In one of their dance practices as they sat talking, jay told Chaerin about how he found it hard to trust people when his own mother abondoned him...the way he let out an awkward laugh when he was embarrassed, ....everything, every gesture, every body movement of his and even things he used to say matched that old friend of hers...as she remembered, could it be... Jaebum?   

******************

                 The leader finally appeared out from the darkness but as soon as Jay saw him, he knew what this situation was all about: revenge! The gang's leader approached and leaned towards Jay: "do you remember me?"

----Flashback---

         Just like any teen, Jay had his troubled past. He was a young boy whose past tormented him, in fact, he was a prettty angry and hot-tempered boy with a rebellious nature always first to get involved in fights and always seeking targets to demolish and torture: he was like that but not for too long. Even though he knew Minzy and Taemin, they weren't really close but their common passion for dance brought them together and he seriously though of changing his path...so, he withdraw from his position as a leader on the day they had a fight with another important rival gang at the area. He tried to convince them to start afresh and clean but one of his closest friends and gang member fought him and declined his offer; so, he led the gang to the fight and lost eventually and since then he held a grudge against Jay for breaking their friendship and swore revenge: Taeyang was his name.

     ************************

                Jay smirked, looked at him and said nothing which angered Taeyang: "hold him up...Now" he ordered and furiously started throwing punches at Jay like a madman. Jay fell from pain but he did let out nothing, not a sound, not a colmplaint...he just looked at Chaerin. Chaerin begged them to stop but it only fueld their acts of terror. Taeyang pulled Jay from his jacked and threw him on the ground and started kicking him: "because of your cowardice we lost Hankyung, he is dead because of you...and now you gonna meet him up there and apologize..."

Jay pushed him and stood slowly because of the pain; it was hard for him to keep his balance but he remained standing up:

"you fool...it was you who killed him...it was all because of you...I told you to stay away from trouble but because of your ego...you took our friends into the irreversible: if not dead ...some of them ended in jail ...so who should we blame?"...

"Shut up...you're still as cocky as before..." kicking him again making Jay fall backwards.

But Jay continued talking: "you don't know a thing...HanKyung didn't want to fight anymore as his mother was sick but he was such a loyal friend that he came to rescue you and paid for his life...and I was there too but you were too angry to see me..."

"What ...what are you talking about? Stop saying nonsense...shut him up hurry..." he ordered the others but signs of doubt began to show up as he seemed to go through his past memories.

                 While the other two were beating Jay who was still down, he continued saying: "HanKyung wanted out too, so he came to me before that day. he told me about his mother, so I let him go. I had to come up with something to cover up for his absence...that's why I announced my departure. You guys were so frustrated to notice his absence and went to a fight...but knowing about it and how you would be a**kicked without us he came to me and begged to go there...." Jay stopped talking as Taeyang wanted him to shut up kicking his head; for a moment Jay saw the world around him go dark and darker; he passed out. Fearing for his life Chaerin slowly untied herself and battled the guys who watched her to make her way though to Jay. Halfway as she run crying his name out loud, Jay opened his eyes seeing her running towards him he tied to get up but failed untile she held him on time making him lean on her to help him stand: "why are you letting yourself get beaten like that, what are you doing?..." but Jay only smiled at her through his bloody face but soon stopped as he saw another one approaching Chaerin from behind to hit her with a bat. Jay stood right away, hugged Chaerin tightly and closed his eyes: he made her turn as he turned taking her initial position. A heavy blow hit his back so hard that it felt like splitting on two. Jay lost consciousness immediately and fell on Chaerin who fell backwards because of Jay's weight.

At that moments sirens of police were heard approaching but as they were leaving Taemin, JongUp and few others came to rescue and began fighting with the remaining individuals while Taeyang escaped from another exit.

            Chaerin looked around her and Jay was still on top of her ...she thought he was dead for she could hardly feel him breathing. She turned him aside and held his head into her lap: "wake up...open your eyes Jay...please..." as her tears fell on his face. Jay could hear her but he had his eyes closed still: he wished he would just die now...but her loud voice brought him back and opened his eyes slightly: "don't worry I'm not going anywhere...just..." the pain was so strong that he couldn't finish his sentence. he looked at her and remembered he still had the necklace in his hand but as he was about to move he felt a sharp pain in his head that made him faint again letting go of the necklace. But as soon as Chaerin hugged him crying she noticed that something slipped from Jay's hand. She took it and was astonished at what she found because it was so familiar and everything just like that became clearer, she understood: she looked at the necklace and then at Jay but before saying anything, Taemin and Jongup run to them so Chaerin hid the necklace and followed them to the hospital... TO BE CONTINUED

**************************

WHAT WILL HAPPEN THAT NOW CHAERIN FOUND OUT ABOUT JAY?

HOW WOUL  JAY RESPOND TO HER FEARING THAT SHE WOULD SOON DISCOVER THE TRUTH ABOUT HIS ILLNESS?

WOULD HE EMBRACE HER AS HIS ABSOLUTE LONG LOST LOVE?

WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN NEXT?

STAY TUNED!!!