[.Chapter XV.]

Moonlight

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“Mommy work there,” Yea Ji pointed to a far distance by the shore where there were many workers doing many different jobs.

“Is it okay if we bother her?” he asked as he just thought about whether it was a good idea to interrupt her mother’s job just to say that he wasn’t trying to kidnap her daughter.

“Hmmm…,” Yea Ji thought for a second, “nope. Mommy loves me. But…” she looked up at him as they got up from the wooden bench.

“But?” Ji Yong raised an eyebrow.

“…not sure if she like you.” Yea Ji finished with a smile on her young and innocent face.

“Hmmm,” he thought for a second as the little girl stared at him in thought, “Why not?”

The little girl shrugged but had a smile on her face as if she had a secret that he didn’t know.

“Well,” Ji Yong began, “why can’t she like me? Aren’t I handsome boy?” He asked as he grinned at the little girl. Yeah, that would definitely make her mom like him.

“What’s hensome?” the girl asked in curiosity as she looked at him with big brown eyes.

“Handsome is what you call a guy pretty,” he told her.

“Ohh.”

“Aren’t I handsome boy?” He asked smiling widely and blinking so many times, whatever it would take for her to say yes. This little girl seemed a little harder to please than most little kids.

“Hmmm,” she thought for a second looking at him then suddenly she smiled brightly, “Oppa is weally hensome.”

“Gomapseumnida!” Bingo! G-Dragon is smooth with the ladies and is also smooth with smart little girls. “See? Your mom will like me!”

“Mommy say she like nice boys,” she blurted.

“I’m a nice boy!” Why did this suddenly felt like he needed to be approved by this woman?

“Yes,” Yea Ji nodded her head as she agreed like a little girl, “silly too!”

“Silly?” he asked.

“Mhhmm,” she giggled, “you’re no boy, you’re a ajusshi!”

He smiled down at the young girl walking beside him. She is a precious girl who definitely listened to her mother and was loved very much by her mother. She is very smart and clever for such a young age. There was something about this little girl that made his heart and smile and gives him a warm feeling inside.

“That’s right!” he chuckled, “Ajusshi here is twenty-six years old!”

“I’m this old,” she held up two fingers on her left hand, “plus this!” Then holding up her index finger on the right.

“Three years old?”

“Mhhmm,” she nodded her head proud of the age she was in. “Mommy say I’m big girl!”

“Oh, is that right?” Ji Yong smiled whole-heartedly.

“Mhhmm, I get to go to school soon!” She sounded so excited. Ji Yong and the little were almost halfway to the shore; they were walking at a smaller pace since they were both busy talking with each other and not paying attention to where they were going.

“You grow up, and make your mommy and daddy proud alright?” Ji Yong stated to the young girl. This whole conversation he has had with this little girl up to now has been rather different. Not in the typical kind of way, but the way where one lost touch of something for a long time, but now it was back to him again… and it felt unusual to have it again.

“Okay,” her voice was quiet as she responded. As he looked down at the girl he was surprised to see her expression change once again. Her lips pouted and her eyes seemed to fill with sadness. What was wrong?

“What’s wrong?” he questioned her feeling his mood began to change as well.

“Daddy…” she began in the same sad tone of voice,”… doesn’t like me.”

Ji Yong was now surprised more than any of the times the little girl has surprised him. He was stuck. What could he say? What could he tell a little three year old when she says that her Daddy does not like her?

Nothing.

Instead, he bent down on her level, where he could see her down face. He didn’t make the little girl face him but instead he took her in his arms like his own mother used to. This poor girl was exactly in the same place he had once been.

He heard him sniff as she started to cry but not loud, it was quite almost as if she was stopping herself from crying, “Daddy,” she hiccupped, “say,” –hiccup- “I cry a lot.”

It broke his heart. Here, was a little girl who was at the age when she should be crying her heart out freely even for the tiniest things like a boo boo, or not getting a toy she wanted, or not being able to see her mother, was now instead trying to stop herself from crying because her own father had told her she cried too much.

That bastard, was probably the nicest name that Ji Yong was able to think in his head. He didn’t like seeing this little girl cry for his dad like he once did for his father. The only difference was that Ji Yong had been older, already at the age where he was already mentally strong, but this girl… was merely a child.

He felt liquid on his cheeks, unknown to him that it was his own tears that flowed down his face. She broke away from his embrace and was now looking at Ji Yong’s tears and she slowly wiped them away clumsily like a child. He never cried for anyone in the past three years except for Bom. No one but Bom had made him tear up like a child, he was expressionless and had a cold heart to other people;  he was known to be a rock for three years until he met this girl in front of him.

“It’s okay, don’t cwy,” she told him with a little tiny smile on her face. Why was it that the little girl was now comforting him rather than the other way around? He quickly wiped the tears off his face. “Mommy say she loves me as big as the whole wide world.”

His heart broke even more. Here the girl was trying to be strong whether the girl knew it or not. He got up and took a hold of her tiny hand into his and began to walk once again. “I’m going to tell your mommy how a good girl you’ve been, okay?”

