Chapter 11
Nasty stared at Jaegwang numbly.
“…what did you just do?”
“I held you, obviously.”
“…why’d…you hold me?”
“I do a lot of stupid things, hey you better not show your ugly face at our school anymore.”
Nasty didn’t answer him and just kept patting her two red cheeks…you go girl! You came to do exactly what you intended to do!
“The bag! Fawk, Kkangda, where’d you run off to you bastard?!”
He yelled, realizing that Dahyun was gone. Immediately after he yelled that, he started to run after Dahyun. And still looking at him with her red cheeks was Nasty.
Another one falls for ‘the King’
From inside the room, I can hear Sohyun’s mom’s voice. (I’m still over at their house.)
“…what do we do? Sukhyun’s family wants the wedding sooner than we had planned.”
“…there’s nothing to do, we have to do as they want. We don’t have any choice in the matter.”
“…but still…Sohyun cringes just at the thought of engagement…if we bring up wedding…”
“She likes Sukhyun too!”
“That’s obviously not the case…”
“…just be quiet, if they want the wedding tomorrow, we have no choice in the matter, we have to hold it whenever they want.”
…my tail became alert even without my knowing.
No, that’s not possible.
Wedding?
Sohyun has to continue being Jaegwang’s One-and-Only…
…but they’re going to send her to who?!
Ahjumma and ahjushi quickly left the house saying that they were going to meet Sukhyun’s parents.
…10 minutes later, Sohyun walked into the house shakily like a paper doll. She picked me up as she saw me and walked over to her room. I can’t believe that they’re going to make you get married to that Sukhyun bastard! Hurry, pack your bags and run away! You have no time to just cry and sulk!
“…I like Jaegwang so much Pupu…”
I know that!!! So go and grab him!!!
“…I don’t want to get married…I wanted him to tell me not to get married…but he’s found himself a girlfriend already.”
Oh God! Please God! Just let them love and leave them alone. TT_TT…
Right then!
Someone knocked on her door, and Sohyun quickly locked the door.
“…u-unnie, it’s me Jungwon.”
“Oh! Jungwon…I’m so sick…”
“Where?! Do you want me to call Jaegwang?!”
“NO!!!!”
“Then go to the hospital!”
“Leave unnie alone so that she can be alone!”
…it’s Jungwon!
Jungwon’s here!
Jungwon! Jungwon!
As I heard her voice, I started meowing like mad and as loudly as I could.
“MEOW! MEOW!” Sohyun’s eye grew large, and I heard Jungwon’s voice threw the door again.
“…Pu…pu…?”
“MEOW! TT_TT!! MEOW!!! TT_TT !!!”
“PUPU!”
“MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWW!!”
And I could finally see my One-and-Only! I can finally feel Jungwon’s touch! Do you know how long I’ve waited for this moment…?
....
A little while later, the door opened and it was the happiest moment of my life. As Jungwon walked in, I sped over towards her. For the first time in my life, I was happy I was a cat.
That Night.
“Huh?! This cat!!! You-you’re-you’re…” Rubbing his eyes, he slowly crept towards me cautiously.
Oh hey…long time no see… <_< .
Since you’re my owner I’ll just pretend to be happy to see you. Taking a deep breath, I cuddled up next to Jaegwang.
“Pupu’s back! Pupu’s come back to me! My daughter Pupu’s back!!”
It was the first time I’d seen him so happy since what had happened with Saejoon. That night, Jaegwang ran around the house like crazy with a few red bumps on his head. Courtesy of his parents.
Okay…I think I want to go over to Jungwon know…
“Pupu! Where are you going?!”
Why are you so clingy! I, Pupu, was helplessly held in his arms until 12 that night. Because of the thought of being so close to Jungwon and not being able to be with her, I meowed sadly.
“…I have to work like mad for the next week…What do I do with my Pupu? Do you want to come with oppa to work?
I’d rather go back to Sohyun’s house. What are you thinking? Work? When Sohyun’s about to go off to get married you’re thinking of work?
“…when I get enough money, I going to buy Sohyun a ring. And then I’m going to propose to her with a song and then I’m going to give her the ring! Sohyun will probably fall in love with me all over huh?”
…retard…
Do you think you have a week? Right now, Sohyun doesn’t need a ring, she needs you.
“Sohyun, when I graduate and earn money, let’s get married. I’ll give the ring ahead of time, okay? …it was hard waiting wasn’t it? Don’t worry. I’m here!!”
…I think he’s crazy.
He turned his head embarrassedly as if I was Sohyun…
“Aw fawk…how embarrassing!!!”
He buried his face into his pillow and started rubbing his face like crazy.
I don’t know what he was so happy about but…all through that morning, he dimples didn’t go away as he dreamt about something that made him happier than it should have made him.
Is there really absolutely nothing I can do? They love each other too much for them to part here…
…the only thing I can do is pray to God that he’ll let them be happy with my paws that are too short to clamp together, with my tongue that’s not cut out for talking…and with tears that I can’t cry…
…the only thing I can do is just beg for them to be together…
And like that…7 days passed…
I guess God thought I was just some worthless cat and he ignored my prayers. For that week though, Jaegwang stayed after school with Dahyun to cleanup the school and then went out to work at night, and when he came back in the morning, he’d always grin brightly at me.
…and while Jaegwang was hard at work….Sohyun’s wedding was being planned step by step.
When Jaegwang arrived at school the next day, he waved around the thick envelope of money he’d earned, bragging to his friends that he was going to buy the ring after school.
“Ima buy the ring today! Today’s the day! Ima propose to her today! Pupu, oppa’s going to do it!”
I got is, so just leave will you? Go and buy that ring for Sohyun! Then hug her as tightly as you can! You have no time right now, ever minute and second is precious!!! I pushed him with the tip of my nose.
Jaegwang’s slammed the house door behind him with a happy bang and skipped down the neighborhood.
