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By your side

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"Are you okay?"

My breath got stuck in my chest. Something welled up inside me but I could not possibly feel anything. Thousands of words were at the tip of my tongue, waiting to fall off, but only one made it out.

"Yes."

Jay smiled at me. "Thank goodness. I'm sorry again for bumping into you."

He did not recognize me. Memories of me must had been wiped out. My chest prickled at the thought. Was it pain?

Puzzled at why I was still staring at him, he brought a hand up to scratch his head, and I saw the blue bracelet I had given him wrapped around his wrist. He was still wearing it even though he forgot about my existence.

"I feel like I know you?" He said, unsure. His voice sounded deeper and the creases around his eyes and mouth were more pronounced. The first time I wondered how many years must had passed since the day I said goodbye to him. He got older.

At least, he felt something when he saw me again.

"I get that a lot." I smiled slightly. "I may have a common face."

His complexion was healthy and I was content in knowing he was doing well. I could not come closer to him until fate made him crash into me today.

I missed him.

"Well then." He nodded to me and continued to walk, rushing to enter the flower shop I used to own.

Unable to part with him so soon, I made myself invisible and followed him inside.

"Welcome, sir. How may I help you?" The owner I had sold the shop to greeted him.

The interior was nothing like I remembered. The placements, wallpapers and wall decorations, everything was renovated. But some of my flowers were there, thriving and flourishing.

"I'll get your largest rose bouquet," Jay said.

"Oh! A proposal, perhaps?"

Jay smiled bashfully and my chest squeezed when it was not supposed to do that. "Yes. So please make it very pretty."

It felt somewhat relieving to hear him getting married, but he must had waited for many years to propose. Him finding happiness brought a smile to my face. I thanked the heavens that he was living well.

"Oh... Can you add a few dahlia flowers?"

I froze, hearing him say that.

"Easy for you to say. It would have been nice if I had companies under my name."

"If you want, I will give them to you."

I rolled my eyes. "No thanks."

"Why? You said you wanted that."

"I know when a liar is talking to me."

His expression turned serious. "I'm not lying."

I blinked in confusion. "Really? You'll really give them to me?"

He did not even hesitate. "Yeah."

I snorted. "No thanks."

"Your loss." He laughed. "But you still have your flower shop. You seem to really like flowers."

"Yes." I smiled. "My favorite flower is dahlia. And cherry blossoms."

I laughed to myself. He could not be adding dahlia into the bouquet just because I once told him that was my favorite flower. But a girl could dream. And I wished him love and happiness as I left the flower shop with a smile.

Maybe, in another life, I would have been happy by your side, Jay...

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"Climb the mountain to pick me flowers," I sang as I laid down in the field of flowers. The clouds moving slowly in the sky above me.

"Today pansies. Tomorrow dahlias. The day after tomorrow chamomiles."

Years had passed by but it did not feel like it.

Yoongi was growing old and living well. It was almost decided that he would be going to heaven. Although I stayed away from him for his sake, I heard he was living very well.

The breeze was nice today.

I closed my eyes and revisited my memories.

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The ship sunk

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