The girl didn’t say anything but merely nodded her head. She seemed to have been affected greatly by the emotional moment they had. He looked down at her. Could it be that she is being abused by her father? He looked for any signs of bruises or anything out of place, but nothing seemed to be wrong, no bruises, nothing. His heart was relieved just a little, but not a lot, there’s so much that the little girl didn’t say, and probably couldn’t say.

“What your name?” she heard him ask as she looked up at him as they continued to walk hand in hand, like an image of a father and daughter.

“Ji Yong,” he stated slowly giving her a warm smile, hoping that the little girl wouldn’t be sad anymore. “What’s yours?”

“Park Yea Ji,” she said in the same tone of voice like he did.

“Yea Ji,” he repeated, “that’s a pretty name.” Her name meant for knowledge. He would ask why she was named that way, but she probably would have no clue.

“Yea Ji Yong,” she chanted smiling brightly. “Our name put together!”

“It is isn’t it?” he laughed at the little girl’s innocence. She was a special little girl; he was surprised at how easily she could cover up her sadness with the silliest things. But it made her special, and even enviable. Although he was more than furious that her own father had made her cover up her true feelings just to satisfy him.

What about her mother? Did she know about how her own daughter was being treated? Was she playing stupid? Or was she also being treated the same as her daughter?

“What’s your mom’s name?” he decided that would be the most appropriate way to go on about the subject first. As long as they have been talking they were only a little past the halfway point to their destination.

“My mom’s name is Park-“

Ring Ring Ring

Ji Yong’s phone rang in his pocket. “Wait a second, Yea Ji,” he picked up the phone to see his manager calling him.

“Yeoboseyo?” he answered. He knew he was in trouble.

“Yah! Ji Yong-ah!” his manager shouted from the other line. “It’s fifteen past since you were supposed to be here!”

He displaced the phone from his ear to look at the time in his phone. He was right, it’s been way passed an hour. Great, now he wouldn’t hear the end of it when he gets back.

“You better get your ass up her as fast as you can!” then just like that his manager hung up.

His manager hated tardiness. Ji Yong never usually was, but talking to this little girl, Yea Ji, had just taken his mind off the time. Oh shit, he still had to talk to her mother.

“Yea Ji, Ajusshi needs to leave and go to work right now,” he bent down so they could see eye-to-eye. “I’m actually late, but I promise I will talk to your mother when I’m done with my work okay?”

The girl seemed disappointed, but how much, he wasn’t completely sure because she just nodded her head and didn’t say anything.

“I promise to also give you the songs that you like when I’m done with work, okay?” once again she just nodded her head.

“I’m going to leave, where are you going to go?” he questioned. Because if she was going to go back to the bench where they both sat, he would walk her there.

“Going to mommy,” she replied in a small voice.

He ruffled her hair and put a smile on his face, “You be careful, and don’t talk to any strangers, even if they make you laugh okay?”

She giggled a little, “Okay.”

He stood up looking at the direction he would be going back to. Then he suddenly felt a tug on his hand, he looked down to see Yea Ji looking intently up to him with her big brown eyes.

“Ajusshi, will you visit me when you done with work?”

“Of course! I’ll be done with work tomorrow, before I go back home, I’ll visit you, alright?”

“Yay!” He smiled to see her happy, it seems like Kwon Ji Yong made a new friend today. A little three year old girl who needed more love than anything.

“I’ll see you tomorrow,” he ruffled her hair one last time before he headed to the direction to the house the crew were staying at.

“Bye Ajusshi!” he heard the high little girl’s voice from behind, he turned back and waved to see her put back her headphones back again.

He smiled for only God knows how many times he’s done that today, for he knew that the girl would be back in the ‘no-talking-to-stranger’ mode once again. It was hard to believe that he was a stranger to her only twenty minutes ago.

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All the guys were all busy, putting the right accessories on for the filming, their hairstylists and hairdressers were going back and forth making sure they looked perfect, that is all the guys except Ji Yong.

He wasn’t there; he was supposed to be here about half an hour ago to start getting ready. Their manager was furious, he was very punctual, and especially today since they only had a day to film, and then leave tomorrow.

“You guys have your script right?” he asked the boys. The group nodded in response, scared to talk to the angry manager. “Okay, good. When your leader, who is very irresponsible right now, gets back, we’re going to head off to a nearby creek to film for the CF.”

It was very unusual for Ji Yong to be late. As a leader of Big Bang for all these years, never once has he been late, or at least never this late.

Then suddenly a panting Ji Yong came darting inside the house. He was bent over, breathing hard, slightly bent over as the other members looked at him with questioning eyes.

“Yah! Ji Yong-ah, hurry and get ready!” In an instant people started rushing to him giving him clothes to change in, accessories to put on and other things he’ll need for the filming. He hurriedly and changed and came back out to have his make-up made.

“What were you doing?” suddenly Seung Hyun came up beside him.

“Talked to a girl,” he answered short as his stylist was putting powder on his face.

“A girl?” Seung Hyun asked in surprised. This was probably the first time he has heard Ji Yong admit he was conversing with the opposite sex since Bom. “Did you just meet her?”

“Yeah,” once again Ji Yong didn’t answer much; he was still very affected by what the little girl had confessed to him.

