"But why would you bother doing this for me even if it were my birthday? I'm not Hae-won."
Seeing this, it was almost like a giant nail had been pegged into their hearts. Till the moment... Was he still thinking that they were taking him as a replacement? Even after they told him it was okay with them?
Where did they go wrong? What did they miss? What was it that they needed to do to assure Hae-won that they loved him just the way he was?
Or, were they making a mistake somewhere? What was it?
Hae-won looked at their broken expressions. Was what he said too much?
Because of his frequent nightmares, Hae-won kept forgetting and dismissing the feelings that the people around him felt for the real him. And thus, he felt that they wouldn't do anything for him. Life would just go on like that.
Yet, they... His grip tightened on the tablet... Why go so far?
