Chapter 8
I’m happy…
I couldn’t keep back the small laughs I found myself escaping from my mouth. A little startled by Eungyu’s harshness in his words, Heewon took a small step back. Throwing the candle he had in his mouth, Eungyu turned around.
It’s the first time I’ve felt like this in forever~~!! TT_TT
Gathering some courage, I tried grabbing for Eungyu’s shirt when the café door opened and a loud voice all ushered us inside.
“YO! What are you all doing out here without me!”
+Inside the café+
Across from me was Nari, Eungyu and Seohyun unnie, and sitting next to me was Jungbin and Heewon.
Seohyun unnie (who was on her nth beer) opened her mouth to talk in her slurred voice.
“I’m so happy! My Eungyu, I’m so happy that my Eungyu and Jungwon are together! I’m so happy…EUNGYU!!!”
“Yeah?”
“You have to be happy now! Oh! We all have to be happy! My pretty Jungwon, cute Nari, my husband Heewon, MY Eungyu and stupid Jungbin…”
“Why am I the weird one, mon!”
“Shut up, b1tch! Don’t you know being stupid is good?! It’s the same as being ignorant! Ignorance is bliss, retard!”
“…that kinda sounds right…”
“Told you, have you ever seen me say anything wrong?”
“Hahahaha, I feel really happy.”
…wow…he is such a retard…
I don’t know if he’s naïve or if he’s just retarded…
Staring at Jungbin, I stated tsking at him. Turning his head to face me he raised his two hands onto my shoulder and started slowly started moving up to circle my neck.
“What chu laughing at, mon!”
…isn’t it obvious, he’s the most drunk out of all of us…?
He reeks of beer…TT_TT
“Hey, let go of me, my Eungyu’s getting jealous…” Seohyun unnie said in a joking manner.
However, when I looked at Eungyu, he was playing around with Nari.Just a little while ago I had so much hope…
Wait!! Why is this bastard’s hand clamping around tighter!!!
“AHK! Let go! I can’t breathe!!! >_< .”
“DIE, MON!!!!! HYAH!!!”
Why you ugly little monster!!! …I’m postive he’s drunk…TT_TT…
He started choking me even tighter and realizing that I wasn’t joking, Heewon jumped in to help me.
“Hyung, you’re going to kill her…” Heewon said, prying Jungbin’s hands off.
“He tried to kill me~~! >_< .”
“I noticed, you okay?” Heewon patted me on the back and immediately, Eungyu stopped playing around with Nari and glared at Heewon.
“Stop it!!!”
“…O_O…”
The café grew silent…
…
“Eungyu, what’s wrong…”
“Don’t touch Abdula! Don’t look at it! And don’t even talk to it…”
Heewon slowly put his hands down and started tapping the table with his fingers…
…do you suppose he can feel something of our past…?
But WHY must he acknowledge me as ABDULA!
“Oh right, Heewon! You’re getting married with Jungwon next month, right?”
What’s she saying?!
Popping a kiwi into her mouth Seohyun unnie grinned over at Eungyu.
“Eungyu, do you know what marriage is? It’s when two people who love each other live together! My poor Eungyu…”
“U-unnie… <_<.”
Seohyun unnie winked at me with a teasing smile.
She’s trying to test Eungyu’s jealousy! She’s so drunk!!!
Heewon stared at his girlfriend for a second and then started poking her.
“Poor Eungyu, my Eungyu, my poor Eungyu. Jungwon feel for Heewon, well, you have Nari don’t you? You don’t care, cause you have Nari, huh?”
Slamming the table top with this hands, Eungyu got up from his seat…his eyes flashing with anger and mouth clenched so tightly his lips were turning white…
…and with that, he bolted out the café…
I couldn’t believe I was smiling to myself in a situation like this…
-_-
“Unnie! What’s wrong with you!” Nari yelled at Seohyun and started to chase after Eungyu when Seohyun unnie grabbed Nari’s wrist tightly…
“Shin Nari, at times like this it’s Jungwon who’s supposed to chase after Eungyu, not you.” She turned to me and grinned, “don’t you think it’s about time you chased after him? ^_^.”
“YES MA’AM!” I jumped over Jungbin and ran out the café, chasing after Eungyu.
In nothing but a matter of 30 minutes, the snow was already up to my ankles and the sky showed no signs of stopping.
I wait for Eungyu to get ahead a little and then I grab him and say…
‘Eungyu, are you mad?’
Then he’ll say, ‘I don’t know. I don’t know.’
Then I say!!!!!
‘Haha, my Eungyu is so cute!’
Then I grab him!
“Eungyu!”
…he stopped walking…
I carefully walked closer to him, closing in the distance between Eungyu and me. I walked in front of him, and avoiding my eyes, he looked down at the snow…
“Where are you going? ^_^.”
“…why are you following me…”
“Cause I’m Yoon Jung won ^_^.”
“Who’s Yoon Jungwon.”
“That’s me ^_^.” I said, holding up a ‘V.’
Eungyu looked up and my happy eyes met his sad ones…and before I could say anything…
…a clear tear fell slowly out of his eyes…
“…Eungyu…”
“…why do I get mad when I see you…? Why do I get sad whenever I see you…? You’re not Chichipi…and I hate you…but why are my eyes crying…”
...
.......
“…because I’m Yoon Jungwon…”
".........."
I hugged him tightly, and buried my face in his shoulders…
…I can’t remember how long it’s been since I’ve hugged him…Eungyu…
…it’s been so long….so long…
…I can almost remember what it feels like to hug you…
....
Carefully…Eungyu pushed me away, more tears falling out of his eyes…
“Oppa!”
“Shalala!” Eungyu said, turning around and facing Nari…
Running past me, he went up to Nari happily…
...
After looking at me with cold eyes, Nari grabbed Eungyu oppa’s hand and pulled him back into the café…
…and like always…I, Yoon Jungwon, followed after them…
It’s okay…I’m happy with what I got for today…
He remembered me…even if it were only for a couple moments…
…it hurt a little…but he remembered me…
Next time, I know he’s going to run to me…and not Nari…
He’s going to make up all the hugs he hasn’t give me in the past years…
I’m going to wait for that day…you know what I mean, right…?
+HOME+
“I’m home!!!” I said in a slurred voice as I stumbled into the house…
I was about to crawl up the stairs when I heard our cuckoo clock out in the living room feel to the ground with a smash.
“WHO THE HELL IS IT?!” Mom and Dad yelled as they ran out of their room.
“Whoa, it’s not me, I didn’t break it. It fell on it’s own.”
“DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS?!”
“…late…Mom, Dad…I love you…”
My mind clearing up on it’s own, I ran up the stairs to my room and I saw!!!