Whoa. This was different. “Well, it’s about time, Ji Yong-ah!” Seung Hyun gave him a cheerful pat on the shoulder. Now it was Ji Yong’s turn to give him a weird look.

“What’s that supposed to mean, Hyung?” Ji Yong asked with a raised eyebrow.

“You’ve been in a shit hole for three years,” Seung Hyun replied, “It’s time for you to move on and get yourself a-“

“I was talking to a three year old girl.”

Seung Hyun was dumbfounded. Ji Yong had interrupted Seung Hyun before he could finish, one for he was wrong in his assumption, and two he didn’t want to hear him say it. “Oh…” Seung Hyun was at lost for words, embarrassing, and he knew that he just hit a spot on Ji Yong.

It was an awkward silence, even the make-up person seemed discomfort by the couple’s moment.

“Sorry, man…” Seung Hyun said apologetically. If he had known it was a child he was talking to for Christ’s sake, he wouldn’t have told Ji Yong to move on, but it was too late.

“Don’t mention it,” Ji Yong said in a low voice.

“Are we almost done here?” if it weren’t for the manager, only God would have known how long the two would have stayed in a moment of silence.

“Yes, sir,” the lady who was doing Ji Yong’s make-up answered the manager.

“Good,” the manager looked at the gate where the car was, “because we’re leaving now.”

Everyone started to rush and hurry to the vans outside the house as they loaded everything including the cameras and other necessities that would be needed during the filming.

“Remember boys, this filming is for a CF about having fun! We’re promoting a new brand of spring clothes and that’s why we came to this island,” the manager started, “just remember to focus!”

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“Mommy?” Yea Ji looked up at Bom as they held hands walking back to the Grandma’s house.

“Yes, Yea Ji?” Bom was exhausted after working for almost four hours collecting clams.

“Do you like hensome boys?” the three year old little girl looked up at her mother as she asked her the question in an excited voice.

“Handsome?” Bom raised her eyebrows at her child. She was definitely taken back by her question.

“Mhhmm,” Yea Ji nodded her head with glimmering eyes.

Bom would have instantly asked why Yea Ji was asking her the question, but she had a great feeling that Yea Ji wouldn’t answer her until Bom answered her first.

“Mommy likes handsome boys, but they have to be nice boys first,” Bom answered.

“Yay!” Yea Ji hopped up and down upon hearing Bom’s reply.

“Now Yea Ji, tell me why you asked me that question, did you meet a handsome boy today?” Bom became worried, her daughter was far too young to be talking to boys already, and to be judging if they were handsome or not was even far too much for her liking.

“Mhhmm,” Yea Ji gave her mom her typical answer. “He weally nice too! And mommy say you like nice boys!”

“That’s right nice boys,” at least she always thought Yea Ji about nice boys, and hopefully that will be the type of guys she will take when she gets older. But now, about this nice and handsome, little boy Yea Ji met today…

“Yea Ji, you know that boys have cooties,” she couldn’t let her child talk to boys at this age!

“What’s a cooties?” the little girl looked up at her with curious eyes.

Bom paused for a few moments, trying to figure out the best way to tell her what it is that would make her not talk to boys for awhile. She felt like a strict mother, but her child was only three! She’ll have the rest of the life to worry about them, and right now is too early to start.

“They’re little bugs that boys have,” Bom paused for a second hesitating in whether she should continue telling her daughter this. It might scar her little Yea Ji for the rest of her life…

“Bugs?” Yea Ji sounded scared.

“Yes, and if you touch boys, those bugs will come to you,” Bom’s heart broke, maybe she shouldn’t have told Yea Ji that.

“Will they bite me?” Yea Ji’s face was already covered with fear, and Bom knew that it will probably be awhile until Yea Ji will talk to boys.

Maybe it was too much that Bom told her daughter this. Even if Bom’s own mother had given her this same story when she was younger, Yea Ji is different from Bom when she was younger. Yea Ji is much smarter than Bom had ever been as a child.

“Were you talking to a boy, Yea Ji?”

Yea Ji nodded her head slowly as she looked down on the floor. Just as Bom suspected.

“Did you know him?” the question as a mother was whether her daughter had listened to her instructions.

Yea Ji still didn’t look at her mother, but she began to shake her head slowly from left to right indicating ‘no’.

“Yea Ji…” Bom spoke in her motherly voice now.

“I’m so sowwy!” Yea Ji suddenly turned to face Bom and hugged her mother as tightly as she could around her legs burying her ashamed face.

“Didn’t I say not to talk to strangers?” this time Bom’s voice was softer. Bom had never known that being a mother was a hard job, just one look at Yea Ji’s eyes she knew she couldn’t be too harsh on the kid. She loved her way too much.

“Yesh,” Yea Ji still had her face buried between Bom’s legs, but then she suddenly looked up at her mother, “Ajusshi said he’ll meet you so he wouldn’t be a stranger!”

Ajusshi! Now Bom was beyond surprised, here she thought that it was some little four year old boy that Yea Ji was talking to, but it turned out he was a man?!

