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IX: "Airplanes"
'You`re an idiot, you know?'
Yes, he knew. It wasn`t supposed to end up like that.
'Because of your unfaithfulness, she is hurting. Are you happy?'
No. He wasn`t. How could he be? The last he wanted to do was hurting the other half of his life.
'Why did you act like that? You knew she would be hurt, once she would find out.'
Yes. He was aware of that. He went through his ceramics hair with his hands.
"Trust me. If I knew.. If I knew everything would end up like this, I would have said everything from the beginning. I just.. couldn`t stand her looking so desperately at him, with those big, brown eyes, full of hope and faith, but always receiving cold. Won` you act the same, if you were in my place?" His voice was shaking.
'Hmm.. Maybe.' The voice was cold. His true feelings didn`t reach it, not even a little.
"Then tell me, what would you have done, to save her?"
He was shaking in fear.
'Wouldn`t it have been better, to just tell her the truth? Who is more important? The love of your life, or some stranger you barely met?'
He was making fun of him, and his pain. That was what he was doing, that was his original purpose, the interest of the show.
''Won`t you drop it already? I got the point, so shut the heck up already!'' He was starting to get pissed, hearing that voice.
First of all, he didn`t even understand what he was doing there. It was an awkward situation, with a freaky darkness around, with him in the middle of it all.
'Tch! You`re no fun! Looks like you`ll keep on ignoring her. Even though she was prepared to die, thanks to your ignorance.' The voice started to hum a strange song, that he did not recognized.
"Fly off! I don`t need advice from a voice!" He got up, wherever he was sitting, covered his ears, and went in a different direction from the voice, or as he thought.
'Though nothing will change, you know.' It was following him everywhere. 'You made her lie. And do you know why she accepted? Because she longed for you. Though it doesn`t mater now, right?'
For some strange reason, its words got to him. He stopped.
'Why don`t you realize already that she doesn`t belong to you? That girl is way too precious for you to have her. Yepz, you don`t deserve her. Not yoy, not him, no one.'
"Would you stop taunting me already? I got your point! But Mi Nyu is going to be just fine!" He got up as well, and covered his ears.
'Why? It`s fun. And you`re wrong. She`s just dead. No more, no less. You killed her, remember?' The voice stopped.
He turned around, and around, seeing nothing, but darkness. His worst enemy. He still couldn`t adjust to see in the dark. And it was driving him crazy.
"Just what are you supposed to be, anyway?" That voice got already on his nerves.
'Me? Hmm..'
All the noise around him stopped. It wasn`t much of it, anyway, but everything went blank.
The boy made a few steps, without hearing the echo. All of a sudden, he spotted a white coffin in front of him. His heart stopped. Afterwards, it started to beat so hard, that it felt like killing him.
The next second, he found himself in front of the coffin. His eyes widened. He could not believe what was in front of his eyes. A breathless, pale Mi Nyu, with her big, amber eyes closed, laying in the middle of the coffin, in a white dress, with black flowers around her.
He almost choked.
'I`m what you call consciousness. Yours.'
He lifted his gaze.
In front of him was Shin Woo, in a black suit. They were separated by a glass wall. Mi Nyu was by his side, and not Shin Woo`s.
Both of them looked shocked at each other. And afterwards, had a look at Mi Nyu.
None of them could speak. It was a sinister moment, caused by the shock of losing Mi Nyu.
It was real.
And then, all of a sudden, the wall of glass broke into thousands of pieces. Tae Kyung protected the coffin from being hit by the glass with his own body.
The next moment, both of the boys heard footsteps. They lifted their heads at the same time. What they saw shocked them even more. It was Mi Nam, approaching them with slow steps, just like those of a predator, slowly getting closer to his victim.
Though, he was different.
His hair was messy, and falling everywhere on his face, his clothes and arms full of blood, and he had an axe in one of his hands.
"Hello, darlings." He lifted his head, while he greeted them with a scary voice.
His eyes were wide open, while he wore a huge evil smile on his face, covered in blood.
He suddenly woke up.
His face was full of sweat, and he was shaking.
Not sure what to do, he looked around his room. Everything was at its right place, without being moved. Yet, it seemed like something was missing. The ordinary lightness from his room bothered him.
The boy got up from his bed, in less than a minute he dressed up, washed his face, and rushed out of his room.
He could not wait patiently to get to the hospital. Everything seemed too slow for him.
Finally, the doors of her room slowly opened. Mi Nam turned around, surprised. He sat beside her all night.
"What are you doing here, Hwang Tae Kyung?" He looked with cold, fierce eyes at him.
For a couple of seconds, he did not know how to answer.
