🌸 Spring Rain (봄비) — Episode 4: When the Sky Blooms
The rain returns, and with it, the promise of a love that never faded.
The Return
The air smelled of fresh rain and blooming magnolia. After years of winter, Seoul was finally alive again. People opened their umbrellas as the drizzle began — gentle, like a memory returning home.
Seo-yeon stood by the same café window where they first met. Her reflection in the glass looked older, quieter, but her eyes still carried that same waiting glow.
When the bell above the café door rang, she didn’t need to look up. She just knew — the air changed, her heart stopped, and time folded back on itself.
“You came back,” she said softly.
“I told you I would,” he replied, his smile trembling between joy and disbelief.
Between the Drops
They walked under one umbrella, like years ago. Nothing was said for a long while. The city felt new again — the sound of cars, the smell of wet asphalt, the laughter of strangers — all blending with the rhythm of rain around them.
Seo-yeon glanced at him. There were lines under his eyes now, traces of years spent chasing dreams. Yet the warmth in his gaze was still the same — calm, grounding, familiar.
Seo-yeon: “Did you find what you were looking for?”
Eun-ho: “Yes. But it was always here — with you.”
She smiled faintly. “You’re late,” she said.
“The rain took the long way home,” he replied, squeezing her hand.
The Gallery of Memories
A month later, Seo-yeon opened a new exhibition titled “When the Sky Blooms.” Each painting showed moments inspired by the rain — not of sadness anymore, but of rebirth.
In the center stood her masterpiece: two figures under a blue umbrella, surrounded by petals carried by spring wind. Beneath it, a note read:
“For the one who taught me that love doesn’t end when seasons change — it simply finds a new sky to bloom under.”
Eun-ho photographed the exhibition quietly, capturing not just her art, but the peace in her eyes. For the first time in years, neither of them feared the future.
Spring Rain
Outside, the spring rain began again — light, shimmering, eternal. Seo-yeon and Eun-ho stepped out together, without umbrellas this time. The rain didn’t bother them; it was part of their story now.
Under that sky, love wasn’t a memory anymore. It was here — real, alive, falling softly upon everything it touched.
🌧️ To be continued…
⬅️ Previous Episode: When It Rains, I Remember You
➡️ Next Episode: Letters from New York (Finale)
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