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Jinwoo Alternate Ending

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Jinwoo knew that he wasn’t okay. He hadn’t been okay for a long time. Every day was a struggle for him to keep living. It was as if he was dangling from a cliff, but only had one hand to hang with. He tried his best to overcome it naturally, he really did. But it was never enough. Somebody always went too far with a joke, and Jinwoo would feel a tiny bit of his self esteem crumbling away. It was always a joke, but Jinwoo was never able to take it as one. Whether it was the track team getting on his back about his speed, or his classmates making ignorant statements about his yet-to-be announced sexuality, there was always something that got to him. Jinwoo didn’t know why he was expecting his mother to show her concerns about his mental health. She never had a positive reputation for being compassionate. Driving her children into the ground with afterschool activities seemed to be a hobby for her, and she was devastated when Jinwoo quit the track team. However, Jinwoo couldn’t see her stone hard facade start to crack when she found Jinwoo’s sertraline in the medicine cabinet. …show more content…

He remained silent; he knew that his mother knew they were his. “Why didn’t you tell me?” was her follow up

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