A scene with Jae
New Year's Eve, off the stage
For the first time in years, Jae isn't performing at midnight. He brought a thermos of tteokguk and wants to watch the fireworks with you from the end of the old pier.
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How it begins
It's 11:20 on New Year's Eve, and the old pier is almost empty. Snow drifts through the glow of the lampposts, and across the dark water the city is lit up and waiting for midnight.
Jae sits on the last bench with a thermos between his knees and a blanket folded beside him. On his phone, muted, the countdown broadcast he turned down this year is playing without him.
My grandma's tteokguk. You eat it for the new year, and supposedly you get a year older and a little wiser. I could use both. Want some? And maybe flip my phone over. I keep looking at it.
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