SAW!!!!
“Pupu!!!”
Panting in front of my dresser, was Pupu. As he saw me, he tried getting up, but immediately fell back down.
“PUPU!!! HEY!! YOON JAEGWANG!!!”
Chapter 9
I picked up Pupu carefully in my arms and ran into Jaegwang’s room.
The first thing I saw when I opened the door was Jaegwang and Dahyun sleeping peacefully but uncomfortably next to each other.
I stared at Dahyun’s topless body and long leg that was resting on Jaegwang’s chest and realizing that I was on the verge of drooling, I shook my head and erased my mind of Dahyun.
“Hey! How can you be sleeping! Pupu! Pupu’s dying!! Wake up!!!”
As if he didn’t care, Jaegwang covered his face with his blanket and next to Jaegwang, Dahyun turned over on his back and after taking Jaegwang’s pillow from under Jaegwang’s head, Dahyun pulled it into a tight hug and let out a soft snore.
“Pupu’s hurt!!! PUPU’S HURT!”
“…I’m sleeping, get out.”
“Are you crazy!? Pupu’s sick!”
“…who cares.”
“Yoon Jaegwang, you might be my brother, but there are times when you make me hate you…how can you be so cruel to your own cat?!”
That was when he got up and stared at me straight in the eyes.
“Have you ever been betrayed by someone you trusted with your whole life?! Not once, but twice at that!!!”
“You stupid bastard! What are you talking about! Why are you bringing something like that up! Okay, say that this was one of them! When was the second, huh? When have YOU ever been betrayed?!”
“…forget it…not like you’ll even understand what it felt like…it’s cold, close the door.”
“…dirty bastard…forget it, I don’t want you to be my brother starting tomorrow.”
After slamming the door behind me I hugged Pupu tighter to me…
“Pupu, it’s okay…I’ll take care of you now…okay…you’ll be okay…”
Money…I need money…
I clumsily ran to my room to look for any kind of money I had.
After searching around a little, I found a couple bills and I shoved them, along with my cell phone into my pocket.
Hopefully at least one place will be open at this time, hurriedly, I was about to run towards the front door when something stopped me…
“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! PUPU, DON’T DIE!!!!!! TT0TT!!!!”
…what the hell?
I stared as Jaegwang ran out of his room like a crazy maniac. After grabbing Pupu from me with a face drenched with tears, he shoved me away and literally flew down the stairs.
…of course…now it seems like I’m seeing my brother…
I followed after him on the stairs and started teasing my brother…
“Poor Pupu, what if something happens to him…”
Turning around as he went to open the front gate, Jaegwang yelled…
“Pupu’s not going to die!! It’s either mom or dad that’s going to die!!! Pupu promised that he’d live with me forever!! GOT THAT!?!?!?”
Leaving me to gape at his backside, Jaegwang opened and slammed the front gate behind him.
“W-what’d he just say? -0- .” I heard my dad say behind me, and ignoring him, I walked back into the house.
…this all happened around 2 in the morning, by the way…
Rubbing my tired eyes, I walked up the stairs and I bumped into Dahyun who was half awake and standing right in front of the top of the stairs.
(He was still topless.)
“Nuna…what happened?”
“…P-pupu is just kinda sick…Jaegwang t-took him to the hospital.”
“Oh~ I see.”
Rubbing his tired eyes, Kkangda grinned at me.
Sheesh, where am I supposed to look?
(And yet, I am ever so boldly staring at his abs.)
“Go to sleep nuna, you look tired.”
“Yeah, you go sleep too.”
“Yes ma’am~! ^_^. Sweet dreams nuna, have a good night…”
“W-wait! You’re going in already?!”
“…yeah…unless you want me to stay in front of you longer. ^_^.”
Calm down Jungwon…
…Jungwon…
I like hot guys here like Kkangda…but you have Eungyu… ^_^
“Nah, go and sleep. ^_^;; .”
“Night.”
Dahyun went to turn around once again when I stopped him for the second time.
“DAHYUN!”
“Yeah, nuna?”
“…you know Jaegwang…has someone ever betrayed him before?”
Our Kkangda just stared at me for a while and let out a small smile…
“…is it really none of my business…?”
“…if I wanted to tell you…I'd have to think of what happened…and if I think of what happened- I just get really pissed off. It’s just really sad, I’ll tell you that much. I’m sorry. ^_^.”
“I see…okay, thanks. Good night.”
“ ^_^.”
I watched as Dahyun slowly walked into Jaegwang room and slowly made my way to my own.
After I covered myself with my blanket, I was left to think about what Dahyun had just told me.
…a sad betrayal…?
Something like that happened to my naïve brother…?
…I wouldn’t be able to know what Jaegwang was yelling about earlier but twice…?
…now that I think about it…did I betray Eungyu twice too…?
One: I left Eungyu for Heewon the day he won the competition…
Two: I didn’t grab after Eungyu the day he had his last stage at Ahnhyun…
…Eungyu must have been as hurt as Jaegwang…right?
No, maybe he was hurt even more…
Now that I think about it…both days he sang for me…
…maybe that’s the reason he hates anything that has to do with music in this state of mind…
…yeah…it just might be that…
Because of my stupid head that wouldn’t shut about betrayal I wasn’t able to fall asleep at all…
Next Day.
I was about to walk into my school when I heard someone yelling behind me.
…dammit…
Come on, walk faster…
Let’s go and make Eungyu food…come on, ignore the person yelling…
Covering my ears with my two hands I started running out the school…
“WAIT! WAIT! WAIT!” Saena yelled as she chased after me with two flailing arms.
“What <_<.”
“Well the thing is!!!”
“… <_<.”
“Well…I guess it was kinda my fault…maybe…so that was why-”
“Get out of my way. <_<.”
I shoved past her and was about to pass her when she grabbed my hand.
“I might even be a little sorry!! Maybe!! MAYBE!!!”
Does it hurt your pride to apologize that much…? <_<
“Fine, whatever. So why don’t you move.”
“I’m not done yet!!!”
...
All of a sudden, a cycle stopped in front of us with a loud squeal and I spotted Jaegwang, who’d stopped behind Saena.
Not even wearing a helmet and with Pupu inside his jacket, Jaegwang yelled over at me.
“Hey! Get on!”
“Why? What’s up, why are you here? Is Pupu alright?”
“Eungyu hyung’s at the hospital! Get the hell on!”
“WHAT?!!?!?!?!”
I threw my bag on the ground and got on behind Jaegwang.
Right before we zoomed off though, I saw Saena staring at Jaegwang with shiny looking eyes and with one hand over her mouth…
Poor Jaegwang…
“What happened?! Why’s Eungyu at the hospital!??!?! Is he sick!?”
