Hye-jin trembled all over her body and soon hit her head between her legs and began to sniff.

    "Let''s calm down for a second. What''s the matter?"

    "Not that...…. Ugh...….”

    A very embarrassed day tried to calm down, but the crying was only louder.

    Hyejin cried like a child.

    "Oh, right. Wait a minute. Then."

    Haru, looking around, found something and jumped to his feet.

    In front of the villa was a supermarket named Chungju Super, where he rushed to pick up two ice creams.

    Two melon-flavored ice creams that people like or dislike in a day.

    I opened the wrapper and put it out to Hyejin who was crying.

    "Let''s do this while we eat. Eating sweets when you''re sad calms you down, you know?

    "Sniffle..."

    Hye-jin slowly raised her head when she held out melon-flavored ice cream.

    A line of runny nose flowed down, and when I saw him stealing with his wrist in surprise, I laughed even though I knew I shouldn''t.

    "Thank you, Haru."

    Haru is so sweet when he''s like this. How could he have never been in a relationship with that personality?

    Choi Hanseok, who flicks his tongue.

    Hyejin, who was sucking melon-flavored ice cream, calmed down completely soon.

    "I was the only friend in the country. Because the country was so out of control at work, it was hard because it overlapped with your mother''s work. So lean on me a little...….”

    I didn''t know the country was out of control. But you were a good person. Thank you for taking care of my daughter.

    Park Ok Pal bowed his head to say hi.

    Although it was a ghost, Hye-jin''s voice became more serious as if the heart was conveyed.

    "But as the country goes on, it gets harder and harder. Because I''ve been nursing for years. My body and mind are exhausted. At that time, something bad happened at work too...….”

    "So what?"

    "It''s been a long time since I''ve had a holiday. The country is visiting the hospital again today. So I thought about it for a bit. Let''s not visit the hospital today. Just me and....”

    Smoothly.

    Tears flowed again from Hye-jin''s eyes, who seemed to have calmed down.

    Haru and Choi Han-seok, who soon listened to her story, couldn''t help but be shocked.

    He turned his head for a moment and looked at Park Ok-pal floating in the air.

    And her expression is.

    -…….

    It was an indescribable figure.

    * * *

    "How''s your mother?"

    -It''s not bad. You''re stable for now. There was a crisis a few days ago, but I''m fine now. But we can''t predict when and how you''ll get worse. You know, right?

    "I''ve been nursing for years, and I can''t help but notice it. But that''s a relief.”

    My mother''s holding up, though. You don''t have to worry too much.

    "Thank you. Cheer up, nurse."

    Stop!

    That''s how the phone was cut off.

    Rooftop of Mokol Center Counseling Building.

    I took the time to call and ask after lunch and break.

    The returning words are no different than they were three years ago.

    As I tried to soothe my hard heart by smoking a string of cigarettes, someone familiar came and stood next to me.

    "Is your mother okay?"

    "Oh, Hwa Sa. Well, it''s the same. It gets better and worse. I think he''s going to die, so please wait until he comes back. But I''m glad you''re feeling better today."

    Squeak!

    The country lit Hyejin''s cigarette familiarly.Hyejin took a big sip and looked at the country.

    "You?"

    "What?"

    "Not your mother. What about you, Nara? You seem to be having a hard time these days."

    "That''s... .. I''m fine."

    "Don''t lie. How can a decent man''s face die like that? I think he''s some kind of zombie. When someone else sees it."

    Hye-jin held Nara''s ball with both hands and stretched it out and played around.

    The country laughed small, but it was never an ordinary laugh.

    "For three years? It''s been a while since you started caring."

    "It''s only been a year since I joined here, so it''s three years."

    "Yes, it''s been a year since you joined this company and you''ve been beaten to death by other seniors."

    "Do you have to say that?"

    "I think you should say this so that you can understand and rest. Why?"

    The country bowed its head and said thank you in its mouth.

    Hyejin was the only supportive person in the country.

    Care in the hospital, b*tc*.

    I was fired from my original job and joined the call center again and again, but I hope I''ll be hit by angry customers and hit by other people in the company a year.

    The country had already been torn apart in body and mind.

    Have you had a good rest in those three years?

    There wasn''t.

    I couldn''t rest.

    No, I didn''t want to rest. I thought I shouldn''t rest.

    "You don''t have to rest. I can''t rest."

    "You''ll really fall down."

    "It''s all right, I''m fine."

    "You don''t look fine?"

    Whoosh!

    Hyejin grabbed Nara''s wrist.

    There was no time for the embarrassed country to pull out its hands, and Hye-jin clicked her tongue while looking at the country''s nails.

    It was broken here and there, and it was not trimmed at all, so I even thought it was a little ugly.

    If a person is mentally and physically ill, his nails will be damaged first, but seeing this, I realized that the inside of the country has been burned down for a long time.

    "What''s with her nails?"

    "Who cares about nails these days?"

    "I care, why, and your mother. Would you be happy to see your daughter''s nails?"

    "That''s... what do you know?"

    "I don''t know anything. I know this. Here you go."

