"Clang... clang... clang..." The metallic sound of the alarm clock echoed through the room until a hand emerged from under the covers to silence the source of the noise, the infamous alarm clock.

"It's already 10 am?" A handsome man with wavy black hair and beautiful blue eyes appears from under the covers, staring at the alarm clock in disbelief.

The man gets up and goes to the kitchen. It is noticeable that he has some difficulty getting out of bed. Looking closer, we can see that it is his right leg that is causing him problems. He can only get up and walk with the help of his cane.

The reason he can't walk normally is that when he was 17 years old, he was in a car accident. In the accident, his right leg was crushed for an extended period, and blood flow was blocked, causing a heart attack in his leg, which consequently caused necrosis in his right thigh muscle. Because of all this, he has to take painkillers every day to reduce his pain. It doesn't go away, it's just bearable.

Now, 10 years after the accident, his job is to compose melodies, rhythms, lyrics, and music in general. He has composed hundreds of hit songs. Most of his songs were written for a very famous K-pop group called CYPHER (pronounced Si-fur) and many other solo singers. However, his dream was not to be a composer, even though he was very good at it. He wanted to be a dancer, but everything was destroyed in 1 minute, his biggest dream was taken away from him. He didn't give up, he did physical therapy continuously and it helped him to walk again with help, but unfortunately, he can't walk without a cane, let alone dance.

He overcame it... or so he believes...

"Kyu!! Where did you put the coffee?" The man yells.

"Siwoo, I already told you the coffee is on the top shelf." Another man who appears to be in his 30s appears in the kitchen, grabs the coffee from the shelf, and hands it to his brother. "Satisfied? You woke up the whole neighborhood with that scream of yours."

"Sorry, but you know I can't reach up there..." The man, or rather Siwoo, looks at his right leg bitterly, while holding his cane in one hand and the coffee in the other. His brother looks at his leg and remembers everything his brother went through, all the pain, all the suffering, the feeling of not being able to do what he loves.

"Don't think about it, come on, I'll make your coffee." He puts his arms around his brother's shoulders and smiles. His brother's eyes light up.

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"No, your coffee is terrible Kyu! hahaha" Siwoo would never admit it, but he was happy that his brother Kyungho, or Kyu as he liked to call him, was always by his side, even in his most difficult times he was one of the only people who helped him to get back on his feet, he definitely loved his older brother.

"Just to be clear, Yoon was the one who put the coffee up there, It’s kinda a habit of theirs now."

"It had to be that dumbass!"

"Don't talk about them like that, hahaha, although I have to agree that sometimes they are really stupid."

The two brothers talk, while the older one makes breakfast and the younger one sits at the table. They have always been very close, they grew up together and always took care of each other. Siwoo was happy that his brother had found love, but deep down he wondered if he was getting in the way of them since because of his condition, it was difficult to live alone. Siwoo wondered every day if he should really keep living with his brother.

"Kyu, I was thinking of buying an apartment..." He looks seriously at his brother who hands him his coffee, his brother freezes and looks lost, wondering where that thought came from.

"Why? Don't you like living with us?" His brother asks him, looking seriously at Siwoo. "You know you can always count on me, right? If it's about you 'getting in the way,' I assure you that has never happened, you never get in the way."

"No... No... It's not that, it's just that I was... thinking of buying a bigger place to be my... music studio!" Siwoo hated lying to his brother, but in this case, he thought it was necessary. He wanted to give his brother some privacy.

"Well, if that's what it's for, then I don't see why not... but you have to promise me that you'll visit us every weekend and you have to be close by." - His brother looks at him seriously as he talks about the conditions of his departure. -"And I need to see the apartment before you buy it."

"Alright." - They've had thousands of conversations about this, and Siwoo knows his brother isn't capable of giving in to his conditions.

"Well, I need to go to work, I'll see you later."

"Bye, have a good day at work."

Siwoo watches his brother leave the kitchen and soon hears the front door close. Siwoo grabs his phone and starts looking for apartments in the area, he looks at a bunch of them, and they are too big or too small. After 3 hours of searching, he finally finds one that seems good, he contacts the person who advertised it and asks if he can visit the apartment, and the person schedules the visit for that same day at 3 pm.

A few minutes before the scheduled time, Siwoo decides to call his brother and let him know that he is leaving to see one of the apartments.

"That's it, I'm going to that address that I sent you in a message Kyu." - Siwoo speaks on the phone with his brother.

"Let me know when you leave there and get home."

"Alright."

Siwoo turns off his phone and books a ride with a private car to take him to the location. In the car, he sends a message to the apartment owner saying he's on his way. He arrives and gets out of the private car. The owner is waiting for him in front of the building, and they greet each other before entering.

The owner explains he's selling the apartment because his mother got sick, and he's moving back to his hometown. He doesn't need the place anymore. He shows Siwoo the apartment while explaining his situation. Siwoo likes the place and decides to show it to his brother. He thanks the owner for the tour and says goodbye, heading towards the exit.

As Siwoo leaves the building, he sees the private car parked nearby. He needs to cross the traffic light to get to it.

"Well, that's just fantastic. I definitely entered the right address in the app."

Siwoo gets a little flustered by the driver's poor parking, but noticing the green light, decides to cross the street. Halfway across the crosswalk, a screech pierces the air as a car barrels towards him, showing no signs of slowing down. History repeats itself in the cruelest way - Siwoo is struck down, just like ten years ago. The only difference: this time, it's fatal.