Even if there was only a 1% chance, I would not give up. And with that, I changed lanes and entered the petrol station. I thought of Yoongi, Hoseok, Jimin, Taehyung, Jungkook’s faces, one at a time. I drank a deep breath in before exhaling slowly. Without realising, I had reached the road of the petrol station and I could see Namjoon working there. Would I truly be able to end all this misfortune and pain? Don’t repeated failures mean there can never be any success? Shouldn’t I be giving up? Isn’t our happiness only a vain hope? So many thoughts came and left. I gave a strained smile as I drooped my head. Students with familiar uniforms stared at me through the car window as they crossed the road. Having fallen into thought, I had not seen the traffic lights change. For example, you may see Taehyung call for “hyung” as he hurries over, but he will not think of Namjoon ‘hyung’ in his head, he will simply think of Namjoon. – There are no English equivalents of these word, and so I have kept them as they are, but only when it is used as a direct term of reference. ‘Dongsaeng’ is by either gender for someone younger. – ‘Hyung’ is a Korean designation used by a male to an older male whom he has a close relationship with. For Jimin, Namjoon, and Seokjin’s diary entries, the new character is obviously female and is written as such. Because the gender-neutral term is clunky, and it can be assumed that they are the girls of the Highlight Reels, I have used my discretion to translate them in the feminine third person. In these entries, the character is also given a gender-neutral term. Hoseok and Taehyung call them ‘that kid’ while I have translated it quite literally, it can also be considered as an affectionate way to say ‘that punk’. Some of the later diary entries introduce another character, unnamed but evidently important. To read an introduction to these notes and/or Part 1 (the diary entries before YEAR 22), click here.
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