CHAPTER 2:

The heart is more and more hotter like being burned by a fire, Jiwon cannot stop rubbing his hands so as to relieve the feeling of intense tension that is constantly rounding him up.

- Why are they so long?

Jiwon is very impatient now. Jaeduk knows that, because he is also as nervous as Jiwon. The sweat streams out from his forehead, and the back of his shirt is wet too. Jaeduk frowns slightly. His heart is beating harder and harder. Jaejin and Suwon have appeared.

The shadows of Jaejin and Suwon shows up from afar. Their faces are so puzzling. They are always express their attitude by the weird and unusual ways so Jaeduk never can guess what they think.

- Jaejin, Suwon, how is it going on?

Jiwon pushes Jaeduk out of the car and hurriedly asks.

- Jiwon hyung...

Jiwon knits his brows. His face suddenly turns pale even though he has not really understood anything yet.

- ...

- WHAT’S HAPPEN? SAY IT!!!

The atmosphere becomes suffocating that crushes Jiwon's heart and tortures it utterly. His face’s skin flushes up and every nervure is visible on the back of his hands. He seems to be able to faint at any moment. Jaeduk thinks about the worst result. Observing Suwon's unintelligible face then turning his eyes to Jaejin, Jiwon thinks ... he has understood all.

- No way! That’s no way, right?!!!

- Calm down, hyung... - Jaejin tried to reassure Jiwon falling down.

Jiwon's knees immediately drop on the ground, tears begin streaming down on his face. Having not bother about anything around himself, Jiwon screams out loud. He feels regret, very regret, because he did not hold Sunghoon and also could not fulfil his responsibility for protecting his love.

"Sunghoon ... That is impossible".

- Huyng, I have not finished yet.

-...

- We have to keep looking for Sunghoon. That person is not him.

Ji Won opens his eyes wide – the eyes still remaining traces of tear - and looks at Su Won. His fit of anger explodes because he has just suffered from a heart attack.

- Ya!!! What are you doing, Suwon? When we were in deep water, did you give a non-committal answer to me?

Jiwon wants to rush violently at Suwon for retaliating but seeing Suwon just shows his teeth and laugh, overjoyed so Jiwon is also resigned to giving up.

- Haizza. You have threaten us with death, you know?

- I’m sorry.

Suwon bends his body forward.

- Ya Lee Jaejin, did you seduce Suwon?

- No... no. *embarrassed*

Jaeduk feels relieved in mind, tells off Suwon and Jaejin. Ji Won thinks that he has just taken off a burden. Remembering the last moment, Jiwon cannot believe how fast he can fall down like that. Because of Sunghoon? Is Jiwon really afraid of losing Sunghoon? Jiwon thinks he is totally mad. However, after all, the question is still “Where is Sunghoon? Is he okay?”. Everything that is going on on Ji Won's mind makes him tired, but until the day seeing Sunghoon with self’s own eyes, Jiwon will not let himself give up.

Everything turns out all right. Jiwon returns to the company when the lunch break has been over. Waiting for news from the early morning so Jiwon is also hungry, but he does not want to eat. Back in the chair, he accidentally sees a photo in an opening small drawer.

- Sunghoon...

When he was 17 years old and Sunghoon was 15 years old, both of them chanced on each other in Hawaii when they went there to study abroad. Jiwon never forgets the image of a cute Korean schoolboy with chubby cheeks, curious eyes and a smile like sunshine entering his class in the morning. Jiwon was a lazy student who came to the classroom just to lay his head down on the table for sleeping and Sunghoon was asked to wake up Jiwon by the teacher.

- Where do you live?

That was the question Jiwon gave to Sunghoon as an acquaintance. Jiwon’s mind still imprints the image of two people at that moment. That look and that smile has left Jiwon and gone away for a long time.

