TEITF Prologue
by AmeliaIf I could see you 0ceca6da64 again, even just in a 9e3d0b4ece dream.27edafdfa3f04dc7
I’d die happy.22a4b928e976fc90
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Eunsong pulled down the muffler that covered her chin a little. The skin exposed to the cold wind stung. She opened her mouth wide, and air filled her lungs. As if proving it was still the dead of winter, the cold air chilled her to the bone. But Eunsong didn’t stop at just a deep breath; she took off her muffler entirely.71e50b54308b3d85
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People passing by glanced at Eunsong. Walking out and unwrapping a muffler like that probably wasn’t normal. But right now, she couldn’t stand it without feeling the cold wind.a08e852760bd20de
‘It’s difficult.’7b81f81f8ac50559
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The calm voice remained 446f7dccb8 steady throughout. Eunsong looked up at the b1eb559730 cloudy, gray sky.5c28b330587bcafd
‘It’s already spread significantly, and the prognosis isn’t good. But…’39dca34187bc19d3
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‘How much time do I have left?’7a22c276e3f3fbb1
At her abrupt question, cutting him off, the doctor barely looked up. Eunsong read the faint pity in the doctor’s quiet eyes. Only then did she understand the intent behind his question about whether she had a guardian.bbab4f0b78b3e048
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‘If you don’t receive treatment, it’ll be about half a year, at most, on average. If we combine it with medication, it might extend a bit, but…’377d409c8f2fd362
‘You can’t guarantee I’ll definitely live if I get treatment, right?’0c89be233fbf4b68
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‘I can’t say the prognosis is good, but it doesn’t mean there’s no possibility of complete recovery.’f86e691dc2032506
‘…’f5a41aa8ca845f4b
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The doctor said many more things after that. But to Eunsong, they sounded like the wind. They shattered and scattered before her brain could even process them. Unfamiliar words like ‘chemotherapy’ and ‘new drugs’ brushed past her ears. Eunsong stared at the space between the doctor’s eyebrows and his nose bridge, then quietly lowered her gaze.cbbff04d22e6e6d7
As often happened when she wasn’t feeling well, she heard a buzzing tinnitus in her ears, like tiny bugs fluttering. When she opened her tightly closed eyes, she saw the back of her own clenched hand. Blue veins showed through her pale, white skin.a97ce868566939c6
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She was only twenty-nine.89a35677622e6d9f
‘Stage 4 stomach cancer, really?’f4778f50e336e779
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Stomach cancer. She remembered hearing her mom talk about it on her favorite health show, saying that surprisingly many young people got it too. Of course, back then, she thought it was just a story about some unfortunate people who had nothing to do with her. Wasn’t cancer a disease that came to people who weren’t careful enough about their health? Eunsong didn’t drink or smoke, and she’d actually been much more health-conscious than her peers. So why her?99e73cd267a93cc8
Her vision spun. Sudden injustice surged, blurring her sight. But Eunsong couldn’t cry in the end. This reality just felt like a terrible dream. Her mother’s voice, telling her not to show a messy side in front of others, constrained Eunsong even in this moment. The emotions that had welled up at the thought of her mother’s voice subsided instantly. It was an old habit.ab06e0fb6af6f80a
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The doctor stared quietly at Eunsong’s clear face, with her hands clasped neatly and her eyes lowered, and let out a soft breath. It probably wasn’t easy for the doctor either, delivering a terminal diagnosis. Facing the pity he could no longer hide, her throat constricted, and she felt suffocated. All she wanted was to disappear from that spot.f26520f3d0c49d32
She wasn’t sure how she left the place herself. Her memory was hazy. The doctor seemed to have more to say, but he didn’t try to hold Eunsong back. Perhaps he realized that whatever he said wouldn’t be effective for someone shaking their head as if broken. Only when she was outside the hospital did she finally feel like she could breathe. Holding the muffler she hadn’t even taken off indoors, she inhaled the cold winter air several times.d4589fa6aa08c918
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February, soon March.16d5ced0d3a9960a
Eunsong counted the days 58ab5a25a0 as she walked to 9ae68bd519 the parking lot.3afcad9e3984cd84
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Half a year, at most.b61cc1e00b2523fa
It was her last winter.b3e55e8d03fcceb5
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