Prologue

"An unidentified man who was in his 20's who allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the river and was rushed to the hospital last night was pronounced dead this morning."

It had been a while since the news broke out, but Seokjin still felt bothered about it. Lalo pa't one week ng nawawala ang kapatid nito. Pagkatapos kasi nung nangyari sa restaurant, binisita niya ito kinabukasan. He felt bad for acting that way lalo na nung nakita niya 'yung pain sa mga mata ng kapatid niya. He wanted to apologize and hope na baka magkaayos sila but Jimin wasn't there.

Naghintay siya ng ilang araw dito, pero di na siya nagpakita. Seokjin even reported him missing but there was no trace of him then he remembered the news he saw the night after he met Jimin.

Maybe Seokjin is exaggerating. There's no way it's Jimin. It probably did not concern him, but he felt the need to check the case. Hence, here he was in front of the police station.

With a throbbing heart, he stepped inside.

"What brings you here, sir?" Tanong sakanya ng police, Seokjin swallowed. "I heard you were handling the case of the young man, who's in his 20's?" At mukhang hindi siya naintindihan ng Police, only staring at Seokjin with a bothered expression.

"Ah," he suddenly blurted out when he realized who he was talking about. "Is this about the young man who committed suicide one week ago?" Tumango ito sakanya.

"Have you identified that person already?" The police shook his head, "Sa nakikita namin walang pamilya ang biktima. We returned to the area of the incident in the hope of retrieving things that might help us identify him. Unfortunately, we only recovered a shoe that was a few meters away from the body." He explained.

Umalis ang police officer sa harapan nito at bumalik ito dala-dala ang isang sapatos na nakalagay sa loob ng isang transparent na plastic bag. It was as if he got slapped and felt numb for a moment as he recognizes the shoe.

"Here." Seokjin snatched it away from the police's hands. He looked at it closely and saw that it indeed belonged to his younger brother. Ibinigay niya 'yon sa kapatid niya as his birthday gift one year ago.

The police stared at him, weird out, but when the first tear escaped from the other's eyes, he immediately understood what those tears meant.

He was the family member of the deceased.

"The body was transferred already to the Seoul City crematorium in Goyang City. No one had claimed the body, and thus the cremains were kept there."