42 The Woman

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Hyun Seo: I think Clara Newton is my true love. The one Nancy talked about.

Author: Hmmm.

Hyun Seo: I think I understand now. What Nancy meant about my soulmate being different. Clara,.......She's...... she's not exactly different but, different from other girls. Her interest as a girl is very different from Shin Hye's and other girls'.

Author: Okay.

Hyun Seo: I noticed this when I talked to her.

Author: Okay.

Hyun Seo: Also......

Author: No more Hyun Seo, Chapter 42 begins now.

Hyun Seo: But am not done.

Author: Enough, leave now!

Hyun Seo: Tsk, no wonder you're still single.

Author: Should I kick you out?

Hyun Seo: I'm leaving.

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Morning (Around 8am)

"No!!" Hae Jin woke up, sweating and breathing heavily.

He was so lost in thought, he didn't realise he was hugging a worried Tae Jin.

"Hyung, are you okay?" Tae Jin asked, worried about him.

He just came in after preparing breakfast with Se Jong.

Didn't like how his hyung looked while asleep and so, he came over to wake him up.

But who knew?

He would wake up himself, terrified and hug him.

What happened?

What did he (Hae Jin) dream about?

"Yeah....yeah" Hae Jin answered, still hugging him tight.

"What happened?" Tae Jin asked.

"I.......I think I saw another memory" Hae Jin said, trying to calm down.

"Another memory?"

"Yes, I know what happened now" Hae Jin said.

He knew.....

He knew everything.

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Now calm and ready to talk, both Hae Jin and Tae Jin sat on the bed, facing each other.

Sweats gone.

Breathing normal.

Hae Jin looked okay.

Like he was supposed to be.

"In the memory,.......it was before I went missing. I saw myself look at someone. Someone I couldn't see. Afterwards, I fainted and I experienced another episode. But then, I don't remember what I saw. And then, I woke up in an abandoned old house and I was with the woman"

The woman?

"The one who used to visit you? Once every year?" Tae Jin asked and he confirmed.

"Yes, her. I don't think she owned the place, or used to live there and I don't know why she brought me there. She told me a lot but I don't remember. I do remember her,..... apologizing afterwards she crossed over. I knew her and I was so sad, broken, seeing her fade away. Cross over............ After grieving for a while, I left the house and then, on my way back, I was attacked by Kim Boom. I didn' even know my way back. I was lost"

Wow!

All that happened and he was busy acting like a fool!

Tae Jin.....still felt stupid about that.

"I don't know Tae Jin,..... But I feel she told me something important. Very important. Something about my life. What are we going to do now? She already crossed over"

"Yes, Mr Kim won't take it well. He's still searching for her"

Poor man.

He'll fall into depression when he finds out.

"Tae Jin......I don't know what to do anymore" Hae Jin said, worried.

Giving him a warm smile, Tae Jin stroked his cheek, saying, "Oh, my sweet darling "

Sweet what?

"You.....did you just call me darling?" Hae Jin asked, surprised but who said he didn't like it?

"Don't worry too much, this...... won't separate us" Tae Jin said.

"But Tae Jin,.....I feel, am this close to finding out my past life. And I....I haven't gotten the last reward yet. What if I cross over after everything comes out?" Hae Jin said, worried.

Parting ways with Tae Jin, when everything was going well now was his only concern.

Hae Jin didn' want to cross over anymore.

He wanted to stay by Tae Jin's side.

Until he (Tae Jin) died.

"Don't worry, I am here, I'll never leave you" Tae Jin said with a smile, caressing his face.

'You can't help me' Hae Jin wanted to say but decided not to.

It'll just ruin the mood.

"Okay" he played along, smiling.

It was better this way.

"I loved when you called me darling. Felt weird, cause am the oldest here but I loved it"

"Then,.... honey? Babe? Baby? Sweetie?"

"They all sound great!" Hae Jin exclaimed, smiling, making Tae Jin smile as well.

