-Disclaimer- I do not own Boys Over Flowers or any of its characters! All rights belong to their respective owners! I'm only a fan that didn't quite get the ending I wanted so I decided to write my own version of it :D This said, I'd like to give you some information: 1. This is only my second kdrama fanfiction I'm writing, so please bear with any kinds of errors I might make concerning Korean culture etc.; 2. You will find this exact same story on another website called: .net under the exact same username! This is because I normally write and publish my stories on that website and I only recently found out that they too have some kdrama ff's! However, if you find this story on any other website then it is a counterfeit and plagiarized!
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Ji-Hoo couldn't believe his ears. Had he really just heard Jan-Di saying those words? Was it real or was it just once again a dream? He pinched his arm and immediately had to put his own hand in front of his mouth. He wanted to curse himself for doing such a childish thing. He waited for his grandfather to start speaking again, before he quietly walked back to his room, cursing the crutches to be so loud. But thankfully he quietly and safely made it back to his room, without being discovered by either his grandfather or Jan-Di.
Once there he let himself down on his bed and simply stared out of the window.
He had been sleeping, but a headache woke him up. He had hobbled with his crutches to the kitchen, when he noticed light coming from his office. As it was the beginning of winter, it was getting dark rather early and apart from the light coming from his bedroom and the kitchen, it was entirely dark in the house – except for the office. As he approached it he heard someone talking and it turned out to be Jan-Di. He wanted to walk away, really, but when he heard his name being said several times…he felt compelled to listen. And that's when he heard her admission. Jan-Di…loved him. After all these years…he finally heard these words coming from her mouth! And she told it to his grandfather!
Ji-Hoo didn't quite know if he should jump around in happiness (he liked to ignore in that scenario that he actually couldn't jump thanks to his cast) or pinch himself again and again. Then of course he started to wonder why she was telling these things to his grandfather and not to him! Well, if he were honest with himself, he did know why. He himself found it rather strange that she was proclaiming her love for him, when he didn't even know what the current status of Jan-Di's and Junpyo's relationship was.
"Looking at you it seems like you heard something", a voice resounded behind Ji-Hoo and he jumped a little, feeling his face getting red at the words and implications of his grandfather.
"I didn't mean to listen…", Ji-Hoo admitted and felt sudden shame and guilt rise in him. "I went to the kitchen to get some water and I noticed light coming from under my office door."
His grandfather nodded and took a seat next to him on the bed. While Ji-Hoo and his grandfather had rekindled their relationship and were on good terms now, Ji-Hoo still felt weird and awkward when he was sitting so near to him.
"I told her to sleep in the guestroom she previously occupied here", his grandfather told him and proceeded to look at his hands in his lap. "She is very exhausted, both physically and mentally, Ji-Hoo. She needed some time away from her troubles. About what you heard…don't confront her on it just yet. I know what you've heard, I can very well figure out what you heard, but…don't push her", his grandfather spoke quietly and then stood up, looking at his grandson with an unreadable expression. "Let her time. Let her come to you and explain everything to you. If you push her now, I fear that she'll get…scared and run away – and that's the last thing I want, Ji-Hoo. She's family, she'll always stay family", and with that said, the former President walked out of his grandson's room and back to his own bedroom. He sat down on the bed and shook his head.
"I'm too old for this…", he mumbled to himself and chuckled lightly.
The next day
Jan-Di woke up by the sun shining on her face. It was warm and comfy and she happily snuggled into her covers and buried her head in the utterly soft pillow. She couldn't deny it, she was in heaven.
But her heaven soon turned to confusion as a knock resounded on her door. At first she was confused why her family would bother to knock suddenly, after years of yelling at them to not just barge into a room. That's when it hit her that she actually wasn't at her home…but rather Ji-Hoo's.
"Yes?", Jan-Di called, not sure if she should go open the door or if the person would enter. After a second or two the door slowly opened and a crutch appeared in the small crack. "Jan-Di, grandfather made us some breakfast before he left to work at the clinic", Ji-Hoo informed her, slightly leaning against the doorframe to not have all his weight on his good leg.
"He left already? What time is it?", Jan-Di exclaimed looking around her if she could spot a clock – which she couldn't. However, she could've sworn there was an alarm clock in the room the night before. 'Sneaky grandpa…', Jan-Di thought and prevented herself from chuckling.
"It's around 9 o'clock, grandfather left a note on the fridge saying he forbids you to show up at work", Ji-Hoo informed her with a smirk and wanted to stand upright again, but pushed himself with too much force from the doorframe, causing one of his crutches to fall to the ground. With horror Jan-Di noticed how Ji-Hoo started to get unsteady on his feet. He couldn't hold himself on the door and started to falter. Without thinking about anything, Jan-Di jumped out of her bed and ran towards Ji-Hoo, just able to catch him. However, not able to handle his entire weight on her so soon after waking up, Jan-Di too started stumbling under the additional weight and they both tumbled to the ground. Jan-Di landing smack on the hard floor and Ji-Hoo on her.
"Ouch…", Jan-Di mumbled once they both had overcome their initial shock. "Could you like…move, please?", Jan-Di asked Ji-Hoo, trying hard not to grimace just where his uninjured leg, rather his knee, was.
"I'm…trying", Ji-Hoo told her through clenched teeth. While he really felt sorry to bother Jan-Di in such a way and to possibly have hurt her, he couldn't deny that his broken leg was hurting like hell – and that was actually still an understatement. Realizing that he wouldn't be able to get up from his position, he decided that rolling off of her and on his back would probably be the best choice for now.
Once Ji-Hoo was off of her, she had to sigh in satisfaction as she felt the air enter her lungs. After two deep inhalations she got up and stood in front of Ji-Hoo, offering him her hand. However, once Ji-Hoo looked up he immediately turned away and Jan-Di noticed that his face was getting…red. Seriously red.
"What's the…", Jan-Di started to question him and with horror she looked down at herself. She felt her face turn several shades of red and immediately ran to her bed to cover herself up with the bed cover. "I'm…I'm…"
"Why aren't you wearing pants?!", Ji-Hoo asked her, his hands covering his eyes and his face red like a tomato.
"I didn't have pajamas bottoms! Plus I didn't want to sleep in my jeans!", Jan-Di defended herself and felt her face getting redder and redder. She so wished to simply push him out of the room, but since he was currently very injured and lying flat on the floor of her allotted room. "Just turn your head away from me and close your eyes. Promise you won't peek!"
"Yeah, yeah. I promise!", Ji-Hoo quickly agreed and turned his head towards the door. While staring at the door, he suddenly had the urge to chuckle at the absurdity of this entire situation. Especially the fact that he had always kind of imagined such a situation, not the entire part of exactly this of course, but the fact that he would see her… with some less clothes on. He certainly hadn't imagined that he'd be blushing like a schoolboy…
"Alright, it's all done. Come let me help you up", Jan-Di interrupted his thoughts and helped him get up. They needed several tries, but finally they managed and they both walked out of the room and towards the kitchen.
"Let's never tell this anyone, okay?", Jan-Di asked him after heating up their breakfast and setting it on the table.
"Absolutely!"
I just couldn't resist doing that! XD I felt like the tension had to be lifted somehow and that's what my brain suggested once very late at night ^^Anyway, I hope you enjoyed reading this new chapter. Please, please leave a comment at the end to let me know what you thought of it!