I hope all will be as Jaegwang wants it too be…
Jaegwang ran over to the closest jeweler by his house and I could let out a small breath of relief. In one hand, he squeezed the white envelope so tightly his knuckles became white and with the other hand, Jaegwang yanked the door open.
With the tingling of bells a pair looked up at Jaegwang in curiosity. The man immediately smirked at Jaegwang…
…
“…Sohyun…do you like this one?”
"........"
“…we’ll take this one…how much is this ring?”
“That ring is originally 760 thousand dollars, but since we’re well acquainted I’ll sell it to you for only 700 thousand.”
“…”
Jaegwang hid the envelope he held in his hand in shame as he heard the price of the ring. The amount of money in Jaegwang’s envelope…2 thousand…
“Did you come here to buy something? Have a look around.” The man behind the counter said looking at Jaegwang up and down. Jaegwang shook his head slightly…
Come on…you were going to be strong…you said so yourself…
…that retard…why is he only looking down at the ground…
“I didn’t know punks had money to buy rings, let’s go Sohyun.”
"......."
Putting the ring in his pocket, Sukhyun shoved past Jaegwang and walked out the door.
Retard…dummy…you went through too much trouble to earn all that money…
….you went through so much just to earn that money!
What are you going to do with all those proposals you told me!!!
Why the hell are you just looking down at the ground…lift you heard…
Jaegwang…come on, lift your head…
…right then, Jaegwang lifted his head and yelled out Sohyun’s voice loudly…
“SHIN SOHYUN!!!”
...
And unluckily enough…Jaegwang’s cell phone yelled out for Jaegwang…
Sohyun turned around and looked at Jaegwang with her eyes willed with tears, and with jealousy taking over, there was Sukhyun pulling Sohyun along with him.
Jaegwang slowly reached for his phone…
“…Sohyun, wait for me at your house…hello?”
“JAEGWANG!!!”
Over the phone I could hear Jinsoo’s voice yelling for Jaegwang.
(Jinsoo- One of Jaegwang’s little family…)
“…what do you want you bastard…”
“Come to Dongshin hotel!!!”
“…why, what’s up…”
“Ahnhyun bastards took Dahyun and they’re having a fight!!!”
“…what?! Why the hell would they do that!!!”
“…Kang Saejoon told them to, because he wanted to get back at you two for when Dahyun beat the sh1t out of him. He thinks you two got off too easily. Come on, there are a lot of guys.”
“…I’ll be there…”
As soon as he hung up, threw down the new phone he’d bought a few days ago on the cement floor. Sukhyun flinched slightly at the sound…and then there was Sohyun…calling for him softly…
“…Jaegwang, what was it that you wanted to tell me…”
She wants him with all her heart to stop her from getting married…
If he stayed there with Sohyun…Dahyun would be in trouble…
…and if he didn’t grab Sohyun…she’d be in the arms of another man forever…
...
Friendship vs. Love
…and the one Jaegwang chose was…
Chapter 12
“…Jaegwang…what do you have to tell me…?” Sohyun’s voice asked shakily waiting, wishing for Jaegwang to tell her not to get married.
"......"
Jaegwang looked back at Sohyun and then behind him…he seemed worried about Dahyun…
“…what do you have to tell me…?”
And with an apologetic look at Sohyun he ran towards the hotel. Sohyun looked down, all hopes vanishing as she clenched her hands into fists…
Sukhyun stared after Jaegwang and put his hand on Sohyun’s shoulder.
“…forget him…”
“…nothing good will come out of this marriage…”
“So what are you saying? Are you saying you want to stop now?!”
“…I wish it could…”
“You know that’ll never happen right.”
“…yes.”
“Don’t think about anything else except our wedding. If you blot out on this, you don’t know what’ll happen to your father.
…bastard…
Of course, that’s the only thing you can use against Sohyun, as I’d predicted…Sohyun closed her mouth, trying her all to keep back her tears. Kang Sukhyun just let out a smile.
…is love a crime?
A cat can love a human…
Someone older can love someone younger…
...
Just finding love is hard…let them just smile with one another…
Jaegwang be strong! You still have time!!!
My owner ran as fast as he could towards the Dongshin hotel, but stopped when he stopped a white pole on the ground. What is he thinking of doing with that thing. <_< .
He was biting his lips in anxiety so hard that it was bleeding…
Behind Dongshin hotel.
The alleyway was crooked with uneven bricks and the fight seemed to be already over. Jaegwang walked in deeper into the alley breathing hard…
“…Kang Dahyun…Dahyun…Kang Dahyun…”
...
.....
...........
“KANG DAHYUN!!!!”
Panicked now, Jaegwang yelled loudly throwing the white pipe he’d found on the ground.
“Over here~~”
Jaegwang quickly ran over towards the voice of his best friend…
...
As Jaegwang got closer to the scene, he spotted the four Ahnhyun kids, all knocked out on the ground, and sitting on top of one of them was Dahyun lighting a cigarette.
“…Kang Saejoon that bastard underestimated me… <_< .”
“What the hell happened?!”
“Your lip is bleeding.”
“…did…you knock them out on your own?”
“I tapped them and they flew like 20 feet. <_< .”
Jaegwang’s mouth dropped opened and looked at each guy in the face. The most important thing he noticed was that they all seemed to be far from being fighters. Two wore glasses… <_< .
“Fawk! I shouldn’t have come!!!!!!!!!!!”
“No one told you too!”
“Yoo Jinsu, ima beat his ass tomorrow!!!”
“…do you love me in THAT way?”
Dahyun asked exhaling a cloud of smoke.
“…fawk…what do I do now…”
“There’s nothing TO do, let’s get married.”
“…Kkangda…what do I do know…”
“Dude, I was kidding.”
"........"
“…what the hell, are you crying?!”
+Carsnlock+ (<- - Bar)
After leaning against the wall for around a while wiping away tears, Dahyun pulled Jaegwang into a bar and ordered around 15 bottles of beer, a bottle of coke and a plate of donkkaseu was placed in front of him.
“…something’s up, isn’t’ it.”
