You have been living back in Seoul for about a month now and work has been keeping you busy.  The company wants to get the Seoul Division half way completed within 3 months. As time went by, you realized how much you have missed Seoul.  You missed those happy moments you had with BigBang, especially Jiyong.  There have even been several occasions when you thought about contacting BigBang, but you never had enough courage to give them a call.  You know that your heart just can’t take seeing Jiyong yet.  Since you have been busy with work, you haven’t had any time to make new friends, it also doesn’t help that you don’t have any family either.  You however had built a strong relationship with Manager Nana.  She treats you like a daughter; making sure that everything is going okay for you and telling you not to work too hard.  After a long meeting at work, you decided that you were done for the day.  You needed a break, a little you time to get some rest.  As you enter the apartment lobby, you see manager Nana looking out the window in distress.  You can’t stand seeing her this way so you walk over to make sure everything was alright.

“Annyeong Haseyo Manager Nana.  Are you okay?  You look very upset.  Is there something that I can do help?”

”Ah, Annyeong Haseyo ________-ah.  Well, actually there is something that is bothering me and I was hoping that you can help me in something.”  Said Manager Nana with a half broken smile.

“Of course!  You have been like a mother to me and I can’t stand seeing you this way.  How can I help?” you said happily hoping to cheer her up.

“Do you have some time today ______-ah for me to explain the issue?”

You smile and nod your head to let her know that you have time.  Manager Nana smiles as you and leads the way to her office.  She motions you to sit down while she goes get some tea for you two to drink.

“_______-ah.  Have you met everyone on your apartment floor already? Asked Manager Nana, in a almost whispering voice.

“Not everyone.  I have met everyone in person besides the young man in Apt#702; however I did get a nice welcome basket with a note from him.”  You said smiling as you can recall coming home from work and there was a nice welcome basket sitting at your front door.  It was filled with beautiful flowers, fruits and chocolate.

“Ah, I see.  Well, that’s the reason why I wanted to ask you for help.  You see, I haven’t seen that young man in a while now.  Usually around this time, he seems to “disappear”.  I know that this is a hard time for him and all I want is for him to smile again.” stated Manager Nana, who was almost in tears at this point.

“I’m sorry, but I don’t quite understand.  Did something happen to this man?” you responded with the most confused look on your face.

“__________-ah, I’m sorry for the confusion.  You see, he was married once before and that’s when I saw him at his most happiness.  He was married for about 3 months until a horrible accident happened.  It was about 3am and he and his wife were leaving a party that was being thrown by his record label.  As they were driving home, his car was struck by a drunk driver, killing his wife on impact.  He was in coma for about 2 months.  When he woke up……. he didn’t remember much.  A-All he asked for was his wife.  After being told what happened, he hasn’t been the same…..”

Manager Nana voice was cracking as she almost didn’t even finish her story.  As she was wiping away her tears, you can tell that it was killing her to explain his story to you.  Without realizing it, you felt something running down the side of your cheek.  You were crying.  This story was hurting you as much as it hurt manager Nana to explain it.  After a couple of minutes of silence, you finally spoke up.

”How do you know all of this Manager Nana?” you asked softly while trying not to look at her right in the eye.

“His mother was a close friend of mine.  He just wasn’t the same. There was no more happiness in his life.  There was no one for him to turn too.  He sold their house and moved into this complex.  Tomorrow will mark the 5^th year anniversary of her death.” stated Manager Nana with eyes that were pleading for help.

“How can I help?” you said smiling.  You were willing to do anything to help him.  You understand far too well how much it hurts to have a broken heart, but to have one this tragic, you just couldn’t imagine it.  You want to help him move on, and who knows, it might also help you move on as well.

“Please just talk to him.  He has accepted that she is gone, but he hasn’t healed his broken heart.  I know this is too much to ask, but would you just please be a friend to him?”

You were practically smiling at this point.  This is something you definitely wanted to help with.  It will be nice to make a new friend, someone to talk with.  Someone who also has a broken heart and can help you heal as well.  You stood up from your chair and opened the door. “Thank you for sharing his story with me.  I actually have the rest of the day off today and I will go stop by.”

Manager Nana gave you a tight big hug and thank you for listening and for helping.  Your heart couldn’t help but feel so heavy but you were very determined to make everything brighter for them both.  As you turn to walk out of the office, you realized that you didn’t know his name.  The whole time, you were just referring him to the “young man”.  You remember on the note that was left with the welcome basket, his initials were KJY but that didn’t help you much with trying to figure out his name.  You stopped before walking out the door and turned back to Manager Nana.

“Manager Nana, I have been meaning to ask but I seem to keep forgetting.  This young man, what is his name?”

Manager Nana smiled but she couldn’t help but let out a big laughter.  She didn’t realize that you did not know his name.

“__________-ah.  How silly of me.  To start a friendship you should at least know his name. His name is Kwon Jiyong.”