“Yea Ji!” Bom let go of the buckets that she’s been holding to the floor and grabbed Yea Ji by the shoulders. “I told you no talking to strangers, and you promised mommy that you wouldn’t.”

The almost four year old girl didn’t respond to her mother. In her young mind she knew that she was wrong.

“Now mommy isn’t going to buy you what you wanted because you broke your promise, do you understand?” there were times when Bom felt like a horrible mother, and right now was one of them. It pained her to see the cause of her daughter’s sad face, and the little tiny tear drops that wanted to come out from the corner of her eyes, but she always somehow tried to stop them from flowing.

“Yesh…” Yea Ji looked down on the rocky ground and didn’t say anything else.

Before Bom got up, she took Yea Ji in a tight embrace. Even if Yea Ji had broken her promise, Bom knew that she was still a great child, she usually always kept her promise. If anything, Bom suspected that the Ajusshi was probably the one to start talking to Yea Ji first.

If I meet you, I’ll hurt you for sure. Bom thought as she gave Yea Ji a kiss on the cheek. “Mommy just wants Yea Ji to listen to her okay?”

“Mhhmm, Yea Ji listen,” the little girl responded.

“Okay, now let’s go to Halmeoni’s and give this to her so she could make that special dinner she was talking about today,” the mother and daughter walked hand in hand on the rocky road as the bright sun shone on them.

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“Goodness, Halmeoni! It’s like a crazy hotel in here!” Bom exclaimed as she came in with Yea Ji and the three full buckets with her.

“You’re back!” the Halmeoni came from the kitchen as she took a bucket from Bom’s full hands.

“I was only gone for some hours and then look what I find,” Bom said.

“I’ve got a full house tonight and tomorrow,” Halmeoni responded, then looked at the younger girl below her. “Why does my little Yea Ji look sad today?”

The little girl looked at the old woman with her big, brown eyes. “I no listen to mommy, Halmeoni…”

“Aigoo, my child,” the grandma bent down to the child, as Yea Ji brought her face upon the floor in shame, “it’s okay. Just promise your mom you’ll listen to her from now on.”

“She did,” Bom replied as she tightened the hold on her daughter to reassure her that it was okay now. “She’s a good little girl.”

Yea Ji smiled happily at her mother. “I wub you, mommy!” Yea Ji grabbed Bom’s waist as she gave her a tight hug. The grandmother looked at the daughter and mother, smiling affectionately at the love that they had for each other. They’re bond and love was thicker than anyone could see.

Bom looked from her daughter to Halmeoni, and their eyes met as Bom smiled at her with her daughter beside her. This was the family she had now.

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“Good work boys!” their manager shouted as they finished their last scene for the CF. The sun was already gone, and the bright full moon was already shining on them. They were tired, exhausted and starving to death. They had been more than excited to find out that the grandmother was preparing dinner for all of them, and that was the only thing that was keeping them happy as they went back to the house that they would be staying at for another night and half a day.

The boys went inside their van and seated themselves comfortably hoping they would get back faster. “I call the bed tonight!” Seung Ri suddenly blurted out of nowhere.

“You’ll be scooting over because I’ll be sleeping next to you,” Young Bae responded and then quickly gave him a piercing look. “And don’t you even cross over the middle line.”

“But hyung, you and I don’t fit on that one bed!” Seung Ri tried to argue.

“What are you talking about?” Young Bae gave him a look. “You and I were taking on that bed this afternoon, it would’ve have been perfect except for the fact that you kept scooting closer to me.”

“Young Bae-yah,” Ji Yong finally joined in. “You’d be better off on the floor like me.”

“Yeah! Listen to Ji Yong hyung, he’s been through with me on the same bed many time,” Seung Ri smiled mischievously.

“And they weren’t peaceful nights,” Ji Yong added.

“Yeah, it’s hopeless. Seung Ri is like an animal on bed who can’t keep still when he’s sleeping. He’ll never stop.” Dae Sung who was sitting on the back said.

“Fi-ine, I’ll sleep on the floor,” Young Bae sighed, he really wanted to sleep on that nice bed again for tonight just like the one he took earlier today, but only without Seung Ri’s constant moving when he’s sleeping.

“Seung Hyun hyung!” Seung Ri changed the subject as soon as he found out he won the war. “What are you doing back there? Who are you texting?”

Seung Hyun who had been quite since the car ride, finally looked up from his phone and gave the others an innocent look. “Huh? What am I doing?”

“Don’t try to fool us,” Dae Sung responded.

“We know who you you’re talking to at this moment,” Young Bae gave Seung Hyun a bright smile as if to tell him, it’s no secret.

“What?” Seung Hyun tried to act confused.

“T-O-P,” Seung Ri spelled out, “L-O-V-E-S  D-A-R-A noona!”

The other members joined in a big laugh as Seung Hyun blushed bright red in the dark van.

“Busted!” Dae Sung shouted excitedly. Of course, the guys have known this for awhile, but before it was only tiny, little teasing that came, only enough to get Seung Hyun thrown off in surprise. But today was the first time they actually told him they knew for sure he had feelings for Sandara.

