A/N: Hi guys! Heres the new chapter :) I finally got it to show up^^I tried my best to rush it since someone asked me;)

I would also like to leave my condolences to Key. I admire him a lot and I hope his grandmother is in a better place. She inspired me a lot to write the relationship Bona has with her mother. You should cherish every moment you have with the ones you love because you don't know when they might be gone. Don't ever take anything for granted.

Happy readings

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Bona POV

"Do I REALLY look good?" I asked unsure looking at the mirror; not that I doubted Hyorins makeup skills -she totally dominated the smoky eyes, but I wasn't so sure how it looked on me.

" You look awesome!!" Myung told me for the hundredth time, I know she is quite impatient when it comes to dressing up and all that so I really appreciated her effort for being here. But awesome wasn't enough, not for Lay, for him I had to be gorgeous!

Although the others didn't know, he insisted on phoning me daily to ask how I was and how my mother was doing, yesterday he had even made the time to pick me up from one of my too many part times.He was just amazing and so...caring. Last time I went to the hospital to check on my mum, on wednesday, the nurse was looking at me weirdly (not badly weird just weird) and when I asked her if something had happened she just told me "Mr Yixing came by, you are really lucky to have a boyfriend like him" it took me a while to understand what she was saying and when I realized Mr Yixing was Lay (he did mention his parents were chinese and when they came to Korea he actually changed his name) I was kind of embarrassed. I quickly explained we weren't in that sort of relationship and she just mumbled and not very convinced"sure" looking at me as if she was trying to picture what I had that she didn't.

I found it funny that she had assumed we were bf and gf but deep inside I knew there was a part of me that secretly wanted that to actually happen: he was caring and sweet not to mention gorgeous . If Hilyuk or Myung heard me say this they would probably make fun of me, but the truth was I did believe everyone had a soul mate and maybe, just maybe, Lay could be mine. Well, yes, I did say the same for my past boyfriends (there hadn't been much since I don't have much of a social life between school,work,ballet and nursing my mum) but this time it was different, now that I thought about it he embraced all the problems I had mentioned above and still appeared to be very fond of me. In the past I would have hidden the fact that after school I couldn't hang out with them because I had to work, and they wouldn't understand why I couldn't skip ballet "just this once" or in some rare cases the guy was so immature he wouldn't even realize how delicate my mums situation was. Lay seemed to like me more the messier and dysfunctional I was.

"Ya Bona! Are you sleeping ?!Don't you dare ruin your makeup!" Myung shock me

"I'm almost done with your hair and Lay should be here any time soon" Hyorin was saying right before someone knocked on the door .

"Coming" Myung shouted as she stood up.

I quickly glanced at the mirror on the bathrooms wall: I did look pretty good, the makeup was lovely and my hair was fabulous. I heard their footsteps and tried to look normal. No need to say my "trying to look cool attitude" fell on the ground as soon as he appeared in front of me.My jaw simply dropped: he looked stunning. I'm pretty tall (specially because I'm wearing my brand new black velvet stilettos-that took 1 hour to find but matched perfectly with my emerald dress) but he was still inches taller and his skinny frame just looked so hot on that suit, seeing him just made me lose my composure.He looked delighted as well and this obviously made my delights, I couldn't stop mentally thanking Hyorin for making me all pretty.

"You look so... Wow... I'm sorry I can't find the right words but I'm just thrown back by how good you look." he said smilling as he talked

"Of course she looks great! I painted her, with a makeup artist like me she can even steal the CEOs son heart!" Hyorin joked

"Oh well I don't have a doubt about that.She can get any men she wants, hopefully I'll be up to his level" Lay replied smilling

"Who cares about the son? YOU are my pair and for that I couldn't be more thankful." I ensured

Hyorin started laughing hysterically and Lay gave me his arm.

"I'm the one who should be thankful.Hope you don't forget what you just told me.Shall we go? We don't want to be late."

"Sure.I''ll phone you two after I get back, enjoy your dinner!" I shouted before we went out.

