to rise once again in the morning, thatâs how people come and eventually go in anyoneâs life --- heâd always say. but does he even know how itâs like to lose such a close family member? his peers back home are healthy, happy, unconcerned with the darker outcomes of life. even if he doesnât fully understand her pain, defeat is no option for his notably kind heart, refusing to appear powerless in front of her. while unable to say much, he canât remain silent either; his thumbs gently wipe and at the corners of her puffy eyes, before lifting her head, enabling him to take a better look at her.
âlistenâ --- he doesnât like saying what people want to hear, his remarkably overlooked wisdom instead picking at what someone needs to know, whether the tone of his words is harsh or impersonal --- âyou can cry for days, months, years, that still wonât change the current state of things. i mean, i donât care if you stop or not, thatâs really up to you. you can go dry and wither, if thatâs your choice, but no tears will bring them back. crying brings no one back.â would he listen to his own advise should he find himself in her situation? difficult to predict, but this isnât about him. this is about his friend, weakened by pain and grief, whoâs yet to learn how to cope with her loss. âwe never go back. we just move on. youâll still feel pain. tomorrow, in a year, when youâre old. it never goes away, but youâll learn to accept it. somehow you learn how to do that. sure --- if you still want to cry, do so. i mean it. cry your heart out. but donât give up on yourself. wouldnât that infuriate your parents?â
wouldnât they also feel angry at seeing an outsider like jae playing the psychologist with their heartbroken daughter --- an outsider who can never perceive her reality until heâd go through the same thing? but the dead have to stay that way, and the living simply go on. thatâs his unshaken world view.
