As we enter October, the weather is getting cooler.

In the evening, the sun sets, and the twilight spreads throughout Seoul.

A gust of wind blew, and Lee Jae-min, who hurried to the outside of Sejong's hotel after handing over the last matters of the composition department, had a personal feeling about this, not to mention the cold water splashed on his face.

The door of the hotel was pushed open, and seeing the petite figure coming out, Pani withdrew his staring gaze, threw the small half bottle of water left in his hand into the trash can angrily, ignored the petite figure's shouts, and turned around and entered the hotel.

"Oppa, are you alright. Pani somehow saw the ...... of the text message just now" Taeyeon hurriedly put down the handbag he was carrying and took out a tissue from the satchel.

"It's fine." Lee Jae-min took a tissue and wiped it on his face a few times, but fortunately, there was a little water on the neckline, and the clothes were not wet. Looking up at Pani disappearing into the hotel lobby, he smiled bitterly, "I thought you would have to wait a while before you came down." ”

"I guessed that you would come over early, tell them something, and run out early." In the morning, after flying back from abroad, the company held a small celebration party for Girls' Generation in celebration of the success of the performance, and the venue was chosen at the Sejong Hotel. Taeyeon smiled and said, "Not long after the start, Yoona and Jessica were drunk, and everyone was going to go back early and make an appointment to drop you off tomorrow afternoon." I, I'll go too. ”

"No need." Lee Jae-min hesitated, and when he saw Taeyeon's tightened eyes, his heart couldn't help but tingle slightly, and explained, "I changed it to a flight at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, and when I wait for Hong Kong at noon, I will call Yuna." ”

"Oh~" Taeyeon laughed far-fetchedly, looking down at her toes, "Then I won't send you, there is an announcement just in the morning, and there may be no way to push it off." ”

The atmosphere became a little oppressive. Lee Jae-min looked at the door of the hotel where people kept coming in and out, and saw Taeyeon bend down to pick up the handbag and ask first, "Shall we just walk around or go to the café?" ”

Taeyeon shook her head, more as if she was getting rid of some emotion, a relaxed smile appeared on her face, pointing to the dark shadow of the distant mountains looming in the twilight, "Go to Namsan Park." ”

Perhaps it is the weather and the time of day for visitors to Nanshan Park. Today it is especially rare.

Entering the park, seeing Taeyeon lifting the brim of her hat slightly, looking at the blush on her face through the roadside lights, Lee Jae-min asked. "You've been drinking too?"

Follow the scenic road and move forward slowly. Taeyeon replied softly. "Just a little drink, just a drink."

"I don't know how to drink, and I don't like it, so I'll try not to drink it in the future."

"You don't like to drink either, aren't you going to Hong Kong to be a bar owner now?!" Taeyeon turned around, frowning slightly. Jue's tone seemed a little rushed, and then he continued as if jokingly, "Listen to Yun'er, the small bar you took over." Bartending has to be done by yourself, and I can't think of how a person who doesn't like to drink can be a bartender. It's okay, when we have the opportunity to go to Hong Kong in the future, we will go to your bar, try your craftsmanship, and be sure to treat it well. ”

Lee Jae-min turned his head, Taeyeon staggered his gaze in a panic, and he handed over the bag he was holding, "This is the umbrella you dropped that time." Don't be so confused in the future, don't you keep saying that this umbrella is very important. ”

Taeyeon opened the bag, looked at it, and exclaimed in surprise, "Great, it's back again." Before I received your call, I thought I had lost it, hehe! ”

"Are you going to Nanshan Tower?" Remembering the place that Taeyeon used to talk about, Lee Jae-min looked in the direction of the cable car. Tomorrow will leave for Hong Kong, and when we meet tonight, both of them understand what that means. Before parting, he really wanted to leave all the baggage in his heart behind and get along with Taeyeon like before, even if it was only for a short time.

"I don't want to take the cable car, so we climb up." As if infected by Lee Jae-min's emotions, Taeyeon's spirits lifted a little, and she pointed to the long climbing staircase not far away.

"Climb up." Lee Jae-min looked up at the towering Namsan Tower at the top of the mountain, smiled at Taeyeon, and motioned to the high heels she was wearing, "Can you climb up?" ”

As if he walked to the front of the steps, Taeyeon bent down to take off the high heels on his feet, put the small flower umbrella in his bag, and put the high heels he took off into the bag that originally contained the umbrella, and finally looked at Lee Jae-min with a proud look in his hand.

After a few months of getting along with each other in such a relaxed way, the memory is like something that happened yesterday, Lee Jae-min smiled and continued to ask, "Aren't your feet cold?" ”

"It's so cool!" Taeyeon playfully moves her feet in thin socks, turning her face away from Lee Jae-min's gaze. As the twilight wore on, the street lamps on both sides of the stairs lit up one after another, and she looked at the dreamlike long passage up the mountain, "Oppa, carry me up." ”

"Hmm." Looking up at the staircase that seemed to have no end, Lee Jae-min glanced at Taeyeon hidden in the shadow of the lamp, walked over and squatted down, waited for Taeyeon to lie on his back, crossed his hands around his neck in front of him, and then stood up, ignoring the occasional sideways glance of passers-by, and slowly walked up the hill with Taeyeon on his back.

