They said today wouldn’t work, so I stopped.
After reading a Tojeong bigyeol fortune, Minji canceled Dahyun’s plans for her. What remained in the parked car wasn’t the fortune, but a day decided without…
When her friend canceled Dahyun’s plans for her, using a fortune reading as an excuse, Dahyun remembers the words she swallowed that day in her parked car.
Dahyun tells the counselor how her friend Minji read a Tojeong bigyeol fortune and canceled her plans for her. On other days too, Minji told people Dahyun wouldn’t be coming before Dahyun could speak, and Dahyun sits still in the car as if it wasn’t the first time.
When someone else decides my day
You can keep reading a fortune and deciding your schedule one step apart.
When did someone else decide your day for you?
The scene of revisiting what her friend canceled for her, while the car remains parked, lingers with me. Before the fortune itself, I saw how someone else’s interpretation had begun speaking for one person’s day and words. If you’re carrying a similar moment when you felt stuck, please tell me about it too.
Scenes
- 01 · Inside the car with the paper unfolded Inside the car with the paper unfolded — Near the end of the session, Dahyun unfolds the Tojeong bigyeol reading across the dashboard of the car, still running. Dahyun: Minji saw this and canceled my plans. That’s what the Tojeong bigyeol reading says. Jirisan Mansin: What Minji decided first is still standing there, ahead of the plans you made, Dahyun. What happened that day?
- 02 · Paper pushed through the window Paper pushed through the window — Minji pushes the paper through Dahyun’s car window and says she canceled the plans before Dahyun can even ask. Minji: They say I shouldn’t drive today. I canceled our plans. Dahyun: What? Without asking me first?
- 03 · The cancellation sent for her The absence notice sent for her — The following week, before Dahyun can say anything, Minji sends the group chat a message saying Dahyun can’t come. Minji: I sent it. That you can’t make it this time. Dahyun: I hadn’t said I was going or not going yet.
- 04 · Where the swallowed words remain Where the swallowed words remain — Inside the car, Dahyun presses the edge of the paper and remembers the words Minji sent for her twice. Jirisan Mansin: You didn’t stop because of today’s fortune, Dahyun. You stopped in front of what Minji canceled for you. What words did you swallow in the car then?
Stories by Jirisan Mansin
- Jirisan Mansin
- I want to let go of my parents’ expectations, but I open the almanac again while doing the dishes.
- I say yes to family right away, then feel uneasy on the way home.
- You said we should get dinner, then paid first.
- When I take care of my parents’ workouts, my share keeps growing too.
- After the work dinner, my partner’s stubbornness feels even stronger.
- Even as I wake my child, last night’s fortune comes to mind.
- After dreaming about losing money, I open my wallet at the dinner table.
- I apologized first thing after waking up.