Jaegwang picked up a bottle of beer and just drank, afraid that if he said anything he’d start crying again.
“Hey, what’s up!!”
“…+gulp gulp+…”
“Are you doing this because of Kang Saejoon?!”
"....."
When he’d finished around 4/5 of the bottle of beer, Jaegwang slammed the bottle on the table.
“…if you don’t think you can tell me, tell me with your eyes… <_< …”
“…if you tell you with my eyes, do you think you’ll understand?”
“Now you talk, what’s up? Family problems…? Or is it…Sohyun?”
"....."
Hearing Sohyun’s name, Jaegwang grabbed the beer bottle again. Chugging down more and more. Dahyun just stared at his friend. After a few more chugs, Jaegwang’s head slammed down on the table.
“…I knew this would happen. <_< .”
“…Sohyun…”
“So it IS about Sohyun...”
“Sohyun ^0^ .”
Calling her name, Jaegwang’s (who was entirely drunk) lifted his head and smiled at Dahyun.
“…look over there and smile <_< .”
“Sohyun, when I graduate, let’s get married. I’ll give you the ring I’ll give you in five years ahead of time. It was hard waiting so long huh? Don’t worry, you have me…”
“I think I’m going to barf. Do you want me to call her for you?”
“…who…? Call who…? Why would you call Sohyun…”
“Cause she’s going to be your wife in 5 years. Or do you want me to call Miyae for you?”
“Kkangda…when I get older…I’m going to earn a lot of money…”
“…you think I care what you do?”
“…and then you know what I’m going to do? I’m going to give out all my money to people who have to part because of money…”
Kkangda stared at Jaegwang…finally realizing what this was all about…
“…do you know that the difference between a ring that’s 760 thousand and a ring that’s 2000 dollars is…?”
“If you wear the 760 one you’re a 760 thousand dollar person and if you wear the 2000 one, you’re a 2000 dollar person.” Dahyun answered.
“…fawktard, what kind of answer is that…”
....
.......
“…which is Sohyun…”
......
...........
Instead of answering, Jaegwang flashed a smile at his friend…even when he smile you could see how sad he was…
“…which is Sohyun…”
“…7...60...”
Dahyun slammed the table and stood up.
For a second all the heads in the bar turned towards them…
Everyone at school knew that Dahyun had a dirtier temper when he was mad than Jaegwang…
“Fawktard, why didn’t you tell me!!!”
“…it was embarrassing to tell you when I wasn’t drunk…”
“…is it an engagement or a wedding?!”
“…the second…”
“WHEN!!!”
“…tomorrow…”
“YOON JAEGWANG!!!”
...
Kkangda yelled Jaegwang’s name almost loud enough to shake the bar down.
...
“Were always sucha loser…”
“…was I?”
“Did you always give up so easily…”
“…I durno…did I?”
Dahyun pulled off a ring on his pinky finger and threw it at Jaegwang forcefully.
“Take it.”
"....."
“…take it and give it to Sohyun, then bring her here.”
“I’ll just make it harder for her.”
“Then living with a bastard who she doesn’t even love is any easier…? I’ll wait here two hours for you…you know I can’t wait any longer than 2 minutes for anyone right…”
“……”
Jaegwang picked up the ring and stared at it.
“…how much is this one…”
“…over 500 K.”
“…who gave it to you…”
“…my mom.”
“I’ll pay you back, and I’ll come back in 2 hours…”
“…cool.”
Jaegwang placed the ring in his pocket and stood up shakily. After regaining his balance, he pat Dahyun’s hand and quickly ran out the bar.
…as soon as Jaegwang disappeared, Dahyun sat back down in his seat…
“…mom…god, I’m so sorry for giving your ring away…don’t be mad…”
Muttering to himself, Dahyun picked up a bottle of beer and drank it down.
…did Jaegwang have any clue that the ring Dahyun gave him was his mom’s last present to her him before she’d passed away a couple of years ago…
1 AM
Jaegwang grabbed for a taxi, riding towards Sohyun’s house…
Chapter 13
Sohyun turned her music on full blast, loud enough to shake the whole house, and sat down on her bed. Facing her mirror and staring at her reflection.
“…you’re stupid…you know that…?” She asked herself…
...
“…what are you crying for? You don’t deserve to cry…”
…
“…I don’t know how I’m supposed to live with Kang Sukhyun…”
She said, wiping away her tears. Her eyes went to a picture of herself and Jaegwang on her counter and that’s when she collapsed into a fit of tears.
“Sohyun!! Shin Sohyun!!!” A voice yelled…not clearly heard because of the music…
...
....
Turn down the damn music!!! Sohyun, turn down the volume a little!!!
+SMASH!!!+
A rock the size of a fist made contact with her window, smashing the glass and getting. Well…I guess you won’t have to turn down the volume anymore… <_<
Sohyun turned her wide eyes towards the window and poked her head out. As she saw Jaegwang’s figure looking up at her, a quicker stream of large warm tears trailed down her face.
“Do you want to be a 500 grand or 760 grand!!!”
"....."
Sohyun just stared, her throat choked up.
Now this will be fun to watch. Still dressed in flannel pajamas, Sohyun ran out her room and even forgetting to put of shoes, she ran out the gates to meet Jaegwang.
“JAEGWANG!!!” She yelled, running at Jaegwang (who was 15 cm taller than her) and threw herself at him. Jaegwang’s two arms encircled her shoulders and then slowly his hands made their way up to her face and then…
O_O…
…and then…
O_O…
…and then…
O_O…
…
…well you know what happens.
After their kiss ended, Jaegwang hugged Sohyun again tightly, and then put the ring Dahyun had given him on her left ring finger slowly…
“Congratulations for coming back to where you should be. ^_^ .”
Sohyun grinned up at him, “…where’d you get the ring…?”
“Dahyun gave it to me…Oh! Sh1t!!” Jaegwang pushed her away and looked at the watch on his forearm, “Sohyun, wait here…”
“I want to go to.”
“I have to get back by 3, just wait here.”