Ji Yong smiled at the thought of his friends having feelings for each other. He’s always suspected of the way the two acted with each other, awkward but comfortable. It was like seeing two people in love but couldn’t admit to one another, and finally they were able to confess. Maybe it was because the two had been too busy helping Ji Yong and Bom with their relationship that they never had much time for their own. Although, the situation now was different…

“What are you guys talking about?” Young Bae asked curiously.

“Nothing, she’ just wondering how we’re doing,” but obviously the guys knew there was more to that, Seung Hyun was always shy to talk about Dara. “Oh, and apparently something happened to Chae Rin-ie.”

Ji Yong suddenly felt his heart thumping hard against his chest, as his body stayed still for a moment. He didn’t know that his body was so tensed until he realized at how tight he was clutching on the arm rest of his seat.

“What happened?” Young Bae was the first to react.

“Dara and Minjy came back home from their activities, and when they walked inside the apartment, Chae Rin was lying on the living room floor unconscious.”

Ji Yong clutched tighter on the arm rest.

“What!” Seung Ri exclaimed worriedly. “Is she okay now?”

“Did she faint from stress?” Dae Sung inquired.

“No, Dara told me that they found her with a bottle pill beside her,” Ji Yong’s heart seemed to beat faster as he heard what Seung Hyun was telling them. “She overdosed-“

“Fuck!” everyone was taken aback by Ji Yong’s sudden exclamation.

Everyone looked at him worriedly, “She’s okay now though,” Seung Hyun made sure to quickly finish that part.

Ji Yong buried his face inside his hands, “I’m so sorry,” he whispered repeatedly. The guys didn’t know what to do, and was afraid to talk to their leader.

“Ji Yong-ah,” Young Bae who sat beside him placed a hand on his shoulder, “She’s okay, man.”

“It‘s my fault.”

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“How are you doing, my child,” it was not a question, but a command. Bom knew that Halmeoni she’s been very different the past few weeks.

Bom didn’t respond, she didn’t know whether it was okay for Yea Ji to see her like this. She knew once she started talking, her feelings would start pouring out as they always did whenever she talked to Halmeoni.

“Child, you know you can tell me,” Bom knew she can. Halmeoni knew things more than anyone did, and more things than Bom probably would have wanted. She had no regrets with her confessions to Halmeoni, every time she felt like a ton of weight was lifted off her shoulders.

“I heard his voice…”

There was an eerie silence.

“He was calling my name.”

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“Finally!” Seung Ri shouted excitedly into the dark sky above.

The staff, Seung Ri and Dae Sung all rushed in inside eager to finally be eating after hours and hours with no food to feed their empty stomachs.

“Dude, she’s fine, don’t worry yourself too much,” Seung Hyun reassured his friend. He knew that once Dara finds out that he let this news slip to Ji Yong that she’ll have him murdered in his sleep. She had specifically told him not to let Ji Yong know, because Chae Rin had requested it, and now he was screwed.

“He’s right. If it was really as bad as we are thinking, everyone would have been calling us, but they haven’t so she must be fine,” Young Bae added in.

Ji Yong’s head felt like it was being crushed. Ever since he heard the news from Seung Hyun in the car he hadn’t been able to think, all he could think about was Chae Rin. He was worried as hell.

“I really hope so,” Ji Yong whispered quietly.

“Ah! This is always the best part of the day!” Seung Ri shouted in joy. He and Dae Sung were already both seated in front of the table as Young Bae, Seung Hyun and Ji Yong came in.

“Come in! Seat Down!” the Halmeoni came in bringing more food into the already full table. It seemed like they would be having quite a feast tonight. “Don’t let the food keep waiting!”

The others nodded politely and said their thanks to the grandma.

It was amazing how one moment the room was filled with noise and excited boys, but a second later the room turned quiet, all too busy swallowing their food not even giving time to chew and break the food down into pieces.

Even Ji Yong’s mind was able to feel a tiny bit at ease as he ate, but still he couldn’t stop worrying about Chae Rin. He couldn’t even focus to hear what the other guys were talking about as they were finally able to free their mouth to give it space to talk.

“Kamsahamnida, Halmeoni,” Ji Yong stood up from his finished plate and bowed down to the old woman across from him.

“It’s nothing, my dear,” the Halmeoni smiled at the politeness of the boys.

“Excuse me,” he took his plate and left the table as the other guys followed him with their curious gazes.

As soon as he placed his dishes into the basin, he left to the gate of the house and reached the outside and quickly took out his phone. He dialed her number.

It rang.

“Come on,” he whispered desperately.

Then the voicemail came.

Once again, he redialed her number and placed the phone in his ears waiting impatiently for her to answer her phone.

It rang, but once again he was left with the same voicemail.

She must be furious at him still, he had heard that she was conscious now, but she was not picking up his calls.

He dialed it once again, for the third time.

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“Aigoo!” Bom exclaimed.

She quickly got up from the couch in her living room that she accidently fell asleep on. It’s been a couple of hours since she left grandmother’s house, and an hour since she was supposed to get Yea Ji back, but since the couch had look so inviting when she came in, she decided that it wouldn’t hurt just to take a little nap. But obviously that little nap turned out to be two hours long.

