Woohoo, second chapter I'm writing now. I'm on a roll and loving it.
Hope you enjoy this chapter
Ina was asleep in her bed that Yi Jeong had bought for her when Ga Eul told him that she had to leave. That had been six weeks before and in those six weeks, Ina had spent about 70% of the time in it. Although he had told her that the four men would split time with her, Ji Hoo told her that Yi Jeong had claimed the little girl for most of the time. Woo Bin was the second person to claim her many nights, even going out of his way to stay with Yi Jeong so he could also spend time with the young girl.
Ga Eul had tucked her in and then stepped out into the main room of the studio. Yi Jeong was bowed over some boxes that he had stashed everything away in. He looked up when he heard the younger woman walk in after having put her daughter to bed.
"Hey, she asleep?" He asked, sitting down on one of the seats in his studio. "I never thought she would. She seemed so set on staying up for you."
"Yeah but she's a toddler you know. She can't stay up that long after having spent an entire day in kindergarten" She jumped on a counter, looking at him, "Anyway, I recall you telling me something about a surprise for when I got home."
"I did but I'm not sure if I should give it to you now. I feel like I would be selfish in doing so."
"What do you mean? Aren't you selfish if you don't give it at all." She winked at him, "No, sunbae, I'm just kidding. If you don't want to give it, you don't have to."
"So... This program in Sweden, what can you tell me about it?"
"Uhm not so much because he made all the arrangements without me but I did visit him there once. It's not really a program but just tutors you hire. I'm sure you have an apartment there so you could just live there and all so it's not like you're with other people who are injured." Ga Eul took out her phone. "I think I still have the schedule he had to keep to somewhere at home. I know you guys have different injuries but still it could be a guideline as to what you can expect."
"It only took him a year to get better?"
"It took him longer than that but that was the only time he used to actively have therapy." She answered, "He didn't stay in Sweden for more than three months though. After that he went back to America and continued with the therapy and only occasionally went to Sweden to show his progress. One of his last trips was to Sweden to show his final collection before it would be displayed here in Seoul. Now his collection will be displayed in Sweden until further notice. It's the last deal he made himself."
"You don't want it to be displayed somewhere else?"
"Meh, not really to be honest. I know what Sweden meant to him, it was a new start for him you know? I would feel guilty to take his end away there too because I know that he wouldn't want that." The young woman continued. "I feel wrong thinking about it too because this is the last thing he got for himself. The museum is also his so it doesn't have to go anytime soon."
"Do you have any pieces except for the vase in your house of him? I can't imagine you leaving with nothing. Or him leaving you with nothing."
"Oh no, God no! I have tons of his works at the houses all over the world. In my house here I already have about fifteen works, and that's the paintings alone and not the countless of drawings I've collected over the years. I think that the house counts as a museum right now." She joked.
"I'm sure it is." He looked at the boxes in front of him. "I have a question for you. Since your house is already a museum, do you think you could take all of this stuff? If it is like you said then none of my work is going to be the same and I don't want to be reminded of the past if I can make different, maybe better, things in the future."
"I'm not sure I should take it." She started to refuse, "Maybe it can go to the So mansion or your museum."
"No, I don't want them getting any more out of me than they're already doing." Yi Jeong refused, "And anyway, I know if I leave it where I see it all the time and where I'm working on new stuff, I know I'll feel terrible because it's not the same. I'll be frustrated and I won't be very pleasant."
She nodded, "Okay, I'll do it if it's really what you want. I'll keep it safe for you but if you want my opinion, you should display them here again when you're back and working again. It could be a reminder of a different time, true but it could also be a reminder of the good times with the guys and everything."
"I'm scared." He admitted after a long silence.
Ga Eul looked up at him in confusion. What was this about? She hadn't known the F4 playboy that long but in the time that she had known him, she had never seen him scared. Better yet, she'd never heard him talk about his feelings at all. There weren't many things they talked about in their time together, mostly business, art and recently Ina.
"Scared?" She repeated.
"I'd like to believe that after a few months in Sweden, this will be solved but the realist in me says that there is no way it will be this easy." He further admitted, "I don't think this will be helped with just a couple of months therapy and to be honest, I have no idea if it's a good idea to be away for much longer than that. I have a whole life here that I'm not ready to leave behind me yet, you know? I don't know if it'll still be here when I come back."
"You know the guys will never leave you behind regardless of how long you're gone for. You've known each other for ages, since you were little children." She tried to assure him.
"What about you?"
"Me? I will be here, one way or another and hey, you'll see me in Sweden as well."
"How so?"
"Kwon Industries head quarters in Europe is stationed in Sweden. I know I'll have to go there every once in a while so even if you're gone for a long time, you'll see me often enough. I have to go there at least five times a year to check up on everything."
"What about Ina? I adore that little girl in there and I don't know what I would do without her for so long. I would miss her so much and I don't know if I would be able to make progress because of it."
She thought about it for a while, not wanting to admit to herself what she knew it meant, before answering: "Maybe you would make even more progress because you'd be coming back to her sooner than anticipated. The more progress you make, the sooner you get back to her and to me and the others."
"Okay, I guess you're right." He stood up from his seat, "Now, I don't think Ina is going to wake up anytime soon so you can stay here if you want? You can sleep in my bed and I'll sleep out here."
Ga Eul looked around, "Where?"
"I'll just sleep on the bench or the ground." He tried to play it off because he had no idea what he would do if he were to share a room with his Ga Eul. Well, she was his but she didn't know it yet.
"Yeah, no. I'm not going to let you do that. You are going to sleep in your bed and I'll sleep with Ina in her room."
"Her bed isn't big enough to fit you in it either."
"I never said I'd sleep in her bed, did I? I'll just sleep in her room." She tried to play it off even though she wasn't looking forward to sleeping on the hard, cold ground.
"That's not gonna happen. I don't want you sleeping on the ground."
"And I don't want you sleeping on the ground, okay? So, either we share your bed or I sleep in Ina's room." She suggested, "I've seen the bed. It looks big enough for the both of us to fit into."
"I'm sure of that but Ga Eul, if we share my bed, I will not be held accountable for my actions which I'm sure you wouldn't appreciate." He said, "So you know that if we share that bed, we're not going to be sleeping."
"What?"
"I mean it, I have to fight every day I see you not to do anything and that's okay because there's room between us and most of the time also people around us. In that bed there's no one but us and also limited room so I don't think us sharing a bed is the best option."
"Who said I wouldn't want that?"
"What?"
"I love you, sunbae. I have since I met you and that didn't stop when I left. I know that nearly a year has gone by since I last admitted my love but nothing changed for me. I am still in love with you."
"Oh, thank God!"