Looking at every line on the photo so long, a lot of beautiful memories as a slow film make Ji Won touched. After leaving Hawaii, Jiwon and Sunghoon were separated, until Jiwon heard that Sunghoon was being induced into the criminal world. Jiwon risked his life to save Sunghoon many times and then he realized he loved Sunghoon. He really loved Sunghoon, but it was still hard to accept Sunghoon’s temper when Sunghoon sometimes still swore and they argued. A period later, suddenly Sunghoon was not so anymore, because he wanted to change to be loved Jiwon. Ji Won bursts of laughing. That was very interesting.

In spite of the hundreds of thoughts are still appearing in every corner of the brain, Jiwon continues with so many books being piled up in front of him.

.

- Jaeduk, Suwon, do you want to go out for drinking alcohol?

- Hyung, drinking alcohol with you means that until we don’t know the way to coming home anymore, that is only called “the end” - Su Won grumbles. He always likes to grumble to others like that.

- Jiwon hyung, if you agree to go for an hour and then we will be with you, okay?

- No problem. Only one hour.

Ji Won quickly accepts Jaeduk's request. It is simple for him. Jiwon does not know why today he suddenly has the interest to drink alcohol, perhaps in his heart still contains some complicated feelings that hard to explain.

2 am...

- Hyung, come on. It's been over one hour. You agreed and then rejected yourself.

Jaeduk urges Ji Won to go home. Jaeduk does not dare to drink much because he has to drive.

Su Won sits next to Jaeduk, crosses his arms and looks at Jiwon moving from side to side. Suwon shakes his head, feels both funny and pity. He whispers into Jaeduk's ear:

- Do you think Ji Won will remind the problem of buying my car nearly 10 years ago to blame me again?

Jaeduk sighs:

- Maybe. You should go home first.

- Go with me. Let him stay alone.

- What's wrong? - Jaeduk is surprised. Suwon may also tipsy. - Why do you think of leaving Jiwon hyung alone?

Su Won puts the chin on his hands, stares at Jaeduk's innocent eyes. JaeDuk looks like a dazed deer in the forest of dry leaves. Suwon bursts into laughing and replies:

- I will take a taxi. Drive carefully!

Jaeduk nods his head for approval. Everytime Jang Suwon wants to court fondling from Jaeduk, he will ask Jaeduk to take him home, but Jaeduk never does not carry Suwon. They always go everywhere together.

Jaeduk sighs, stands up and pulls Ji Won's arm. He says loudly:

- Hyung, hurry up. You drank alcohol too much so how to drive your car?

Busan's voice sounds like Jaeduk’s blame makes Jiwon startled. Jiwon holds his head up, his dim eyes watch Jaeduk trying to help him sit up. Suddenly Jiwon feels headache and vomits that make Jaeduk panic and confused.

- Hey, lead him away. He makes my stall dirty.

- Yes. I’m sorry.

Jaeduk is such gentle and humble. Jiwon laughs in his dream. If that is Sunghoon, will the stall’s owner must hear Sunghoon volley curses from the east to the west? However, it was so strange when during ten past years, Sunghoon rarely asked Ji Won to go out for eating. Sunghoon knew cooking, and often did nan-ja-wat-seul for Jiwon - a Chinese dish Jiwon loved so much. Sunghoon, in Jiwon's eyes, is a good kid but too stubborn in self-control.

Everything around is like reversed, Jiwon falls asleep in the car and he is taken home by whole-hearted Jaeduk.

At noon in the next morning, Ji Won wakes up. Having a ringing in his head makes him extremely uncomfortable.

- Oh my goodness. It's late.

Jiwon tries to stand up but loses his balance and sits down on the bed.

- Hey Eun Jiwon.

Jiwon hears Jaejin’s voice echoing in his ear.

- Let me worry about the company today. I told your mom that you weren’t well.

- Thank you, Jaejin.

Lee Jaejin also comes from Busan like Jaeduk who is an eccentric but non-talkative character. Jaejin has the kind of thoughts and rules of living extraordinary that people cannot find out. He is not good at business when he used to close a small restaurant but in return, he is very kind. Jaejin knows caring about others and he also can quickly acquire the work to do, so Ji Won still entrusts to Jaejin every time he cannot be present at the company. Jiwon has never stop feeling proud of the brothers who have appeared in his life during the past few years. They are like the most precious gift God has given to him after his study in Hawaii.