She looked at the time, it was 8:26. She had to hurry; she only had 24 minutes left. She picked up her phone, to see there were three missed calls from her grandmother and then two other.

She put on her shoes and sprinted out the door as fast as her feet would take her.

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Her phone was ringing.

She looked at it, and saw his name flash on the screen, with a picture of his smiling face right below it. Her heart began to race. Every time she saw him or just a picture of him he never failed to make her heart pound.

“Eonni, aren’t you going to answer that?” Minjy’s voice came from the other side of the bedroom.

She looked at the maknae. Shouldn’t she answer his phone call? Then the ringing stopped. A second later though, it rang again, and it was from him as well. She still didn’t budge to make a move.

She couldn’t possibly talk to him. She was embarrassed. She was beyond ashamed of what she just had done, and she knew that he knew what had happened to her.

“Chae Rin-ah, are you going to answer your phone?” this time Dara’s voice asked her.

No, she won’t. How could she let herself talk to him again? He probably thought that she was a weak and stupid girl now. She definitely did not deserve to like him. The phone stopped ringing again.

There was a moment of silence in the room. The phone didn’t ring once again, Chae Rin knew that he knew she was not picking up either.

“You know he’s worried about you,” Dara’s soft voice was suddenly beside her.

Chae Rin’s already sick face looked up at her eonnie and gave her a sad face.

“Seung Hyun told me that he freaked out when he accidently told him the news,” Dara rubbed Chae Rin’s arms trying to soothe her down.

Then her phone started ringing again.

“I feel so horrible,” she looked down and her eyes began to mist. “He must really hate me.”

“Eonnie!” Minjy was also beside her now, and giving her a tight embrace. “Ji Yong oppa doesn’t hate you and he never will!”

It kept ringing, she held her phone, and tightened her grip on it, not knowing what to do.

“He’s calling to make sure you are okay,” Dara replied.

Could it be that he was worried about her?

Ring!

“You should pick it up and talk to him,” Minjy said.

Chae Rin stared harder on the phone, all she saw was his picture, oh how handsome he looked. His smile was bright and happy, she remembered taking this picture a couple of months ago on her birthday. He was late for her party, but when he came it didn’t matter, all that mattered was that he was there.

She slowly picked the phone up to her ear as she pressed the answer button. It was too late though. She was left with the dial tone on the other side of the line.

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“Mommy? Halmeoni?”

When Yea Ji woke up, it was dark, the lights were off and no one was next to her on the bed. She quickly got up, afraid of the dark, she didn’t like the darkness. She felt so alone.

She went to check in the living room, but no one was there. Then she started hearing loud voices outside, she dragged her tiny feet hoping to find her mommy.

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“Chae Rin-ah, I think… I finally see you…” his voice softened. “Please, call me back. I need to talk to you.”

He hung up the phone and stared at it for the longest time. Had he said the right thing just awhile ago? Did he really feel the things that he told her? What about her?

He looked at his surroundings, he didn’t realize that he had been walking away from the house as he tried to reach Chae Rin on the phone. It wouldn’t be hard to go back since he didn’t remember turning at any point, so he must have just gone straight ahead. He turned around and made his way back to where he came from.

What was it that he was suddenly feeling? When he had heard the news about Chae Rin in the car, he couldn’t control the feelings he was getting. He couldn’t even exactly say what it is. All he knows was that he was worried sick, he felt like he was losing her. He felt like he was losing someone he cared for again.

His head was pounding, the more he thought about his feelings for Chae Rin, and the more he felt like his head was going to explode, because he really didn’t know what this thing he’s feeling.

The breeze of the night spring air was calming him down. The wind felt nice against his body, the smell of the sea was sweet, and the big full moon was shining the dark streets of the place. He could barely see anything with the lack of street lights, but the shining of the moon paid for it. He then began to walk slowly enjoying the nice feeling he received from this tiny island. This place will definitely become one of his vacation spots in the future.

Ji Yong then saw that he was close to him, he saw the bright light up ahead and he could almost hear faint voices from there. Even though he came here to work, he felt like this whole visit had been a nice day-off. He has only been here for less than ten hours, but yet he felt like there was a sense of familiarity in the place. Coming here, he felt like his spirits had been brought up, smiling, laughing and making jokes were things he did today that he has not been able to do in a long while.

He felt like a normal person walking on the streets without anyone harassing him. Lastly but not least, he had a long conversation with a three year old, almost turning four, and ending up tearing up for someone he barely knew. It was new. He never shed a single drop of tear for anyone but her. Everything was new to him, but yet it felt just right.

His train of thought was interrupted when he started to hear heavy footsteps behind him. He turned his head quickly to make sure that it was no weird person out to hurt him. The person was coming towards him in a fast pace, it seemed that he was running. Ji Yong couldn’t see or make-out his face because it was dark and he was still a pretty good distance behind him. Ji Yong continued to walk towards the house, which was almost close by, he wasn’t familiar with the crimes of this island, so he wasn’t sure whether he should continue to walk or stop and wait until the person passes him by.