“No…I want to go to, something’s bothering me…”
“…like what? I’m here…and the ring I brought is on your finger ^_^ , I’ll be back in 5 minutes.”
“…you have to come.”
“Of course ^0^ !”
Jaegwang lifted his cold hands and pat Sohyun’s face with it a couple of times and grinned at her brightly. Jaegwang waved to her and ran out the neighborhood, looking for a pay phone.
…as Sohyun watched Jaegwang get further and further away, her small shoulders started shaking as she felt an unfamiliar chill crawl up and down her spine, but after looking at the ring on her finger, she smiled…the chill disappearing.
When Jaegwang had reached the payphone, he dug around in his pocket for some coins, and after inserting the money, his thin fingers dialed a number to call for a taxi.
“…oh, hello…? I’m here at Bangbae- Aw fawk! What the hell you bastards!!! …beep…beep…beep…”
Three guys around Jungbin’s size walked up to Jaegwang. Two of them grabbed Jaegwang’s two arms and threw him inside a black car that was parked outside the pay phone box. The third walked in, preventing Jaegwang from getting out and slammed the door shut behind him. The black car disappeared quickly before anyone could suspect anything…
…that stupid kid’s become too big a part in my life for me to just leave him…
Chapter 14
I jumped out of the window smoothly…but my paws are already clawed up. <_<
My body is so crusty…this is all because of Sohyun and the tomatoes she’s given me…
Anyways…I climbed up the fence and I succeeded!
Oh my love! Please pray for me to come home safely!! I looked behind me at Jungwon’s bedroom and ran over towards Sohyun, who was waiting in front of her house. Looking at the ring Jaegwang had given her, she was waiting impatiently for him to come back.
“Pupu!”
“Meow! Meow! (Hurry! We have to save Jaegwang!)”
“What? Are you trying to run away? I’m going to tell Jaegwang!!!” Her two hands reached out to grab me, and I bit her dress and started pulling her towards the front of the neighborhood..
“No! Jaegwang wants me to wait here for him! Let’s wait together. ^0^ .”
“Meow!!!”
Wait?! Wait for who?! Come on you stupid woman! Can’t you understand me?!
“…Jaegwang wanted me to wait for him…I have to wait here, Pupu, stop it.”
Ignoring her, I left her and started running after the black car that had left already 10 minutes ago. Sohyun called after me but I just ignored her and continued to run.
“Pupu! No! Jaegwang’s going to leave the house looking for you again! No!! Come back!!”
The only person right now who can save Jaegwang is loyal Kkangda…
So I started to run towards the bar that Dahyun was waiting in.
While I was running for Dahyun, Jaegwang was in the car not only being kidnapped, but he had his mouth gagged too.
“Mmph! Mmph!!”
The two huge guys sitting on either side of Jaegwang held him down tightly and the other was driving. Jaegwang’s two eyes were burning with rage and even though he was ‘Yoon Jaegwang-the-great’ he didn’t have any power against these huge men.
“You tiny midget! Going after a girl that you’ll never have and belongs to someone else!!!” One of the men said hitting Jaegwang’s head.
“Didn’t I tell you to be careful of want you tell him?!” The driver yelled from the front.
‘Going after a girl that he’ll never have…’
Like my predictions…it was Kang Sukhyun.
I’ll show the whole world that when a cat gets pissed off that he has the power to kill a human!
A few minutes later, their car reached their destination and it was only a few blocks away from the bar Dahyun was waiting in. One of the huge guys picked up Jaegwang and carried him to the 2nd floor. With a loud thump, they dropped Jaegwang on the ground.
“The owner of this building will come in two days, so just survive until then if you can. Hahaha.”
“You’re going to have to tie him up you flipping retard!!! He might crawl towards the door and get out!!!”
“…oh yeah, I forgot. Do you have a rope?”
“Retard…there’s some in the trunk go get that.”
Jaegwang…Jaegwang wait for a little while longer…
I’m dragging Kkangda all the way to where you are and have him save you!
+drop!+
Fawk! It’s raining!
It was 3 in the morning…and falling from the sky were large plump rain drops…
My fur was half soaked and I was running as fast as I could to get away from the rain.
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......
I was shaking in my fur, and even my tail was shivering, and I finally reached the bar that Dahyun was in. I cursed God when the glass doors were closed with no one to open them. How the hell!!! Do I open these doors! Through the glass I could see Dahyun…but even in this situation, I don’t think he’d be any help. Cause he was bent over the table sleeping like a baby.
I helplessly turned my body and ran towards the building where they’d taken Jaegwang. After a few long minutes I found myself climbing up the stairs…
“…lock the door.”
“What do we do if he breaks loose and escapes?”
“How the hell would he do that?!”
“…he was kinda strong.”
“We tied him up in a chair!!! AHHHHHH!!”
“W-what is it?!”
“T-that is one ugly cat!”
“Where?”
“Get lost you ugly cat! I hate cats, they make me s- ARGH!!!”
I ran towards the guy that was talking and bit this left pinky as hard as I could. Yelling in pain, he tried shaking me off.
“What the hell?! I hate cats!”
After successfully shaking me off, he stuck his finger in his mouth.
“I hate cats! Ima kill you!”
Ahk! This is it! I’m going to die!
“Let it go. Didn’t you hear? They’re going to cram you in jail if they find out you killed a cat. What the hell is wrong with the world these days.”
“…like it’s a crime to kill cats, they’re dirty.”
“Let’s go, we’ll just dirty our shoes if we get blood on them.”
“I forgot. There ARE expensive shoes.”
“Let’s go.”
After glaring down at me, the three walked out, locking the door behind them. I heard them drive away and I looked up the large flight of stairs to the 2nd floor where Jaegwang was at.
The sun is rising already…
After I save you Jaegwang you fawking BETTER be happy with Sohyun.
Chapter 15
I realized that every time I stepped up a stair to Jaegwang that a large scratch I had gotten from somewhere on the way here was oozing more and more blood. With one more step to go I found myself exhausted beyond belief and had to think of Jungwon’s face to walk up the last step.
