| [Chapter 5] *Close But Too Far Away* Hwanhee felt the warmth of the arms around his waist�. He found himself slowly taking his hands to Dani�s hands� They stood there in silence� But it wasn�t awkward or uncomfortable� They found little happiness in it�.. Dongwan ran through the school hallway and searched for the main office. Finally, he found it and opened it.. To his surprise, he saw a woman slapping Andy�. The woman wore expensive jewels, it was no puzzle to figure out that she was a rich woman. And next to her, stood a boy who looked pretty bad with a torn shirt and cast on his nose. Teachers tried to stop the woman�but not effectively� �STOP!!!� Dongwan yelled and ran to his brother� �What the HELL do you think you are doing??� �Mr.Kim,� A teacher calmed him down. �She�s a parent of a student that your brother physically abused.� Dongwan, surprised, turned to see Andy, who turned his face and stared down on the floor, trying to avoid Dongwan�s stare�. �What happened???� Dongwan asked�. �Well, the student here, I guess teased about your family�.and Andy started punching him according to their clssmates.� �Then that�s not my brother�s fault. That student started it first�� �But�.� �What the hell are you talking about???� The woman interrupted� �Do you see this nose?????� �I�ll pay for the expenses.� �Money isn�t a problem�what are you gonna do when this leaves a scar on my son�s face???� Dongwan opened his mouth to say something, but found nothing to say�.nothing that he can say� The woman smiled in victory� Dongwan again turned to see Andy�.who again turned away� But Dongwan clearly saw the tears in Andy�s eyes�.. ������ �Hwanhee is that you??� Minwoo yelled out� �����..� Hwanhee didn�t answer� Minwoo watched him as Hwanhee walked into his room�..he looked kind of �out there� �What�s his problem?� Hwanhee stared at his hands� He still felt the warmth of her hands�.. He smiled�..he just couldn�t help smiling�. Yet�.he didn�t know why�.. Tired and disappointed, Dongwan came back to his office� Again, the sigh on front of his office door, �Vice President Kim Dongwan� annoyed him terribly. On his desk, there were several mails� He saw a mail from the elementary school that his sister was attending� He opened the mail�. There was a drawing by his 7 year old sister�..and a letter from her teacher�. Dongwan took a look at her drawing first�. There were 5 people in the drawing� 1 person was incredibly drawn big�.far different from the other people�.the big person had horns sticking out of his head too�. In the hands of the �monster� there was beer cans, bottles�. Shocked, Dongwan slowly took a look at the other characters�� 3 littlest ones were crouched in the corner�. There were big tear drops from their faces�.. And he saw an angel, with white wings and bright magic wand, crying for them�.. The other person stood in the middle�..the whole face and body was colored in red�.indicating blood� Dongwan�.felt his hands slightly shaking as he opened the letter from the teacher�. With the explanation that they had to send a mail because Dongwan didn�t seem to have time for an appointement� The teacher said that she recommends his sister a therapy that would hopefully cure her internal conflict�. And she also included that she was having bad effects on other classmates�.so she can�t have her in her classroom anymore�. Hwanhee walked towards Dani�s house�.. It was surprising how LONG the way seemed to be�.. It was also weird how he didn�t get tired after running the WHOLE way�. He wore a big smile as he got closer to Dani�s house�. He looked towards her window�. But soon, he saw another person looking towards the same window� It was Brian�. Brian was wearing a suit as he usually did and stood next to his black Mercedes� This time, he didn�t have his Driver or Eric along with him� He probably came in secret�without telling anybody� The red rose in his hand�..seemed to be more beautiful under the moonlight�. Brian took notice of Hwanhee. �What are you doing here???� Brian asked, surprised�. �Ummm�.um�.� Hwanhee mumbled� �I�m Daso�s tutor�remember??� �You come this late???� �Uh�yeah�sometimes�.just to check if she did the homework�.� �ok�..� Brian said, not fully convinced� �Um�what are you doing here?� �Well, it�s my fiancee�s house�� Somehow�what he said came as shock to Hwanhee�. Actually for the first time after yesterday�. He realized��Dani and Brian were engaged�. How stupid for him to just�..forget�.. �Why are you not�.going in???� Hwanhee asked� Brian sighed�.then�..started laughing�. Hwanhee looked at him with a weird expression on his face� �I look funny, don�t I�.. pondering whether I should go in or not to my fiancee�s house�.� �����.� �I�I�m just afraid�she�ll�tell me to go away�..I�m just scared�.� �I thought she was your fiancee��.