He chose to continue walking, but kept a very cautious awareness of the person behind him. That person couldn’t possibly want to talk to him, or else he would’ve already called him by now. If he was out to murder him, he wouldn’t be making out so much noise running towards him and instead crept behind him quietly to where Ji Yong wouldn’t have noticed him.

The thumping of the person’s shoes began to get louder as Ji Yong knew that he was getting closer. Ji Yong also slowly began to pick up his face for he was almost home, and maybe it would be better if he reached the house before the person reached him just to be safe.

Three more feet until he would reach the outside gate of the house, if the person did turn out to be a murderer, robber or whatever bad label he could be, he possibly couldn’t hurt Ji Yong since he was pretty much where he needed to be so if he shouted for help he could easily be heard by the others.

The sound of the person shoes became louder and louder, and as Ji Yong slightly turned his head to see how far the person was, the person had passed him before he could see their face. To his surprise the person running was not a man at all, it was a woman.

She had long hair, a somewhat dark color from the darkness of the night, and he could hear her heavy panting as she passed him. Even though it was dark he noticed something. She was wearing shorts, and her legs seemed to glow in the dark night, her skin was white and milky looking. As his eyes trailed down her body, his eyes landed on her white shoes. Her shoelaces were untied.

And just as the thought came to him, he slowly saw her trip in slow motion. If it was fate that he would save her from falling flat on the floor, then it must have been it because he quickly ran to catch her and wrapped his arms around her tiny frame tightly to keep her from touching the ground.

He barely made it, but it was enough to keep her from falling down. The young woman let out a squeal, surprised at the incident that just happened.

“You should make sure you tie your shoes befo-“Ji Yong’s voice stopped.

At that exact moment the young woman lifted her head to look at him. It was a moment where it seemed like time had officially stopped. Their bodies were still and frozen, their breathing sucked in, their gazes only looking at each other’s eyes and not moving, the only thing that seemed to continue was the pounding beats of their hearts.

Her eyes were big, brown and glistening from the moon light, she looked like she had seen a ghost. Her body began to tremble; it started to shake in his hold. Ji Yong felt like he was voiceless and that something was caught in his throat for he was not able to utter any words. Were his eyes deceiving him?

As the wind blew, he caught the smell of her sweet scent, and right at that moment, he knew possibly couldn’t be seeing things. He took one hand off her body, and then slowly, ever so slowly, afraid that he would scare her away, placed it gently across her cheek. He kept his eyes on her, as she continued to stare at him with intense gaze; she looked almost like a scared little child.

He slowly began to caress her cheeks; her face was smooth and soft against his touch. She didn’t make a move, she didn’t pull or push him away, and she just continued to tremble even stronger.

“Bom…” Ji Yong whispered quietly and softly.

He could see that her teeth were chattering as if she was feeling cold. She did not respond, but as his vision seemed to get clearer, he saw that she was crying.

“Bom,” it was not a question. He repeated her name, and this time louder but yet it still had that softness into it.

His hands moved from her face to her soft and luscious hair, it was the same feeling as it was years ago. She was still the same. Their eyes never left each other for a second. Her trembling hands slowly lifted up as they made contact against his face. Slowly and shakily, she began to move her hands, touching him like she couldn’t believe what was in front of her. It looked like she was making sure that she was not seeing things.

“Ji Yong-ah?” her voice was tiny, she looked into his eyes hoping that this was not just another dream. Many times, had she dreamed about seeing his face once again, but in the end they were all just a dream, far away from reality. Tear rolled down her cheeks, as well as Ji Yong’s. The sound of her voice made his hear skip a beat.

Ji Yong slowly kissed her tears away, which sent an electric feeling to both of them with every touch of Ji Yong’s lips against her cheeks. “My God, Bom…” he said in between his kisses. “Please, tell me that I’m not seeing things. Please tell me that I’m not dreaming.”

Her eyes were blurry from the tears that were still waiting for their turn to fall, but she could clearly see his handsome face. Their foreheads slowly touched each other’s, and for a second they gazed into each other’s eyes.

Then slowly their eyes closed as their lips met for a sweet kiss. The feeling of each other’s soft and familiar feelings of their lips on each other was enough to let them know that everything was real. They felt like the years that they had been apart had been erased by the moment of their kiss.

The young man and woman kissed each other under the moon light.

They slowly pulled away from each other, both mesmerized by everything that just had happened. Then suddenly a ringing came that broke away the moment.  Ji Yong quickly took it from his pocket, and without even looking at it turned it off.

“I can’t…” Ji Yong wasn’t sure if he heard her right. She spoke so quietly that he wasn’t sure if that was what she said.

“Can’t?” he ask her, while still holding her tightly in his arms, afraid to let her go.

She shook her head, not able to bring herself to talk. Tears began to fall once again from her eyes. She couldn’t even believe that this was happening, couldn’t even believe that he was in front of her holding her in his arms and kissing her, talking to her. Even if this was a dream, she couldn’t let herself forget the life she had now, but this was not a dream, right?

“I’ve missed you,” Ji Yong whispered, his emotions that he was feeling were stronger than ever. “Don’t tell me you can’t; just let me keep holding you.” He embraced her so tightly as if he loosened his embrace she would leave him once again. Just like he requested though, she did not utter a single word.