I found myself staring at the large door…Jaegwang’s on the other side…
It was then when I noticed the key still stuck in the door handle.
The main character shouldn’t die in stories, if they do. It’s not a good story.
So first I jumped up to turn the key…but that didn’t work…then I tried my paw…but that didn’t work either and in the end, I used my tail…
…as the door opened, I saw Jaegwang twisting and turning in his seat, and as he saw me his two eyes grew large. Then he blinked, and then opened them again.
Looking at the blood on my fur, he stood up abruptly, carrying the chair up with him. I slowly walked over to him and he grinned over at me with his eyes.
“Mmph! Mmph!!”
You don’t have to tell me, I know what you’re trying to tell me, just wait. I jumped on him and ripped off his the tape on his mouth. As soon as I took it off, his mouth started blabbering.
“Pupu!!!!!!!!!!!”
“Meow, meow…(just shut up and wait till I get you free.)”
“Fawk! Who were those bastards! Who the hell did this to you! Answer me! What happened to you!”
If I tell you will you know what I’m saying? <_<
The only person who can understand me is Shin Eungyu.
“Who did this to you!!!”
“MEOW!!!! (SHUT THE FAWK UP!!!)”
“…TT_TT…are you mad…?”
I ignored his question and started clawing up the rope with my claws. All the while I was freeing him, Jaegwang was yelling at me to tell him who had done this to me. And after a few hours of clawing, I let loose the rope.
Alright! Finished!
ㅠ0ㅠ!!!!!
He ripped his hands free and grabbed me into a huge hug. He rubbed his face all over my back and started muttering words of love that almost made me want to barf.
“Pupu…Pupu…you stupid cat, oppa’s fine. What am I going to do about you?”
If you’re thankful to me, go and tell Jungwon what I’ve done for you. Jaegawng bent down and untied the rope around his feet and after shoving me in this jacket, he stood up.
“Ima kill those bastards!!!!!!!!”
As if he’d eaten all the power bars in the world, he slammed the door behind him hard enough to knock down the building and hopped down 5 stairs at a time. The first thing Jaegwang noticed when he stepped out was the warm sun reflecting it’s heat on his head.
“Oh my God! Dahyun….SOHYUN!!!!!”
Did you finally remember about the you retard?
It’s her wedding today, if you don’t go now you’ll be too late.
Jaegwang quickly grabbed a taxi, “Pupu, wait just a little. Let’s go to the hospital with Sohyun. Just wait even if it hurts.” He pet me on the back, keeping back his tears.
“We’re here.”
“……”
Throwing ten dollars at the driver, Jaegwang slammed the door behind him and ran towards Sohyun’s house.
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He rang the doorbell with a shaking him once…then twice…then 10 times… then 30...
…but her house was silent…
“Sohyun!!! Shin Sohyun!!! Nuna!!! Nuna!!! Eungyu hyung!!! Eungyu hyung!!!”
…
“What the hell are you doing to that door?” Jungwon asked.
“Where’s Sohyun?!”
“…Sohyun unnie? She went to her wedding, I thought you two broke up. Why are you looking for her?”
“…her…wedding…?”
“Yeah, it’s been like 2 hours already.”
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“…why? What’s wrong? Hey! Where’s PUPU!!!”
“…take him to the hospital…”
He threw me at her and I looked up at her with my bloodied little face. Be sure you get her…bring her back in one hour…you promise..?
And with myself in my one and only’s arms…I saw black…
“Pupu!!! PUPU!!!!”
Chapter 16
Her warm fingers…
…were petting my whiskers and then all of a sudden…
“Rawr!”
“Pupu, are you okay now?!”
“Meow…(are you crying?)”
When I’d opened my left eye I saw her shining eyes looking down at me full of tears. You cried for me?
I saw a white hand kerchief in her hand stained with my blood and I was laying on her bed wrapped in bloodstained bandages.
She WAS crying because of me…I can’t believe me, a cat, made a human cry.
“You stupid bastard cat! Are you taking after Jaegwang?! Why the hell do you go around fighting?! WHY?!”
^_^
I can still remember the first day I came to live with you and your family. You were looking at me with the same expression you have on your face right now.
Right then, I jumped up at the sound of the front gate clicking open.
It’s Jaegwang! Hehe, I bet he’s bringing Sohyun with him. The clock on the wall was pointing to the 12 and 7, I smiled to myself as the footsteps got closer.
I forced myself up, but Jungwon pushed me back down.
“Stay down! Hey!!! Yoon Jaegwang did you have fun at the wedding?!”
Why don’t you go and see for yourself who Jaegwang brought home. Jungwon got up from her seat next to me and walked over to Jaegwang’s room.
…and soon after, Jaegwang’s voice made me want to cry…
“…did you have fun at the wedding, hey are you okay?”
“…about what.”
“Sohyun unnie, didn’t you like her a lot?”
“She looked gorgeous today… ^_^ .”
“…don’t…you feel anything?”
“Of course! Did you expect me go writhing on the ground bawling because of some girl?!”
“…I’m jealous of you…”
“Jealous of my face you mean?”
“…I wish I could be like you…”
Jungwon said turning around and starting to head down the stairs. Doubting what I’d just heard, I jumped off the side of the bed and crept over to Jaegwang’s room.
I poked my head in trough the door and met eyes with him.
…why do you have that kind of face on?
Why are you keeping back your tears…isn’t it hard to keep that smile on your face…?
His thin shoulders were shaking lightly…
The pained look in his eyes were starting to grow sadder by the second and tears were flowing down his cheeks.
…he bit his fist tightly, trying to smother the sounds of his crying.
With his head bent over his legs, Jaegwang was crying hysterically.
…you promised to bring her with you…
I thought you said there was nothing that you couldn’t do, where’s Sohyun…why didn’t you come with her? Why are you here all alone…
“…Pupu, isn’t oppa such a dummy?”
