Chapter Number Four

Kidnapping

Ji-Ha's POV

I'm surprised Jan-Di truly doesn't remember me. After saving someone's life, it's truly an unforgettable experience. She really does mean so much to me. I decide to consult her doctor about this, for she doesn't seem to recall Gu Jun-Pyo either.

"Dr. Song, do you have a moment?" I say, throwing in a smile. I'd been here for more than a year, and I recognized everyone by now. They recognized me too, and saw me as the charming young man bullied by ignorant buffoons.

"Of course, what do you need?" he asked, barely glancing from his clipboard. I let it pass.

"What is Jan-Di's current condition? We previously attended the same school, but she had no recognition of me. I'm so worried, is something wrong?" he hesitated, so I opened my eyes wider so they'd water a little. Doctors, although have spent time removing intestants, flinched at the sight of tears.

"Well, Jan-Di's condition is classified, and releasing it to others-"

"I'm not asking for everything, I'm just wondering why she doesn't recall me," I start. "I hurts a little, but if there's truly nothing you can do then I suppose I could manage." Forcing myself to glance down, I lean to the right and slowly walk away, adding in a sigh. It worked like magic.

"Well, since you're a friend, I suppose she wouldn't mind. After all, she doesn't remember you. As long as I don't reveal everything, I suppose I couldn't hurt. Jun-Pyo wouldn't find out either-" he continued muttering to himself, while leading me to the examination room.

I recognized the machine, it took a scan of the mind, making sure nothing was injured or hurt. After opening the computer and the screen, a saved scan of Jan-Di's head appeared, digitally enhanced.

"Your well aware of Jan-Di's accident, correct? Well, when the car hit her and she flew toward the pavement, her brain was injured. Anything particularly stressful before the accident was immediately forgotten. It's similar to a lost file on the computer. They're their, but simply lost and unreachable."

"Is there a chance anything particularly memorable would lead to her reattaing her memories?" I asked, thinking of Jun-Pyo.

"There's a one in a million chance. It would take a huge landmark in her life to remember even part of everything she forgotten. I'm also told she doesn't' recognize her own mother." He said, fidgeting with the keys. The screen went blank, and he shut the computer down.

"Thank you for sharing, and give my regards to your children." I replied, smiling, and left the room. On the way to a vending machine, I analyzed everything that had happened.

Jan-Di had dated Jun-Pyo, the man who made my life miserable. Jan-Di had forgotten Jun-Pyo, who was still in love with Jan-Di. Jan-Di hated Jun-Pyo currently, and thought of me as a savior. I also liked Jan-Di, and had done so secretly up to know. I grinned, imagining Jun-Pyo's face in my mind. He had no clue what was coming his way.

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Jan-Di's POV

I met my mom for the second time today. The meetings are always frustrating, because she tells me of everything we've done together and I spend the entire time trying to remember. I haven't succeeded yet, but I'm still trying. In desperate need of a break, I head to the soda machine down the hall while praying the curly haired freak isn't here. Fortunately he's not.

Finally arriving, I pick an orange soda and shove the change in harshly. On falls to the floor, and I sigh. I shouldn't be taking out my anger on soda machines, that's just pathetic. Picking up the coin again, I gently push it through the hatch and press the orange soda button. It falls, but gets stuck right above the hatch. I'm definitely not strong enough to kick it, so I sit there in front of the machine stupidly for a while.

"Is something wrong? Are you hurt?" I hear someone ask, and I turn to see Ji-Ha Sunbae.

"No, I'm fine." I say, and smile. He step back a little.

"Then what're you doing here?" he replies, and I realize I've been staring for at least twenty minutes.

"Well, my orange fanta's stuck in the machine. I guess I've just been staring at it for a while." I shrug, clearly embaressed. He chuckles, and gently rolls me back a few feet. After strongly kicking the machine four times, the soda rolls out. Ji-Ha hands it to me.

"These machines are really old, so you have to kick a few times before they come. You can get a nurse to come and get them for you, they'll be able to help." He tells me, and I nod.

"Do you want to go for a walk?" he asks, and I immediately look up.

"Sorry, they won't let me out of the hospital yet. Isn't it dangerous though, with all the cars passing by."

"No, there's a hospital garden in the back. If I come with you, they'll probably let you out." Ji-Ha Sunbae starts rolling me to the front desk, and stops at in front of the nurse.