� �I think that�..but she doesn�t�� Strangely�..Brian�s true feelings came out as he talked to Hwanhee�.. Hwanhee felt his heart lighten up�..just hearing that she might not love Brian as much�. �But I do�..that�s all that matters�now�.at least�.� ����.� �Cause I�ll make her mine�.� �You really love her don�t you?� �More than anything�� �Can you make her happy?� �That�s all I want to do�.for rest of my life�.� Eric and Dongwan sat in a bar�. Around them, there was several bottles of beer�. �Why are you so determined to be a President Dongwan???� Eric asked Dongwan who clearly had too much drink�� �To be someone�.that my family could be proud of�.� Suddenly, Eric lowered his voice and got closer to Dongwan�s ear� �But do we HAVE to do this???� �It�s the only way�.� Dongwan whispered�. He smiled mischievously�. Hwanhee walked back to his house from his long walk just around the streets�.he didn�t know where exactly his legs were leading to�.. And Hwanhee just hated himself for letting his legs take him back to Dani�s house again several times after he left�. The more he thought about it�. The more he laughed at himself at his stupidity�. What kind of guy does girls like? Brian who is handsome, smart and rich� Or me�.just a plain ordinary guy with no intellect or money�.. He was stupid to just even think about being with Dani�. So stupid�..to be thinking about his happiness before Dani�s�.. When he reached his house�. He saw someone standing in front of his house� It was Dani� �What are you doing here?� Hwanhee asked�.annoyed�or pretending to be annoyed. �How did you find the address??� �I�..I got it from mom�..� Dani stuttered by the coldness in Hwanhee�s voice�.. It wasn�t suppose to be like this�. Hwanhee couldn�t look straight in her eye�. She came all the way here, to see me�like I wanted to see her�. But all he must do was to�.sent her back�. �Go, it�s late�.� �But�.� Dani was shocked��. She never pictured he would be treating her this way� I thought�he�ll�..gladly�.welcome her with open arms�. Hwanhee knew that Dani wasn�t going to go�.just like this� He had to find something��to say�that would break her heart�. HE had to break her heart�.on purpose�. �I�m strictly your sister�s tutor�nothing more�..nothing to you�..� Surprised�..Dani opened her mouth to speak but no words came into her mind�. �Go�.and don�t�� come�..again�.� Dani felt her tears drop�.. For the second time�.in her life�. Someone had turned their back on her�. One, by leaving� One, by making her leave�. But she couldn�t stand there and beg to be with him�. All she found herself doing was� Turning around, and walking away from Hwanhee, dragging each step�� Hwanhee watched were go away from him�. She wasn�t leaving just for tonight� But forever from him�. If I just reach�.she�s right there�. She�ll be�.with me�. But�even though she�s close�. She�s too far away�.. I can�t��hold her�.in my arms�. Because�.eventually�she�ll fly away�.. To arms of someone warmer�someone better�. Dani couldn�t see the tear dripping down Hwanhee�s face�.. [Chapter 6] *Sign* �Hello?� Brian answered his cell phone. -���..- �Hello??� Brian raised his voice�. -It�s me�..- Brian recognized the voice in one second. �Dani?� -Can you take me out for a drink?- �Dani, are you ok?� -Can you?- �But�.you are in High School�� -please�..- Brian couldn�t say �no� Her voice sounded depressed�and it was a first favor she ever asked�. �Dani!!� Brian grabbed her wrist as she reached for another cup of drink. Dani just shook him off as she grabbed the beer. �Dani!!! What�s wrong with you!!!� Dani kept silent and closed her eyes as she swallowed the beer� ��.let�s go.� Brian stood up and pulled her arm. She didn�t move�. Brian sighed� �You are too drunk�. You know how mad your mom�s gonna be if she finds out that I brought you here?� �She wouldn�t care��you�re my fiancee.� Brian sat down�. In disbelief�.he gazed at Dani� Did that just meant�.she considers me�her fiancee�?? Someone�she will get marry to�.? someone that she wants to share her whole life with? �FUCK!!!� Dani screamed�. She knew�..why Hwanhee made her leave�. She knew�. It was because of what she had around her�and what Hwanhee didn�t�. He doesn�t realize that all I need�..to have is him�. I would throw away everything�.I have�to be with him�. �Hwanhee oppa�..� She silently whispered his name in tears�. Brian looked at her�. �What did you say??� �Hwanhee�..� She looked at Brian teary-eyed�.. Brian held her shoulders. �What�.what about him�..� Brian knew already�what she was going to say�.but his heart won�t let him give up his last hope� �I�.love him�.� Dani whispered��. Brian�..slowly let his grip on the shoulders lighten�� He looked back at her�. She was drunk�..her tears watery� But she would never say anything like this, unless she really meant it�.. Brian felt his heart, stopping, skipping beats�..as he stared at Dani�� He never thought�he never thought, he would lose her�to somebody else after Hyesung died� �You�you love him�.?