“He got beat by some huge sh!ts.”
“WHAT?! WHO!!??!?!”
“…I think they’re you’re age. I think around 5 guys beat him, what me to rip them apart for you?”
“Are you kidding me?! Why would Eungyu get hurt?! What’s the reason!?”
...
....
“He was with that b1tch Nari, and he kept saying something about Prince Omar or something and he went up to the guys and started saying stuff and then the beat him! And now that I think about it…HEY!! WHY ARE YOU YELLING AT ME!!!”
“Prince Omar?! Is Nari at the hospital too?! Is he hurt bad?!”
“Yeah, of course she’s there. She’s the one who called for an ambulance, God, I’m so pissed off. If I find those bastards, I’m going to- Oh, Pupu, are you cold? Oppa will- I mean…hyung’ll keep you warm. Damn…that sounds so damn ugly…”
Ambulance?
A flipping AMBULANCE?!
How bad is he hurt!?
Who the hell did this to him?!
What the hell did Shin Nari, that , b1tch, do while Eungyu was getting hit?!
…I swear if there’s one scar on his face I’ll kill her…
Chapter 10
I ran up the stairs two at a time and froze in front of Eungyu’s hospital room. I could hear Nari’s voice seeping out through the cracks.
I slammed open the door, and the first time I saw when I opened the door was Eungyu dressed as a patient and lying on top of the bed, sleeping peacefully.
Oh my god…Oh my god…
How many scratches is that…why’s there a bandage wrapped around his face..
…GOD! How much did he get hit!
“I’m sorry unnie…I told him to go out…I’m sorry…” Nari said, biting her lip while trying not to cry.
Pushing past her angrily, I ran my cold hand over Eungyu’s still face, “oh my God…he’s sleeping right…? Nothing’s wrong with him, right?”
Nari quietly nodded her head…
Wow…what a relief…
Letting out a deep breath, I bowed my head. I was only able to realize the serious atmosphere around us. Sohyun unnie was sitting in a chair near the top of Eungyu’s cot and Jaegwang was sitting on the edge of Eungyu’s cot.
I remember at one time the two of them were so deeply in love with each other…
The room was silent and Sohyun unnie turned her head towards the window while Jaegwang pet Pupu on the head softly…
I should say something…
“Shin Nari, who are the bastards that did this.”
“They were big…and they seemed to know Eungyu oppa…”
“Wait…why are there no marks on your face!! Did you just let Eungyu get hurt?! Did you even try to stop them?!”
“…of course I did.”
“TEN WHY AREN’T YOU HURT!?!?”
“Do I have to be hurt to have kept him out of the fight?!”
“Why are you yelling? You haven’t done anything good to be yelling at me!”
“When did I yell?! You’re the one that’s yelling!”
I pulled up my sleeves and got up from my seat to beat her when Jaegwang’s pushed me down and stood up.
“Shin Nari…Eungyu hyung is my nuna’s…don’t get inbetween them…got that?”
“…why are you saying that to me.”
“People who should be together…people who look good together…people who love each other…just leave them alone so they can be together!!!!”
…I just noticed Sohyun unnie let out a small tear as she heard Jaegwang say that…
…nah, I probably saw wrong…
“Get in between them? I haven’t done such a thing. I can’t like someone I want to? Am I just supposed to like him without showing him that I do?”
…the atmosphere got colder and colder in a matter of seconds…
“Without showing him? If you can. My Piggy goes through so much more than you…”
I was about to give you an allowance for sticking up for me, but I take that back now…My Piggy? <_<
Well…it’s better than Abdula. (I finally found out what it is.)
“How do you know that? Why…why is everyone on Jungwon unnie’s side…? Who’s on mine…?”
“Eungyu hyung’s on yours!!! That’s why my Piggy is so sad most of the time!!!”
“…I like oppa…I like him a lo-”
Right as Nari was talking, Jaegwang phone rang, and flipping his phone out Jaegwang turned to Nari, “shut up.”
Nari started letting out frustrated tears and when I looked at Sohyun unnie, she had turned her body away from all of us and was looking out the window.
“Hello.”
“Hey! Where are you?”
On the other line, I could hear Dahyun’s voice.
“Hey sweetie~.”
“What the fcuk are you saying you crazy bastard. It’s me Dahyun.”
“Yeah I know it’s our 100th day.”
“Are you retarded? Did you drink?”
“Okay! I already bought our rings! Yeah, just wait!!”
“ARGH! Wait where?!”
“I love you too!!!”
“…beep…beep…”
Jaegwang…what the hell are you saying…?
Before Jaegwang could say anything else, Dahyun had hung up on him and after calmly planting a kiss on his phone, Jaegwang put his phone in his pocket.
“Hey, Miyae’s waiting for me. Ima go.”
Everyone in the room had heard Dahyun’s loud voice…and I wanted so deeply to tell him that I’d heard everything…but I knew I had to save him from the embarrassment…so instead, I just waved my hand at him.
“Good luck with her.”
After glaring at Nari once, he took a quick glance at Sohyun unnie and slowly left the hospital room. And at the same time he left, Sohyun unnie started crying. It’d been 2 years since she’d gotten married…but she was still as beautiful as ever…
Her steadily falling tears made my heart ache…
…stupid bastard…you don’t have a girlfriend…why are you acting like you have one…
…and we all heard Dahyun’s voice you retard…
But because he looked so sad…I didn’t say anything and instead I caressed Eungyu’s face. Nari got up from her seat and left the room not too long after and for around 10 minutes nothing happened.
“Chichipi…don’t go away…stay with me…”
“Eungyu…”
“…if you go…it’ll hurt me too much…I won’t get mad…I won’t yell…so don’t go…”
Eungyu’s sobbing and Sohyun unnie’s sobbing because one and trying hard not to cry myself, I covered my mouth with my hand.
“…you can hit me…you can hate me…don’t go…Chichipi…stay with me…with me…”
Eungyu closed his mouth tightly once again…
Gosh…what the hell is a Chichipi…?
What is it? Why’s it hurting you so much…?
Why are you crying even in your sleep…
…why does it hurt so much hearing you say ‘don’t go…’?
…Eungyu…
Until 8 that night, I stayed by his side. Sitting next to Sohyun unnie, who was still crying, I guarded Eungyu…
“What’s wrong?! Sohyun, why are you crying…” The room opened and Sohyun unnie’s husband walked in. At seeing her husband, Sohyun unnie turned her head away.
I got up slowly from my seat and started to walk towards the door to give the two some time together…
“…unnie, I’ll come back tomorrow…take care of Eungyu…”
“…yeah, help cheer Jaegwang up…”
“Sure.”