    Hyejin taking something out of her pocket.

    The mouth of the country that confirmed it slowly opened.

    "My friend gave it to me. A 100,000 won nail shop coupon!"

    "What''s wrong with you? You don''t have to."

    "I just don''t need what I got. Let''s have a delicious dinner after work today and go get our nails done. There''s a place near the nail salon that sells pasta. You like Ppa, don''t you?"

    "Ppa-ne, I don''t know when I ate it. I like it."

    "Then we''ll go? I''m calling now to make a reservation.”

    "Ugh."

    The country bowed and nodded quietly.

    A smile hung around Hye-jin''s mouth while looking at her like that.

    She threw away her cigarette and put her wrist on Hye-jin''s shoulder.

    "Let''s go down. Have a good day of dirty, crappy work, and get some rest today."

    "Thank you, sister."

    "If you''re grateful, let''s be friends for cigarettes later. I''d die of loneliness without you, too, man.

    Hyejin with a cool personality.

    And not long after work, the country took a different path than usual.

    Usually, I would stop by my house, change my clothes, and buy a bag of bungeoppang from the cart bar in front of my house and head to the hospital.But today.

    ''Cause I called my mom, too. One day would be fine.''

    I walked in the opposite direction, not the house.

    I took a taxi and headed to downtown, not home.

    I went to the pasta store that Hyejin recognized and ate delicious food for the first time in a while, chatted like a normal woman in her 20s, and enjoyed the time happily.

    We took pretty pictures of food. He giggles and laughs while talking about his boyfriend.

    Deep down, I wondered if I could do this. But it''s the first time in three years.

    Today would be fine, but it quickly disappeared at the thought of it.

    "Oh, my God, sir. It''s a good thing you came today. What are these nails?”

    "Is this what he''s saying? How hard it was to bring them today."

    "I know. Now that you''re done, let''s get your nails done and get your nails done. What do you want?”

    When I went to the nail salon, the staff held out a booklet to pick one.

    There were many examples, from cartoon characters to heart patterns, but there was one that strangely caught the eyes of the country.

    "What is this flower?”

    "Oh, this? It''s a carnation. I''m going to make it with beads. Would you like this?”

    "I think it''s okay. You look so innocent."

    "Good choice. People who know this really like it. Carnations have pretty flower language.”

    "Do you have a flower horse?”

    "Sure! Health, long life. That''s what it means. Why, like we''re putting carnations on our parents."

    "I love it."

    I chose it because I wanted to, but it means health.

    In a way, I thought it was what the current country needed the most.

    "So what? Nara, the bald manager was just calling someone in the pantry last time!"

    "LOL, sister. Isn''t it so funny today? So what? What happened?"

    A country where you have a happy time and smile to your heart''s content.

    I couldn''t remember how long it had been since I laughed like this without worrying about anything.

    So a pretty carnation was attached to the thumb of the left hand.

    "How do you like it?"

    "It''s pretty. It''s very, very nice. More than I thought."

    "I''ll do it with my right hand. Hehe."

    And around the time Hyejin''s backbiting was at its peak.

    -Tingling! -Tingling!

    The country belatedly discovered that the cell phone in the back bag was ringing.

    "Huh, wait a minute. Hey, I got a call.

    "Yes, yes. Take it quickly and turn it off. It''s a very interesting part right now."

    "Right? Uh, I was about to pick it up, but it cut off. Huh?"

    [Out of Office Call - Hospital Nurse Baek (5 calls)]

    [First missed call - 39 minutes ago]

    [Nurse Paik from the hospital has a missed a call]

    [There are unverified characters.]

    [Nara, you didn''t pick up the phone, so text me in a hurry. I think you should come to the hospital right now. My mother suddenly...….]

    The face of the country where the phone was unlocked with a smile quickly hardened.

    Stacked missed calls and the urgent tone of the nurse in charge of the text preview.

    "Huh?"

    "Nara, come on. What''s going on?"

    Hye-jin, who sensed the unusual atmosphere, asked, but the country did not answer.

    I just jump up and pack my things.

    "I''m sorry, sister. I have to go now."

    "Guest? You can''t go with your hands like that. If you''re in a hurry, at least get it quickly.….”

    "It''s all right. I''ll just go."

    "Hey, it''s Nara! It''s me!"

    The country stumbled out of the way and took a taxi that stopped in front of it and went somewhere.Hye-jin, who was left alone in the nail salon, was about to chew her nails, but realized that she couldn''t do it now and put her down.

    "I think I should go, too.”

    "Then wait a minute. Let me just organize this for you. If you stick on the cubic and just go, your nails will all fall off and get damaged. It''ll only take a minute."

    "That''s... ..Ha. Make it fast please. As soon as possible."

    Hyejin caught a taxi after drying her nails roughly.

    I was thinking about where to go, but soon the answer came out.

    "Please go to XX University Hospital. As soon as possible."

    The alert anxiety ran down my spine.

    Hye-jin unwittingly chewed her nails that had not yet dried up.

    I could see the hospital in the distance.