� Brian asked��still in awe�. Dani nodded her head�. As Brian turned his head to hide his years, Dani collapsed on to the table�.and closed her eyes� But she still mouthed the name� �Hwanhee�..Hwanhee�..Hwanhee�.� Hwanhee found himself�.walking in the streets that he did not know�.. He followed wherever his legs took him�. But then he had to turn around and run several times because he found himself front of Dani�s house. He was walking by a noisy street�. There were a lot of people passing by him� He looked at couples, holding hands and smiling at each other, envying them�. How easy it was for them�.to�be true to each other�.. But after that, everywhere he turned�.he saw Dani�s face�.. He tried to remember her smiling�but he couldn�t�.. I don�t think she was ever happy�.with me�� Hwanhee sighed�. Because he knew�.even though she wouldn�t be happy�. He wanted her with him�.always�. He loved her�.so much�.he did�.. Suddenly, he missed her so much�� �God!!!� He yelled�..but no one heard him because of the loud are noises and people really didn�t care, they just minded their own business� �Can I have her�.please?????� Hwanhee laughed at himself�.for talking to the air�.but still, he continued� �I loVe her!!!� He waited for a second� �Is that a Yes or No�.? Gosh, give me a sign!!!� Hwanhee was still yelling when a car stopping nearby him� The car looked familiar� Hwanhee watched as the door opened�.It was Brian�.. Brian walked over to Hwanhee� �What�.are you doing here�.?� Hwanhee asked� In the split second�.Hwanhee imagined Brian finding out what happened between him and Dani through his skilled spies�.Becoming furious to know that I have feelings for her�.and searching everywhere to find me and throw a punch�. Hwanhee exercised his jaws quickly�hoping it would lessen the pain. Brian still stood silently in right front of Hwanhee�. And then Brian moved a slight inch�. Hwanhee closed his eyes tightly�.but there was no pain or stars flying around his head�. He watched Brian�. Brian kneeled down. Hwanhee�s eyes grew bigger as much as he was surprised�.. �Dani�.needs you��� Brian whispered. He knew it�..He knew that Dani wanted Hwanhee to be by her side, and not himself� That�s how it was�. She was never mine�and never could be mine�� As long as Hwanhee was there, in the distance she could reach, she was never going to let go�. �Please�.go back to her�.� Brian told Hwanhee�. People started gathering around them�and mumbled�.. Hwanhee still in awe, quickly bent to help Brian up� But Brian remained on the ground�. �Tell me you are going to be with her�.promise me�..� ������ Hwanhee did not say anything�. He wanted to more than anything in the world� But he had nothing to offer her� She would be much happier with Brian�. �She�ll be better off with you�..� Hwanhee whispered��..taking it in�..he still needed to realize that too�. Brian smiled sarcastically�� �You are her fiancee�� �It was forced by parents�.� Hwanhee looked surprised� �And Dani�.doesn�t want to be with me�.she wants you�..needs you��� Hwanhee quietly stared at Brain� Hwanhee knew Brian loved her�. �more than anything� like once that he had told him�. �She might be better off�..with me�.but she�ll be happier with you�.and that�s all I want�.� Hwanhee also knew it wasn�t easy for Brian to say this�. �Promise me�.you�ll make her happy�..� ������ �Promise me!� Brian raised his voice� �I promise�..� Hwanhee whispered and watched Brian get up�.. Brian put on a fake smile�.and Hwanhee knew that�. �And another thing�..� Brian spoke� �If you don�t keep that promise�I�ll take it as you want her to be with me�..� Hwanhee nodded�. As Brian turned around�.he tried to smile�.. Thinking�.he did what he was suppose to do�. He was just meant to be�.her guide�nothing more�.. He smiled�..happy that at least he was something to her�. He also felt his tears on his cheeks�. Hwanhee watched as Brian drove away� He looked up at the night sky� He yelled, louder than before� �THANK YOU!!!� And he didn�t care if everyone stared at him�. �Here�s a map to that place.� Dongwan handed Eric a paper�. Eric skimmed through it and quickly put it in his pocket�. �Are you sure this is place will work�.?� �Positive�..my grandmother�s ashes her thrown in the river by there�.I remember Andy going near it�..yep�.it will work�.� �And they wouldn�t have any evidence.� Eric smiled mischievously�. �Now go while I think of how to lead that stupid ass to that place�.� �When do you want me to throw away the sign by�.?� �Day after tomorrow.� �Gottcha.� Eric said as he walked out the door�.. Dongwan sat back in his chair, leaning his head against it, closed his eyes� He imagined himself, in the chair of the President�.. and he also imagined Brian�..in the coffin��.. ************************************************************ |