Back with the second chapter! Hope you enjoy


The shower did good, I didn't feel clean yet but I was starting to. A Reum would understand that it would take some time for me to actually feel nice again, more myself. One shower alone was not going to cut it, from experience I knew that it would take some time.

As promised, fresh clothes were waiting for me in the room I'd been brought to by Woo Bin. Thinking of him reminded me I had to thank him for helping me and bringing me to his house, to his mother.

The jeans and blouse felt nice when I put them on, obviously more expensive than anything I had ever bought myself. I couldn't even remember the last time I'd worn jeans to be honest, these last years I had always worn tights and a skirt or dress, but pants had been a long time ago.

Once I was dressed again, I walked out of the room and asked a passing servant where Woo Bin was. The older woman pointed me in his direction and soon after I was walking into a large room, obviously Woo Bin's from his pictures with the F4 and his mother. Woo Bin himself was nowhere around and I didn't hear him in his bathroom either. "Woo Bin sunbae?"

"In here." He yelled from another room.

I quickly walked to a door at the side of his room which connected to a study where Woo Bin was sitting behind a desk with loads of pictures in front of him. Upon closer inspection it was pictures from different crime scenes, pictures of the dead bodies. Pictures that were all too familiar to me.

I pointed to one picture, "Sonoda Yukio, involved in a series of gang rapes near Kyoto five years ago. He was the leader of the gang and the one to select the women they raped. When the police caught him, he said he had ties to the Yakuza which obviously made them let him go. In that district, the Yakuza is strong and generally at power. Needless to say that he was not really involved with the Yakuza and soon Noshimuro ordered his hit. Two days later he was killed."

Another picture, "Uyehara Mizuki, serial rapist. He lured young girls between 14 and 17 out of their homes, using internet chat rooms in which he posed as another young girl who invited the victims out for a day of shopping or such. Obviously a big lie but it got him up to 24 victims before he was caught, not by the police but by Nigari who had been tipped about the man's method of catching victims. Nigari then posed as a young girl himself, waited until he was invited and when they were supposed to meet up, Nigari and his men snatched Mizuki. Noshimuro gave the green light and hours later, he was killed. Evidence of his death and his crimes were anonymously sent to the cops who in turn delivered the news to the victim's families. Another rapist of the streets."

The picture in front of him, "This one was very personal for Nigari. Miyasato Hisako."

"Your rapist." Woo Bin bit out.

I nodded, "My rapist. I was on a date with Nigari, celebrating our one year anniversary. Nigari was called to the Noshimuro estate because something was wrong with Hiroto. Despite only being 15 himself, he always knew he was going to be involved in the organisation. Back then he was called in because Hiroto had been attacked while at school and Noshimuro wanted to know if Nigari knew anything about it. So, he went to the estate but had called someone to pick me up, not wanting to leave me alone but he didn't want me to stay there alone either. Someone arrived at the restaurant he'd taken me to, we both thought it was the driver Big Boss had sent for me."

"It was not."

"No, it was not. Both Nigari and myself thought he was though. He identified himself as such and at that time, neither of us was deep enough in this world to know differently. Nigary watched me get in that car and drive away. He didn't even know anything was wrong until about an hour later when the real driver arrived back at the Noshimuro estate to tell the Boss that I had not been there anymore not anywhere near the restaurant. Nigari butted in and said that he'd seen me get into the driver's car, so he didn't understand what was wrong. The Boss quickly set the record straight and immediately pulled out all means necessary to find me. With all his measures taken and all the money he threw at my search party, I was still locked up in his dungeon for nearly two full days. Nigari was there when the doors opened and they finally found me. Immediately took me out of there and took care of me, not once did he impose his feelings or needs upon me. Always put me first, still does to this day. It is why he is so brutal with rapists."

"He is not the only one I have heard." Woo Bin sighed.

I shook my head, "I came back to Korea after an extended period in Japan, my parents hadn't even asked what had happened or anything. They just didn't care enough about me."

"That's why you're on your own now."

I nodded, "Exactly. They forced me to come to this function at my dad's company, a Christmas party I think. Some other guy's son saw me and took a liking towards me. He came on to me but I told him I was in a committed relationship and wasn't looking for anyone else but he just wouldn't get the hint. He cornered me when I went to the bathroom and actually backed me into the vanity. I pulled the closest thing to myself that I could find, which was something sharp. I did the only thing I wished I could have done to my own rapist. I stabbed him and ran. Cops picked me up and locked me up, my parents didn't even come to the precinct and just left me there. I got my call and called Nigari, he came down to the station with Noshimuro and they got me out. After that Nigari was stationed here for a while until we broke up."

"So, it's over between you two?"

I nodded, "Yes, sir. I love Nigari, the man is very special to me but I've not been in love with him for a long time. However, no matter who I end up with, they will always have to accept the fact that Nigari will always be a special man in my life. I will never let him go, not even for Yi Jeong Sunbae. I'd rather end up single but with Nigari as my friend than in a relationship but without him in my life."

"Of course whoever ends up with you should accept that. The man has been there for you through the most difficult stages of your life. He has been your support, your guide in your life." He smiled fondly at me, "Never settle for anyone less than what you deserve, Ga Eul-ie. And you deserve someone who accepts you, all of you and like it or not but Nigari is a part of you as well. I take it he is on his way here?"

"Yes, he left Japan about twenty minutes ago so he should be here in two hours or so, maybe a bit more depending on traffic." I smiled, "It will be the first time in nearly six months that I've seen him."

"He knows you are here, with us?"

"I texted him back that you picked me up off the street and brought me here. He wants to thank you personally when he is here."

"No thanks necessary, I am just happy that I helped you. I was very worried seeing you like that, Ga Eul. You reminded me of my mother during her bad days so I thought that maybe she knew what to do, I was not just going to let you stand there so I did the first thing I could think of." He placed a hand over one of mine and sighed, "I am truly sorry that this has happened to you."

I stared at him for a while to look for it, for the pity but found none. "You really mean that, out of kindness and not out of pity, do you?"

"Why would I pity you, Ga Eul? Yes, something terrible happened to you but I don't see a victim when I look at you. I see a beautiful, independent young woman sitting in front of me who has gone through her own personal health but who came out stronger because of it. You, Chu Ga Eul, are one very brave woman who does not need pity but rather recognition for what you've done in your 18 years of life."

"19. I am the same age as you guys, I was held back a year because of the attack and my time spent in Japan."

"I learn something new about you every day, don't I?"