Reasonable Loss - 34

It was a gentle persuasion and comfort. The tone and voice were like soothing a stubborn child. So, Eunsoo could only nod.

“Then, today… I’ll go back for now.”

As he turned to leave,

“Eunsoo, wait….”

Myunghee didn’t let go of Eunsoo’s wrist.

“What should I clean up?”

Eunsoo asked, looking at Dokwon reflected in the hospital elevator mirror.

“Everything that belongs to you. Everything you used.”

Dokwon answered with a tired face.

Eunsoo was asked to clear out his things from Dokwon’s house. Dokwon couldn’t distinguish between his things and Eunsoo’s, and neither his parents nor Secretary Jung knew, so Eunsoo had to do it himself.

“Do we really… have to go this far?”

Eunsoo asked in a sorrowful voice.

“If not, I might faint ten times a day, so yes, we have to go this far. We can’t just throw out the whole house, can we?”

Dokwon replied in a heavy tone. Eunsoo gave a bitter laugh. He found it both funny and frustrating that Dokwon would rather throw out the house than leave traces of him.

Dokwon glanced down at Eunsoo.

“If it’s too much trouble, I’ll move. It’s more troublesome, but if you don’t like it, there’s no choice.”

“I’ll do it.”

Eunsoo rubbed his face dry. He tried to mentally catalog what belongings of his were in Dokwon’s house.

Apart from his toothbrush, nothing specific came to mind. Surely, he didn’t have to replace everything with memories attached. The bed they tumbled on, the sofa, the dining table where they ate, the bathtub they soaked in together—they would all have to go.

If that was the case, moving would be better, as Dokwon suggested.

Eunsoo’s expression turned serious.

At that moment, the elevator dinged cheerfully and stopped at the underground parking lot. Secretary Jung got off first, followed by Dokwon, and Eunsoo…

“……”

…stood frozen. Underground parking? So they were taking the car. Eunsoo gaped.

The uncaring elevator tried to close its doors without waiting for Eunsoo. If Dokwon hadn’t inserted his hand, Eunsoo would have gone down to an even deeper basement.

“What are you doing?”

Dokwon asked irritably.

“Are we… taking the car?”

Eunsoo asked in a trembling voice.

“Do you plan to walk?”

Dokwon responded with a look that said, “What kind of strange question is that?”

“……”

Eunsoo couldn’t respond. Right. He hadn’t thought about how they would get to Dokwon’s house. It would be odd to ride the subway together.

Eunsoo bit his lips in confusion, and Dokwon’s eyebrows knitted tighter as the conversation dragged on.

“Why? Did you bring your own car? Then come to the house. Do you know the address?”

“No, it’s fine. I’ll go with you.”