Right as soon as I was about to close the door, I heard the man named Sukhyun’s loud voice…
“JAEGWANG!?!? THAT BASTARD WAS HERE!?!?!?!? LOOK AFTER HIM?!?! WHAT THE HELL IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN!!!!!”
…
…
Jaegwang…it must have been hard for you too…
…I think I understand now…
You poor pathetic boy…
…
What the hell is wrong with the two of us…?
+Jungwon’s Attictop+
Leaning against the attic top sides, Jaegwang was talking to himself in a slurred voice. It’s been 2 hours already…what are you going to do when mom comes…?
“Hey, Yoon Jaegwang…you’re going to catch a cold…let’s go in.”
“I don’t care if I get sick!”
“…you’re so pathetic…that show you put on earlier was disgusting…”
“Haha!! What show…? That I pretended to have a chick?”
“Was there any other? Sohyun unnie was crying so hard because of you! Did you want her to get jealous of you or something?!”
“…that’s not the reason…that dummy…why’d she cry…” Jaegawng squeezed Pupu tighter to himself…
“Then why’d you do it? You should have just said anything you wanted to her…”
“…because she was crying…she was crying while looking out the window…it’s because she felt bad about what happened between us…I didn’t like that…Piggy, you know I hate that…”
“…yeah…”
“…so I wanted to show her that I was happy…that I had a girlfriend too…that I was happy…so not to worry…because I didn’t want her to cry…that’s why I put on that stupid show…but she cried even more…? That dummy…I can’t even wipe them away for her…I can’t even wipe them away…why’d she cry…that dummy…”
Watching him kinda seemed like I was watching myself…
I plopped down next to Jaegwang and for the first time in my life, I hugged my brother…
...
“What’s wrong with the two of us…? Don’t worry Jaegwang…Sohyun unnie likes you back a lot too…she loves you more than you like her…so it’s okay…she asked me to look after you in front of her own husband…she cried nonstop for 6 hours…”
Jaegwang started sobbing softly…
…my loving brother Jaegwang…
“Don’t try to forget her…instead cry when you want to…why is my brother going through so much pain…there are millions of people who deserve to be hurt…but why is it you…? Why it us…?”
…it was then when Jaegwang’s tears started cascading down his face…
…and I don’t think I’d ever be able to tell him that we’d all heard Dahyun’s voice coming out of his cell phone…
While I was just comforting my brother…I felt my phone vibrating to tell me that I had a text…
Taking out my cell phone I checked my inbox…
-Jungwon, I’m really sorry…I broke up withh that bastard…you’re boyfriend’s okay right…? Oh, and your brother is really hot…-
What the hell is this…?
The ID is Saena’s…that bastard…?!
I quickly dialed Saena’s number and she answered after 2 rings…
“Hello?”
“Ku Saena…what’s that supposed to mean?! What do you mean by my boyfriend?!”
“That bastard is the one that hit your boyfriend…I heard he’s at the hospital…that’s why I broke it up with him…”
“What?! You’re saying the one who hurt Eungyu is the one who threw the ashtray at me?!”
“…yea…but Jungwon, your brother…”
“WHERE’S THAT BASTARD?!??!?!”
“…huh…?”
“I ASKED YOU WHERE HE HELL IS HE?!?!??!”
…
…
“Jaegwang, go inside and cry…I’ll buy some food for you on the way back…Pupu looks cold…he’s going to catch a cold…”
Lifting his head, Jaegwang looked up at me…
“Are you going somewhere, nuna…?”
“Yeah…the store…”
“If you’re going to fight, I want to go to…”
“No, stay here…”
“…no, I want to go too…I want to beat them too…”
“Yoon Jaegwang, stay at home, revenge is the sweetest when you do it alone…”
I helped Jaegwang up, who gave me a grin, and pushed him towards the door. And after picking up Jaegwang’s brand new Judo stick, I ran down the attic top stairs…
Chapter 11
Kim Insup that b-yatch will probably be in some karaoke place…
…yeah…the one we always go to to relieve stress…yeah…he’s probably there…you’re not going by yourself are you…?!
NO! Jungwon you can’t! He’s stronger than you think he is!!
Ignoring Saena, I shut my phone and thought to myself…
So his fawked up little name is Insup, eh??
I couldn’t believe how mad I was, seriously…every time I took a step my feet would cross in front of the other’s…and with each passing second, my grip on Jaegwang’s judo stick grew tighter…
And to follow…I finally arrived at the karaoke place where the Kim Insup b-itch was singing. Standing in front of the basement karaoke I started laughing like a crazy maniac at the mere thought of being able to have revenge on the ass.
I opened the door and the owner lady greeted me cheerfully.
“Jungwon, are you here along today?”
“…if…”
“Yeah? ^_^.”
“If you hear screaming just ignore it…and don’t call the cops…please…I’m begging you.”
“…you’re not going to fight are you?”
“I’m not going to be a fight.”
“Then what is it.”
“I’m beating the s-hit out of them…that’s what…”
I pushed past the nice lady and made my way down the long hall of rooms. In room one there was a girl and a guy…in the 2nd room there was a guy making a fool of himself. And in room three was a old lady and man dancing to trot music and I just walked past the 4th room…
In room 5...in room 5...
…was the back of Kim Insup’s head…
I slammed open the door and even though the sound of me opening the door was loud, Kim Insup was so drunk in his own singing, he didn’t bother looking up to see who had even opened the door. Across from him, two good looking guys who were apparently his friends started up at me in alarm.
AND!!!
With all the strength I could muster I slammed Jaegwang’s judo stick on the back of the b-tich Kim Insup’s back.
“FAWK!!!!!” Kim Insup yelled out loudly.
“Dude, are you okay?! Hey, who is that?! Is that Goo Saena?!?!”
“FAWK…hey, is my back bleeding? Did it split open?”
“…your c-clothes split…uh…I think it’s bruising already…”
Bruising…? Did it hurt, you b-itch…
If I was going to end it with a bruising I wouldn’t have fawking said I was going to have my revenge on you…
One of his friend’s grabbed my wrist that was carrying the stick.
“Wait…let’s just know the reason you’re doing this…what are you with Insup…?”
“Let go.”
“Calm down.”
“I said, let go.”
While his two stupid friends were stalling me, Kim Insup had gotten up from his seat and was nearing towards me.
“You fawking b-itch…do you wanna fawking die…?”
Right as soon as he stopped talking I raised my hand and slapped the right side of his ear. As if he couldn’t believe what I’d just done, he stared at me for a couple of minutes stupidly and touched his ear. I’m not done you bastard. Two weeks in the hospital for Eungyu is four months for you…got that?
