CHAPTER 13— WAIT FOR ME
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The room was quiet.Too quiet.Rael opened his eyes slowly.For a moment, he forgot where he was.Then he remembered.
The rooftop.
Her confession.
His confession.
The way she had finally looked at him without a mask.The way she had smiled.
A real smile.
The kind that only appeared once in a lifetime.The kind people spent years chasing.
The kind he was already afraid he'd never see again.
A small smile touched his lips.
"Eun Rin..."
Silence answered.
His smile faded.
The other side of the bed was empty.
Cold.
Untouched.
As if she had never been there at all.
Rael sat up immediately.
His heart sank.
No.
Not yet.
Not already.
"Eun Rin?"
Nothing.
The apartment remained silent.
No footsteps.
No sarcastic remarks.
No annoyed glare telling him to stop being dramatic.
Just emptiness.
Then he noticed the folded note resting on the pillow.
His chest tightened.
Because he already knew.
She was gone.
Of course she was.
Eun Rin had always been good at leaving first.
He unfolded the paper carefully.
Her handwriting stared back at him.
Cold.
Elegant.
Perfect.
Just like her.
Rael,
By the time you read this, I'll already be gone.
Don't look for me.
You won't find me.
And if you somehow do...
Pretend you didn't.
Last night was real.
That's why I'm leaving.
Wait for me.
If you still love me when this is over...
Wait.
— Eun Rin
Rael read it twice.
Then a third time.
Then laughed.
A broken laugh.
The kind people make when they're trying not to fall apart.
"You're unbelievable."
His eyes landed on something beside the note.
A necklace.
Silver.
Simple.
Beautiful.
His breath caught.
It was hers.
The necklace she never removed.
The necklace she'd worn through every scandal.
Every fight.
Every victory.
Every loss.
The necklace everyone associated with Eun Rin.
And she'd left it behind.
For him.
Rael picked it up carefully.
As if it might disappear.
Like she had.
His thumb brushed against the metal.
Warm memories flooded his mind.
The academy rooftop.
The cafeteria.
The arguments.
The jealousy.
The countless times she'd rolled her eyes at him.
The countless times he'd followed her anyway.
And despite everything—
he smiled.
Because for the first time, she had trusted someone enough to leave a piece of herself behind.
Outside, sirens echoed through the city.
News alerts exploded across social media.
Television stations interrupted their broadcasts.
Something big was happening.
Rael didn't know it yet.
But within the next hour—
the world would learn that Eun Rin was dead.
He stood and walked toward the window.
The city stretched endlessly below.
Somewhere out there, she was disappearing.
Changing her name.
Changing her face.
Changing her life.
Starting over.
Without him.
For now.
Rael tightened his grip around the necklace.
His reflection stared back at him in the glass.
Tired.
Determined.
Hopelessly in love.
"Wait for you?"
He laughed softly.
Then shook his head.
"That's not fair."
The morning sunlight illuminated the note in his hand.
Her final words.
Wait for me.
Rael closed his eyes.
And for the first time since waking up—
he felt calm.
Because despite everything—
despite the lies,
the scandals,
the crimes,
the secrets,
he knew one thing.
Eun Rin always came back.
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"People think love is finding someone.
Nobody talks about the waiting.
The uncertainty.
The silence.
The fear that they're never coming back.
But if loving Eun Rin taught me anything...
It's that some people are worth waiting for.
"Some people leave flowers when they say goodbye.
Eun Rin left a promise.
Somehow, that was more dangerous."
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