The Silent Boy

Epilogue

Mina took her car key and started driving her car, a car she received as a gift from her parents, when she was 16. She stopped by a florist and bought white carnation. She carefully put it in her car and drove to the graveyard, where Jihyo was buried.

Seemed like it's just yesterday, she visited graveyards all over Seoul with her driver and bodyguards to find out, at which graveyard Ms. Park was buried in.

She went through the aisle of graves and stopped at Jihyo's grave.

"Good afternoon, Ms. Park, I bought white carnation for you. It's different from yesterday's pink carnation. White carnation means remembrance." Mina softly greeted.

Then she started decorating Jihyo's grave.

Eversince she found the graveyard, she always made time to visit Jihyo's grave everyday. She never missed any day. She thought it was the least she could do to redeem her mistake. She should've been by her friend's side, when he lost his mother. Other than that, deep inside, she also wished, she would be able to meet the boy too, but it seemed as if the boy refused to meet her, or he indeed never visited his mother's grave.

Meanwhile, Chaeyoung who just arrived at Seoul yesterday, decided to visit his mother's grave today. He bought orchid and drove to his mother's place. As he approached the grave, he was met with a girl, who was decorating his mother's grave.

He carefully approached the grave and the girl noticed a presence, so she looked up and it's as if the time had stopped.

"It's been a long time" he breathed, smiling, showing his dimples.

Mina stood up, she was speechless. The dimples were as deep as ever, but he had transformed into a very handsome and tall, young man. Moreover, he could speak now.

"You can speak" she murmured after a moment of silence.

"It's a long story" he replied.

He then put the orchid on his mother's grave.

"Hi, mommy. It's been a long time." Chaeyoung greeted his mother.

"Yes, I can speak now, Mommy. Are you proud of me?" He jokingly said.

"I hope you're doing well, Mommy. I'm sorry for not visiting you all these years, but now I'm here" he softly apologized.

"I miss you" he whispered.

"I wish you were here" he breathed. Tears fell from his eyes.

Then, they found themselves, sitting in front of each other in a café in Seoul.

"So, where are you going to study, Mina?" Chaeyoung started the conversation.

"Seoul Institute of Arts, dance major. You?" She replied.

"Seoul National University, architecture major" he proudly answered.

"You owe me explanation" mina breathed.

"Very well." He smiled.

"Well after my father forcefully brought me to Busan with him, I attempted to boycott him, I starved myself for three days" he started telling the story.

"For three days, I laid in my bed all day, I refused to eat, I only drank water, I also didn't shower. I didn't wanna go to school as well. After three days, my father carried me and brought me to his car. By the time, I was too weak to resist. He started driving and we arrived at Sauna." He continued.

"It was the first time, I went to sauna. I felt extremely embarrassed, but I was extremely weak. He started stripping and he stripped me. After that we sat at the shower area, he started scrubing my back, while telling me his story" He continued.