Chapter 75:

“Troubled Heart”

COTINUING FROM “Reap what you sow”CHAPTER…

Pacing back and forth on this hallowed hall, biting these not so distracting nails of mine. It’s been awhile since I haven’t gotten a good sleep due to this Hae Jin ordeal and now Jan Di has suggested moving the engagement party until this is over.

I feel terrible for having to involve our relationship to this, though she has assured me that everything will be fine and that it is only logical to move such occasion to give way to more urgent subjects.

FLASHBACK: 2 Hours ago… ( Jun Pyo’s POV)

We sit right next to each other, not saying a single word for almost 10 minutes now. Taking in the luxury of silence that we are unable to afford. Then as if on queue

“Gu Jun Pyo… I have something to tell you”- She spoke first without looking at me

“What is that?”- Trying to hide the anxious on my voice

“I was thinking on moving the dates of our engagement party instead of next week”-She talks staring at nothing and trying to convince me that she made that decision alone and nothing pushed her

“What are you talking about?”-I stand and kneeled in front of her face to face, forcing her to look at me

“We are getting engaged next week”- I said in a calm and reassuring voice

“Stop with this façade of yours okay? You don’t have to pretend you are strong to me, no need for you to prove to me that everything is just going to be alright”- She said without flinching and a firm voice

“Jan Di-ah…”- Trying to make sense out of this

“Gu Jun Pyo. I know you better than you know yourself even and I know that this fight is not easy to win. Every trouble I get into, you’re always there by my side protecting me and helping me get up.”-She continues while placing her two hands on my cheeks forcing me to stare deep into her eyes

“This time, let your future wife help you as you have help her all those years okay?”- Then there her smile, her reassuring smile that makes me forget the troubles I’m facing and without a doubt I slowly nod and pull her into a tight embrace.

“Remind me again, how am I such a lucky bastard to have you”- I mumbled throughout our embrace

“Indeed you are, pabo”- As she whispers to my ear and there I have proved her love for me is just as loyal and unselfish as mine.

END OF FLASHBACK

I decided to retreat to my room before my mother can see me hovering around the halls of our house after our entertaining exchanges earlier.

FLASHBACK: 1 hour ago… ( Jun Pyo’s POV)

“WHAT?!!!”- Madam Kang’s voice indeed echoed through the walls of our household as soon as we broke the news in moving the dates of our engagement party which included the wedding date as well.

“Ommoni, calm down”- Trying to pacify her but no use

“Otoke, why would your wedding be affected? It’s a separate ordeal! Jan Di-ah you agreed to this?”- Now my mother looks at my future wife with questionable eyes

“Ommoni, Mianhe-neyo but until this problem is resolved or everything’s settled me and Jun Pyo cannot push through with the wedding”-Jan Di’s voice failed to hide her disappointment and sadness as well for delivering the news

“Omma, the kids are right. It may be a separate ordeal but this situation with Hae Jin is delicate and she’s family too.”- Thank goodness my sister got possessed or something that she took the initiative to help us with our proposal

“But when will I have to wait for you two to get married and give me grand kids. Otoke, your father will be heartbroken once he hears them when I visit him in the US next week”-Mother’s now being hormonal with her teary-eye effects which made Jan Di approach her and give her  hug

“Ommoni, everything will be solved soon and the sooner that will happen; then the sooner we can go back to planning the wedding”-Jan Di gives a reassuring smile to my mother which earned a crept of a smile from the corner of my mother’s lips

As for me? I froze and sat there staring blankly into space and unknowingly a tap on my shoulder and the words made me woke up again from the trance…

“No marriage will be easy nor the things that will be brought up even before the wedding, know this my Dongsaeng. I may be the worst Noona out there but know that I will always support you and be behind your back should you need anything at all, araso?”- With just those words coming from my sister’s mouth I am reassured that I have a lot of people behind me.

END OF FLASHBACK

As I sit down quietly still not visited by Mr. Sleep, I unconsciously went to my old room and looked around it.

It remains the same, my mother has insisted on keeping everything the same and clean always as she hopes to have her future grandson use the room. She is praying to be granted to have another boy in the family though she has thankfully expressed that whether it’s a girl or a boy as long the baby is healthy she’s contented.

I rummage throughout the drawers and…

There were a lot of crap and underneath all of it I found a book, a scrapbook we made for Hae Jin before she left and forgot to bring it with her. I moved to the bed and stared at it for awhile.

Then I noticed how girly the cover was and the designs really meant for her to remember then unconsciously I flip the pages…

First photo was us Woo Bin, Me, Yi Jeong and Ji Hoo on our usual playful side as we take a photo for our family album with a caption.

“Always remember you have 4 Oppas behind you Hae Jin-ah, don’t ever cry again”

• Yi Jeong-Oppa

“You must’ve been annoyed of me forcing you to listen to me and read books, call me whenever you are bored as I still exist Paboya”

• Ji Hoo-Oppa

“Don’t eat too much sweet as you might get sick araso? I’ll visit you as many times as I can and let’s eat sweets together okay? Oppa will be there for you”

• Woo Bin-Oppa

Then the last picture was the one I took myself when she cried because of her painting getting wet after she accidentally hits the vase and poured it over her art piece. I was trying to get a picture as she was quite cute as she cries because of it.

“Never cry anymore Hae Jin-ah or else you’ll have a runny-nose again, smile always. Oppa will buy whatever you want when I grow up”

• Jun Pyo-Oppa

I closed the book immediately as I feel a lump in my throat. The pain wherein I still can’t believe how this is all happening… I clasped both my fingers and unconsciously let my tears fall.

Then such distraction came like timed…

(Phone ringing)

JP: Yobeoseoyeo?

??: Is this Gu Jun Pyo

JP: Yes, who is this?

??: You don’t need to know who I am but I need you to listen carefully please (the voice seems agitated and frantic)

JP: What are you trying to get at?

??: It is all a lie… everything is a lie… (cutting in and out)

JP: What? I don’t understand you…

??: Listen! Everything is a lie… She---- (line dead)

JP: What the heck was that? (Dumbfounded as I am, another call came in)

(Phone ringing)

JP: Yeobeoseoyeo?

YJ: I can’t sleep…

JP: You and me both

YJ: **sighing

JP: I know…

YJ: I heard from Ga Eul about the postponement

JP: Yeah (with a sullen voice)

YJ: Want to meet up?

JP: Sure where?

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MEANWHILE…

“Annyeong Ji Hoo-ah”- The cold voice of Min Seo Hyun has echoed through Ji Hoo’s mind as he returns his glass of soju back to the table

TO BE CONTINUED….

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