Mrs. Park couldn’t keep her eyes off his son who was lying on a hospital bed, still unconscious. She tried to take a nap but whenever the nurses come inside the room, she couldn’t help but worry and ask the latest condition of her son. She’s holding his hand, kissing it once in a while as she muttered ‘sorry’ countless times. But all she heard was that deafening silence. She wanted to hear his voice but she couldn’t do anything but to wait ‘til he wakes up.

The door flung open, making her shift a bit on her seat. The doctor came in followed by nurses and then she stood up, stepping aside to let them do their tasks.

“How is he?” Mrs. Park asked with a hopeful tone.

“He’s getting better…” The doctor said while writing few notes on the patient’s chart. “He’s still on the state of coma but he’s responding well on the medications that we are giving…” He continued as he looked up and met the worried mother’s eyes.

She heaved a sigh of relief. “So can I expect him to wake up anytime soon?”

“As what I’ve told you before, I cannot give you exact figures as to when he would gain his consciousness back…” He said bluntly. “We shouldn’t count the hours, days, months. Instead let’s be thankful he survived the surgery and now he’s recovering…the least we could do now is wait patiently and pray for his fast recovery…”

She nodded in agreement as she kept her eyes on Yoochun. Eyeing the man and thanking God for giving his son a second chance in life.

“If you’ll excuse us…I need to attend the other patients…” The doctor bowed and before he turned his back, he said “Please notify the nurses if you see any movements on his limbs…or even just a simple twitch on his eyelids…So we could reassess him…”

“Oh Jaejoong, come in…” The man sitting at the couch stood up as Jaejoong came in.

 A man on his mid-50’s, medium built, with obvious signs of aging but as charismatic and handsome as he was on his teenage years. He walked closer, patting Jae’s shoulder and the younger man forced a smile at him.

The older man then took the leather seat behind the desk and Jaejoong took the seat right across. Then there was an awkward silence that filled the four corners of the room. Jaejoong was blankly staring at the wall in front of him and suddenly noticed that a lot of things changed since he left the house…from the wallpaper, to the arrangements of the furniture and the aura itself of the whole house.  The feeling was lighter and it makes him comfortable.

Jaejoong hadn’t seen his father for 3 months now. He doesn’t know what to say, now that he swallowed his pride and came back to the house of the person whom he cursed months ago.  Jaejoong and Chan Sook have similar ways of thinking and acting on certain things…which could probably be the reason why their personalities oftentimes clashed. Opposites attract and likes repel, just like magnets. Chan Sook could see himself on his son. But one thing that makes them different is that Jaejoong is braver than him. Stubborn in a way that he could bend all the rules set inside the Kim’s residence. That one thing Chan Sook wasn’t able to do.

“I’m glad you’re back, Son…” The older man finally spoke up, killing the dead air.

Jaejoong just nodded, still not meeting his father’s intent gaze. “You might be wondering why I came back here…I just want to make it clear that I’m not after the family’s inheritance…I’m just here for work and for mom…” He added, coldly. “I’m reconsidering the position you offered me 3 months ago…I hope there’s still a vacancy on your company that accepts an undergrad like me…”

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*Flashback*

“Jaejoong, you come back here in an instant! We’re not yet done!” He yelled in annoyance. Chansook had been trying to convince Jaejoong to take the managerial position on one of their restaurants in Seoul.  But knowing the younger man, he would surely decline the offer when it has nothing to do with ‘Music’ –Jaejoong’s first love.

“How many times have I told you that I’m not interested in managing your company?” Jaejoong turned back, sending glares at him.

“And just so you know, I’m taking Music course in the University of MY Choice!” He stomped his feet to his room, packed his bags then leaved.

*End of Flashback*

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“What made you change your mind?” Chansook asked. He never stopped caring for him. He might be strict at times but he just wanted what’s best for him. When Jaejoong left, he hired a private investigator to frequently check on his whereabouts. That’s when he found about Jaejoong’s relationship to Hyun-Ae. He knew that she’s pregnant and Jaejoong’s going to be a father soon. 

“I need a decent job enough to earn money to support a family…” A smile escaped Jaejoong’s slightly parted lips while thinking of Hyun Ae and his unborn child. Just the thought of building a family with her made his heart jump and kick around his chest.

“When am I going to meet her?” The older man asked calmly.

“Huh? How’d you ---”

“I have my ways…” Chan Sook chuckled a bit. “So, is she available for dinner tomorrow night?”

“Appa…S-She…” Jaejoong stuttered, finding the right words to say. He didn’t know how to spill out the painful truth that the mother of his unborn angel doesn’t feel the same way towards him.

