Prologue
At that time…
It was raining heavily. The storm was so strong that no one could hear anything except the sound of the rain hitting the ground. On the top floor of an eight-story condominium, there was a dark room that looked like it was trying to hide from the others. Inside that darkness, two young men were hugging each other tightly and scared on a couch. They were completely wet, and the man being hugged was crying and sobbing.
“Everything will be fine In. Everything will be fine.”
The person hugging In was also crying as he tried to comfort him in his arms.
“Please don’t leave me... We’ll be together forever, P’Korn.”
In was hugging Korn as tightly as he could.
It was the forbidden love that their parents didn’t fully accept on either side. They fought and argued about it with their families. The situation was getting worse. Because both families began to lock them up and keep them away from each other. But eventually, they sneaked away from their families to find each other. Korn gently touched In’s bruised cheeks.
Korn couldn’t bear to see In like this; his heart ached so much. He shouldn’t be punished like this by his own family.
“Sorry In”
Korn whispered into In’s ear and kissed In’s wet head with all the love he felt for his boyfriend.
“I love you In, please remember this, that I love you so much.”
In looked at Korn immediately and cried even harder.
“Don’t tell me something like that. You talk like you’re going to leave me.”
In squeezes Korn’s shirt so tightly that his hands are shaking.
“I’ll be with you forever, we’ll be together forever.”
The thunder was very loud outside, but they couldn’t stop paying attention to each other. Korn kissed In’s pale lips.
THUD!!!
The doors opened and someone was shouting in extreme anger.
“Take your hands off my son! You son of a bitch. I shouldn’t let you take care of him. Come with me!”
A middle-aged man entered the room and tugged on his own son’s arm, but In pushed him away completely.
“No... Dad. I love P’Korn. Please let us do what we want... please...”
In hugged Korn and continued sobbing.
“Are you choosing him over me? How could you turn into such a bad person?”
In’s father was extremely angry and tried to slap In, but Korn moved very quickly and blocked the blow for In.
“Please don’t hit him. It’s not his fault. It’s totally my fault. I’m so sorry.”
Korn did a strong Wai. He tried to wai for In’s father while he was also crying.
(*Wai is a form of paying homage by joining the palms of the hands together in front of an individual.)
“I love him, we love each other.”
“You son of a bitch. How dare you?”
In’s father was even angrier and grabbed something to hit and tried to brutally beat Korn.
“Dad! Stop.”
In screamed. The blood on Korn’s forehead was torturing In’s heart.
“Por...please...don’t hurt P’Korn....please stop...don’t hurt him....please...”
In’s mother stood there, not knowing what to do in a situation like this. Then someone started screaming and coming into the room.
“You useless piece of shit. I told you never to see this Ai’Korn guy again. Have you ever listened to me?”
Korn’s father entered the room and tried to pull Korn away from In as well.
“You bastard. You hurt my son too... Do you want to eat my bullet?”
“Go ahead. I’m not afraid of your mafia family. That’s why I don’t want my son to meet a drug addict like yours. Come inside with me!”
In’s father kept moving away from Korn. Both Korn and In couldn’t fight their parents, who were separating them from each other again. They both screamed and cried. The rain kept pouring down like crazy outside. These two pairs of eyes that used to be bright now became sad and filled with pain. They looked at each other, and their love never faded for a split second.
Korn looked at his boyfriend as if he were making a final decision about something. He looked at his father and waited on his feet.
“Dad... I’m sorry.”
Korn leaped toward his father, grabbed the gun, and then pointed it at his head. Korn opened the gun, smiled at his boyfriend, and spoke the last words silently.
“In...I...love you...”
BANG!!!
The gun was fired!!!
“P’KORN!!!”
“KORN!!”
Korn’s mother screamed loudly. Everyone was completely shocked, even In’s father. In turned away from his father and ran to hug his boyfriend’s corpse. He screamed and cried like crazy... with the deepest cry. He kissed Korn’s face over and over again, still crying.
“I love you... P’Korn... I love you... You promised me... We’ll be together forever... You promised me...”
In used those small, trembling hands to grab the gun that had fallen right next to his boyfriend’s body and pointed at his head. His red, watery eyes stared into Korn’s face as if he wanted to remember Korn forever.
“In, son, NO!!”
In’s father tried to run and get that gun away from his own son, but...
There was another shot, followed by the loud sound of thunder outside. Another life had passed away, and In’s body was lying on top of his boyfriend’s.
At this moment, it was chaos... there was only the sound of two families crying. The mother fainted and the fathers screamed.
“We will be together forever.”