"Hubby? Wifey?"

"I'm out" Hae Jin said, getting off the bed.

"What?! Wait! Wifey!"

Turning to face him, Hae Jin said, "I don't want to be your wife! Such a brat! I'm older!" Annoyed.

"And I thought age didn't matter" Tae Jin said, smirking.

"Shut up!" Hae Jin yelled at him and then left the room in anger.

Tae Jin burst out laughter, thinking,

Teasing his hyung was so fun.

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Getting to the living room, Hae Jin found Sung Yoon and Mr Kim there and he took a seat on the couch opposite the one they sat on.

"Oh, Hae Jin, why do you look so angry?" She asked.

Angry?

Why won't he be?

The brat wanted him as his wife!

Why should he be the wife?

Because he was small? Cuter?

But he was the oldest!

Why can't he be the hubby?

"Is nothing" he ended up with this reply.

A good reply if you ask me.

"Doesn't look like is nothing" Sung Yoon said and he ignored her.

"What are you two doing here?" He (Hae Jin) asked.

"I haven't found out anything about the woman" Mr Kim said.

Well, that was because she has cross over. She was no longer here.

*Sigh, poor Mr Kim.

His love was gone and he had no idea.

"Me too" Sung Yoon said.

No that wasn't true.

Sung Yoon found something.

About Hae Jin.

But, Hae Jin didn't want cross over now so she won't share.

After finding out this,

He might cross over,

He might not,

But Sung Yoon didn't want to take risks.

It was better this way.

Keeping the information to herself,

Was better.

"Where are the others?" She asked.

"I don't know about Chae Joon, Se Jong, Hyun Seo and Shin Hye but Tae Jin, he's in our room, doing God knows what" Hae Jin replied.

"Our room" Sung Yoon said in a teasing tone.

Knowing what was coming next, Hae Jin stopped her.

"Don't start Sung Yoon"

"Well, looks like things are going well between you two. So then,......I think we should leave now. That's all I wanted to say. I don't know exactly when I'll cross over so I want to spend more time with my brother" Sung Yoon said, smiling.

"I'll keep looking for the woman" Mr Kim said.

'Please don't'

Hae Jin wanted to say but decided to go with this,

"Okay"

*Sigh, Hae Jin sighed in mind.

Was it a good idea to hide this?

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Night (Around 7)

Back in their room after dinner, once again, Tae Jin and Hae Jin were having their moment.

Tae Jin had something to ask and Hae Jin was willing to answer every question.

Only if he had an answer to it.

Seated on the bed, they faced each other.

A serious look on one's (Tae Jin) face.

The other (Hae Jin) nervous, swallowing hard.

"I've been thinking about this all day" Tae Jin said, breaking the quietness in the room.

What?

What have he been thinking about all day?

Hae Jin thought, licking his lips nervously.

Eyes landing on those lips, for a moment, Tae Jin lost focus and totally forgot about what he wanted to ask.

Focus Tae Jin!!

He scolded himself.

This.....This was crazy!!!

*Clear throat, Tae Jin cleared his throat to find his lost voice.

"Anyways!, when did you first fall for me?"

Huh?

That's what he wanted to know?

Hae Jin breathed out in relief,

Well,........

"I don't know. But I guess my feelings changed the first time I saw you. The grow up you. You're still a kid but......."

"How did you feel?" Tae Jin asked, smiling, excited.

Seeing that, Hae Jin smiled and replied, "I can't explain but my heart, raced at the sight of you. You have gotten so damn handsome! So cute! I......I couldn't stop thinking about you. And then I have found out you have a girlfriend. I tried my best to think that I was okay but I wasn't and every time you said you love her, I.....I felt broken. Depressed, disappointed. Why can't it be me? Why her? These thoughts running in mind but I never pay attention and tried to get rid of them"

Now,............ he (Tae Jin) loved that.