Instead of answering, I smothered my face into his leg, keeping back my own tears.
“…do you think that if I waited for Sohyun, I’d be the bad one? Do you think so, Pupu?” Jaegwang asked me, barely getting the words out because of his crying.
I know I’ll never get to tell you this,
…but just listen…
You see this guy next to me, crying his eyes out…?
He’s never dreamt of anything other than you after the first time he saw you.
He can’t help but dream dreams of you.
..
And because of you, he always left the house smiling so that the first thing you’d see when you left the house was his smiling face.
…whenever he went to hang with his friends, he abandoned the rock ballads he loved so much and all he sang was, ‘I love you, nuna.’
Yeah, the same guy who absolutely despised the word ‘rap.’
…but do you know what I’m the most disappointed about is?
…the thing that pisses me off the most?
He left you a gift…
He said that he couldn’t do anything because you were so gorgeous in your wedding dress, and he was guilty that he couldn’t do anything…
So he gave up all the money he earned to buy your ring with to you as a gift…
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An hour passed…
…then two…
However, Jaegwang’s crying didn’t end.
..
Because of his crying, and no one knew how to deal with him when he was crying, the door to his room remained closed.
…and like any other day, this dummy’s probably dreaming of you because behind his two closed eyes tears are trailing down the side of his face…
…I don’t know, if I’ll ever be able to forgive you…
The next day.
After hearing from a few of his friends, Dahyun furiously started yelling that he was going to go Switzerland.
(Switzerland= Sohyun and Sukhyun’s honeymoon location.)
Because Dahyun was of the strongest and stubborn in his class, half the class had to grab for him before he really did go and get plane tickets to Switzerland.
And after that day, Kang Saejoon became none other than Dahyun’s slave. You won’t believe the stuff Dahyun forces him to go through: homework, beatings, cleaning…but I don’t know why the hell he’s not transferring to another school even when he’s forced through all that crap. Not that I’m saying I feel bad for him. Kang Dahyun all the way!
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…if there was something that didn’t change, it was the way Jaegwang acted at school. He always smiled and joked around as if nothing was wrong.
It’d be nice if this was the end, however…at night, his dreams of Sohyun didn’t stop. Resulting in dampened pillows…
Like that, a long time passed and finally it was the day of his graduation.
“We’re going to be late! Jaegwang’s going to start throwing a fit if we miss him getting his popularity certificate! Honey! Hurry up!”
“…yeah, whatever.”
Ahjuhshi took his time putting on his shoes while ahjumma folded in the hell of her shoulders while running out the door, and to follow, Jungwon was running down the stairs hurriedly. She picked me up from the ground and set me on her arm quickly.
“Pupu, you’re going too!”
Fine with me!
Ahjuhshi’s car started off and ahjumma was busy patting down her puffy doo.
“I can’t believe our little boy is finally graduating. We’ll finally be able to go to sleep comfortably.”
“He’ll be going to college soon as well!”
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“…did all the smart people in Korea die? What kind of crappy college would accept Jaegwang?”
“…we‘ll bribe them with money!”
“…do you have the money? <_< ”
“Of course!”
Every single person in this family has a loud voice. Having a conversation loud enough to be called screaming, the car finally reached the school.
Everyone stepped out of the car and right then…
I saw Kang Sukhyun holding a bouquet of flowers with Sohyun holding a small bouquet of flowers as well.
Next to them was her mother and father-in-law.
“Pupu…what’s wrong?” Jungwon asked looking down worriedly at me.
Shin Sohyun…
…long time no see…
Chapter 17
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I could see the back of Sohyun’s figure disappearing into the large school auditorium.
Shin Sohyun, don’t let Jaegwang see you…
My body shook angrily and Jungwon worriedly stroked my back to calm me down.
“Mom, something’s wrong with Pupu…”
“When has that cat ever been okay? Oh! We’re late, let’s go quickly!”
Ahjumma picked up her bag and quickly walked into through the front gate of the school. When she got inside, the group of graduating third years were busy singing their school anthem. She looked here and there looking to find her son.
“Oh, there he is…” Ahjumma said, her fingers pointing over at her son.
And there he was standing at the very end of the middle row. In his hand was his diploma folded into a paper airplane. The point of the paper plane poking the neck of the person standing in front of him.
Of course you’ve already guessed who the person standing in front of him was.
“T-that crazy bastard! What’s he doing with that diploma they gave him!”
Ahjumma quickly averted her eyes, obviously embarrassed that he was her song.
Dahyun’s dad gave a small speech and as soon as it finished the students all ran down the podium to their family.
“PUPU!!!!”
Jaegwang ran over to us waving his hands vigorously, behind him was Dahyun trying to be as mature as possible.
“Rude bastard, first thing you do is grab for that cat! Don’t you see your parents?!”
“No, I see you. O_O . Nuna, give Pupu to me.”
“Retard, why’d you go folding your diploma.”
“ <_< , Kkangda, meet my mom.”
With slightly red cheeks he bowed down to ahjumma and then turned over to Jungwon, his cheeks turning redder.
<_<
“Nice to meet you.”
“I’ve heard a lot about you ^0^.”
“Nuna, it’s good to see you again too…”
<_<
“Dahyun, I haven’t seen you in forever, you should come over more often.”
“…I’d be more than glad to.”
“Gosh, you’ve gotten taller.”
“…I have an addiction to banana milk, it’s probably because of that.”
What the hell, go talk like you always do, why are you deepening your voice?! To sound sexy?! Is that it?! For a while the two were having a small conversation when a group of girls walked up to Jaegwang.
“Excuse me.”
“Yeah?”
One of the girls stepped out of the group and handed him a small bouquet of flowers, her head bowed. They seemed to be from another school.
“Please accept my flowers.”
“No problem, Kkangda, hold onto Pupu.”
NO!
Who in the world would want to be held by this two-faced jerk!?
NO!!! NO!!!
However, I was already passed onto Dahyun.
Dammit! This is why I said I didn’t want to come!!!