Raising his own hand, he made it into a fist and flew it towards my face. You think I learned all the martial arts from my dad for nothing?
I turned my face, avoiding his fist and kicked him in the stomach with my foot.
Alright! 2 in a row~~!
Bringing up Eungyu’s face I pulled my arm away and grabbed tighter onto my judo stick. Kim Insup groaned, grabbing onto his stomach. And as if they realized that I was very serious about killing Kim Insup, his friends grabbed my two arms once again and wouldn’t let go.
“Hey let go, let go!!!”
“Calm down, miss!!! Why don’t you just talk it over with Insup?!”
As his friend was saying this, the bastard, Kim Insup went over to the door and shut it with a bang. Then, he pushed in a loud song and put his hand on my face.
“Fawk…get your dirty hand away from my face.
“I’m going to save my energy, because I’m going to kill you right now.”
“Screw you…if I was born to be killed by you, I wouldn’t have even been fawking born.
As if played with the last piece of sanity in his puny little head he raised both his fists and started beating me in the face. One fist after another.
“GOD DAMN!!! LET ME FAWKING GOOOO!!!!!!” With my two arms held by two guys there was no way for my to attack the b-itch.
The loud music covered my screaming at the two to let go of me, and Kim Insup didn’t stop hitting me. Luckily, it seemed as if he couldn’t lift his legs because of my whack earlier. This is nothing, I’ve been stepped on by four people at the same time. You think this hurts me? You’re fist is even made of fawking blubber.
When the first verse of the song was about to end, the two guys who were grabbing me let go and grabbed onto Kim Insup’s arms.
“You bastard are you crazy?! She’s a chick!”
If you were going to ask him to stop, you should have made him stop earlier you retards.
“Let go you bastards!! LET ME THE FAWK GO!!!!”
Actually spitting out in rage, he looked like nothing more than a damn pig.
I would have gone up to him and finished the rest of my revenge…
…HOWEVER!!!
My body had taken quite a beating and my body was already exhausted from his punches.
“Yo! Chick!! Leave!!!”
“……..”
“LEAVE! We can’t stop him if he gets mad!!! Get out and leave!!!”
“It’s fawking embarrassing…would YOU leave if you were in this situation? <_<.”
“That’s not the point!!! GET OUT BEFORE HE KILLS YOU!!!!!!”
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Right then, the door to the room opened…
“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! JUNGWON!!!!!!!!!!!!!” The ahjumma yelled.
She looked at Kim Insup and then back at me…and seeing me covered in blood, she pulled me out of the room.
“Wait, I’m okay…”
“What are you saying! No, you’re not! That crazy bastard!” Pulling out her phone she began to dial the police.
“No…I’m fine, don’t call anyone. Don’t.”
“How can he hit a woman like yourself?! Crazy bastard!”
“…please…don’t.”
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“Is that the police station!?”
I know she’s yelling something…but I can’t seem to focus my hearing to hear what she’s saying…
…damn…
…I miss Eungyu…
I miss him more than I ever have…
I snuck out behind ahjumma, who was telling the police what had happened and wiping my lip with the back of my hand, I ran out of the karaoke room.
I grabbed for a taxi and as soon as one stopped in front of me, I got in.
“Jonghab hospital…”
“Yes ma’am!!!!!”
Do I look THAT bad for him to answer me like that?
I saw him glance at me in the rearview mirror and then at Jaegwang’s judo stick in my hand…
While I was wiping his judo stick I thought to myself…
‘…I need to get home…I need to get him something good to eat…I promised I’d get him something to eat before I got home…’
…nuna’s going to go see Eungyu for a little while and then I’ll get you your food…
“We’re here…do you want me to walk you!??!?”
“…I’m fine. ^_^.”
I handed him my money (and not wanting any of my blood to get on the money, he took the money from me carefully) I got out of the taxi and started walking into the hospital. I pressed for the elevator and leaned against the wall. A passing by nurse stared at me shocked and asked me if I was alright. Smiling, I answered her and before she could make me get checked up, I ran into the elevator.
“SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHIIIIIITTT!!!”
My face was covered in blood and snot from crying. My lip was swollen like a damn tomato and both my eyes were bruised up and black.
When the elevator stopped on the third floor, I stepped out and sighed. What if I scare Eungyu so bad he’ll never want to look at me ever again? Just the thought makes me want to cry.
Oh whatever.
I opened the door and stepped into the room.
Right now, the time is 11 PM…and even at this late time I see Shin Eungyu and ….SHIN NARI looking out the window at the stars…
…
“…Eungyu…”
I was a little disappointed to see that he didn’t even bother turning around to face me…
“You’re here Abdula…look Shalala that’s the star that you and Prince Omar live on.”
“Why, oppa, can’t I live with you?”
“No. I have to live with Chichipi. I promise I’ll find Prince Omar for you…”
“Don’t…I don’t want you to die.”
The two people went on ignoring me…
“Eungyu…I’m hurt…”
“Then make the doctor look at you! Shalala! Who do you think will win if the moon and stars fight?!”
“I don’t know, what do you think?”
…my poor face…
My poor face that got hurt defending dummy Eungyu…
Nari’s face was like a princess’…the face in fairy tales that only cries when their prince gets hurt…
…it was always like that…
…because in fairy tales the princess is always the one who only smiles and cries for her prince…
It’s fine though…
I’m fine…
“…Eungyu, I’m going…have fun.”
“Whatever…bye bye!!!”
“Unnie, are you going? …Oh my gosh!! UNNIE!”
It was then when she finally turned around to look at me…
“What happened?!”
“…….”
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For some reason, I couldn’t hold back the only tear in my eye and let it fall…and happy at the fact that someone was finally actually caring made all the strength in my legs disappear…
Hearing Nari making a fuss over me made Eungyu probably decide to himself that it was something pretty important to look at and so that’s what he did…
“ABDULA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Yelling, he jumped off the bed and hugged me tightly…
…you know…
I think I actually feel like letting them see me cry…
Chapter 12
“Abdula! Don’t die! No! Don’t die!”
As if he was grabbing for a huge teddy bear, Eungyu grabbed me and yelled in his pretty little voice.
“…Eungyu…”
“Abdula! Don’t die! Don’t die!!!”
…
I, Yoon Jungwon, CAN’T die from pathetic scratches like this… <_<
Eungyu wiped at my face with his white sleeve…
…wait…
You’re going to spread it all around my face…you’re going to smear it… <_<
…it’d be nicer if you just pat it…
“Unnie, what happened? Did you fight with someone? Again?”
