Ra Nae’s POV

“Ra Nae, do you…like me?”

His question hit the barn’s walls and came right back to me, resonating inside of me with a strange sound. It was probably because my own heart speeded up its beats, echoing inside my chest as if I was empty on the inside. I looked at him all this time. I really did. But I don’t think I ever saw the real him. At first, I only saw the idol dressed in the black uniform of a pilot. Then, I saw the ruin he became…No, I never did saw the real him.

And the answer? What could I possible answer? Yes? No? I don’t know? What was the answer I could give?

“What are you asking there, Choi Seung Hyun?”I heard my own voice answering so cold and distant, as if his question insulted me.

“I-I…I wanted to know if you like…me?”he stuttered, suddenly not so confident.

“Of course I like you! What kind of question is that?”I looked over the engine’s plans so that I could avoid his graze.

“Y-you do?!”

I giggled at his shock. “Of course! Why else would I accept you in my house?”

“Oh…”

“What?”

“N-nothing! I just…I’m gonna kill GD,”I heard him mutter under his breath.

“What was that?”I answered, amused by his expression.

“Nothing! So, why are you repairing this piece of junk?”he tried to change the topic.

“YAH! It’s not a piece of junk, you know?”I gently caressed the cold metal. “I try to figure out what’s wrong with it. Why? Because I dream of the day when I’ll be flying with my own plane…”

I smiled at my own silliness. There was no point in dreaming about that kind of stuff, right? I mean, how could I possibly one day see the sky so close?

“That’s a beautiful dream, Ra Nae,”his voice woke me up from my dreaming. “I never thought you would like to be a pilot.”

“And I can see why,”I laughed.

“I’m sorry…”

“No problem,”I smiled at him while I signaled him to take a sit on the bench behind him. “Do you understand now why I did what I did to you until now?”

He stared at the floor. “Actually, no. I can’t understand you at all, Kim Ra Nae. I don’t understand why would a stranger want to help that badly someone who lost his dreams and his life…his everything,”he spoke, playing with the screwdriver. “You understood me better than I did myself in all these years. You tried to resurrect me.”

“Did I succeed?”

He looked at me. His smile was much more brighter than it was when I first saw him. “Actually, you did.”

“That’s good then,”I couldn’t help myself but to smile.

And we remained silent. He continued playing with the screwdriver in his hand and I looked at him. The answer was now clear. I, Kim Ra Nae, did not like him. No. I was in love with him to such an extend that I would gladly give everything to him, all of myself. But the answer had to remain a secret between me and my heart and never say it outloud. Why? Because it was going to be a burden to him and to his wife’s memory…

I blinked several times to hide the tears that blurred my vision. I had a mission:to make him be himself once again and to let him meet once again with the person that hurt him so badly. It was my desire to show him the truth. The choice was going to be his…that’s why my feelings were not important.

Not important…

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“Yo! Rapunzel’s sister! Come here!”I called GD as I saw him getting out of the house at a strange hour.

He just ran away from me. What the heck?! It was five in the morning and he was running away from me?! So my guess was right after all, huh?

“YOU WAIT TILL I PUT MY HANDS ON YOU!”I yelled after him as I got on my bike and speeded towards him. “YAH! KWON JI YONG! YOU BETTER STAY ALIVE