The flush on Taeyeon's face deepened, as if the alcohol had become stronger, and her eyes were like stars twinkling in the sky. She turned her face sideways, gently leaned on Lee Jaemin's shoulder, and looked at the steps she had crossed, "Have you been here with her?" ”

Taeyeon's low inquiry came from his back, and Lee Jae-min paused slightly and nodded.

"Have you ever been to Nanshan Tower?" Seeing Lee Jae-min nodding again, Taeyeon wrinkled her nose, "Did you carry her up like this?" ”

Lee Jae-min smiled silently and shook his head slightly.

After a moment of silence, Taeyeon exhaled, "I saw her news, will you go to her?" ”

Lee Jae-min was silent, reluctant to say that he hoped that it would be a luxury for both of them. Before, he thought that he had sorted out his mood, thinking that he was gradually getting closer to the love that really belonged to him, but after she called in the UK, he suddenly found that everything was just standing still.

In the long silence, with cool droplets of water on his neck, Lee Jae-min raised his head, and the night sky was full of stars.

"I feel like a thief, trying to steal something that doesn't belong to me." Taeyeon buried her face in Lee Jae-min's shoulder, her mouth murmuring, "You know what? I was secretly happy to know that she left without a word, and even to see you come back from Singapore like that, and still have that mood......"

Lee Jaemin felt that his throat was a little blocked, and his voice was dry, "You're not!" ”

Taeyeon rubbed her eyes, patted Lee Jae-min's shoulder with a smile, and jokingly said, "Oppa, why don't you get to know me first, remember next time." ”

Next time? Lee Jae-min turned his head and looked at Taeyeon's little face close at hand, looking at her stubborn and stubborn eyes close at hand.

If I could do it all over again, I hope my world would be just you!

The long staircase, Lee Jae-min climbed for a long time with Taeyeon on his back.

Climbing to Namsan Pavilion, Taeyeon asked Lee Jae-min and "her" how many times they went to Namsan Tower, and after listening to the answer, she jumped off his back and said that she didn't want to go up again.

Taeyeon weighs very little and doesn't feel tired after being beaten for so long, Lee Jae-min follows Taeyeon to sit on the bench in Namsan Pavilion. Later, in Taeyeon's admonition, he turned his back and heard Taeyeon greet him, and he turned around and opened his eyes again.

The lit fairy stick shook in front of his eyes, a small cake was placed on the bench in the middle, with a birthday candle dangling by candlelight, and the handbag that Taeyeon had been carrying next to him became empty at this time, and he realized that the tote bag contained these.

"I'm sorry!" Taeyeon's eyes flashed with water, and the separation was far from as easy as she thought. She handed the half-burned fairy stick to Lee Jaemin's hand, "I'm sorry, I didn't announce it on your birthday, so I can rush to celebrate ...... you."

The moment the fireworks burned out in his hand and the flames stopped jumping, Lee Jae-min looked at Taeyeon carefully, "I know." ”

"However, I will not miss all your birthdays in the future. Let me stay with you, okay? Facing Lee Jae-min's gaze, Taeyeon smiled softly, the water in her eyes flashed out, and she picked up the cake, "OPPA, happy 25th birthday!" ”

Waiting for Lee Jae-min to blow out the birthday candles, Taeyeon continued to light them, and then held them up again, "Oppa, happy 26th birthday!" ”

……

The birthday candles were blown out again and again, and then lit up little by little.

Lee Jae-min looked at Taeyeon with a blurred vision, looking at Taeyeon who smiled sweetly every time he picked up the birthday cake, and looking at Taeyeon who would smile even if the tears on his face slipped freely, but he couldn't even take a step closer.

"What to do, you can't cry, so you can't see your appearance clearly. You said you don't like crying girls, but I've always been like a crybaby......" Taeyeon once again held the cake that lit the birthday candle and wiped away her tears, "We were already very old at that time, and we probably couldn't even speak." You'll know I want to say 'oppa, happy birthday!' Isn't that right? ”

Lee Jae-min had tears in his eyes and nodded vigorously.

Taeyeon put down the cake that was blown out by Lee Jae-min, "Oppa, thank you, thank you for letting me stay with you for so long." You have to be happy. In the future, I will find a boyfriend who likes to accompany me to set off fireworks like you, who will work very hard to live his life, and who will try very hard to forget you. ”

"Oppa, goodbye!" Taeyeon stood up from the bench, wiped her tears vigorously, and finally slowly leaned over and gently touched Lee Jae-min's lips, and the tears flowed down again and again.

The hot lips retreated, and Lee Jae-min vaguely looked at Taeyeon and turned around, looking at her walking into the night outside the pavilion without looking back, looking at the proud back she left behind.

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The distant back lingered in his mind like a nightmare, and Lee Jae-min slowly opened his eyes and looked at the starry sky outside the skylight overhead, feeling unaware of what was wrong.

The window of the car was gently tapped, and he turned his head, and the light outside the window danced, reflecting the smiling little face hidden under the baseball cap.

At that moment, the fireworks that ignited in the palm of her hand took a long time to imagine and trance for years, as if crossing the boundary between dream and reality. (To be continued......)