The ‘again’ pissed me off a lot but I’m still older and mature than her so I smiled at her instead. With a pale and worried face, Eungyu tried (and failed miserably) to pick me up and let me to his bed.
AHK~~~~! >_< !! ^0^!
“Abdula, who did this? Did Baba hit you? Who did this? You keep bleeding…”
What the hell is Baba… <_<
I swear I need to borrow that cartoon he’s getting all these names from.
Eungyu picked up a wet rag and threw it onto my face.
…thanks…but couldn’t you have done that a little nicer? <_<
“You can’t die, Abdula, don’t die…don’t die…”
“I won’t, I can’t leave with you like this…TT_TT …”
“If you die, no one will find Chichipi for me…don’t die…”
That DAMN CHICHIPI!!!!
If I find that btich ever, I’m going to beat the siht out of her!!!
“…why’d you go around getting hit, you stupid dummy…” EUngyu asked with a exasperated sigh and I turned around on my side and started crying…
Just because I was so thankful to him for sounding like he did way back when we were together…
…and because he sounded so alike my husband Eungyu…forgetting that this was the hospital, my tears poured down my face not bothering to stop.
Eungyu wiped away my tears with the dirty rag while I continued to cry.
“Stop crying, my bed’s going to be wet when I go to sleep.”
“O..o…okay… TT0TT!!!”
“…did Baba do this…?”
“..y-yeah…”
“Stupid devil…he always pretends he’s nice…I knew he would…”
“…TT0TT…”
“…it’s okay, I’ll be with you from now on so that Baba can’t hit you…go to sleep Abdula.”
“Okay…”
I grinned and closed my eyes while Dummy Eungyu brought the covers up to my face…
…it feels like Eungyu’s coming back…
Ignoring the stinging on my face, I closed my eyes…however, my ears were open…
“Oppa, let’s go look at the stars outside.”
“Wait out there for me.”
“…let’s go together…please?”
“What if Abdula dies while I’m gone.”
“She won’t die! Do you know how strong she is?!”
I oughta beat the living siht out of you!!!
“No she’s not, Adbula’s weak, so it cries everyday.”
“…fine, I’ll be outside. Hurry, okay?”
Eungyu nodded and watched Nari go.
Eungyu clumsily got done from his bed and sat down in the seat next to me and started playing with the two rubber dolls hanging from around my neck.
Ahk! It tickles!
I covered my mouth as I tightly as I could without showing any signs of still being awake. After playing with them for a while, Eungyu opened his mouth and started muttering.
“…I’ve seen you before…right? You know me…right?”
…if I could have given the dolls a voice, I would have made them answer to him and talk with him.
“Stay together, and don’t separate.” Dummy Eungyu made the two dolls face each other. He sighed and played with them a little longer until the door to his room opened.
“Oh! Eungyu, are you okay?!”
“You okay, mon?!”
DAMMIT!
What are you two doing here!
Heewon and Jungbin ran towards Eungyu and I closed my eyes even tighter in annoyance. To follow, Jungbin’s disgustingly loud voice echoed inside the room.
“Hey! What’s dis chick, doing her, mon! Look at the blood, she got in another fight, mon!”
“Eungyu, what’s wrong with Jungwon? Did she get hurt?” Heewon asked worriedly as he put his hand on my forehead to see if I was alright.
“I told you now to touch her…” Eungyu said coldly and shocked at Eungyu’s tone, Heewon slowly took his hand off my forehead.
“Eungyu, then can I touch Jungwon?”
“Baba! You made Abdula like this…don’t touch her.”
“What’s a Baba, mon.”
“YOU’RE BABA!!! WHY DID YOU HURT ABDULA!”
“What are you saying mon, I don’t know what the hell a Baba or an Abdula is! Why is everyone yelling at me?!”
Don’t cry Jungbin, if I find out what a Baba is, I’ll tell you.
Throwing down the flowers (what a gay wad) that he got for Eungyu, Jungbin ran out of the room.
Sighing, Heewon handed Eungyu a bag of thing he’d bought for his friend to eat and took a seat in another chair.
“Are you okay? Who made you like this.”
“Why.”
“…cause we’re friends…”
“What’s that?”
“…uh…I don’t know. Uh, it’s- hey, why is Jungwon like this anyways?”
“Baba hit her.”
“What’s a Baba.”
“The devil man that just went out.”
Right then, the door opened again.
Sheesh, is it Jungbin again?
I peeked my eyes open for a second to see who it was and saw Nari, shivering from the cold.
That stupid btich, what’s she doing in here again.
“Shalala…”
“Oppa, I waited, where were you?!”
“…I was worried Abdula might die.”
“Abdula is not going to die! Oppa, come outside for a second. I have something to say to you.”
“…no!”
“Come on! I have something to tell you!”
“I don’t want to.”
“It’s about Chichipi!”
“…!?!?!?”
W-wait…
Eungyu, don’t go…TT_TT …
Pushing away his chair, Eungyu got up, leaving me and went out the room with Nari.
That sneaky-as-a-bunny btich…
Heewon stared down at me worriedly as the door closed behind both Eungyu and Nari.
I opened my eyes and sat up immediately at hearing the door click.
“ARGH!”
“Hey, move! Move!”
Seeing me get up suddenly must have startled Kang Heewon so much that he covered his face and let out a loud yell.
For a second, I felt like Jungbin.
“Stay here. I’ll be right back.”
“…w-what’s wrong with you face…”
“That dog, Shin Nari better not say anything that will result in her beating.”
I pushed past Heewon, who was still pale at being startled and after rubbing away the blood that was flowing down the corner of my lip I ran after Eungyu and as I passed people on the way they all took a couple steps away from me…
“Excuse me! Did you see a girl with a guy wearing a hospital uniform?!”
“Yes, of course.”
“Where’d they go!?”
“…they went out the back door.”
“THANK YOU!”
“…no problem?”
I quickly found the back door with a couple more peoples’ help and yanked open the door with my two hands.
“Oppa, why do you keep looking out for Jungwon unnie?!”
“…it’s not Jungwon, it’s Abdula.”
“Jungwon unnie is Abdula! You don’t remember, do you?! You, Heewon oppa, and unnie! She left you for HIM!!! You don’t remember? You can’t remember?!”
“…I don’t know…I don’t want to know..”
“Oppa, you cried! That song, Pupu’s Kidnapping, you don’t remmeber?! Jungwon unnie left you the day you sung that! She left you for Heewon oppa, and you cried like hell!!!”
The strength in my legs left me and I rubbed my face, stressed.
Eungyu grabbed his head and started screaming and crying loud enough to knock down the whole hospital down.
