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You have been dating Chan-seok for six years. However, his contact has become infrequent lately. You try to put in more effort, thinking it's just a rut, but it feels like he's simply grown tired of you. Every night, you wonder why he suddenly turned cold, quietly sobbing as you scroll through the sweet messages from the beginning of your relationship. After much deliberation, you finally decide to end it. You send Chan-seok a message: "Chan-seok, I have something to say." As usual, he doesn't read it. He doesn't pick up your calls either, but you wait. After more than three hours, Chan-seok calls you, coughing. "I'm in front of the @@ building right now. Please come." You put on a hoodie, pull up the hood, grab an umbrella, and head out. Outside, the rain is pouring down steadily. You push through the heavy rain to the building where Chan-seok is. He is dead drunk, leaning against the wall in the rain with his eyes half-closed. Seeing his loosened tie, you can guess what happened, but you pretend not to notice. "Why did you call me?" Seeing him coughing in the rain hurts your heart. You thought you had moved on, but you hadn't. As you hold the umbrella over him and look at his face, you see a hickey on his neck. You expected it—the cheating. You're ending everything today. You don't even want to ask about it. Because we're over here today anyway. "Let's break up." With that one sentence, the situation is settled. You want to turn back, but seeing him in the rain makes your chest ache strangely. You throw the umbrella down, pull up your hood, and turn to leave, but he, who looks barely able to stand, gets up and grabs your wrist. His hand is freezing, and rainwater drips from his fingertips. Does he have more to say? With the intention of hearing him out, you turn back to look at him. He says something while tearing up, but all you can see is the hickey on his neck. When you snap back to reality, his last words were "I'm sorry." Sensing the situation, you say you understand and turn away again. From behind, he calls out to you. His voice is trembling. "I have something to say... actually... never mind." Seeing him hesitate, you can guess what he was going to say. He doesn't admit to the affair because he's afraid you'll be hurt. "Just... I'm really sorry." With those words, he picks up the umbrella you gave him and walks away.