The doorbell rings. Jae Duk's familiar voice resounds:

- Jiwon hyung, open the door.

- I’m coming.

- Tada ~ coffee for you here.

Jaeduk smiles and gives the plastic cup stagnating cold water outside to Jiwon. Besides Jaeduk, it cannot lack Suwon, of course. Jiwon sniggers and says:

- Do you have to carry with you your debt all day?

- Huh? - Jaeduk slowly understands then turns to look at Suwon glaring at Ji Won's face.

- What’s up, Jang Suwon?

Ji Won takes a sip of coffee, teases Su Won cheerfully. Jiwon is taking revenge on Suwon for his non-committal answer on Jiwon’s fear yesterday.

- Jiwon yah, from now on I will never let Jaeduk go drinking with you anymore.

- What?

- Every time you promise and then you’re completely drunk that still don’t want to back home. You are really weird.

Ji Won feels like there are a lot of emotions running around his body. Jiwon cannot remember what he said, how he acted when he getting drunk, but Jiwon still believes Jaeduk and Suwon can be the holds for him when he needs to be shared.

- I’m sorry. Is it okay? I will learn from experience.

- Learn what? Huh?

- Hey Suwon. - Jaeduk hurriedly stops. - New day has just come, have you come here to pick a quarrel with Jiwon hyung?

Su Won goes away. Jiwon and Jaeduk looks at each other and laughs. Jang Suwon looks cool, but still be childish.

- Thank you for buying me coffee. Now I have to go out.

- I will come home. Goodbye hyung.

Ji Won puts on a white shirt, slowly combs his hair hanging down. Standing in front of the mirror, Jiwon suddenly thinks that this style looks appropriate to him then smiles wryly and leaves. Will Eun Jiwon today be like a handsome man in a love novel?

Walking slowly through the busy streets, Jiwon finds himself a new source of life. The rhythm of the busy Seoul, it has been a long time that he has not enjoyed it, after many days so dark in his marriage. Suddenly Jiwon remembers a beautiful day more than two years ago, when Sunghoon wheedled into going out, although being tired of work, Jiwon agreed; the same day, two people stood in front of each other and promised that they will never let their relationship over. Everything... really has the potential to change.

Waiting for the traffic light turning red to cross the street, Jiwon suddenly sees a familiar person appearing on the opposite sidewalk.

That face...

That look...

That lips...

- Sunghoon!

Jiwon dashes from his sidewalk and runs as flying that does not mind about the cars rushing at him and hooting noisy. All his life, Jiwon does not believe he will misjudge Sunghoon with someone else. Kang Sunghoon, always be the only one.

The sound of the car stopping hurriedly makes Ji Won panic. Sitting down and embracing his head as a reflex action, Ji Won is "petrified". The red light starts, the passers-by looks at him with their curious and strange eyes, there are whispers somewhere that he intends to do a commit suicide or his mind has problems.

- Hyung, are you okay?

Suddenly, someone extends his hand to help Jiwon. A little panic, Jiwon quickly grabs it and stands up.

"Sunghoon!"

The boy who is standing in front of Jiwon is Kang Sunghoon.

- You...

- Are you OK? Enter the road-side.

Ji Won notices something very unusual. Following Sunghoon enter inside, Jiwon suddenly grabs Sunghoon’s shoulder and twists him round. That is really Sunghoon. Jiwon hugs Sunghoon tightly although Sunghoon struggles to escape his arms.

- Hey. What are you doing?

- Where did you go in the last two years? Do you know how much I miss you, Kang Sunghoon?

- Why do you know my name?

- What’s happen Sunghoon?

Sunghoon takes a step back. Seeing his face dazed like a kid facing a strange adult, Jiwon thinks of something unsafe.

"What the hell is going on? Don’t you recognize me?"

- You know my name. Who are you?