“I don’t care if you go to some other person, but I can’t give you to Jungwon unnie. I can’t, I won’t! I don’t want to see you hurt, so I won’t! So, oppa, don’t get better…o-oppa?! OPPA?!”
“Shin Eungyu!”
Eungyu collapsed onto the ground and closed his eyes. Frightened at Eungyu’s pale face, Nari bent down and started shaking Eungyu. Me, being the strong girl I am made Nari put him on my back and carried him inside.
“…what’s going to happen to him…? Is oppa going to be okay?”
“…Shin Nari.”
“……”
“It’s nothing, let’s just talk later.”
I half carried and half dragged him back inside the doctors that saw him and me ran over quickly and took him off my back.
As the doctors carried Eungyu inside, Nari stepped back outside and took out a cigarette.
…did…Nari always smoke…?
I wiped away the sweat from my forehead and started to walk over to where Nari was standing when someone called after me.
“…what are you with Shin Eungyu?” A doctor asked stepping out of his office.
“…I’m his guardian for now.”
“Can I have a word with you, miss?”
For some reason, I didn’t get a good feeling from this, but I followed him into his room. Leaving Nari with her cigarette and her tears…
Chapter 13
I stood next to the chair and stared straightly into the doctor’s eyes.
“Please…have a seat.”
“…..”
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Biting my chapped lips, I sat down in the chair nervously and faced the doctor.
“…Eungyu…what’s wrong with Eungyu…is afraid of what he’s forgotten…? Is that it…?”
“What kind of relationship do you have with Mr Shin, may I ask.”
“…we love each other.”
“You’re talking about when Mr Shin was ‘normal,’ am I correct?”
“…yes…we loved each other…but I made him sad…”
“The reason he is as he is right now is because the grief was so hard to handle, he’s changed it inside to something close to hatred. He knew that it was easier for you than himself…so at that same moment he got struck with the lights, he had the urge to erase you…”
“…….”
“As time passed, the urge to erase you got greater and he is now in the process of doing so. I predict in a couple months, he’ll be in worse condition that he is now. However, the more he tries to erase, the more you memories you bring into him, can you imagine how confusing things are inside his head?”
…
…as if he were asking that I understand what he was saying, he gave me a patient look…
…but…what about me…?
I love him so much…and you’re just saying I should let him erase and let go of me…?
…
“…you’re saying that Eungyu will never remember me…there isn’t even a way for me to fix him…?”
“…if you’re willing to test the chances of a miracle…” He sighed, “…but I warn you not to force him to remember you…”
“…miracle…? Wait…so let’s say him remembering me is a miracle, and s ay that I gave up…then what about his mental stability…? Will he ever get back to normal…?”
“…the important thing is…he doesn’t care for normalcy anymore…it seems Mr Shin is the happiest he’s been in ages…he’s happy now and if you love him…or if you ever loved him…you should just let him go around now…”
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With shaking legs, I walked out the office…and then out of the hospital…
As I was walking into the neighborhood wiping away a couple tears, I spotted Jaegwang, who seemed to have been waiting for me all night.
“HEY!!!!!”
“…sorry, I couldn’t get anything for you to eat…sorry, hey…here’s your Judo stick…”
“WHAT’S WRONG WITH YOUR FACE?! WHO ARE TE BASTARDS DO WHO DID THIS?! DID YOU ONLY GET HIT?!”
“…no, I hit them back.”
“…crazy bastards…do they really want to die?”
Jaegwang snatched the stick from my hand and if this were any other time, I’d have chased after him to stop him…but today…I didn’t have the strength inside me…
Jungwon’s room…
Inside my room as I laid on my bed, Pupu came over and licked my face as if asking if everything wasy okay.
…if I loved Eungyu I should just let him go…?
I know I don’t know too much about love…but…
…Eungyu…do I really have to do that…?
Is that really the best thing I can do for you…?
…what you want is Shalala…so do I really have to let you go…?
Where do I start…? What do I have to do…?
…should I just become like you too…?
Should I just erase the sadness…the pain…and Shin Eungyu…should I erase you like you did…?
Should I do that so that I can smile and laugh like you do now…?
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From that morning to that evening all I did was lay on my bed asking myself questions that I didn’t know the answer to…
…and to keep me company, Pupu lay next to me…
Jaegawng came to check up on me with nothing but a small scratch on his face, and that’s all he did…open the door to check up on me and then close it quietly again…
...
Gathering all my energy, I sat up and picked up a picture frame containing Eungyu and my sticker pictures, the knife with My Piggy <3 written on the handle, the rubber necklaces, the dinosaur doll he’d given me and the two pieces of paper he’s written ‘I’m Sorry’ on…
His pictures…
After staring at my boyfriend, I placed them neatly on the side of my bed and put the pictures back in the frames.
…I got off the bed and started down the stairs when I heard Eungyu’s mother stop her conversation with my mom and turn to look at me.
“…Jungwon…there you are…can we talk?”
I left mom, who seemed to be worried about something and followed after his mother until we were outside.
“Jungwon…I like you a lot…you’re beautiful, strong…”
…where is this conversation leading…?
“…but Eungyu’s going through so much pain…all the things he wants to forget are still lingering around him…I- we’re sending Eungyu over to his uncle’s house tomorrow…”
“…where is that?”
“I don’t think I should tell you…I’m so sorry…but I’m doing this because I’m Eungyu’s mother…”
“…where is Eungyu right now?”
“He’s on his bed right now…he’s not eating…he’s sleeping…and he’s only looking for Chichipi…do you know what that is…?”
“…not a clue…”
“I came to tell you this…Eungyu’s leaving tomorrow early in the morning so just come for a couple minutes and say bye…it’ll be the last you see him, so just say bye and forget him…”
“…….”
“I’m so sorry I have to say these words to you…”
“…no…it’s fine…”
She pat my back a couple times and walked into her house…
Shin Eungyu…be safe…
Shin Eungyu…bye…
Shin Eungyu…have fun…
Shin Eungyu…be happy….
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Aw…fcuk…
I stared up at the sky which seemed to have a sadder essence than the night I broke up with him…I stared at the sky until the sun rose and then ran over to his house…
My two fists banged on his house for a couple minutes until Eungyu’s mother opened the gate door with a small smile on her face.
I looked around the familiar house I hadn’t been in…
I walked down the hall that had a lavender scent, and then walked up the stairs where Eungyu and I had eaten cheese puffs…then walked into Eungyu’s room where music always seemed to seep out…
I opened the door and my eyes met with Eungyu’s.
“Eungyu…”
“…….”
I guess the shock f yesterday must have been quite big…
He stood up past me and put his suitcase clumsily in front of the door.