As soon as we left the building the temperature dropped, outside the weather was chilling, I shiver

"Aigoo you should have brought a coat otherwise you'll catch a cold.Here."he said as he took out his blazer and placed it on my shoulders" The car shouldn't take long to arrive, just endure it a bit more, ok?" He gave me a smile that alone could have warmed me up.

Suddenly I felt very worried: what if I made a fool of myself? I had never been to a gala, I had no idea on how to act.What if while I was receiving the prize I fell of the stage or something like that? I told Lay about my worries and he started laughing, which didn't really calm me.

"You have nothing to worry about.I've been to tons of them, if you need anything I''ll be right by your side." He winked, now I was more relaxed.

"Here is our ride"he said as the car appeared, he opened my door and then got in.

Lay took my hand, which was ice cold and started harming it up"I really hope you don't catch a cold" and just like that we went to the veneu while he made my nervousness disappear with his terrible yet funny jokes.

The event took place at a restricted part of the hospital that had been specially closed for this occasion, it looked really pretty with candles everywhere and posters with "SeoulsHealthCenter Annual Gala" written on it endorsing the main entrance.Around us various sports cars arrived ( I think I had never seen 3 Ferraris in a row) and gorgeous people surfaced from them, every guy was dressed almost the same as Lay(but of course he out shone them all) and the girls looked as if they had came out from a fashion magazine, which made my confidence drop a lot.

Meanwhile I was thinking Lay quickly came and helped me get out of the car, as I did so my feet slipped and I tripped. I would have fallen flat on the ground if he hadn't catch me seconds before. I felt the eyes of the people surrounding us and the whispering behind us, immediatly, my cheecks felt like burning.

"I got you,I'm right by your side"he ensured helping me recover from my fall and giving me his arm, eventhough I was shaking I remembered Ms Yoon words:" The audience just sees what you show them". I took a deep breath and placed my arm around his, with my chin held high and a smile full of sureness on my face just like I would on a performance.

We entered: everything was decorated with flags and ribbons the whole place just looked so elegant, like one of those events you see on tv were everyone just looks like they came from a fairy tale, well almost everyone...Then there was me all clumsy and not elegant, and if I were to be part of a fairy tale I would probably be ugly duckling.

As we stepped inside everyone looked at us and most people started whispering to person next to them, it was quite uncomfortable actually, I didn't get what was so interesting for them but judging by the looks on the girls faces it most have been Lay.And then suddenly, all sort of people came toward us and started greeting him. I had no idea who they were or how they knew Lay but they all asked how he was doing, how were his parents and that judging by tonight, business was going well and then they noticed me and asked who was the beautiful lady beside him. I confess the last one made me feel really happy and I couldn't help but smile and then most of the strangers would comment on how cute I looked when I smiled. Lay politely replied to them all and when it came to me he just said I was his gorgeous friend who was kind enough to bear with him for a whole night and was courageous enough to ask him to be her pair, for some reason everyone found it really funny and eventhough I didn't get the joke I just laughed with them.

When there were no longer suited guys or girls looking like models waiting to greethim, I asked how he knew all this people."Oh you know, it's just that my parents work on the business." was all he told me.

"Really?!" I had no idea"Are they doctors?"

"Not really. They used to be, but know they are more on the executive department" he was saying and then something caught his eye and his entire face glowed "I'll get us something to drink.You see the small man with the round glasses at the front table?" he asked and I nodded" I heard he was the CEO, go and greet him. I'll be back in a moment hope they don't start while I'm not here" he said quickly disappearing in the crowd before giving me time to reply.

I stood there alone for a little bit and then I decided it would be rude not to thank the CEO for his generosity so I made my way to his table.

When I got closer I taped the elder lightly on his shoulder so he would turn around,a small round face with a pair of round glasses at the end of the nose looked at me clueless.I bowed:

"Annyeonhaseyo.I'm Lee Bona." I wasnt expecting any sort of reaction but as soon as he heard my name a wide smile apperead and he greeted me warmly as if he knew exactly who I was.

