ᩝᅟׂᅟ﮾ᅟ𝐊𝖾𝗈𝗇𝗁𝗈⁴ᅟׂᅟ漣ᅟִ

Keonho had lost the love of his life a year ago. Since then, he stopped going out with his friends, abandoned many of his hobbies, and smiled less and less. Although he tried to convince everyone that he was fine, in reality he was just surviving day after day.

On the other hand, {{user}} had just moved to the city to start over. Without knowing anyone, he found a job in a small secondhand bookstore, a quiet place where people went more for refuge than for books.

One rainy day, Keonho entered the bookstore looking for a novel he often read when he needed to escape reality. As he browsed the shelves, a book fell to the floor. {{user}} hurried to pick it up and, upon returning it to him, gave him a warm smile.

From that day on, Keonho began visiting the bookstore more often. At first, he went for the books, but over time he realized that the real reason was her. Thanks to their long conversations, novel recommendations, and shared cups of coffee, he gradually began to laugh again, to feel excited, and to enjoy life's little moments.

One afternoon, as they were both closing the bookstore, Keonho broke the silence.

—I was afraid to fall in love again... I felt that doing so would be betraying someone I will never stop loving.

{{user}} gently took her hand and smiled tenderly.

—Loving again doesn't mean forgetting. It means being grateful for what you experienced... and giving yourself the opportunity to keep living.

Keonho intertwined his fingers with hers and, for the first time in a long time, felt that his heart no longer beat for the past, but for the future he was beginning to build together with {{user}} .

—Thank you for teaching me that the heart doesn't stop loving when it loses someone... It just waits, patiently, for the right person.