"It`s my turn to watch over her. You sat here all night." He avoided his eyes, while he put both of his hands in the pockets.
"Yeah, right. After you tossed her around, just like you pleased, and almost killed her, you suddenly feel the guilt." He went in front of him. "Tell me. What would you do, if she died? Would you be able to cut your wrists, and go to her side? Just like she tried to kill herself, when she found out that you abandoned her?"
Mi Nam was a dangerous enemy, and a few people dared to provoke him. He was good-looking, could sing and dance, and was even a greater fighter than Tae Kyung. He was a mischievous person, who could harm with only a stare, yet, he was like a lost little puppy, when his sister was in trouble.
"I don`t know. I know who you abandoned, though." He turned back, and opened the door.
Mi Nam`s eyes widened due to the shock. He saw He Yi, asleep, in a couple of light clothes, sitting in the chairs, in front of the room. Her face was pale, both knew that she was feeling cold, and had dark circles under her big, but closed eyes.
"You chose the wrong person to protect. Mi Nyu`s mine. That devil fairy is yours. Now get out and take her home, before she catches a cold, or something!"
Mi Nam felt rage, that he was kicked out from his sister`s room, but Tae Kyung`s presence calmed him down, thus, he decided to go back home, and take care of He Yi. It was unfair to her, that she was always the one giving support, and receiving nothing in exchange.
The boy said goodbye to Mi Nyu, who was still asleep, and went to his woman`s side. He kneeled in front of the chairs.
"He Yi." He whispered to her, trying to gently wake her up. "Baby.. wake up. We`re going home." He played with her hair, uncovering her forehead.
The girl slowly opened her eyes.
"Hn?" She rubbed her eyes, and afterwards, opened them wide.
She was surprised to see Mi Nam, in front of her. He was looking so tired. That proved the fact that he didn`t sleep at all last night.
"Why? Shouldn`t you stay with her?" There was bitterness in her voice, because it hurt her saying those words, realizing that Mi Nyu meant more for Mi Nam that her, but she should stop being so selfish.
"No, my baby." He kissed her forehead. Both of them sat up. "On the other hand, why did you stay in the hallway all night? You could have stayed with me in her room." He was worried, as they were going to the exit.
"I didn`t want to interrupt you two." She shrugged.
"Silly baby." He kissed her forehead, as they walked out from the hospital, holding hands.
The door from the girl`s room was long shut. Tae Kyung was sitting next to her bed. He was terrified to touch her hands, because his sin was there. Just like a tattoo, those scars were to remain there forever. He was scared, even though he didn`t say anything.
That dream must have meant something. That nightmare. It scared him to death, especially dreaming of Shin Woo, and Mi Nam as well. It was a first, to see Mi Nam lose it.
He put his coat on a couch, and sat beside her bed. The boy let a sigh slide.
A couple of hours passed, with Tae Kyung by the girl`s side. She did not open her eyes, to the boy`s disappointment.
Tae Kyung was at the window, looking outside. It was snowing. All of a sudden, he heard a low moan, and turned back in a second, hoping that.. maybe.. The scene he was witnessing was the most beautiful ever. The girl was slowly waking up, stretching her slim arms. He could swear, that she had a pair of big, silver wings behind her back. But, the excessive light from the snowflakes could have caused him to see that.
"Hey! Are you okay?" He ran to the bed, and started to check everywhere, worried, and begging for that not to be a dream.
"H-hyung! What are you doing? Stop it! I`m fine!" She did not understand what he was doing, and he surprised her.
"Fever?" He checked her forehead. "No. Who am I?" He looked at her with intense eyes, scaring her even more.
"What is it? Hidden camera? Are you trying to play a prank on me?" The girl pushed him away from her.
"Stop with the jokes!" He grasped her arms. It was a desperate move, to make her acknowledge him. "Who am I?"
"H-hyung.." Mi Nyu looked at him worried. "Do you have amnesia? Or, such a grave illness that makes you forget who you are?" She bit her lower lip.
"Of course not, stupid woman! Who am I? Tell me already? How many fingers am I showing you?" Tae Kyung had no intention of backing off, until he made sure she was fine.
"Hwang Tae Kyung. And you showed me no finger. Anyway.. Where am I?" She looked around, worried.
The boy fell back into the chair, relieved. But, at the same time, he realized that he had to tell the doctor that she woke up.
"Stay here. Don`t go anywhere!" He warned her, before going out.
The girl remained in the room, looking worried.
"I wasn`t going to, anyway.." She looked around, miffed.
The boy brought the doctor along, and after the check-up, he assured Tae Kyung that she was perfectly fine, even though she needed a couple of weeks of rest, and recuperation. But she had no major injuries.
