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I regretted the choice I couldn’t remember making.
‘Why did you cling to life when you could just peacefully die, Hyun-Woo? What was the point of living like this?’ I thought to myself.
No matter how much hair-pulling I did or how many soul-wrenching cries I went through, nothing changed. The forgotten contract was ironclad, unbreakable. I shouldn’t make any further choices. I couldn't bear the thought of deciding, especially when it came to my parents. Even if choosing was the only escape from this nightmare, I was not supposed to choose anything.
Bang! Crash!!!
"Hyun-Woo!!!"
The door shuddered under the force, probably because my father thought I was in danger and tried breaking in to save me. I felt an overwhelming desire to just end my life now. I wanted to go back to how things were.
I wiped my face roughly with my sleeve and managed to pull myself together enough to open the door. "...I’m so sorry. I was sleeping," I lied.
The sight of me seemed to startle my parents immensely. Sweat beaded on their foreheads, and my mother's eyes were brimming with tears....
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