"Oh Bona-ssi! I'm delighted you could came,you look really pretty.Please have a sit"he said pointing me a chair at the VIP table"My son is about to make his speech we surely dont want to miss it"

"Of course not."I smiled in response to his kind warmness "Oh I almost forgot to thank you:I have no way to repay your kindness and generosity and I can't really put in words how gratefull and honored I am to be here." I added sincerely

"Oh dear you don't have to say such things . I'm glad my son chose such a nice person.Now, come and join us."

I did as he told me and sat between him and an empty chair,slowly everyone started doing the same, soon there was no one standing. The auditorium lights went down and the noise started to disappear as well but I kept looking around trying to find Lay.

"Are you looking for someone dear?" The ahjusshi asked me

"Oh just my pair, he was here just now but I can't find him" I replied quietly

"I'm sure he will eventually appear." he started saying"Oh look they are starting."

The lights went completely off and the stage was the only thing I could see, I really wanted to hear the man who had chose to give me such a special prize making a speecb but I was more worried as to where Lay was so I couldn't really focus.

And then, all of a sudden he just showed up.There he was, behind a black curtin.

On stage.

My jaw dropped:what was he doing up there?did he knew they were about to start? If so he had to get down from there quickly before anyone else noticed him.But for some weird reason he wouldn't move, on the contrary he looked very sure of himself for a person on the wrong place.And then to aggravate my worries we confidently walked towards the spotlight, entering the stage.

I was astonished and at the same time terrified by what he was doing when everyone started applauding, making me even more confused.What was happening? Why was Lay on stage and why was no one complaining and instead clapping?!

The room went silent again and he grabbed the microphone.

"Firstly I would like to thank each and everyone for comming. I hope you were enjoying your night and will like it even more from now on.As you all know we're here to celebrate another year with SeoulHealthCareCenter.I remember when I was little and my parents brought me here when I was on vacation to pass time, maybe hoping that I would become a doctor like them.Well mum and dad I'm really sorry to have dissapointed you."

Laughter broke the silent audience, I was still clueless but I had to admit: whatever he was doing he was great at it.

"Most of you now I have no interest in medicine and I chose to dance insted.However I don't need to be a doctor to know this:SHCC isn't one of those typoical hospital were sick people come just to be treated,oh no, we are so much more than that. Of course we do treat patients(what sort of medical institucional would we be if we didn't? ) but we don't just do that. Sometimes the person who is in worst state isn't the patient himself.Sometimes the one that needs to be treated isn't the sick one.The worst illness are those who don't have a cure,those we can't prescribe a medicine to supress the symptoms . That's were SHCC differs from others hospital, our goal is to give support not only on the medical part but also on the emotionall one."

Things started to get less confused...Could it be...

"So following this mentality, this year I chose to give the one year long paid treatment prize to someone who personifies this spirit.I can confidently state I have never chosen someone as adequate to this prize before. I can say I truly admire her and her devotion to her sick mother, whom I sincerely hope will get better soon.This person fought against all odds to be able to provide her mum the best of treatments and I hope we can ease her from that burden . She's a very special to me,she's the sort of person that prefers to suffer in silence so that she won't disturb the others with her problems . She's Lee Bona."he said sweetly as he came down the stage towards me.

I was so shaken up by his speech I was having a hard time suppressing my tears.He grabbed me by the hand and guided me to the where he had came from.As we both stood under the blinding spotlight he didn't let go of my hand"Please accept this" he said passing me a little medal.I took it and the audience started clapping,he moved the microphone to the side and whispered in my ear."I'm right by your side, just like I told you" I smiled.

"And now please welcome..." he started introducing the musicians that woud play next, when he had finished we made our way back,he sat on the empty chair next to me and the elder,who I now knew was his father complimented him for his speech and comforted me.

"Hey do you want to go get some fresh air?" Lay asked when he noticed my teary expression.Without strength to do more I nodded.