Tae Jin thought, smiling.

"And then I met Kim Soo, we were talking about you and she asked me how I felt about you. I said I didn't know. I didn't like being your friend alone, and I just didn't know what I wanted to be. You make me happy and uncomfortable at the same time. Every time you're close, my heart beat like crazy and I can't breathe. I don't like being apart from you. I don't like it when you're angry. I don't like it when you're sad. I always wanted to make you happy. Make you smile. I wanted to be the only one who can make you laugh. Happy, smile........ I didn' want to be friends alone.........."

*Sigh, Hae Jin sighed before continuing,

"And then she told me, 'That's because I love you. More than friends and I don't want to be friends with you because I want more. I want to be your lover'

"Hyung" Tae Jin called out to him, smiling.

He (Tae Jin).....was really lucky.

"You make me happy Tae Jin and that's all I care about. Stay with me for the longest time"

"Definitely" Tae Jin replied, smiling.

Pushing Hae Jin on the bed, he got on top of him, smiling while Hae Jin looked nervous, uncertain.

"Hyung, do you know what you just did? You can't confess something like that, looking so cute. Is dangerous" Tae Jin said, surprising Hae Jin.

What?

What has he (Hae Jin) done?

"No....Wait" Hae Jin said, struggling to get up but it was pointless.

Tae Jin pinned his hands down and he was too strong.

He couldn't escape and could only move his legs.

Body, a bit.

No warning, Tae Jin began kissing his face, leaving him breathless, mind blank, heart beating, body, hot, feeling weak in each second that went by.

He literally stopped struggling at this point.

"Tae—Tae Jin" Hae Jin called out to him, breathless.

Using his legs, a smiling Tae Jin spread his legs and it was at this moment that Hae Jin got his senses back.

Snapping out, immediately, he called out to him,

"Tae Jin!" Making him (Tae Jin) stop his actions and give him (Hae Jin) his full attention.

"What?" Tae Jin asked, smiling.

"Tae Jin, we should go down and have dinner with our friends " Hae Jin said, panicking.

"We already had dinner" Tae Jin replied, smiling.

Did he (Hae Jin) forget that already?

"But am not ready and you're still young "

"What?" Tae Jin asked, surprised.

Slowly, he freed Hae Jin and sat up on the bed, Hae Jin doing the same.

Ahaha! What was that blank expression supposed to mean?

Hae Jin felt so bad.

He ruined the mood.

But this had to be done.

"After........after you graduate" he said.

Not liking it, Tae Jin tried to protested, "But hyung........" But then, his phone which was on the bed beside him rang before he could finish his words.

"Answer it" Hae Jin said.

Still disappointed and annoyed, Tae Jin took the phone and picked up the call.

"Hello?" He said in that annoyed tone.

"Tae Jin" hearing the voice of the person he knew and liked, Tae Jin calmed down and immediately got himself together.

Smiling, he said, "Oh, Ms......."

"Don't you dare, I told you to call me grandma" she said.

Hae Jin, who could hear her voice, their conversation was in shock.

Frozen in place.

That voice........ The woman's voice......

It.....It couldn't be right? That voice!

"I'm sorry"

"No worries, You don't have school tomorrow right?"

"No. I'll send you my address so you can come over " Tae Jin said, smiling.

"Oh, right, your mom told me, you moved out to live with your friends"

"Yes"

"Then, I'll see you later "

"Sure"

"Bye"

"Bye" and Tae Jin hung up, smiling.

"Who was that?" Hae Jin asked, still in shock.

Smiling, Tae Jin answered, "A woman close to my parents. She's like my parents mom, like my grandmother. I haven't heard from her for a long time........." And before he could complete his words, Hae Jin fainted.

No warning.

No headache.

He did not turn pale.

Experienced no pain.

He just......... Fainted.

Scaring, worrying, surprising Tae Jin.

"Hyung!!" He yelled out.