doll

dolls line up in a row.

they're all so beautiful.

everyone is happy with the figurines —

they are always expressive.

but toys have empty eyes

and a lifeless view of the world.

you can understand it once —

they have a lot of holes in their soul.

***

Have you ever thought about the fact that dolls can or could be alive? Probably not, but the story will be about this. Have you ever lost your best friend? That's more likely, and this story is about it too.

***

Hyunjin was sitting on the couch watching another drama being played on TV. But somehow he's not up to the drama, he's thinking about something completely different right now. He's his late friend Felix. Although... Although he is deceased, he is now sitting next to Hyunjin half-dead. Why half-dead? Yes, because he is just a doll at the moment. The doll is in Hyunjin's hands. How did they come to this? Well, now we'll find out.

***

Hyunjin and Felix have been friends since childhood and cherished this friendship very much. They very rarely quarreled, but after that they always reconciled. Their friendship lasts so long that even when Felix died, this friendship continued to live. Well, how and why Felix died, we will find out now.

flashbacks

Friends found out a month ago that Felix has a heart condition. The doctors told them that he had at least a year left, and maybe more, but... Felix went to the hospital and died much earlier. Maybe he was nervous, or maybe he was upset about something, now we can't find out.

***

Felix doesn't have long to die. It's sad, but so. Shit in life can happen at the most unexpected moment, and then something else will happen. This is the law of life. It's always like that. First you live normally, and then... Something happens and everything goes awry.

***

— Jinny, promise me that when I die you will always remember me, — Felix said to his best friend. —I promise— Hyunjin replied, after which Felix died.

end of flashbacks

***

Well, now back to reality. Felix and Hyunjin are still sitting, but they are no longer watching the drama, but talking. — Felix aren't you cold? — Hyunjin asked, because he was cold himself. —No, you know I'm not freezing— Felix replied with an indifferent look. This is the disadvantage of dolls, because even if they are alive (at least half), they will not respond with emotions as a person. Suddenly Felix started bleeding from a long-standing scar on his arm. Red trickles slowly trickled down to the floor. This is quite an interesting story. One day Felix and Hyunjin were walking and Hyun asked about why Felix had a bandage on his arm. He then replied that he accidentally cut himself while preparing a salad, but later it turned out that Felix cut himself because of their quarrel and this wound was sewn up. And now this scar is just a reminder of the past. Hyunjin immediately caught himself when he saw it. And took out a first aid kit. — Fuck, Fel, where are you? — Hyunjin asked while treating the wound. —I don't know — Felix replied with the same indifference. —Fel, you're half-dead, but you need to take care of yourself somehow, too—Hyunjin told him after treating the wound. But now you may have a question, but how did Hyunjin make him a doll? Well, initially, Hyunjin just wanted to resurrect a friend, but he didn't fucking work out. And then... He came across an interesting book in the library. It talked about how to make the dead half-alive. Which is what Hyunjin did. Now he and Felix live together, and Felix's parents only go to his fake grave. In general, Hyunjin often scolds himself for this act. But he couldn't live without Felix and his freckles. And now they live together more or less happily. But how long will it last..?