"Alright, when he come back I'll apologize to him." Sawyer was saying.
The screaming in Korean suddenly interrupted them. Turning, they saw Jin shaking Sun furiously. He seemed to be worked up about something as he was weeping, while Sun remained so stiff, not even raising her voice.
"Marriage must be quite a challenge." Sawyer said casually. "Michael and Walt's mother; you and Sayid; now Jin and Sun. It's lucky that I'm a born bachelor."
She smiled at his attempt of starting a conversation with her, what a strange man. Or maybe he was just like most men. Having to maintain a masculine dignity by being tougher then anyone else.
Sayid never did that, he was different from everyone. A memory of the very first stage of their honeymoon appeared.
They had been sitting on the beach after they made love for the first time, he held her tightly while his other hand rested on her belly.
"Maybe our child is already there, maybe even now our child is listening to us." He had said in wonder.
"And which one do you want? A daughter or a son?" she had asked, putting her hand over his.
"A daughter, a little Minta. I want a little girl who will be exactly like her mother, beautiful and gentle- only that she will be greatly loved by her parents."
"I want to help Sun and Jin." Minta stated, she stood up and walked to the arguing couple. The wind tossed her hair and gently blew the edge of her skirt. For a moment she looked so unworldly, a siren emerging from the ocean.
Enchanted, Sawyer leapt up and followed her.
"I see my marriage in theirs, only that Sun have not really find out."
After he questioned her sudden understanding of English, Jin had learnt that Sun was actually planning to leave him at the Sydney airport, he couldn't really blame her for wanting to after all that he did, but her emotionless face upsets him so much.
"Can't you ever forgive me for what I did for your father?" he implored.
She shook her head. "It is not a matter of me forgiving you."
"Sun, Jin," Minta's voice temporarily put a halt to their argument. Jin was rather surprised to find the silent girl suddenly speaking but Sun was less shocked, after all, if she could speak English then who was to deny that Minta was not mute?
"I need to tell you two something. My story: my relationship and my marriage with Sayid. Sun, will you translate for your husband?"
Minta described how Sayid had been her knight, saving her from her depression and giving her a home, and how he loved her so much. Yet she did not hide any detail in regard to the fatal night of their honeymoon, when she had a mental breakdown and ended up trying to suicide again.
"Sayid kept on asking me to forgive him, but I realized that I was not afraid because of what he did, it was because of what he might do. It is pathetic but I was afraid of him out of the fear of him hurting me. Seeing his hands I thought of how he had applied these to torture and the idea of him torturing me would come…
"But now I finally understand, and yet Sayid is gone from me. I do not want what happened to me happen to you and Jin."
Tearfully Sun translated the last sentence, her husband immediately embraced her. After much talks Jin finally turned to Minta and muttered something to her. Even though Minta had no knowledge of Korean, she knew that is was a thanks accompanied by a hopeful wish.
"But I am not ready to speak to anyone else yet." Minta added.
Sun nodded as she placed her finger onto her lips. Explaining that she and Jin have many discussions, they left hand in hand.
"That was amazing." Sawyer said truthfully. "I never thought that anyone could pacify that man."
Minta nodded absently, her eyes staring at the end of the beach once more.
"Jin said that he hope Sayid will soon return. Do you think he will ever come back? Is it possible for him to come back?" she implored.
Sawyer assured comfortingly. "Sayid's the type that will always survive. When he come back, we'll make him stay."
"He had never yelled at me before." She said sadly. "I don't think he had even once raised his voice at me."
A strange friendship bloomed between Sawyer and Minta, much to everyone's surprise Sawyer seemed to take over the job of looking after her. He filled up Minta's water bottle and saved food for her. She rewarded him with smiles which was once again, a surprise for everyone else.
There was also the new affection between Jin and Sun. It was clear that Minta was involved as she spent quite a lot of her time with the two Koreans.
"Something is going on." Michael finally said, he had been talking with Sun that morning when Jin suddenly came back. Instead of yelling at his wife or glaring at Michael, Jin smiled and even slapped the other man's back.
"Tell me about it." Jack muttered as he glanced at Sawyer, who was helping Minta to find more leaves for her asthma. A sudden idea appeared. "You don't think he's trying to seduce her do you?"
"Seduce a woman in that way?" Kate interrupted, laughing hard at this concept. "To tell her 'I'm sure that Sayid will come back.' And even if that was his intention, Minta keeps on going to the beach to wait for Sayid. I think Sawyer actually just fond a friend, and frankly what is wrong with that?"