Eungyu…this is the last time I’ll see you…don’t be like this…
Don’t look at me with such an angry face…
“Shin Eungyu…”
“……….”
After staring at him a couple minutes I went over to help him pack for his move…
I lifted a couple boxes and went to move them out towards the door when I felt a piece of paper drop to my feet, making me stop and bend down to see what it was.
“Eungyu, what is this?”
Eungyu stared at me with cold eyes and stopped what he was doing to see what the thing was that I had dropped.
“CHICHIPI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Chichipi…Chichipi….Chichipi….”
Ahjumma and ahjushi ran into Eungyu’s room and stared with disbelieving eyes at Eungyu…
…then there was Eungyu yelling and crying at the being named ‘Chichipi’ that he’d found after so long…
…
…
…this was Chichipi…?
Shin Eungyu…
This is Chichipi….?
…liar…
Chapter 14
“Chichipi…Chichipi…Chichipi…”
Caressing the picture in his hand, Dummy Eungyu continued to cry- more like wail…
…and then there was me…Yoon Jungwon…who’d finally figured out what the hell Chichipi was…
The memory inside the picture that I’d dropped was…
…the picture of me, Yoon Jungwon, in that dragon head costume pouring coke on Shin Eungyu…
…I can almost dimly remember what happened…
The first meeting I had with Eungyu…his friend took a picture…
…dummy…
I stared down at Eungyu with a dumb expression on my face and then Eungyu opened his mouth…
“…Chichipi…where are you…Chichipi…I’m going far away…where are you…what if I die…what if I die because I miss you so much…”
“…Eungyu…”
“Chichipi…chichipi…where are you…”
“…Eungyu please…”
“Chichipi…I’m sorry I couldn’t find you…I should have looked for you…sorry I couldn’t…I’m sorry…”
“Eungyu…that’s me, I’m Chichipi…please Eungyu…Chichipi is Yoon Jungwon, the Chichipi you’ve been looking for is me…”
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Eungyu slapped away my hands and hugged the picture to his chest…
“Eungyu, let’s go…let’s go.”
Eungyu’s father neared us, wiping away a couple tears at watching his son. I bolted up from my seat and stepped in front of Eungyu.
“Wait! You can’t take Eungyu!”
“…what’s wrong with you?”
“You can’t take Eungyu! I can’t let you take him! I can get his memory back! I can help him get his memory back!”
“…Jungwon, move…don’t say things that aren’t possible.”
“Please…I think I know how…I just figured out how to help him, I know what he’s been looking for, I know what he wants…you can’t take him…if you take him away now, Eungyu and I will both die…”
His father pushed past me and grabbed Eungyu’s hand, pulling his son up.
“Wait! Just one week! Just give me one week! I’ll help Eungyu, I’ll fix him!! Just give me a week, please…just a week…I’ll turn Eungyu back to the way he used to be…please…”
“…nothing’s going to change…you know it yourself…”
“…please don’t send Eungyu away like you did with Sohyun unnie…please…”
“…why don’t we…just try and believe in her…” His mother quietly spoke up behind ahjushi and with a defeated sigh, Eungyu’s father let go of Eungyu’s wrists…
“Thank you!! Thank you!! Thank you so much!!!” I bowed down at a 90 degree angle a couple times and had to keep myself back from hugging them.
I looked down at Eungyu after the two had left and plopped myself down next to him.
“Eungyu…look…this is a mask. It’s a mask you wear…and I’m the one inside the mask…”
“Abdula…”
“You came with your friends and I handed you the menu. You said something about shooting out fire and I got so mad I threw the cup of coke at you…”
“…find Chichipi for me.”
“So your friend got his camera and took this picture…and then we met again on our rooftops.”
“Find me Chichipi…find me Chichipi…please? I won’t make fun…I won’t do anything bad…I miss Chichipi…I only dream of Chichipi…I cry because of Chichipi…”
“You retard, how am I supposed to find Chichipi when I’m Chichipi…why don’t you understand that I’m Chichipi…”
He stared at the picture, not bothering to look or listen to me…
‘Come on Jungwon…it’s one week…’
…just one week like you gave to Eungyu three years ago…
…now it’s Eungyu who’s giving you a week…
The one week three years ago we failed…but this time, I’m going to make it work no matter what…
You know yourself that it can only be me…and I know that it can only be you…
So…I’m going to make it work…
Leaving Eungyu in his room crying, I ran out of his house and ran to the nearest bus stop…
…no wait, it’ll take too long…
So I ran to the subway…but there would be too many stops…
…let’s grab a taxi…
I raised my hand, not bothering to think of the huge bill that I’d have to pay afterwards.
“Lotte World.”
“Excuse me?”
“L.O.T.T.E.W.O.R.L.D please.”
“…sure lady, whatever you want.”
The thing Eungyu was crying about after all this time was actually Yoon Jungwon all along…
Eungyu was always looking for me…
…and during the 50 minutes, I couldn’t wipe the stupid grin off my face…
“76 dollars.”
“Here you go!”
I threw my month’s allowance at the driver and ran into the building that was the entrance to Lotte World. Due to the fact that Christmas was only a couple weeks away, cheery carols were playing endless and the lights were so bright that they were blinding.
I looked around for the restaurant I‘d worked in and after searching desperately for twenty minutes, I found it.
“Excuse me!!!”
“Please take a seat~ ^_^.”
“Do you remember me?!”
“….?”
My former boss crinkled her eyebrow as if trying to remember me…of course she couldn’t…I’d gotten fired after three days…
“You probably don’t but I used to work here!! And I got fired after three days because I poured coke all over a customer!!”
“Oh~ I remember you…that was you?”
“Yeah that was me! Anyways, do you still have the costume?!”
“What?”
“The dragon costume! Do you still have it?!”
“…one of our workers is wearing it right now…and I don’t really want to give away the mask.”
“WAIT!” I pulled out the rest of my allowance (which was thirty dollars) and shoved it into her hands.
“…well…”
“I just want the mask! Not the whole damn thing!”
“…he’s outside passing out balloons…”
“Thank you so much!”
I ran towards the back door and spotted a green figure handing out balloons to little kids. I ran up to the green figure and without any warning, pulled off the mask.
The person inside…
…
…was none other than Jungbin…
“What are you doing here?”
“What are you doin’ here, mon!!! Give me back my mask, mon!”
“…didn’t you run your own gang before…? When did you get so gay?”
“You spread dis around, and I’ll kill you mon!!”
“Shut up! I’ll see you later!”
“Hey! Hey! My mask!!!!”
I clutched the huge mask to my chest and quickly ran out of Lotte World and waited at the bus stop for my bus.
Just wait Eungyu…
…Chichipi’s coming…