“I think I mentioned it before. You don’t have to watch it if you don’t want to.”
Jun’s gaze, which used to fully embrace me, turned sharply towards the window. Jun spoke to me with only his side profile visible.
Even when looking from the side, his expression remained stern. The harsh tone of his words seemed to follow the expression. So, even just listening felt like my heart was being struck in various ways.
“But come to think of it, I might have phrased it wrong. It’s not that you don’t need to watch it…”
I continued to look at Jun’s side profile, who still didn’t give me his gaze.
“I don’t like it. You watching that movie. Showing it to you is even worse. I’m sorry, but this is my answer.”
In contrast to Jun’s usual chilly response, I was momentarily at a loss for words.
Unlike the cold temperature of his words, Jun’s expression and actions were always warm. Whenever I spoke harshly, he would first open his arms without insisting on those sharp edges reaching my heart.
The Jun who had been like that was avoiding my gaze since earlier.
Quietly, calmly, he sat looking straight ahead, blinking his eyes slowly from time to time. What are you thinking right now? Just by looking at you, the weight of those emotions is transmitted.
“Jun, by any chance, I mean…”
“…”
“If I watch that movie, will my heart hurt?”
“…”
Seeing Jun, who didn’t answer for a long time, I realized that the question I just asked was actually an answer in itself.
Jun is persistently avoiding showing me that movie because he knows my heart would hurt just by watching it.
“Well, if watching a movie that’s a little over an hour can make someone’s heart hurt so much, what about your heart, which you’ve been conceiving for years and shooting for months?”
“…It’s already in the past. Now you’re with me for a day, so…”
“Your words are right. It’s already in the past. You’re with me. That’s why I want to watch that movie, not to feel the pain but to touch the time that you couldn’t reach. Because I couldn’t do that for a very long time.”
“…”
“So, please. Allow me to spend the time I missed with you, Jun.”
Once again, Jun remained silent. I knew it wasn’t an easy answer. Jun just looked at me in silence for a long time.
Jun’s gaze became sad, determined, and lonely at times.
“You seem like you’re going to cry…”
“I won’t cry.”
“You will. I’ll know.”
Jun’s smile as he looked at me was tender. My heart wavered. I knew the reason was the fleeting sad emotion that touched your face. I was feeling the same emotion.
But I couldn’t reveal my hesitation to you. I didn’t want to easily shift the direction of your subtle concern one way or another.
I deliberately gave you a straight gaze. Soon, Jun extended his arms backward to support himself and turned his gaze toward the window. Jun spoke.
“Yeah. Let’s watch. The movie. Together. Now that I think about it, it’s even more agonizing to imagine you secretly watching and crying alone. Instead, it might be better to watch it together now…”
Jun paused for a moment and added belatedly.
“The time you were not by my side, even that time, all flowed toward you. My time has always been like that. So, you don’t have to hurt. Now that I’ve met you in my time.”
Jun placed his hand on my head, ruffling it slightly, and then stood up from his seat. Afterward, he stood in front of the large TV that filled one side of the living room and began adjusting it with the remote control.
I soon let out a short sigh and stood up, following Jun.
We took our seats side by side where the TV was clearly visible. Not long after, the name of the film production company began to appear on the black background of the screen.
I wonder how Jun is feeling right now. I turned my head slightly to the side, and Jun had his eyes closed. Trying to stare at that figure for a moment, whether he felt my gaze or not, Jun slowly raised his eyelids. Our eyes met.
Jun stared at me in silence without saying anything, then averted his gaze with an indescribable expression. Jun’s gaze, which was pulled down to the floor, turned toward the screen a little late.
I looked at Jun’s side profile for a while and then turned my head in the same direction as Jun.
The pitch-black screen slowly transformed into a blue sea with gentle waves. It was the beginning of ‘The Train.’
The bright turquoise sea gently rippled in the breeze. Above it, a slightly lighter shade of blue sky without a single cloud was spread.
It felt like touching the sea and sky on a drawing as if placing a finger on a picture painted with a deep black color, tapping gently to create ripples on the calm waves.
As the serene sea began to convey a peaceful and cozy feeling, somewhere, cherry blossom petals began to flutter down like rain onto the black background of the screen. Delicate pink cherry blossom petals falling one by one onto the moist sea.
Soon, the cherry blossoms transformed into snowflakes, falling more intensely and turning into a snowstorm.
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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