A pile of flowers rested in Jaegwang’s arms by the time he was done accepting the flowers.
“…would you mind taking pictures with us too?”
“How do you know me?”
“…you’re…really popular around this area…”
“Mom, I told you I was popular!!! I told you right?!”
Everyone just started at Jaegwang’s modesty.
“Shut up, I’ll take the picture so go stand over in between them.” Ahjumma said smacking her son on the back.
With a goofy looking grin, Jaegwang galloped over in between the giddy girls and flashed a V. This wasn’t the last however, it was only the beginning. By an hour in to their graduation even ahjuhshi was asked to take a picture along with Jaegwang and Dahyun.
God, not again, who’s it this time.
A small group of yet some more girls walked up to Dahyun and tugged his sleeve lightly.
“Dahyun oppa?”
“Yeah?”
“Do you mind taking a picture with us? ^_^ .”
“Sure, why not.”
“Come over here, over here.”
The girl pulled him along to the rest of the group and Dahyun followed after her trying not to look too nervous. At least a group of 15 girls had all positioned themselves around a metal bench waiting patiently for Dahyun to arrive. When he got close enough to them, the neat position they were standing in disappeared and they were busy trying to give him their bouquets of flowers. Resulting in my almost suffocation.
“Oppa, don’t forget to visit us often. T_T .”
“I won’t.”
“…you promise? You have to.”
“Don’t worry I w-”
Before he could finish his sentence Kkanda blinked and rubbed his eyes a couple of times. Passing by him was Kang Sukhyun and next to him was his wife, Shin Sohyun…
Kkangda got up from his seat and chased after them.
“Oppa! Where are you going! Oppa!”
With his two arms full of flowers and myself, Kkangda slowly walked after them trying to get a closer look to see if he‘d seen who he thought he‘d seen..
“…oppa!!! Oppa, where are you going?!”
“……..”
“What about the picture?!”
Ignoring the girls, Kkangda quickened his pace.
...
About a meter away, he tried getting a look at Sukhyun and Sohyun to make sure who they were. When he was satisfied with who they were, he looked in his arms, searching for the biggest bouquet in his large pile of flowers. Then all of a sudden!!!
Alright! Bullseye!
The largest bouquet that looked to be about 30 dollars found it’s mark right on the back of Kang Sukhyun’s head.
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“What the hell!”
Kang Sukhyun and Shin Sohyun both turned around to see Kkangda dusting off both his hands.
Final Chapter…
“Damn, why are my hands so slippery…”
Looking down at the bouquet on the ground, Kang Sukhyun looked back up at Dahyun’s face, his own face red with fury.
“…what the hell, are you a student from this school?! You young bastard, don’t you know how to apologize?!”
“So what, you OLD bastard, do you WANT an apology from someone younger than you?”
“Why you little-!!!”
Pulling up his sleeves, Kang Sukhyun neared Kkangda but Shin Sohyun grabbed him back before Dahyun could do any damage to him.
“Sukhyun stop it! And you, I’m sure we’ve met before. Am I right?”
“Yeah, unfortunately so.” Kkangda said picking his ear with his pinky finger nonchalantly.
“…I’m pretty sure there’s a large age difference between us, so please respect your elders…”
“Age difference?”
“Yes.”
“Holy fawk, you like shoving it in people’s faces that they’re young? Oh! I get it, that’s why you threw Jaegwang away, isn’t it? Because he was too YOUNG.”
Alright! Kkangda!!! NICE!!! This is the first time you’ve done something worthwhile!!!
Now say something even harsher!!!
“E-excuse me…?” Sohyun asked, her voice shaking slightly.
“You fawking bastard, do you want to die?!”
Before anyone could say ‘ahk!’ Kang Sukhyun raised his fist and flung it at Kkangda, and before Kang Sukhyun’s fist could get close to anywhere near him, Kkangda blocked the fist with ease.
Kkangda!!!
Kkangda!!!
We all love you Kkangda!!!
“If I could have done everything my way…I’d have beaten you so bad you wouldn’t even remember your own name and shoved you into the ground…thank Jaegwang a hundred, no, a thousand times for keeping me back from doing so…”
…I’ve never seen anyone so furious with anyone before…
Sweat was pouring down Kang Sukhyun’s face and he tried to keep back his nervousness…
“And you.” Kkangda said turning his attention to Sohyun.
“…yes…?”
“If I were you, I’d have waited for Jaegwang. Even if it took ten hours, maybe even fifteen, I’d have just stayed there waiting for him. If I were you and I loved him that’s what I would have done. Jaegwang probably believed that you’d be there for him even when he was kidnapped. No, he would have believed that you’d still be there waiting for him because that’s the kind of retard he is.”
“…kid…napping…?”
“You’re fawking husband was the one who planned everything, so ask him don’t ask him. I don’t give a fawk…”
Covering her mouth with her two hands, Sohyun wobbled in her spot. Ignoring her, she pushed past Kang Sukhyun roughly and then suddenly stopped in his tracks.
“Oh hey, your brother’s hella good at following orders, does he clean so well at home also? Haha, I don’t even have to ask him to clean up after me.”
Instead of answering, Kang Sukhyun set his glasses straighter on the bridge of his nose. I don’t know if anyone saw, but I stuck my tongue out at him.
“KANG SUKHYUN!! WHAT IS HE SAYING?!” Behind the both of us, we heard Sohyun’s loud shrieking at her husband.
…don’t act like you’re sad, Jaegwang’s forgotten you already so don’t go make him remember you again…
With these thoughts in my head, I buried my face into beautiful Kkangda’s arm and looked up at his face. His face was mixed with hatred and sadness, his feet started walking in no particular direction and then he lowered his head.
“Dahyun!!! DAHYUN!!!”
From a little distance away, Dahyun’s music teacher called after him and immediately recognizing her voice, Dahyun bolted away from her.
“DAHYUN!! I HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU!! STOP! STOP!!!”
“Oh my fawking God, what’s wrong with her.”
