Diamond

Where were you?

Few days later, I found myself sitting at Daehyun's house together with my parents and along with his parents, discussing about our wedding plans. But most of the planning came from our parents as we just sat quietly and nodded all the way, agreeing to every little bit they say. As long as they are doing a good job, that's fine with me. After almost two hours of discussing, Daehyun suddenly got up and grabbed my hand, "If you guys don't mind, I'd like to show Jaehee around our house." Daehyun smiled eagerly as both our parents nodded back quickly.

"We shall just leave them to discuss, yeah? Since we don't even have a chance to say anything." Daehyun rolled his eyes while we were climbing the stairs. I just chuckled at the annoyed Daehyun.

"Why? Do you have things you want to do at our wedding?" I raised an eyebrow. "Of course I do! But they won't even ask us so what's the point. Sometimes I really feel like I'm a little kid since my parents always plans things for me. But at the end of the day, I'll tell myself that it's okay since they won't have the chance to plan things for a second time."

"Really? Then what about your brother? He's not married yet right? Your parents can also plan for his wedding!" I answered.

Daehyun shook his head, "He'll not let that happen."

My eyes widenned, "Why? Oh, is it because he's the rebellious type?"

He nodded, "That's one thing. Another thing is that because he's adopted."

My eyes widdened even more, "Oh? Adopted? So basically, you're the only child in this house?"

Daehyun nodded, "If my brother wasn't adopted then yeah." He turned the doorknob to one room and opened the door. "Here's my room! Come in." He pulled me in and closed the door behind us. "Make yourself comfortable!" He said while pulling me down to sit next to him on his bed. He turned to face me with his legs folded up on the bed. "My brother, he's very ungrateful I must say. When he was fifteen, my dad saw him somewhere and he was selling some old things and his clothes were all ripped. He looked really bad. He didn't showered for so long and all he ate was from the trash can. Pretty tough life for him I must say. So my dad brought him back home that day and got everything settled so since then, he was adopted. But he didn't want to change his surname to Jung, he still wanted to keep his surname saying it's a sign for him to remember of his late father and all. He was very quiet. He just stayed in his room all day all night and we'd just place a tray of food and drinks in front of his room for him to eat since he refuses to join us at the dinning table."

I was so amused with the story, "Then did he stayed quiet for long?"

Daehyun bit his lower lip, "Mmm, pretty long I must say. But he slowly opened up to us bit by bit. But eventhough he opened up to us, we still feel that we can't really talk to him comfortably, up till now. It's like there's this barrier that stops us from being comfotable with each other, I don't know why. Eventhough how much I try to talk to him and treat him like my own big brother, I still can't and I hate it so much. I wanna feel how it's like to have a big brother just like other kids. There was this one time when I came in his room and looked through his pictures that were on his study desk. The moment he came in he shouted at me and he was so mad at me for entering his room. And we had a huge fight at that time. I was protesting and saying things like we're brothers, why can't we even go in each others room and he was like "Do you see me ever entering your room?" and I was like "But we're brothers!" and he was like "Not real blood brothers, you get it?". So from there, I realised that he doesn't even want to treat me like his real younger brother. I mean, what's so bad about acting like real brothers right?"

I happened to saw some tears forming up in Daehyun's eyes, "I-i'm so sorry to hear that, Daehyun. I really am." I really didn't know what are the right words to say to comfort someone. I at that.

"But I still treated him normally eventhough he's unreasonable most of the time. It's because I don't wanna hurt his feelings. I want him to feel welcome. I don't want him to feel different and keep himself away from us. That's wrong, that's just wrong. My dad brought him here and adopted him for a reason. He wants him to feel loved, to make him feel what it's like to have a loving family by his side but he's not even giving it a try! Sometimes I myself feel that he doesn't even have a heart!" Those tears unintentionally rolled down from Daehyun's eyes and he quickly turned away and wiped them off.

My heart broke at the sight of this. I held his chin with my hand and make him turn to face me, "Look, Daehyun. It's okay if his acting like that. Don't be sad or even angry at yourself because afterall, you've tried your very best to make him feel welcome. You tried and never gave up, up till now. So, don't even think of blaming yourself because you already tried. Now it's his decision to either change his sloppy attitude or remain this way till something bad happens to him and then he'll regret, which might be too late. So what I'm saying is, you've done a great job so you shouldn't be crying and all, okay?"

Daehyun forced out a smile, "B-but, how do you even know that I'm quietly blaming myself when I didn't even tell you about that?"

I chuckled, "Eventhough we've only known each other for almost one month, I don't know why but my feelings tell me so. It's like I can read your mind."

He smiled, "Then, is this what they call true love?"

"Maybe?" I wriggled my eyebrows causing him to laugh. "That's more like it. This is the Jung Daehyun I know." I smiled, happy to see him this way again.