When we were at the garden my tears just won.He pulled me tightly against his chest and I just caved my face there and letted him comfort me.

"Why didn't you tell me you were the CEOs son? Do you pity me that much?! This was exactly why I didn't tell Myungsoo or Hilhyuk.I hate to see my friends pitying me and helping me because of that,I know I'm not very rich but I can pay for my mums treatments!!" I lied.I couldn't, but still I would find a way of making things work.I had always found one.I wasn't mad at him because he was helping me but rather because I was capable of taking care of my problems,they were mine so I should be the only one affected by them"I hate to be a burden!!"I shouted between the hicups,it was true,I did hate to be one, especially to him.

He, who had been holding me tightly , wiping my tears, took a step back and placed his hand on my shoulders, looking at me with very serious expression.

"Oh oh oh,slow down.Firstly I sincerely apologize for making you cry,if I knew you would be like this I would have told you before.Second I know you are perfectly capable of taking care of yoursef,thats one of the many reasons I admire you, and I was by no means trying to say the contrary. I'm not helping you because I pity you, Im helping you because I ..." silence, no one made a noise for a bit"Because I like you"

I held my breath, the look on his eyes was so sincere and worried I just pulled him closer and without thinking twice, I kissed him.He did the same and held me next to him.Then he stopped and gave me the serious look again "Also never again say you are a burden,if you or someone else calls you that, I swear I'll beat up that person." He ensure with a very deep voice

"You, Lee Bona, are a very special person to me" he kissed me on the forehead and pulled me for a hug.

We were on each others arms when , suddenly, it started pouring rain.Fat drops started soaking our hair and clothes as they fell repetitively against my bare skin.

"What the...?" I asked with a much better mood than before, trying to cover my dress and make up.

"I told you, you would catch a cold" he laughed as we ran inside.

I didn't remember having walked so deep in the garden but again, when we went there it wasn't raining and my heels didn't get stuck in the mud and Lay wasn't forced to carry me bridal style inside so maybe it was me who hadn't noticed the huge distance we had made.

After my initial emotional crisis, we were now both laughing nonstopably, just like two careless children, and for the first time in a long while I felt happy, like truly happy without any worries. Everything just felt right and things were turning out well for a change, everything was where it was supposed to be.

When we finally got to the auditorium there was a string quartet playing and several pairs were now dancing the waltz in the middle of the room.We were dripping from head to two and I could hear the laughs around us but we looked at each other and just shrinked our shoulders. We understood each other, we shared the same weird, constantly spacing our carefree personality.People often told me that if we were radios I would be tunned in a frequency different from everyone else, well I fhad found someone that played the same music I did.

I couldn't help but smile and laugh, I couldn't even remember why we were laughing in the first place but we just did to the point where my stomach started hurting and I would try to stop, but then I would look at him and he'd burtst again and I did the same. We stood there laughing and laughing while my only concern was if my makeup was waterproof or not, but to tell the truth I wasn't even worried.

"Hey" he said after a while with his cheecks red from all the giggling, standing and oferring me his hand, I had no clue what he was doing"May I have this dance?"

I felt a bit embarrassed"Mhmm, actually, to tell the truth... I don't really know how to dance the waltz" He made a surpissed face and sticked his tongue out.

"It's okay really, just follow my lead" he said as he lowered himself and started taking my shoes of.Barefooted as well, he placed my feet on top of his " You know every now and then it's alright to let someone lead you."

And there we were, soaked and barefooted between couples that looked as if they were from a fairytale. Where the girls were elegant and chic and the guys drove ferraris and wore black designer suits and then there was me:all clumsy and if my life was a fairy tale it would probably be the ugly duckling or perhaps the black swan (since its more ballet related). But it didn't matter anymore: he liked me like that, I had found the other radio that played on the same frequence as I did, the werido that would laugh with me for no reason and dance barefooted while our clothes dripped from the rain.

And that made me think : even the ugly duckling turns into a gorgeous swan at the end.