From Pig-Rabbit ; Hello dear readers! I'm finally back! It has been 2 (or more) years since I've updated.. I wonder if people will still read this since it's from so long ago.. Anways, I've decided to continue from where I've left off now that my exams are about to be over (technically it starts in 2 days, but that also means it's ending soon! YAY!) Recently I've also watched the remake of You're Beautiful (the Taiwan version, staring Jiro Wang!) which kind of refreshed my memory of the whole story and stuff like that. Yup, I know there's probably some differences and my characters may no longer be as accurately depicted as before. but I'm trying my best, so I hope you'll enjoy it (or at least survive reading through it) Comments are welcomed ! Would love to read your ideas ! :) I typed this just about 2 hours ago, and I was really eager to post it, so forgive me if there are any grammatical or spelling errors :)
Enjoy!
Chapter 4
Finally, the long awaited Wednesday came. The four A.N. Jell members, Manager Ma, Aunt Mi Ja, He Yi and Mi Nyu were all standing outside the A.N. Jell dormitory, waiting for a decision to be made bout the carpool arrangements.
"How about me and Mi Ja-sshi take the car, while the rest of you take the van?" suggested Manager Ma, swinging the car keys in his hands.
"Then who's going to drive us?!" argued Jeremy, frowning.
"I refuse to squeeze into that cramped van with all of you!" protested He Yi, grabbing hold of Mi Nam's arm while giving him a pleading look.
Being impatient as usual, Tae Kyung snapped. "How about just letting me and Go Mi Nyu take the car while the rest of you take the van." He grabbed the car keys decisively from Manager Ma.
"NO!" exclaimed the rest of the A.N. Jell members and Manager Ma immediately, so loud that it shocked Tae Kyung into dropping the car keys in shock.
Eventually, after taking a vote, it was decided that Mi Nam and He Yi would take the car.
Most of them had decided to vote for He Yi as they were worried that she would think of something evil to deal with them if they didn't let her have the car, which was more spacious and comfortable compared to the A.N. Jell Van. Besides, she had once said that she didn't want to see Mi Nyu ever again, so now that Mi Nyu was back, who knew what He Yi would try to do.
Everyone loaded their luggage into the car and van boot respectively and they finally drove away towards their destination.
In the van, Mi Nyu sighed contentedly. This was going to be a great trip, she thought. It will finally be a good chance for me to talk to Hyun.. Oppa and sort out everything..
At exactly half past three, they finally reached the site of the grave. Since it was the first time Mi Nyu was visiting the graves after 2 years, it was silently decided that only Mi Nam, Mi Nyu and Mi Ja would go up to visit the graves.
At the grave, Mi Nyu laid down some fresh flowers that she had gotten earlier and they all said their prayers.
2 years ago, while searching for their parents, it was also revealed that Tae Kyung's mother, Mo Hwa Ran, was involved in the separation of their parents. Due to her selfishness and belief that their father was still deeply in love with her, she stole the song that was meant as a gift for their mother and held onto the belief that that song was meant for her, even to the extent that she neglected Tae Kyung, the son that she had with a man she did not love, bringing misery to Tae Kyung throughout his childhood. She even told Mi Nyu that her father was always in love with her and that her mother died in solitude after giving birth to both Mi Nam and Mi Nyu. This had caused a further strain in her relationship with Tae Kyung, as well as, brought a brief but painful separation between Tae Kyung and Mi Nyu.
Mi Nyu looked at her father's grave with a sad look in her eyes. She was glad that all the misunderstandings were eventually cleared and that it was never true that her father did not love her mother. But this did not change the fact that her parents were no longer around or the fact that Tae Kyung grew up without any love from his mother. She had chosen to stop blaming Mo Hwa Ran for all the trouble that she had caused, and Tae Kyung had promised that he'd stop her from ever singing the song that was, in fact, meant for her mother ever again. That led her to wonder if Tae Kyung had too, had come to forgive and accept his mother.
Mi Nam placed his right arm on his younger sister's shoulders. "What are you so deep in thought about, huh?" He asked jokingly.
