[Dara’s POV]



“Since when did you learn to lie Dara…?” he said coldly



I couldn’t help but to feel nervous when he looked at me wearing his serious face… I feel scared whenever he does that… I don’t want to lie to him but I also don’t want to hurt my best friend…



“I… I’m sorry… Jiyong-ah…” is all I could say…I could see crease forming on his forehead…



“Don’t apologize to me…! Tell me what’s the real reason you left…!” I jumped a little from my seat when he began raising his voice.



“I-it’s… what I said… earlier was the real reason Ji… I don’t care if you believe me or not… I’m really sorry….” I said looking down on my lap playing with my fingers… I heard him sighed



“I don’t know why you’re keeping the real reason… but don’t worry… nothing will change now even if I’ll know the truth… you still left and suddenly came back… everything had change… I’m not the old Jiyong you knew back then….” He said as he looked in front again…



Tears are starting to form in my eyes…. My heart was like stabbed after what he said… is really everything between us now over…? I want to escape this situation now… I feel like my heart will definitely break if we still continue this conversation.



“What I really want to know is… why all of a sudden you came back…?” he said still not looking to me. Tears started to fall down through my cheeks…. I don’t know if he noticed it….



“Jiyong-ah… I’m so sorry…” I said as I was about to reach his arm… but he shrugged it off and turned to me… I could see hate in his eyes which pained me more…



“Don’t touch me… please… don’t do this…” he said… I could feel my hands are shaking… I don’t have any strength to speak again… because he said it himself that no matter what my reason is… nothing will change…



“Three years, four years or no matter how many years you’re gone… everything had change now Dara… if you think coming back here would bring back what we had back then… you’re wrong… I just want to end everything we had back then…tonight…” he said silently….



I don’t know… but I think my heart suddenly felt numb… I know this will happen eventually but hearing this from him was like killing me…



“I know… don’t worry… I’m not planning to cause any mess with my come back… I just want to visit you guys… I’m sorry for bringing you trouble…” I gathered all the strength I have left just to say it… it’s true that I don’t want to cause more trouble to them… maybe coming was really a bad decision for me… he looked at me for a while but I kept my head bowed down… wiping the tears that kept on pouring down..



“I’m glad you understand…” he said as he started the car again and drove me to my place… another silence filled the atmosphere… after a while we arrived outside the hotel… I immediately unbuckled the seat belt and got out of the car…



“Khamsamnida…” I said as I bowed down to him and immediately turned around… I didn’t wait for his reply as quickly walked inside the hotel…



When I heard his car drove off… I feel like I’m going to collapse anytime… I could feel my head spinning… and my vision started to blur… I heard my phone rang… I fished through my bag and answered it quickly without even looking on who the caller is…



“Hello…” I said while holding my head with my other hand… it’s starting to hurt again


“Dara…!”


“Seunghyun-ah…?”


“Yes it’s me… I was thinking if I could ask you out for dinner…”


”Seung-…” is the last thing I could manage to say as I felt my self collapsing and darkness filled my vision



[Jiyong’s POV]



I don’t know why she kept on hiding the real reason… but it doesn’t matter anymore… I already ended everything about us… I have my own life now… but why do I feel so much pain when I saw her cry…? I wanted to comfort her and hug her tight but good thing I succeed to suppress myself… I should be happy now but I can’t help but to remember her face when I said I want to end what we had back then….



When I was driving back to Sohee’s apartment, I can’t help but to feel agitated… seeing Dara walking away from me like bringing back the old memory when she left… and there’s something that’s telling me to go back in her hotel… but I don’t want to… it would just make me weak… I’m over her…



When I arrived at Sohee’s place, there I saw her waiting for me outside… I’m happy to see her and by seeing her makes me not to regret what I did earlier… I have Sohee now and I must continue living my new life now.



“Oppa..!” she yelled and ran to me to hug me


“Oh Sohee… did you wait for me outside…? It’s cold in here…” I said hugging her back


“I’m okay… how did it go…?” she asked


“I already ended everything…” I said weakly… saying this myself makes my heart ache for no reason….


“Thank you… Ji…” she said as she looked up to me and smiled… I just nodded and smiled back at her….


‘Yes… everything has ended…’ I thought



[Seunghyun’s POV]



I stayed late busy at work but it still didn’t stop me from thinking about Dara… I hope that once I’m done tonight I could invite her out for dinner.



When I’m done, I immediately called her… I hope she still didn’t have her dinner yet… when she picked up her phone, I noticed that something isn’t right about her tonight… and when she suddenly got cut off, I felt my heart skip a bit and I totally panicked.



“Dara..? Dara..?! Where are you now…?!?” I yelled over the phone but she wont answer… then suddenly someone picked up


“Hello… you’re friend suddenly collapsed… we already called an ambulance to bring her in the hospital” A man said over the phone… I asked him what hospital and after I ended the conversation, I immediately ran out of my office.



