Episode 1

[📅 July 22, 2009 | Hospital Room]

(Dim light. Quiet room. The sound of scissors clipping nails echoes softly.)

👩‍🦰 Mom (IU) (forcing a cheerful tone, gentle smile):

Jungkook-ah… don’t move, okay? I’m almost done~

🐰 Jungkook (lying still, eyes unfocused, staring at the ceiling):

…

(No reaction. His face is blank—too blank.)

👩‍🦰 Mom (IU) (glances at him, smile falters for a second, then tries again):

There’s an eclipse today… everyone’s excited, you know?

🐰 Jungkook (slow blink… no interest, no response):

…

(Radio plays faintly in the background.)

📻 Radio Host (bright, energetic):

“Today’s special guests—rookie band ECLIPSE!”

👩‍🦰 Mom(IU) (trying to lift the mood):

See? Let’s listen together… you like music, right?

(slip—tiny cut)

👩‍🦰Mom(IU) (panics instantly):

Ah! Jungkook—did I hurt you?!

🐰 Jungkook (slowly turns his eyes toward his toe… watches the blood… expression unchanged):

…it’s okay.

(His voice is flat. No pain. No emotion.)

👩‍🦰 Mom(IU) (flustered, guilty):

No no—wait! Don’t move, I’ll get something!

(She rushes out—outside, a loud crash of glass breaking.)

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(Silence falls. Heavy. Suffocating.)

(Jungkook’s eyes slowly shift toward the floor… a shard of broken glass glints.)

🐰 Jungkook (breathing shallow… fingers twitch slightly):

…

(He slowly reaches for it… hand trembling just a little.)

🐰 Jungkook (thinking, hollow):

…maybe… it’ll stop hurting…

(His face remains blank—but his eyes… empty.)

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[📻 Radio Station – Same Time]

🎤 Host (excited):

Next call—Taehyung! Let’s go!

🐻 Kim Taehyung (leans back, casual but focused, soft curiosity in eyes):

Alright.

📞 Dialing…

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[📱 Hospital Room]

📞 Phone rings loudly—too loud in the silence.

👴 Patient Nearby (irritated):

Yah! Turn that off or answer it!

(Jungkook flinches slightly… grip on the glass loosens.)

(Phone keeps ringing.)

🐰 Jungkook (slowly turns his head… stares at phone… expression still numb):

…

(Long pause… then he picks it up, almost mechanically.)

🐰 Jungkook (blank voice, lifeless):

Hello…?

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🐻Taehyung (bright, professional tone—but gentle underneath):

Hello! This is ECLIPSE—have you heard our music?

(Jungkook’s eyes don’t change. No reaction.)

🐰 Jungkook:

No.

(Short. Flat. Distant.)

(Taehyung pauses slightly—caught off guard.)

🐻 Taehyung (awkward small smile):

Ah… I see—

🐰 Jungkook (already pulling phone away slightly):

Can I hang up?

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🎤 Host (quickly jumps in, slightly panicked laugh):

WAIT! Congratulations! You’ve won running shoes! 🎉

(Jungkook freezes.)

(Slow blink.)

🐰 Jungkook (voice low, confused… then bitter):

…I don’t need them.

🎤 Host (trying to recover):

Then! Indoor exercise bike?!

(Silence.)

(Jungkook’s fingers tighten around the phone. His breathing changes.)

🐰 Jungkook (voice cracks slightly, frustration rising):

…Do you think this is funny?

(Taehyung straightens, expression turns serious instantly.)

🐻 Taehyung:

…?

🐰 Jungkook (eyes filling, anger + pain mixing):

I can’t even walk…

(voice trembling now)

And you’re giving me… running shoes?

(Tears fall silently, but his face still tries to stay composed.)

🎤 Host (stunned):

We didn’t mean—

🐰 Jungkook (suddenly breaking, words spilling out):

I don’t need anything…

I don’t care about prizes…

(voice lowers… almost a whisper)

…I don’t even care if I live or not right now.

(Disconnects.)

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[📻 Radio Station]

(Complete silence. Taehyung’s expression darkens—something hits him deeply.)

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[📞 Call reconnects briefly]

(Jungkook hesitates… still holding the phone… tears falling quietly.)

🐻 Taehyung (voice softer now, sincere, almost careful):

…Thank you.

🐰 Jungkook (confused, tearful):

…?

🐻 Taehyung (eyes slightly shaken, voice low but firm):

Thank you… for staying alive.

(Jungkook’s breath stops for a second.)

🐻 Taehyung:

There are people who love you.

(pause)

So… please… don’t give up.

(Silence. Heavy—but warm.)

(Jungkook’s lips tremble… tears spill uncontrollably now.)

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[Hospital Room]

👩‍🦰 Mom(IU) (rushes in, worried):

Jungkook?!

(She sees him crying—freezes, then runs to him.)

🐰 Jungkook (voice breaking completely):

…엄마…

(He finally lets go—crying into her arms.)

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