He rubbed her back calming her down, as he took a deep breath and smelled the jasmine in her hair. It felt right, it almost seemed like she had never been gone from him, and that she had been there beside him all along.

“Mommy!” out of nowhere, a child’s voice was heard. Ji Yong and Bom broke away from their embrace and saw a child running towards them. 

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Author's Note: I know, I know. I wasn't so good in keeping my words in when I was going to update from the latest A/N post I've made. But you guys will not believe how school has been lately. I actually had to make and build a guitar for a project in Physics, and not only that but we have to play a song with it! The project is actually due tomorrow, and I was early and finished the guitar a couple of days ago. That left me time to work on this story, and the great thing was that I was in the mood.


Because to be honest I actually had some extra time that could have probably gotten me to update earlier, but the thing was I didn't know what to write. So far this chapter, was the hardest to write. I was tuck, and I didn't know how I should create their 'reunion scene'. Which I can honestly say I wasn't very satisfied with it. This is one of the down sides of not experiencing first hand of some of the things I write in here, I 've never been there so I wouldn't really know what I should feel. But either way I tried my best with it, and I hope it was enough for you guys to keep reading.


I was very hesitant in posting this up, but I know I have been making you guys wait too long and that I shouldn't keep you guys wait any longer! Here you go though.

[ By the way, I used a Korean Word, I think I used just one ]

Clarification:
As you all can see, and I've said many time, this blog is private. I've only let my past readers, and those who have recently requested it to be able to access this blog. The point for me to have this, is that I know who my readers are and to also make sure that no plagiarism will occur, at least the best of my abilities.


I really really would appreciate if you guys took the time to review the chapters that I put up. I mean I spend long hours making this story and the only thing I really expect back is a paragraph from you guys telling me what you guys think. I can take criticism and compliments here, I don't really mind if you give me your honest opinion. Just as long as it was said in a nice way of course. The only way I could get better is through the reviews I get.


Another thing, the invitations and readers I can have is limited to 100 people.Right now, I have 50 readers in here, which surprised me because I didn't know I had such many silent readers. That's also another thing, I really don't want there to be any silent readers, I want everyone to be able to write a little comment that wouldn't even take more than 5 minutes if you didn't want to. It's the best gift you can give me as a dedicated reader.


Since I can only have a limit of 100 readers, if I do manage to get that many readers in the future, I will not hesitate to delete readers off my list of those who aren't reviewing. I don't expect you to review every single chapter [although it would be nice], but if you want just once in awhile to let me know you are still interested in reading and have not abandoned my story. Because there are others who want to read, and I should as well give your spot to them if you aren't reading right?


But of course, I know I still have my job as the writer and author to keep writing. I really want to finish this story, and because of all of you guys' motivations and nice comments, I have been able to keep writing thus far! The farthest and longest story I've ever written!




Q & A:

• Ehh? Bom has a daughter?

I think that self-explanatory. Yea Ji calls her 'mommy' and she responds to it, so I guess so!

• Who's the father?

I don't think I'm allowed to say... just yet.

• Bom's living in Jukdo with Yea Ji? Since when did they move?

Yes, and the question will be answered in later chapters. You can make a pretty good assumption though!

• How can Ji Yong be so clueless? Green headphones? And the voice! No one has a voice like Bommie's!

I see what you mean. But you also have to think off the story. Many people have green headphones in the world, and when Yea Ji said, 'my mommy', he wouldn't really think it was Bom, because he wouldn't think Bom has  a daughter. For all he thought, it was just a little girl who THINKS sounds like Bom.

• Oh my, tonirose0724, you're only 16/17? I'd thought you'd be older, your writing is amazing!

First, you can call me Toni ^__^ And I'm actually 17, about to be 18 in July, baby! Yay! And second thank you! I'm glad I can make you guys think I'm older than I actually am. But please don't judge just because I'm younger. I've always loved writing ever since I was ten years old, actually I could even say since I was eight because I used to love keeping a diary! There's not a lot of things that I love more than write and just use my imagination with the things that happen in my life, so even if I'm young, I've kind of gone through a lot [more or less than others], and I love to write.




NEXT UPDATE?
I'm not going to make any promises right now, and I honestly don't know. All I can say is I will be busy for spring break next week! But we'll see!

About Being Notified When I Update:
The best way is if you go to my winglin story website, the link is posted in the 'HOME' section above, and then subscribe to it and put your e-mail, and when I update I'll post there and you should get an e-mail when I update. Or you could also follow me here in this blog, but you need to put your status in VISIBLE so I can see you, and e-mail you that I updated. If you don't want to be notified then you'll just have to come visit the blog once in awhile and see for yourself.


EDIT!
By the way on the top I added a 'Subscribe' thingie for my blog, so then you can be notified when I update. But when I preview my blog, I don't see it.. do you guys see it?? It should be under the links for 'Index' 'Info' and all of that, and BEFORE the story posts. LET ME KNOW PLEASE, because then that will make things so much easier for me and for you guys, especially for YGL readers, I don't need to PM every single one of you guys.