The two of them circled the school a couple of times and as soon as Dahyun spotted his and Jaegwang’s small group of friends he sped over towards them.
“Yo! Where were you!” Jaegwang yelled loudly at Kkangda, and Kkangda responded by throwing me over to Jaegwang.
“Shut up, fawk. Music was chasing after me, hey go over towards the benches.”
“…bench? Why?”
“Shut up and just go! I’m going to go try and get away from her!! TT_TT !!!” Wailing and cursing his stalker, Kkangda hurriedly left his spot as his teacher came running after him.
…poor kid.
“Bench? Oh~~ Maybe there’s fight over there! Hey I’ll be back!”
“Where are you going? We have to go eat!” Ahjumma yelled as she walked over to her son.
“I’m the only one who can control fights at this school!”
“You’re going to beat someone up again, huh!?”
“No! I’m mature now!”
“I’m sure of that! It’s very mature for a person to fold the first certificate they ever received in their life!!!”
“It’s not my first! I got one in kindergarten!!!”
“They give those to everyone!!!”
“…dammit…”
“Honey! Jaegwang just cursed at us!
-_-..
Grabbing onto her husband’s sleeve she started complaining and using that chance to get away, Jaegwang started running towards the benches. He pushed past the people in the field, he stepped on the flower petals on the ground and wiped away the sweat on his forehead.
...
“Did you really do that!! Are you crazy?! Are you stupid?!”
“I said I didn’t! You believe that bastard more than your own husband?! And what? You call your husband stupid?! What the hell is wrong with YOU!!!”
“…bastard…”
“Why you little!!”
The bastard Kang Sukhyun struck down on Sohyun’s cheek with his large hand…
Oh my! Oh my!! Is he really a man?! How can he hit a woman!!
…and in front of so many people too…
“Shin Sohyun, I’m your husband and if I say I didn’t I- ARGH!”
With a loud yell, Kang Sukhyun fell to the dusty soccer field.
And…
Hald blinded by his rage, Jaegwang was sitting on top of Kang Sukhyun beating the living sh.t out of him. One by one, people formed aroundt he two and no one knew how to stop Jaegwang or even keep him back. It seemed as if he was finally letting loose everything he had kept back from doing to the bastard. Ignoring the bastard’s cries, Jaegwang continued to let his fists fly.
“Jaegwang…please…stop…Jaegwang….”
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Gasping for breath, Kang Sukhyun spit out pieces of his chipped teeth, and it was then when Jaegwang stopped bringing down his fists. Next to him, Sohyun collapsed to the ground as if her legs had given out. The muttering and whisperings of the crowd dramatized the scene.
“Oh my, what are we to do? Should we call the police?”
“Is he one of the kids who graduated today?”
“Hey! Isn’t he Miyae’s boyfriend?”
“He’s not her boyfriend, she just chases after him like mad.”
“Anyways, I wonder what happened? That man looks as if he’s about to die.”
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I stared at the three people in the middle with my eyes. One by one the crowd dispersed and Sohyun slowly opened her eyes over to Jaegwang.
“…I’m…sorry…I’m sorry…”
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Wiping away his sweat with the back of his hand, he pet my head lightly and started talking to himself quietly.
“…are you okay?”
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“…thank you for asking, I’m fine…”
“…don’t misunderstand…I just can’t handle it when women get hit. That drove me crazy.”
“…I didn’t. I won’t…don’t worry…Oh, here…”
Sohyun unclasped the necklace around her neck and slid off Dahyun’s mother’s ring and handed it over to Jaegwang.
“…I’ll give this back to you…”
For a while, Jaegwang stared silently at the ring and letting out a small smile he opened his mouth.
“…why didn’t you throw it away…?”
“…I don’t know…”
“…why do you go around getting hit…”
“Haha…I don’t know the answer to that either…”
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“…if you were going to be treated this way…you should have waited longer…you should have waited just a little longer…”
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“…I don’t know…I don’t know why I left so early…I thought I was left alone…I thought I was alone…I don’t know why I thought that…”
Sohyun covered her eyes with her long hair. I can’t help but feel myself forgive you…I don’t know why I can’t go on hating you…
…because the two of you want each other so bad…I can’t help but forgive you…I have too…
“…why are you crying, I can’t wipe them away for you anymore…don’t cry…don’t cry…”
“…Jaegwang…”
As if it were too hard to not say Jaegwang’s name, Sohyun called to him…
“…I know what you’re going to say. You don’t have to be sorry about anything, don’t feel guilty either…I forgot you the day after you had your wedding…I meet different people and I have a girlfriend right now…so don’t make those kind of faces at me…don’t how them to me…”
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“…that’s good…what a relief…”
“Not really ^_^ . It’s kind of supposed to be that way, my family’s been waiting for me so I’ll leave you. If that bastard- I mean your hus- husb…”
Saying the word ‘husband’ to her seemed looked to be too hard to say to her…I could see the pain in his eyes and he looked exhausted…
“…take him to the hospital, if we- if you happen to see me around by chance…”
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“…please act as if you didn’t see me so that I won’t have to see you…”
“…of course…” Hearing Sohyun’s answer, Jaegwang got up from his seat and clenching the ring tightly inside his hand, Jaegwang started getting further and further away from Sohyun…
Before I followed after Jaegwang, I quickly ran over to Sohyun, and licked the palm of her hand.
“…Pupu…”
Be happy…
I’ll get rid of any feelings I had against you…
Please, I beg you…
After praying for her to be happy, I quickly followed after Jaegwang…who might have been the saddest person alive at that moment…
“…please…I’m begging you…please…please…”
…what’d he saying…? Please what…
With his big eyes open wide, Jaegwang continued to mutter the word over and over in a daze…
And that night…
I found out that…
…since the day you’d broken up with her…you hadn’t had a full night’s sleep…
I thought that you were crying because you kept seeing her in our dreams…
…but that wasn’t it was it…
Yoon Jaegwang…
In my eyes you were always the best…
I even swear on my One-and-Only…
…you were really…
…the best…