"Thanks, Jaehee. You know how to make me feel better, don't you?" He smiled back and slightly turned his head and slightly bent down to reach for my lips. Next thing I knew, our soft lips met, once again.

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After leaving Daehyun's house, I made my way towards the hospital to check on Himchan since it's been days since I've last saw him.

I swung the door open and he was reading a magazine. I walked over and he was still holding on to the magazine in front of his face, obviously oblivious to his surroundings. I cleared my throat loudly as I sat down on the chair next to him.

Himchan accidentally dropped the magazine as he slightly jumped on his bed. "Oh my god, you scared me!" He covered his mouth with his hands.

I laughed at his actions, "Why are you so girly?"

"What do you mean?" He raised his eyebrow.

"Your actions, it's so girly. Even I'm not that girly. Did the doctor do the wrong surgery to your head?" I chuckled, earning a smack on my hand from him.

"Yah! Not funny okay. You wanna know what's even funnier?" He asked. "What?"

"It's you not paying me a visit for the past few days!" He glared at me.

I smiled, "I'm busy nowadays. I have to prepare for my wed-" I immediately frozed, realising what I was about to say. Is this even the right time to tell him about my wedding? I really wanted to tell him about Daehyun though, but the situation doesn't permit. I'll be making him suffer even more when he's supposed to be recovering. I really felt bad right now.

"Prepare for your what?" Himchan asked as he grabbed his cup and took a sip.

"Nothing. Have you had your lunch?" I asked, taking a glance at my watch, 4pm.

"Not yet." He frowned. "WHY?" I exclaimed, "It's like 4pm!" I pointed to my watch as I looked at him.

"Because I don't have any appetite to eat." He looked down. "Should I buy for you something to eat?" I asked him, peeking over at him. He shook his head without even looking at me, "I just wanna talk to you, that's all."

I bit my lower lip in disappointment, "But how are you going to do that when you don't even want to eat? Your energy comes from your food and you know that too."

He shook his head again, "I don't want to."

I clenched my fists tightly, obviously annoyed at his childish behaviour. Aigoo this kid, if it's not for wanting him to recover quickly, I might have punched his face right now. I let out a deep breath in order to make myself calm, "Eat, Himchan."

"No." He shook his head. "Eat!" I raised my voice. He violently shook his head now. "Anni."

"I said eat!" I shouted as he flinched at his spot. "I don't want to." He said as he rolled over and faced the other side, away from me.

I felt bad after that. I didn't mean to raise my voice at him but I just wanted him to eat so that he'll stay strong and healthy but how can he even stay strong when he doesn't want to eat? I frowned and fidgeted. "Himchan?" I voiced out, but earning no response. I tried again, "Kim Himchan?" Still no response. I rolled my eyes and sighed. "If you're going to act like a small kid then I'm leaving." Still no response. My eyes widdened. Yah, this kid is really going to ignore me? "Kim Himchan, this is your last chance. If you don't turn and face me now, I'm leaving. On the count of one... two... two and a half... two and three quarter... and I'm running out of numbers... th-thr-three..." He really is gonna ignore huh? Okay then. I grabbed my handbag, "That's it, I'm leaving."

As I stood up from my seat, Himchan quickly turned around and grabbed my wrist. "Too late." I scoffed, pushing his hand away but he managed to grab it again.

"Can you just stay?" He finally voiced out.

"Oh, look who found back his voice." I rolled my eyes.

Himchan frowned, "Why are you like this, Jaehee?" He looked me straight in my eyes. "What do you mean why am I like this? I've always been this way." I defended myself, knowing exactly what he meant.

"You're so cold towards me now. It's like one second you're nice and you're the Jaehee I knew but the next moment when I'm being childish, you're like annoyed with me and you start to be nasty. You weren't like this back then Jaehee. What happened? Back then when I act all childish, trying to get your attention, you'll always make me feel better and give me the attention I wanted from you. But now you don't even bother. Why, Jaehee?" Himchan said as he held your wrist tightly, not wanting to let go.

But I couldn't help but to notice something, "Wait, did you just said 'back then'?" I noticed Himchan's face grew anxious, "What do you mean by 'back then'? Are you telling me that you actually remember how I was back then?" I raised my eyebrow. Himchan suddenly had hiccups. Once I heard those hiccups, I realised something. Back then when Himchan and I were still quite close, he told me something. He mentioned that he'd get hiccups when he's lying to someone. My eyes grew bigger in shock, "Are you hiding something from me, Kim Himchan?" His hiccups got worse as he stared at me with huge eyes.

"I-i-i... N-no... I'm n-not..." He said in between hiccups. I raised my eyebrow again, "Do you remember?"

He let go of my wrist, like finally. "I-i'm tired... L-le-leave... N-now..." He quickly turned to the other side and hugged his pillow tightly. I just stared at him. I knew he was hiding something. I know him too well. Just what is he hiding from me? I scoffed, "Whatever you're hiding from me, I'll find out sooner or later. You know that too right?" He ignored. I rolled my eyes and walked out of his room.