‘What happened to her..?’ I feel so nervous… I hope she’s fine…. I quickly got to my car and headed to the hospital



When we arrived, I ran inside and didn’t care if I looked like a madman running around… the nurse told me her room and I quickly dashed towards it… I want to see her quickly and check if she’s fine now… and there I saw her lying down the bed, still unconscious… the doctor is still inside so I asked him what’s wrong with her.



“Sir, are you a family member…?” he said


“I’m a friend…” I said as I stared down at her… she’s so pale and I really feel hurt seeing her like this


“She collapsed because of too much stress… has she been drinking her medicines…?”


“Huh…? What medicines…? I don’t know…”


“Well… please remind her to take it regularly… and please tell her not to stress herself too much…”


I just nodded even though I don’t know what he’s talking about… I just want to have time with her… after the doctor left, I sat down on a seat beside her… I held her cold hand and caressed it to my cheek.



“Dara… what’s wrong with you…? Please don’t make me worry this much…” I said… she looks so helpless and frail… and I hate myself for not being able to do anything about it… After a while the door behind me slowly opened and Mr. Kim entered quietly.



“Sir… it’s already late, aren’t you going home..?” he said… I cant leave Dara here alone… I don’t want to leave her side… I want to be the first person she’ll see once she woke up


“No Mr. Kim… you go first… I’ll stay and take care of her… : I said as I brushed a strand of hair away from her face…


“I understand sir…but can I do something for Ms. Park…?” he said… I looked back at him and smiled.


“Ah… yes please… bring lots of fruits here and prepare another room for her in this hospital… this room is so small and her bed looks uncomfortable… then I heard him chuckled.


“Miss is really lucky to have you… Yes sir… I’ll tell the nurses to transfer Ms. Park to another room…” he said


“Thank you…” I said and he bowed down before he left



After a while they transferred her to a better room… I want everything for her to be comfortable for at least I could do that to her… I didn’t realize that I felt asleep seating beside her while holding her hand…



“Seunghyun-ah…” once I heard her call me, I immediately woke up


“Dara…! You’re finally awake…”


“Good morning… Am I at the hospital…?” she said weakly as she tried to sit up… I immediately helped her to sit…


“Easy… you’re still weak…” I said


“Thanks… and I’m really sorry for bothering you…”


“Don’t apologize Dara… good thing I was on the other line when you collapsed…” I said as I sat on the chair beside her… she looked around the place and so I also followed her gaze… she looks like a cute child when she’s newly awake


“Seunghyun-ah… are you sure this is a hospital…? Why does it looks like a hotel…?” she said tilting her head… she’s so cute when she did that…


“Because this is a suite room here in the hospital…” I said as I smiled


“What? A suite room? Do all hospitals have this kind of room? Oh my God, I can’t afford this… I should transfer to another room…” she said eyes wide open and was about to get up but I immediately stopped her.


“Don’t worry Dara… I’ll pay for all of these..” I said chuckling


“What? Seunghyun-ah why will you do that…? I already bothered you for coming here… this is too much…” she said worryingly


“Nothing is too much for you Dara…” I said then I saw her pale cheeks blushed and she looked down… I chuckled again with her cute reaction… it’s tru that nothing is too much when it comes to her… I will give her anything just to make her happy… but then I remembered something


“Dara… the doctor sad that you stressed yourself too much and about your medication…? He said not to forget drinking you medicines…” I said… she immediately looked up to me


“Oh.. yes..! I totally forgot about that… I’ll be in so much trouble when mom finds out…” she said


“Why? Why do you have to take medicines…? Do you have some sickness…?” I asked but I hope she didn’t have one


“Well… it’s just for maintenance since I already recovered” she said as she smiled weakly… that brought me more to curiosity


“From what Dara…?”



[Dara’s POV]



Telling him wouldn’t hurt right…? And sine he’s already my friend, I think it’s okay to tell him



“Well… you see… before I went to America, I was diagnosed with brain tumor… I thought I was going to die because when the doctors found out about it, it’s already at its worst… I went to America to try my luck and be cured… me and my family treat my recovery a miracle…” I said… recalling those times doesn’t bring me sadness anymore but instead happiness for I was able to survive… but now it feels like my hard work was put to waste since I will never have Ji again…



“It must’ve been hard for you…” he said as he held my hands… I could see sadness in his eyes…



“Well yes… it was really hard… I stayed bald for two years and I hate it when I always throw up everything that I ate… but I stayed strong and I never cried coz I don’t want to worry my family… don’t worry, I already recovered from that and I’m stronger now…” I said as I forced out a laugh just to make him assured… then suddenly he hugged me.