"Thank you, doctor."
Finally, they remained alone in her room, once again. Tae Kyung bought a bottle of water.
"Are you hungry? Thirsty? Do you need anything?" He tried to be a gentleman.
"Answers. What day is it? What happened?"
"Oh, yeah. She doesn`t know." That fact flashed through him. "Today`s Wednesday. The day before, you had an accident. A car hit you, thanks to your carelessness. And a slight push from that Marissa. You were brought to the hospital, and had a surgery. Looks like you`re fine." He tried to keep his cool face, towards her.
"Looks so. Where are the others? How come you`re the one here?" She was yet unsure about certain things, but, when she saw him looking towards her hands, the girl put them under the bedclothes.
"Resting. You`re brother was by your side all night, so I asked him to go home. Oh, by the way. Bad news. Your plan was found out." Said on a dry tone.
"What? How?" That scared her. She knew that their little secret would be found out sooner or later, but she wasn`t prepared yet.
"The doctors found out that you`re not pregnant. And it looks like Shin Woo won us over. He had the upper hand, because he didn`t even went further with you." He looked through the window, avoiding her gaze.
"Are you relieved?" She was looking at him with blank eyes. She didn`t expect an answer. Not a logical one, nor a simple 'yes' or 'no'.
"Tch! Why would I be.." He looked at her through the corner of his eye, but, once he spotted her disappointed expression, he could not keep on hurting her. "I am.." He whispered, really low, as if saying that to himself. He wasn`t sure if she heard him or not.
"Wait.. " She looked at him worried. "Hwang Tae Kyung, you big idiot! What are you doing here?" She raised her voice, shocked, and angry that she realize it only then.
"Ha? Now you have amnesia?" He didn`t understand.
"Weren`t you supposed to be shooting a movie? Why did you come back?"
"What? Now you accuse me of being worried about you?" That made him even more angrier.
"Since when did you care? Isn`t Marissa the one you should look after? Especially after you made her look like that for her whole life? Where`s your and Shin Woo`s sense of responsibility?" She was angry as well.
Tae Kyung got up form the chair, and went to the bed.
"They have a vacation together! So what? She showed you the scar, and now everyone should let her have her own way? Look at the results! Thank goodness you didn`t die!"
"Don`t push this onto Marissa! It wasn`t her fault, that I got into an accident! I was careless!"
"You`re always careless! And a big day idiot! Why are you still taking her side? Wasn`t she the one separating us?"
Without realizing, they were fighting. But none of them was going to back off.
"No! It was you, you idiot! Why didn`t you trust me enough to tell me what you`ve been through? We could have found a solution together, as a couple! Yet you choose to bear the sin on your own! All I asked was trust!" Her eyes were full of tears. She could not hold back anymore.
Seeing her tears, he was feeling guilty.
"Do I look that not trustable?" She tried to wipe them away, even though they kept on appearing. "Everyone knew, but me. Yet, you.. you never trusted me.. Hic!"
Tae Kyung started to shake. It was a first to see her that fragile, even though she went through something similar before. But he never saw her cry, because of him. For the first time, he felt all the guilt on his shoulders. Every choice he made, every step he took, that he thought it was for her sake, it was meant to hurt her. No wonder Shin Woo had the chance to take her away. For the first time, he understood what meant Shin Woo, by saying that she was prepared to die, because of him, and the meaning of that nightmare.
"Yet.."
Her trembling voice woke him up. From the pool of guilt, he found himself in the ocean of regrets.
"Now that I was in danger, and you found a way to escape from Marissa, and win me back, you want to abandon her and return to my side? Just how much are you prepared to lose, Tae Kyung?" It hurt her, the words, the thoughts, everything, but she could not stand to see Marissa in the same desperate place that she was, while she could be happy with him.
"Stop it!" He shouted, making her startle, and stop crying. "Yes! I was wrong not trusting you, and wanting to win you back! I am wrong for loving you so much, that it feels like my heart will broke into pieces! Are you happy hearing all that?" His voice started to shake. "But please.." He leaned towards her. "Please.. Just stop saying that.. It hurts hearing that from your mouth.." He slowly embraced her, without realizing how vulnerable he was. How both of them were.
Mi Nyu could not believe her eyes and ears. It was a first, seeing and hearing Tae Kyung so pitiful, and desperate. So, all she could do was to embrace him back.
After a couple of minutes, when both of them calmed down, they could look at each other in the eyes, still feeling the bitterness of hurt.
"There`s this old Romanian legend.. It says that if you ring a certain bell, an angel will receive back its wings.." Said the boy, on a warm and gentle tone.