"Can I take Geum Jan-Di to the garden in the back? She needs some fresh air, it's been a little more than a week." He asks. The nurse turns a deep shade of scarlet, and flutters her eyelashes at him.

"Of course you can," she purrs, handing him a pager of some sorts. "If you need help with anything call me." After a smile, she turns away to the next in line. Ji-Ha just shrugged, and started rolling me again. We reached the back door, but as soon as we went out the sun blinded me. I immediately black out.

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Groaning, I wake up again and I see Ji-Ha Sunbae sitting in front of me. He looks slightly younger, and he's wearing excessive eyeliner too. His chair's positioned to looks straight at me, and I can tell he's been doing it for a while. After glancing around, I can tell this place looks familiar but I still have no idea where you are.

"So you're finally awake now, are you?" he asks, slightly smirking. I'm a little shocked.

"Ji-Ha Sunbae, where are we? And why'd you change?" I ask, bewildered. He chuckles at that.

"I'm not your 'Ji-Ha Sunbae' Miss Jan-Di. Look closer, who do I remind you of?"

"You're not? You look exactly like Ji-Ha Sunbae, except your younger-" I cut myself off, gasping. "You're his brother? He's never told me about you. You too look a lot alike. But why'd you bring me here?" I ask him, smiling this time. He's still chuckling.

"That Gu Jun-Pyo, what will happen when he finds out his girlfriend's been kidnapped? And his mother was the one who hired her to be?" he asks, looking crazed. I shoot him a confused glance.

"Gu Jun-Pyo? Are you talking about the curly-haired freak, because I'm not that jerk's girlfriend you know." I hear a shuffling behind an overturned table, but Ji-Ha's brother turns my face so I'm looking straight at him.

"You saved my brother's life, you know. He's heartbroken whenever he remembers ShinHwa, but smiles whenever he talks or thinks about you. You truly are wonder woman to him."

"Saved his life, what're you talking about?" I ask, and he laughs. Even if he is Ji-Ha Sunbae's brother this is getting annoying. I try to stand up, but my arms and legs are bound to the wheelchair. The wheelchair itself is chained to the wall.

"Jun-Pyo, that bastard ruined my brother. He took all his happiness away, and I can never forgive him. That's why you are here. Because you're his so-called girlfriend, Jun-Pyo would do anything for you. But, he's not good enough for you. You're my brother's savior, and he's a heartless monster. He's going to come here and try to save you, but he's going to lose everything."

"You're crazy. I don't even know what you're talking about. I should just cut you head off-" as soon as I say that, bunch of gangsters appear out of no where. They look slightly familiar too, but I don't pay attention.

"I'd be careful what you say. My friends here aren't as forgiving as I am." I wrinkle my nose.

"Who are these people?" I ask, glancing at them.

"They've also been struck down unjustly by Jun-Pyo, and they're going to help me take him down." I roll my eyes, and stare at him.

"I think you're crazy, so let's get something straight. I'm not dating Gu Jun-Pyo. I'm not his girlfriend, and I do not care what you do to him. I also do not think that curly haired freak is going to come save me, so let me out of here because I do not want to be tied to my wheelchair and chained to the wall."

"You're wrong." He states flatly, staring at me like I'm an insignificant speck of dust.

"Listen here you, I'm only going to-" I'm cut off by the door opening, and in come the curly haired freak looking worried. For some reason, it looks fake.

"Geum Jan-Di, are you okay? Did they do anything to you? Are you-"

"Listen here, and shut up. I'm not in a good mood, so can you do something useful for once and let me out of this-" I'm cut off when he suddenly screeches. One of the cronies just kicked him in the back, and now it's a free for all. He's getting punched, kicked, and smacked at while looking at me. to tell you the truth, it's a little creepy.

"CAN SOMEONE PLEASE GET ME OUT OF HERE?" I scream, but everyone's preoccupied. Suddenly, I feel someone behind me, and I turn around. It's Ji-Ha Sunbae, and he has a huge bruise above his right eyes. He hold a finger over his mouth, so I don't say anything. While untying me, he explains.

"Someone knocked us out on our way to the garden. I don't know what they want, but that's not my brother. He's missing a freckle on the right cheek. I'm going to untie us and since I don't have a plan we're just going to hope they're preoccupied with Jun-Pyo and not notice us."

I nod, still staying silent. My arms are free, and he managed to unhinge the wheelchair from the wall. Quietly, we start making our way to the door. We almost make up, but then Ji-Ha's fake brother takes a chair over his head and start bringing it down on Jun-Pyo. It triggers something in my mind, and I instantly start screaming.

