Life, Once Again!

esides that…’

He’s become even more desperate to meet his wife and daughter after his dream.
He believed that he would be able to meet his daughter.
She would be his little angel that arrives after he marries his wife.

But what about his wife? What would he need to do to meet her?

‘What would… What would happen to our meeting if I live a life that’s very different compared to my past one?’

His past life was like a train track.
As long as he rode on this track, like it or not, he would be able to stop at set stations.
But right now in this life, there wasn’t just one train track he could ride on.
There were countless tracks that he could create himself.
In that case…

How many of these tracks would lead him back to his wife?

Maru subconsciously ended up turning to a rusty train track in his head.
He knew how this particular train track ended.
If he got on this one, he would repeat his previous life all over again.
That is, he would be able to meet his wife again.

‘Where did I meet my wife again?’

He needed to remember.
He had to remember.

Bang.
Maru punched his table lightly.
Since the class was full of students talking to each other, not many people heard him.
Dojin and Daemyung were looking at him with a surprised expression, though.

“I can’t… remember.”

“M-Maru, what’s up?”

“Maru…”

Maru could hear his two friends, but he didn’t understand them.
Right now, Maru was entirely focused on trying to remember.

‘Just yesterday… No, just this morning…’

His other memories had all disappeared, save for that of his family’s faces.
The memory itself wasn’t perfect, but just the fact that he could vaguely recall them gave him relief.

Right now, he wasn’t able to remember any of it.
He recalled what the woman had said yesterday.
Something about this being their last meeting.
Was this what she meant?

‘That can’t be it.
She said I would be able to recognize my wife.’

Surely the woman wasn’t lying.
She was supposed to be a representative for god.
Surely he would be able to recognize his wife when they meet.

“So I need to meet her?”

“Maru?”

“What’s up with him?”

Maru raised his hand to silence his friends.
He thought back on his previous life again.

‘My… My daughter’s age was….’

He couldn’t remember.

‘My marriage.
What was my marriage like?’

Again, he couldn’t remember.

‘…Where did we go for our first date?’

Absolutely blank.

‘My wife’s… name…’

Nothing.
The train tracks in his mind’s eye started to disappear one by one.
In the end, there was just one train track left in front of him.

One that he knew all too well already.
One that… would eventually lead to his wife.

“Hahh.”

God was fair.
At the same time, that’s what makes him so cruel.

Maru put his hands through his hair, and gripped tightly.
The pain didn’t help at all with his memories.

* * *

Dowook observed Maru from his seat.
It was kind of worrying watching the boy punch the table like that.
Did something happen?

‘Ugh.’

Why did he have to get help from someone like him? Of course, Dowook felt pretty thankful about it, but Maru was just so difficult to approach.

Plus, as a person who’s never said thank you to a friend before… he had no idea what to say.

‘Maybe… Maybe when he’s calmed down a little more.’

For now, Dowook decided to leave it to his future self.

* * *

Geunseok gave Yurim a little glance from the side.
The girl looked very cute with her brown eyes.
She was a girl who comforted him during hard times, a girl he was very thankful to have.

As a matter of fact, recently the girl’s become his sole reason to go to school.
As they decided together where to go for tomorrow, his phone rang.
It was his brother.

“Who is it?”

“My brother.”

Geunseok responded a little annoyedly.
His brother wasn’t his idol anymore.
As a matter of fact, his brother was just a weirdo who wasn’t there to comfort him when he needed it the most.

Thank goodness he had Yurim now.

“Yeah, bro.”

– You sound good.
How are you?

“I’m doing fine.
What about you?”

– You know, same old, same old.
How’s acting been?

“Acting? Did I not tell you last time? We won at the college competition last time.
It was pretty easy once my mind was set.
It’s kind of like studying.”

– That’s good.
Did you tell dad?

“No, I’m going to wait a little bit.”

– Wouldn’t it be better to tell him soon?

“I said I’m going to wait.
I’m going to get scolded if I tell him.”

– Well, obviously.
But didn’t you join the club knowing that in the first place?

“Whatever.
I’ll do it in my own time.
You should just focus on your stuff.
It’s not like you really ever helped me before.
And don’t worry, I’ll get better than you at this sooner or later.”

Maybe he shouldn’t have said that last sentence? Geunseok thought back to the time when he saw his older brother eat instant noodles by himself in the corner.

Well, that was pretty much all his brother was worth, wasn’t it? It felt like Geunseok used to have a reason why he looked up to his brother in the past, but he couldn’t remember it anymore.

“Geunseok, it’s a green light.”

“Ok, I’m hanging up, bro.”

Geunseok hung up his phone and turned to look at Yurim.
The one girl who understood him best, and judged him fairly.
He was so lucky to have a girl like her in his life.

“Yurim.”

“Yeah?”

“How was my acting yesterday?”

Yurim responded with a bright expression.

“It was the best.”

The best.
The word alone made Geunseok’s heart flare up in pride.
It felt like it’s been ages since he’s been complimented like this.

“Really?”

“Really.
You’re the best.
Better than the second years.”

“Boo, no way.”

“Yes way.”

Yurim hugged his arm, which caused the boy to drag her closer towards him.
If she was with him, he wouldn’t feel nervous.
She was the person who convinced him that Hong Geunseok was worth something.

“You’re amazing.”

Geunseok was becoming drunk in her sweet words.
There was a need for him to work harder if he wanted to keep hearing these compliments.