Salin walked through the hospital corridors, the sensation of Jun-Ho's kisses still fresh on his lips, a soft but present mark that he couldn't ignore.
Jun-Ho had traveled to Canada. Before leaving, he had announced that he had purchased a house for Salin's family to stay in the capital. Until the orchard reconstruction was complete, they would have a new place to live.
Salin was still processing everything, the kiss, the conversation, the entire moment they had shared that morning. Jun-Ho, in some way, was getting better, and that stirred something inside him.
But now, he had another issue: telling his family the truth about the contract and who he had made it with.
He stopped for a moment at the hospital entrance, taking a deep breath. His mother was hospitalized but was recovering well. Salin forced himself to push thoughts of Jun-Ho aside and focus on the present, on his mother. His father, Park Han, was standing near the reception as always, attentive to every detail.
