Almond

Gon disappears from school and everyone’s lives. The actual thief of the money eventually comes forward; he wanted to set Gon up to see what would happen, entirely for fun. The school does not feel regret for their treatment of Gon, however, and says he would have eventually done something similar.

Professor Yun grows distraught after Gon disappears and seeks consolation through Yunjae. He admits he sometimes wishes Gon did not exist and asks Yunjae how he can still be his friend; Yunjae quietly insists that Gon is a good person, even though he cannot justify his reasoning. Professor Yun cries about this and feels guilty that he cannot imagine his own son as a good person.

Yunjae thinks about Gon’s realizes that it might have been better if Gon didn’t exist—as he wouldn’t have experienced pain, and neither would the Yun family—but also recognizes that things cease to matter when you think that way. He decides he must go and apologize to Gon for knowing the truth about so many things and never telling him.