9. All the Things Said and Unsaid

" I read all the emails you sent me yesterday. I couldn't find the courage to read them until after I was close enough to see you." They sat on a park bench, holding hands tightly and their heads bent towards each other. Seol looked up at him at his words, her eyes still shining with tears, her nose and cheeks red.

"Are you alright now, then?"

"Ya, I met some good people, I learned a lot of things about myself and others. I also realized that I could't stay away from you much longer." he tucked a strand of hair behind her ear as he said this, leaving his fingers tangled in those red curls.

"Seol-Ah, I can't stay away from you anymore. Let's date and be together, okay?"

"Sunbae, how can you say that. It's been three years since we have seen each other or even talked. Isn't it too fast?"

"Seol-Ah when I first broke up with you I never wanted to do it except for the fear that something could happen to you of because of me. Now, I also know that no one else comes close to what you make me feel. There is no one else for me. I know that, and I also know that I don't want to spend anymore time away from you. It is wrong and selfish of me to say this to you right now and like this, but I love you Seol-Ah, Ill do everything possible to make you happy. I don't want to be away from you anymore."

"Aish! How could you say those words to me now? Did you know how I was feeling when I thought that you - thought that something had happened to you? I want to be with you but how could you really not even talk to me all this time? Didn't you miss me at all?"

"I missed you so much that I didn't contact you. I was afraid that I would want to come back would want to see you before it was okay that I didn't contact you. Please forgive me. I promise to never hurt you again. I promise to never leave you again." Seol started to cry again silently. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, feeling the warmth of his hand on her face steadied her heart.

"I missed you too. I want to date you too but Sunbae, I am really scared you will hurt me again. Not physically but in my heart. I will date you if you make me two promises."

"What? What are the promises, I promise Ill full fill all of them."

Seol gave him a serious look, a look Jung missed all this years.