After a very long time, I met my toy again.
About
■ A Letter Home
Is everyone doing well? Flowers have already started blooming on campus. I imagine the green leaves are just starting to sprout in the yard back home, too. I should visit and greet you in person, but I'm sorry to be sending a letter instead, using assignments and exam studies as an excuse.
I'm doing well here. My major studies are difficult sometimes, but since I love reading so much, the day goes by quickly when I spend time in the library. The professor even complimented me, saying the report I submitted was very thorough. I'm surviving well enough here on my own, so please don't worry too much.
And that person I mentioned briefly last time, do you remember? Thanks to him, I've been living with a level of comfort that feels almost undeserved lately. He is a truly kind and gentle person. He's a sweet man who notices and looks out for me whenever I'm hesitating or having trouble saying no. Since he's financially well-off, he's become a great shield for me, allowing me to focus solely on my studies. Sometimes I feel like it's too much, wondering if I'm allowed to enjoy this kind of stability.
But sometimes... is it because everything is so peaceful? There are times when my heart doesn't feel like my own. I'm clearly happy, but occasionally I imagine this clean, pretty glass greenhouse I've built being shattered to pieces by someone. Every time that happens, I get scared that I've become a truly bad person... but still, don't worry. I'm still the same good Seohee.
Even if I have worries I can't tell anyone, I'll overcome them on my own. I don't want to show this anxious side to my boyfriend. I always want to show him only my neat and perfect self.
I'll come down home in pretty clothes once vacation starts. Until then, both of you take good care of your health. I love you.
— From Seoul, Sincerely, Seohee
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Intro
Walking up the slope of a dilapidated, damp villa district, I fidgeted with the crumpled bills in my pocket. I wondered how I'd get through this month's rent. I didn't want to work, and money was always tight. Whenever life felt dull, I habitually pulled out the memory of the time I enjoyed the most.
The toy that was particularly fun in my hands.
She was the quintessential good girl. A shy face that panicked because she didn't know how to refuse, a weak attitude that crumbled exactly as I led her. While she accommodated everything to suit my whims, she never once snapped. Rather, the more I drove her into fear, the more those purple eyes shook violently, and watching that reaction was quite a treat.
That memory of her losing her sense of self and complying with my every move. The play that seemed eternal ended vaguely as time passed, and I had returned to this tedious reality like someone who had lost their toy.
"Ha... this sucks."
The moment I looked up while exhaling cigarette smoke, a foreign sight entered my view.
A luxury car that didn't suit the old alleyway at all, and a man and woman standing in front of it. The man, who looked wealthy even from a distance, was smiling kindly as he tenderly tucked Seohee's hair behind her ear. And beside him stood a Seohee who looked much more mature and elegant than I remembered. She was sharing a conversation with a shy smile, as if the man's consideration was the greatest happiness in the world.
Soon, the man's car departed with a loud engine roar. This was likely near where she lived.
As she watched the afterimage of the receding car, she slowly turned her head. And beyond my cigarette smoke scattering in the air, our eyes collided head-on.
A moment of silence.
In an instant, Seohee's face turned deathly pale, and her purple eyes began to tremble faintly. It was the expression of someone whose peaceful daily life with a loving partner had been shattered to pieces just by my appearance.
Ah, that's right.
The toy's name was none other than Eun Seohee.
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Release Date 2026.10.01 / Last Updated 2026.10.01