“Is she the reason why you put an end to your relationship with Tiffany?” Jaejoong nodded.  “Yeah…but she’s not the sole reason…Tiffany and I was just two people desperately in need of company…so we clung to each other for years and mistook that feeling as ‘Love’…”

“It took you years to finally realize that you don’t love Tiffany and now you freed yourself from the shadows of the past because of this new girl…she must be really special…”

“But she doesn’t love me…”

“And will that stop you from pursuing her?”

“No…”

“So why’d you still have that frown on your face?” He chuckled. “Now’s the right time to use that stubbornly persistent attitude of yours…”

“Appa, you sound and act so different today…is something the matter?” Jaejoong asked curiously.

“And so do you, Son…it’s been awhile since you last called me Appa…” He uttered, not responding to the previous question.

“Well you have to get used to it now cause you’ll be seeing me here and at the main office often…” Jaejoong was glad to see this compassionate and calm side of his father. Somehow, all the tension and misunderstandings that build a wall between them withered away. And they’re now ready to have a fresh start.

“I’m still your BOSS! And don’t expect them to give you special treatments…I already told them not to go easy on you…”

“Are you okay?” Yunho brushed the hair covering Hyun-Ae’s face and then touched her forehead with his palm.

Yunho’s been worried cause he felt something was wrong. He hadn’t seen the usual bubbly personality of her since they had breakfast. She went to her room and locked herself inside then she laid her body on the bed. Yunho was lucky enough to get the spare key of her room so he was able to come in.

“I’ll be fine…” She forced a smile. “I just need alone time please…”

“Maybe what you need is fresh air…do you want to stroll at the park?” Yunho occupied the empty side of the bed and turned her around to face him.

“I don’t want to go there…” She mumbled softly.

“Alright, then tell me what’s bothering you?” He ran his fingers on her black tress as he it gently.

“Yoochun…”

“What about him?”

“I just had this dream last night…and I couldn’t help but feel anxious that something bad happened to him…Oppa, I want to see him now…” She was on the verge of shedding tears but she held it back.

“It’s Dad’s discretion, not mine…and personally, I don’t want to see you near Yoochun nor Jaejoong until you patch up your relationship with Dad…”

“But Oppa….” She made a puppy cute eyes that she’s aware that his brother couldn’t resist.

Yunho raised his hands mid-air. “Aish! Seriously, why can’t I say NO to you?”

“Because you love me too much…” She pulled him to a tight hug, smiling from ear to ear.

Yunho propped his elbow up and then sat on the bed. “You stay here…I will be the one to talk to him…”

“Please tell him ‘I Miss Him’ so much…” She then planted a kiss on Yunho’s cheek. “And hugs and kisses from me…” She added.

“I’m not going to relay the hugs and kisses to him! No way!” Yunho joked before he stood up and walked towards the door.

“Oppa Gomawo! You’re the best brother in the world! By the way, thanks for the cake you gave to me last night!” She said happily.

“Eh?”

“Oppa, you’re not good in acting so stop pretending that you had nothing to do with the rainbow cake…and no one knows my special request besides you, right?”

“Did you like it?” Yunho asked, keeping up an act that he was the one who gave it though at the back of his head he knew who the real Samaritan is.

“Very much…”

“Nice to hear that…” He held the knob and stepped then closed the door behind him.

“Sneaky Jaejoong…” He muttered to himself. He took his car’s key and left the house still wondering how Jaejoong dealt with his dog Taepung and avoided Yunho’s very keen eyes.

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“So what are we going to do to her?” A man with a husky voice asked while puffing smoke from his cigar.

“Yoboseyo?” Hyun-Ae rushed to the phone, hoping it was Yunho who called.

“Can I talk to Hyun-Ae?”

“Who’s this?”

“Tiffany…”

“……”

“Do you have free time tonight?”

“Uh…why?”

“We have to talk…”

“About what?”

“I have something important to discuss with you that we can’t talk over the phone…so are you coming?”

“Uhm…Yeah…”

“Alright, see you then…9pm tonight at the park near your area…and please don’t bring other people, cause I want to have a nice conversation with just the two of us…”

Jaejoong was flipping the phone on his hand, contemplating if he should call her or not. He smiled seeing the wallpaper of his phone’s screen. It was a stolen picture of a smiling Hyun-Ae.

“I want to see her so bad…” He tossed and his bed, squeezing his pillow tight as he closed his eyes imagining her face.

“AHHH! I’m going to see her tonight even if Yunho break my bones and kill me…” He pulled himself up, took a shower, dress up nicely and grabbed his car’s key then left.

*End of Chapter*

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A/N: Super boring chapter.....*sigh* sorry about that....but I'm already working on the next chapter so expect me
 to post it either tomorrow or the day after tomorrow....*winks*

-____- I couldn't think of a nice title for this chapter...

I'm going to make more Jaejoong and Hyun-Ae scenes starting from this chapter...

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