Pictures of ShinHwa High School start flashing in my mind. I see myself entering, I see deliveries, and I see the rooftop. Someone who looks like Ji-Ha is standing at the top, his face all bloody. I see him jumping, and myself running. I catch him, but the slideshow doesn't end. I see a magazine cover, me and Ji-Ha's brother on the cover. I see us delivering milk, and I remember the taste of store-bought ramen in my mouth. I feel exhausted, and I see Ga-Eul in front of me.

"Jam-Di, are you okay?" she's wearing a hat, low rise jeans and skateboarding shoes. I recognize her as one of the gangsters.

"What's going on," I mumble. "Why'd you attack me."

"We though you needed something exiting. Hospitals are so boring." I glance at another gangster, which turns out to be Woo-Bin Sunbae.

"Did you remember anything? We were hoping for something to trigger." I glance around again, and it's Ji-Hoo Sunbae again.

"I think I know what you're talking about when you say I rescued Ji-Ha Sunbae," I start. "But what happened with his brother? I know that's not really him, but who is he?"

"How can you tell?" Yi-Jung Sunbae asks, surprised. "And did you really remember saving Ji-Ha?"

"I do remember saving Ji-Ha Sunbae, he was about to jump off a roof at ShinHwa High. I remember him talking about Jun-Pyo and the F4. I caught him before he fell, and that's how I got into the school. Ji-Ha told me that wasn't his brother, there was something missing."

Everyone glanced over to Ji-Ha, but he glared at them.

"I know this wasn't some show, you knocked me out with a baseball bat. What's the meaning of this?" he asks, his eyebrows furrowed in anger.

"We wanted to trigger Jan-Di's memory. Something huge had to happen, so we replayed what happened between Jan-Di and your brother."

"That wasn't Ji-Ha's brother though, but they do look a lot alike. Who are you?" I asked, turning to Ji-Ha's brother's look alike. He grinned.

"I'm Jung Eui Chul. They hired to me act out the part of _. I'm sorry about what happened."

"It's okay, I wasn't hurt too badly."

"You weren't hurt at all." Muttered Jun-Pyo, but I ignored him. Grinning, I asked

"Why'd you have to bring curly into it though? Isn't that a little too much, I was scared he was actually my boyfriend." I say with a wry grin, and everyone stops smiling.

"We couldn't let you have too much fun. You had to be annoyed somehow." Curly states, glaring at me, and I glare right back. Ga-Eul just laughs nervously.

"Are we forgiven yet? I really want to go home and sleep." Ji-Hoo Sunbae states, taking his hat off and yawning. Everyone chuckles, besides Ji-Ha Sunbae.

"What am I going to tell the hospital?" I ask. "I might get Ji-Ha Sunbae in trouble." I glance up at him, wondering if he's still angry. Surprisingly, he looks fine now and smiles at me.

"I'll tell them I took you out for ice cream. It couldn't have been too long. I'll check what time it is." He reaches into his jean pocket, looking for his cell phone. Woo-Bin sheepishly hands it to him, and Ji-Ha Sunbae snatches it out of his hand.

"It's been about an hour. I'll tell them I got the bruise hitting my head a table. Chances are they've been so worried they won't care too much when we're back there safe. We're going to need to change though," He states, and I glance down.

My sweater is covered in brown dust, and torn on my right sleeve. My jogging pants are wet and muddy, and my feet are currently shoeless. I'm hot bruised or bleeding anywhere, but my face is slightly scratched.

"We're going to need to stop at a nearby department store. I'm going to need a new Armani, also. There should be one nearby, so we're going to have to hurry now. " he states flatly, and starts wheeling me toward the door again, but stops.

"Can I have my wallet back? My keys too, and my watch." Woo-Bin gives them all back, and we all leave. I feel strangely relieved, even if my best friends had just kidnapped me. I had finally remembered something, and it was a good start. I hope it didn't involve Ji-Ha next time, I didn't want him to get hurt.

Ji-Ha's POV

It figured Jun-Pyo would pull something like this, trying to trigger my Jan-Di's memory. I was just lucky that nothing really important had been remembered. Making a mental note to never allow Jan-Di to actually meet my brother again, I pulled her through the automatic double doors of the hospital after checking in through the gate. I would protect Jan-Di from Jun-Pyo, and I would make sure they never met again.

The End (Obviously)

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