(HIMCHAN POV)

The moment I heard the door closed, I turned around to check if Jaehee really went off, and she really did. That was freaking close, I swear.

How could I be so careless? Come on Himchan, get yourself together already! You definitely do not want to miss this chance again. You made a big mistake once, and you are never going to make that stupid mistake again. You've changed into a better man but Jaehee still hasn't seen it yet but you just have to prove to her, Kim Himchan, you have to! Eventhough she has to see it through this kind of situation, I don't freaking care. As long as I get what I want, that's good enough.

Park Jaehee, you are going to be mine once again.

*FLASHBACK*

The door swung open and I expected it to be Jaehee but it wasn't.

"Dr Lee?" I spoke.

"Mr Kim." He walked to my side. "I've done everything you told me to do. And it looks like she's going to help."

I smiled, "Really? Did you say everything I told you exactly?"

Dr Lee nodded, "I did, no worries. Especially the part where you lost your memory and you could only remember till the part you two dated."

I smirked, "I did lose my memory. But the fact is, I remember everything clearly now, especially the part when we broke up."

"Hopefully this goes according to our plan." Dr Lee said and I nodded, "Of course. It will."

"But can I ask you a question, Mr Kim?" Dr Lee voiced out. "Go ahead." I said.

"Why would you do this?" He asked.

I smiled, "You know, in life, people make mistakes. I've had my bitter share of that. I cheated on her with another girl that I met at some club. Her name is Sohee. I wasn't in the right state of mind, to be honest. All I thought of was to have fun and party all night long. But Jaehee wasn't like that. She's more laid back and conservative. I find her boring at that point of time since she didn't give her all to me. So that's when I started to cheat on her. But in the end, she found out about it and she immediately called it off on us. I didn't even get to say my last words or even a goodbye to her at that moment. So I went on with my life normally, thinking it was a new start. I clubbed every night, had fun, get drunked, get all the girls I want and Sohee didn't even mind. She's that open-minded. I found it fun and easy-going at first but as time passed by, I found Sohee cheating on me too, with her ex-boyfriend. So from that day on, I couldn't help but to recall all the time I spent with Jaehee. I then realised that she was the one for me. Eventhough she's consevative and doesn't give me her all, I realised that that's what it's all about. Not all relationships are about giving each other everything, and I really mean everything. I realised that she's a conservative woman for a good reason and I was so stupid not to realise. All I wanted was to have fun! So then I regretted what I did and I wanted to start over with Jaehee but I tried calling her but she won't pick up. I didn't know where she lived because I was so stupid to not even bother about my girlfriend's address. I tried searching for her to patch things up but to no avail. I searched for her for months, sixteen months to be precise. I then decided to go on a holiday to America to calm myself down since I realised that I was going crazy. But unfortunately, I ended up in an accident over there. But then a miracle happened. I finally get to meet Jaehee again! And it's all because of that accident. To be honest, I'm quite thankful for the accident. If I didn't even tell her I'm in hospital, I think she'll just ignore me all the way." I shook my head and bit my lower lip, "Sometimes I wonder, how could I be so stupid to even let go of a diamond and chase after a stone instead?"

Dr Lee smiled, "It's good that you've realised your mistake. But I've got something to tell you, Mr Kim. Jaehee is getting married soon."

"W-WHAT?!" I shouted and my eyes grew bigger.

"She told me earlier on. She actually didn't want to help at first because she said that her future husband won't like the sight of it but in the end, she looked sorry for you so she's considering. Even if she's doing this, it's all because she feels sorry for you, Mr Kim." Dr Lee lifted up his spectacles.

"Then, what am I supposed to do now, Dr Lee?"

He shook his head, "I don't know but it's your choice. To get what you really want or... ruin a happy couple's relationship. You choose. But all I can say is, it's really a bad thing to ruin their relationship, you know. So I suggest you think this through, Mr Kim. It's either you want to see her happy or devastated. Your choice."

*END OF FLASHBACK*

Tears immediately rolled down my cheeks as I remembered Dr Lee's words. He's right, afterall. How can I be so cunning and heartless to break her relationship and see her cry and suffer? How can I do that to the one I love?

Ahh Kim Himchan!

You have a choice to make, come on!

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cece_mytlover
#1
Chapter 8: i hope himchan realizes that he has to let jahee go
sarahsohn77 #2
Chapter 7: Ugh so cute but I don't want dae and himchan to end up fighting later :( can himchan just remember hahha
cece_mytlover
#3
Chapter 7: thats so beautiful \(^O^)/
sapphire11 #4
Chapter 7: omo...sweet...but what about channie?? i hope jahee can tell him the truth so that things will no be complicated for daedae and jahee....
cece_mytlover
#5
Chapter 4: whos that guy who texted her?!
cece_mytlover
#6
Chapter 3: i love this story its so cute ^_^