"Think about time you spend here, isn't it amazing?" Starting the conversation while keeps their steps steadily moving, Yoka is asking Jio
"Huh? Yeah...this is quite amazing experience" Jio flat tone sound spiritless.
"Hey.... tell me about your live in Real World, you haven't told me about your job or anything you do for living " Ever since Jio was found stranded here he didn't get chance to tell them about his private life, things happened to him were overwhelming that they're busy taking care here and there.
"haven't I talked about that with you?"
"That day I heard Wellan say something about you when she first saw you at home but I think that's all no more."
"Well.... I'm just a student, during my spare time I worked in modelling agency, I live alone in my apartment... I think I'm so overwhelming by what happenings here that I forgot about my life there... Well, my manager must've looked for me. I think the same goes with everybody's here"
"Well... for Uncle Ho or me... they maybe already stopped searching for us... it's been years."
The cold wind blows softly, their shadows moving along as they're walking under dim moonlight blocked by dark clouds.
"....how about your live there in Tsumago? You still remember anything?"knowing that Yoka just remembered some small amount of his life back then at Tsumago, Jio still asking,
" I remembered my house, smell of the trees around my house...and that crying sound... which always make me cried in the midnight" Yoka kicks one small stone expressing his mixed feelings about his memories of his hometown.
"Crying sound? You know who's crying." Jio is expecting as if Yoka will try harder to remember but Yoka expression just flat.
"I tried so many times to remember who, but something must block my memories from those too...well how about your family?"
"Family..." that one word flashing back Jio's memory about one big house full of children, full with laughter, full of happiness.
"Yes, your family...you couldn't remember your family too?" Yoka startled just in case if Jio's lost his memories like him.
"No....I remember them, I remember every each of my sister and brother."
"How about your parent?"
"Ha ha... Forgot to tell you, I'm an orphanage...I have no memories about mum or dad, but I do have a lot of parents in my orphanage."
"Oh.....that must be nice having a lot of brothers and sister."
"Yeah kind of but I left orphanage pretty earlier when I was five, someone adopted me."
"Oh? So you have a new parent?"
"Yes....a dad"
"how about mum?"
"No....just me and my dad living together"
"Oh okay, then how about your dad?"
"He is....a good-looking dad, rich, but I don't want his money so I walk my path on modelling by myself...I left home and live by myself in my apartment. Talking about him makes me feel uneasy...he must've been looking for me as well" Jio just now thinks about that gorgeous man, who adopted him years ago.
"I'm not surprised...just looking at your style and your attitude, you must have a good life...ha ha don't take it seriously, I'm just kidding" Yoka is laughing
"I'm good, nothing wrong with me...okay but now I'm getting lil bit tired from walking" Jio wanted to stop for a minute.
"We have to hurry...we don't know what will happen if we're taking to long to reach house" Yoka kept walking.
As the result, Jio couldn't stop to rest and just keep following Yoka who is walking even faster.
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In the real world, manager Keon was in the office to check on other models who scheduled to perform in a big show soon.
Someone calls him to come down to the first floor; there's someone wanting to meet him.
Manager Keon got no idea who is coming to meet him, just exiting the elevator, and he can see crowd gathered to see one tall mid ages man standing at the entrance with about four bodyguards behind him.
"Oh manager Keon, here you are..." one of the staff brings Manager Keon to that man.
Curiously manager Keon goes and asks politely.
"Are you here to meet me? Oh I'm sorry...my name is Keon, I'm one of the managers here" he introduces himself as well
"So you're Jio's manager," that man says.
"Jio? you guys know Jio?! Yes, I am his manager...oh wait...let's talk in my office" Manager Keon got enthusiast just by hearing Jio's name.
Moving to manager Keon office, now only him and that man sitting together, meanwhile the bodyguards staying outside the office.
"Let me introduce myself. I am Jio's father my name is Libin..."
"Wait... Jio's father? He told us that he was an orphanage and in his data as well" manager Keon startled.
"He always did that to avoid my family name and me...he really wants to be independent without any help from me, that stubborn boy" Mr Libin muttering
Manager Keon hasn't fully understood what's going on now, but he got goosebumps as he remembers that Jio is nowhere to be found in this city or this country now, reluctantly looked up to Mr Libin face... manager Keon brace himself to ask again
"So....you must know that Jio has been disappeared for weeks now"
"Sorry?!....What did you say? He has been disappeared for weeks?!"Mr Libin strengthens his back, looking at manager Keon confusedly his hand reaching out to manager Keon's shoulders.
"Yes....Since weeks ago he's gone missing, we reported it to the cops and there also another missing person case who living in the same building with him, we are so sorry for not reach out to you as we have no idea if Jio still have a family member...the cops still working on the case...and we found something strange with their missing...I don't know how to explain this but..."he stopped, considering how might Mr Libin feel if his explanation doesn't make sense at all.
"But what?"
"I don't know how to explain this to you but if you don't mind, I can take you to someone who can explain it better...even now I sound so suspicious right? But this is the only information I can provide you if you want to know more" speaking in a small voice manager Keon indeed feel disappoint in himself.
"I don't mind, I have plenty time for my son...I want to know where Jio and I hope he is fine wherever he is" Mr Libin tapped manager Keon back.
They decided to visit Wellan's mother to hear more of her explanation and her experiences about her missing husband and now her daughter.Type more of her explanation and her experiences about her missing husband and now her daughter.