Mi Nyu was jolted back to reality and looked around to realize that Mi Ja was gone. "Where did Aunt go?" she asked, looking around.
"She said she'd go down to the village and get the house ready for us before we get there, so we can stay here a little longer." Answered Mi Nam "Besides, you were so deep in thought... Were you having a spiritual conversation with Dad?"
This led Mi Nyu to turn and give her brother a frown while she tried to push his arm away in an attempt to show her displeasure at his teasing.
Mi Nam chuckled. He let go of Mi Nyu and sat down on the grass patch in front of the grave, patting the spot beside him. Mi Nyu sat down beside him and they stared at the landscape in front of them.
"Oppa… if everything in the past didn't happen, what do you think would become of us today?" started Mi Nyu. This was a question that often came to her mind ever since she found out about the past.
"Hmm…Maybe you'd be brighter!" joked Mi Nam, which caused him to get punched in his arm by Mi Nyu. "Ok, ok, I'm just kidding… I guess, we probably wouldn't be here today and you would never have joined A.N. Jell in my name…" Upon saying this, Mi Nam paused.
After a short pause, he continued. "You know, Oppa has always felt very apologetic towards you. If it wasn't for me and my stupid stint with the surgery, you wouldn't have had to replace me and give up your dream instead. Then, you wouldn't have had to deal with all these complicated things by yourself either. So Mi Nyu ah, I'm… sorry."
Mi Nyu was genuinely taken back by her brother's words. She had never thought that he would think of it this way.
"Actually… Oppa, instead of accepting you apology, I should thank you instead. Mother Superior once asked me whether I really felt that following His way was really what I wanted. At the point, I did not understand what she was trying to say, but now I do! Thanks to you I've also found someone that I like, so don't apologise to me, Oppa, accept my thanks instead."
Mi Nam did not say anything and instead started staring at the landscape in front of where they were sitting again. His younger sister was still the same, kind and innocent.
Deciding that it was time to go, Mi Nam stood up and stuck his hand out to pull Mi Nyu up. "Come on, time to go! The others are still waiting for us!" He said, going back to his carefree tone.
Standing up, they both bowed and gave their respects to their father one last time before heading back down the hill.
By the time the whole group of them reached the village, it was already late in the afternoon and they were just in time to unpack and set up the BBQ pit and materials for their BBQ party that night.
As usual, Jeremy was very enthusiastic about it since he liked to have parties. Without even unpacking his hand-carry, he started setting up the pit, urging the others to join him.
Everyone eventually started helping out (except He Yi, who did not want to dirty her hands) and the party was ready within almost no time at all.
That night, while they ate, Jeremy suggested having a karaoke session out in the open with his make-shift mike, made out of a fork and a chicken ball. He started belting out songs loudly and excitedly, not caring that all his lyrics were fumbled out. Soon, Mi Nam and Manager Ma, who couldn't bear to listen to him any longer, cut in and started singing as well, leading to a mix of many different songs between the 3 of them. Everyone was having fun, even He Yi, who was coyly clapping along to the off-tune singing.
Being together like this is indeed fun, thought Mi Nyu, clapping and singing along as well.
Tae Kyung was also amused by the singing and was giving a half-smirk, half-smile look as he watched them all sing. He turned to look at Mi Nyu and gave his smile gave way to a small frown. He had wanted them to have some alone time together this morning in the car, but since it was vetoed by the others, he had no choice but to go along with the decision to take the van. What could he do create more time between them?
He caught Mi Nyu's eyes and gave her a signal for them to get up and go. Mi Nyu caught his signal and nodded. Although unsure of what was to come, she nervously got up and the both of them got up.
"Let's go elsewhere, it's too noisy here…"
Mi Nyu nodded and the pair of them walked towards the back of the house.
From Pig-Rabbit (Again): "THAT'S IT?! AFTER SO LONG?!" hahaha! If that's your reaction then I'm so sorry! I didn't have time to continue on this. But well, like you guys wanted, I'm going to make some progress to the rs b/w TK and MN, so .. wait for it! Will be updating as soon as I can!