“I’m so glad that you survived… I wish I met you earlier and accompanied you through all of your sufferings” he said as he caressed my hair…I smile with what I heard… will Jiyong also say those words to me if he knew…?



Our moment was broke when the door opened and an old man entered… Seunghyun slowly released me and faced the man… he looked familiar to me and I realized that he’s the man Sunghyun was with the other day… he bowed down to us as he was holding a basket of fruits.



“Good morning Sir and Ms. Park… I already brought what you ordered me Sir…” he said. Seunghyun thanked him and introduced us to each other…



“Sir… the doctor said that the Miss could be discharged anytime this day…” Mr. Kim said



“Ah… really thanks… Dara, do you feel better now…?” Seunghyun said



“Yes… Seunghyun-ah… don’t you have work today?”



“Yes I do… but I don’t have much schedules today and I’m not that needed in the office right now so it’s okay… don’t worry about that Dara… right Mr. Kim…?”Seunghyun said as he glanced back at his secretary



“Ah… ye-yes… sir….” Mr. Kim said



“So you better eat and rest now so you can go home later…” Seunghyun said as he ordered his secretary to prepare the foods and fruits for me… this is really too much…I just met him a couple of days ago… and now he’s really kind to me… I cant say no to him since I don’t want him to feel bad… I’m really happy for his kindness but I felt bad for not being able to repay it…



After some time… I was discharge… I feel really grateful of Seunghyun and he still insisted to take me to my hotel… we were at his car together with his secretary…



“Thank you so much Seunghyun… I don’t know how can I repay you…” I said…



“Don’t mention it Dara… I’m happy doing this… I have one question for you…” he said…



“What is it…?”



“Are you staying here in Korea for good…?”



“I don’t know… since I don’t have any reasons for me to stay here anymore…” I said… I saw him became sad but it’s true… the only reason for why I came here is because of Jiyong… but now that everything’s over I better just go back abroad… after what I said silence filled his car…



“Mr. Kim… have you already found a substitute for my assistant…” I heard him say



“I’m sorry sir… but I still didn’t find one…” Mr Kim said… then it just gave me an idea…



“Seunghyun-ah… I could be your assistant…” I said while smiling… both of them looked at me in disbelief



“No…! You can’t be stressed…! Plus I have here Mr. Kim to fix that problem for me…” he said…



“But… I need to have a reason to stay here right… and just take it as my payment for your kindness…” I said as I raised my eyebrows up and down… I saw him think for a while



“But…” I cut him off…



“Please Seunghyun-ah… I could start next week so that I could rest for a while… please…” I said…



“Fine…!” he said slumping back on his seat pouting



“Thanks…” I smiled at him sweetly and good thing he smiled back…



We arrived at my hotel and thank him again… before he went off, he hugged me first and told me to take care and he’ll call me… he’s really sweet and I want to look forward on working with him… This will be a start of a new life for me…



[Jiyong’s POV]



I feel lighter today… but still something is bugging me to see her…. I don’t know why do I feel this way… Seunghyun is late again today… he arrived at the office looking tired but still a wide grin is plastered on his face… I immediately went to his office to check on him



“Yah…! Hyung… you’re late again today… have you been dating again…?” I said



“Jiyong-ah… I’m tired… I went to take care of someone in the hospital…”



“Who…?”



“Dara…” after he said her being in the hospital made my heart jumped… I can’t help but to feel worried even though I know she’s not the Dara I know…



“Huh..? Why..? What happened…?”



“She collapsed because of too much stress and… ahmm… long story…” he said… I just kept quiet thinking that she’s not Dara so I don’t have to be worried…



“Jiyong-ah… I think I fell for her too deeply… my heart really felt hurt when I saw her lying down there… her face was so pale and I couldn’t do anything… I want to take care of her forever…” he said… hearing him like this brings pain to me again…



“Have you already confessed to her…?” I blurted out suddenly



“Not yet coz I just met her like a couple of days ago and I’m afraid she would reject me…” he said sadly



“You said it yourself, you just met her a couple of days ago… are you sure that you really love her…?”



“Yes… I’m sure… it’s my first time to feel this way towards a girl…” he said looking afar.



“Well then… you better confess to hr before someone steals her away from you…”



“What do you mean…?” he said as looked at me



“You always say that she’s so beautiful so there’s a great possibility that someone could steal her away from you…”



“You’re right… but I will never let that happen… plus she’ll be working here so I can monitor her regularly…” he said smiling again…



“What..? she’ll work here…? Why…? When..?” I said… somehow I felt uneasy to see her



“Easy Jiyong… well she asked me to… and I cant say no to her… you’ll finally meet her… she’ll start working here next week since she still needs to rest…” he said… totally happy… I couldn’t help but to feel nervous to see her….