It seemed strange for Mi Nyu, because she rarely had the luck to hear him talk like that to her. Though, she liked it. Tae Kyung, following her expression, took out from his pocket a little, golden bell, with angels drawn on it.
"I bought it recently, from an antique store. I liked it ever since the beginning, but after I heard its legend, I couldn`t not buy it." He gently smiled at her, making the girl`s heart skip a loud beat. "Now, you got your wings back." He rang the bell.
Mi Nyu could not smile back. She liked the attention he gave her. Though, it bothered her that he gave up the movie, just to be by her side, she was relieved that he cared.
"Thank you. But I don`t need both of them. I`ll give one wing to you." She mimed that she takes one of her wings, and gives it to him.
Her words, and actions surprised him. The boy forgot that he lost his wings as well. But, he finally found them. He grasped her little hand.
"Keep it. I just found my wings as well." He kept smiling, making her blush.
"I-is that so.." She looked around, slowly withdrawing her hand.
But he grasped it once again. He turned it, and took a look at her wrist. Tae Kyung inhaled, and looked at her. Her expression hurt him, as much as it hurt herself. Afterwards, he gently placed a kiss on the cut.
"Never, ever, try to do something like that because of me." He looked at her once again, demanding it. She nodded, unable to find any words.
Afterwards, that afternoon, Mi Nyu finally won in making Tae Kyung call her brother. She wanted so bad to see him.
"Fine! Fine!" He rolled his eyes, and went out.
He called He Yi, because he was sure that Mi Nam was resting.
'Hello?' She was surprised seeing Tae Kyung calling her.
"Is Go Mi Nam at your place?" Asked the boy kind of pissed, that he had to do something like this, just to please Mi Nyu.
Back at her place, He Yi looked over her shoulder, at the sleeping Mi Nam, on the bed.
"Yes. Why do you ask?"
"Mi Nyu woke up, and she wants to see him."
"Oh.. "
"Don`t just 'Oh' me! You coming or not?" He started to get angry, because the past year, he didn`t exchange that many words with her.
"I`ll tel him! So just shut up!" She hang up, afterwards.
The girl turned around, and shrunk phone in her hands, having a worried, yet jealous look.
Around evening, Mi Nam, and even Shin Woo talked with Mi Nyu. The boys were still at the hospital, without He Yi and manager Ma. Shin Woo was just going out from her room, after half an hour of intense talking. Nobody realized, but Jeremy had a hurt look on his face.
"Thank goodness she`s fine!" Said Mi Nam relieved. He was very worried for her.
"Yeah. I`ll stay with her tonight." Said Tae Kyung, without talking with someone else.
"Why would you stay?" Asked Shin Woo, pissed.
Tae Kyung turned to him, having a familiar face to his.
"Jeremy can`t because he`s too childish, so he would hurt her, than help her, Mi Nam can`t because He Yi would die from jealousness, and you won`t either, because Mi Nyu doesn`t want to see you. Thus, it leaves only me." He said conceited.
No one really wanted to talk back, because it would mean another fight, and that was the last thing they, and Mi Nyu as well needed. Besides, the next day, someone else would stay with her, so it was fine.
It was already dark, but Tae Kyung did not want to leave. He went to the window, in hopes of seeing the night sky, But the city`s lights were blocking the stars and the moon.
"What are you searching?" Asked the girl curious, leaving the book aside.
"Unexistent stars." Said the boy, without looking at her.
Curious, the girl sat up, and went beside him.
"Go back, or you`ll catch a cold!" Warned her.
"I won`t." She looked at the sky.
He was right. Because of the city, the stars were almost unseen, as if they never existed.
"Ah! Look at that shooting star!" Said the girl excited, pointing at the sky.
The boy looked at the sky as well.
"Stupid. That`s a plane." He started to laugh.
"Since when can you distinguish stars from airplanes?" She rolled her eyes, disappointed.
"For a while.." He whispered.
"But it was a shooting star!" The girl didn`t intend to back off.
"Airplane." He didn`t look at her, but he knew what was her reaction like.
"Fine. If it`s an airplane, let`s say that airplanes are shooting stars. Let`s make wishes upon shooting stars!" She was full of excitement.
Tae Kyung turned his head towards her, surprised.
"Ha?" He could not believe his ears. "This girl never ceases to amaze me."
"I`m serious!" She looked at him angry.
"I know, I know. Make a wish already!" He rolled his eyes once again, and decided to play along.
"You make a wish as well."
"Why?"
"To be sure that it`ll come true." She pulled out her tongue.
He knew that she would not give up, until he aggress, so he decided to play along. It wouldn`t hurt.
So, they both made a wish. It was the same one.. And it was about to come true.
thanks a lot for reading! I hope you enjoy my story :)
