The bodyguard that Taehyun asked to return didn't really come back. They followed Taehyun and Eunsoo to the villa, waited and reported it to President Kwon. Including seeing Eunsoo coming out of the villa alone and looking in a hurry and even occasionally brushing his cheek. When Eunsoo passed their car, they knew that Eunsoo was crying. Of course they immediately reported it directly to president Kwon.
Returning home, Taehyun was greeted by President Kwon waiting for him in the main room. He did not intend to greet his father but his father's call stopped him first.
"Kwon Taehyun, sit down." The orders.
Taehyun didn't sit down, he just stood facing President Kwon. He could guess what President Kwon would talk about. In his heart, he began to calculate when President Kwon would mention the woman's name.
"What did you do until Eunsoo cried?" President Kwon did not turn his face to look at Taehyun. Somehow.
"Right. He must have complained. " Taehyun softly.
"Eunsoo wasn't the one complaining. The guards reported it. " President Kwon's voice was heard clearly by President Kwon but Taehyun didn't seem to care about President Kwon's explanation.
"So, what did you do to him?" President Kwon repeated.
"Do you really want to know, father? I said this to her, "whether you are really Yoon Eunsoo or Yoon Eunhye's reincarnation, to me you are still the most craziest woman in the world who ruined my mother's life all this time". " Taehyun repeated what he said to Eunsoo a few hours ago.
"Kwon Taehyun !! Eunsoo doesn't know anything about that. Why can you be that rude huh? " President Kwon's tone rose after hearing what Taehyun said to Eunsoo.
"You ask why I can? Don't you feel like you're in the mirror, Dad? " Taehyun said sarcastically.
"What do you mean?" asked President Kwon, not understanding.
"I'm doing this because I want you to realize, what I'm doing to him is exactly the same as what you've been doing to my mother." Taehyun's cynicism made president Kwon stunned.
"I want you to know one thing, I will not reject this matchmaking and my attitude towards him will not change either. So, now the decision is yours, President Kwon. Continue this match or end it. " Taehyun firmly.
Taehyun walked leaving president Kwon alone in the main room to think back about the match between him and Eunsoo. The sigh that sounded heavy from president Kwon proved that he was in a difficult choice.
Kwon Taehyun is just a child who longs for a father's protection and affection. The way he behaved and said harshly was an expression he built as a form of protection for himself because someone he called father did not take that responsibility. That's what Lee Jinwoo said about Taehyun.
* * *
-Seungyoon-
This afternoon the sun was shining brightly making Seungyoon move the fan meeting location which should have been in an open area to a more closed area with comfortable air conditioning. This is done so that his fans don't have to overheat in queues to hi-touch and sign-albums with him, also Seungyoon doesn't burden fans by having to buy several albums first just to do this. Seungyoon did not limit the number of fans who came because he would remain at the location until all the fans met him.
Seungyoon enjoyed every second he spent with his fans, listening to them call his name, giving the fans the poses they wanted, joking and having a short chat with them. Even at the end of the event, he made the rest of the fans present jealous of a fan who won the lucky-draw dinner with him.
Choi Seungyoon, in front of fans looks very insightful, different from Choi Seungyoon who looks so stupid in front of his four friends, and different from Choi Seungyoon when in front of his parents, looks so restrained like a bird who wants to fly freely but can't because he is in the cage.
Fans claim to be very happy to meet Seungyoon, they also claim to never regret choosing Seungyoon as their idol. The recognition that Seungyoon always gets when he meets fans.
I don't know what's inside Seungyoon's head, how did he become a person with three different personalities on three different occasions? Is it because he has a high IQ or he has multiple personalities or is it all because of the weight of a secret that no one knows makes him forced to become a different person and unable to find his true self?
Seungyoon felt tired when he got home but he didn't let go of the same smile he gave to his fans. Feel happy because only in front of the fans, he can be himself. Entering the room and laying down on his favorite bed made Seungyoon take a deep breath, he lifted his neck to feel every breath he inhaled. Suddenly Seungyoon stopped breathing, his eyes looked at a large frame above the head of his bed.
"Huuffhh ..." Seungyoon exhaled the air he took. Changing his position from sleeping to sitting while looking at the photo displayed in the frame.
"I love you more than my own life, you know that right? You should understand my attitude so far. I'm not being rebellious or angry but I'm reminding you to tell him the truth. Instead of telling the truth, you guys are even more silent. It means you don't really understand what I'm trying to say. In what other way should I convey it, Mother, Father? Haaaa. " Seungyoon let out a sigh after conveying what was in his heart for the framed photo.
Kiss Note
-Jinwoo-
"What made you hate your parents so much, Seungyoon-ah? Did they hurt you? Or have they done something wrong? Why don't you open up about it to me? Maybe I can help, if you want. " Lee Jinwoo spoke to a small frame on top of his desk in his practice room. A frame with a photo of him and his four friends.
* * *
-Seunghoon-
"I'll do anything to keep you beside me, honey. I won't let dad keep us away or even separate me from you. He has to keep his word, if I can make his company at least second, he will set you free. Once you're free, I won't let you go back in there. I swear! But, what I have to deal with is Kwon Taehyun, the business observer who has wolf instincts. It's hard to beat him, but I won't give up. You have to be a little more patient waiting for oppa, honey. " Seunghoon spoke to the frame he was holding, which contained a photo of him with a young woman.
* * *
Secret.
I don't know what makes them unable to reveal the secrets behind their perfect lives. What Seungyoon keeps and what Seunghoon protects is something that is fatal if the outside world finds out.
Dong Mino, who is too focused on his girlfriend, Jung Aeri, makes him insensitive to other things around him. Lee Jinwoo, who was too focused on something Seungyoon was hiding, became insensitive to what Seunghoon was going through.
Last one. Kwon Taehyun, who was too focused on protecting his mother, made him not care about other people's feelings even his own true feelings. His mother's feelings are all he cares about.
As Kwon Taehyun said, No body is perfect.
Every human being has weaknesses and strengths, it all depends on the person who wants to understand that he still has weaknesses or not. If he still feels he has flaws, he will continue to think about correcting his shortcomings. If he does not feel that he has flaws, he will live in arrogance and will never accept criticism, let alone make corrections to himself.
For the heirs, their only strength is abundant wealth. Besides, they were only human.
* * *
"Do not concern yourself with looking for other people's flaws, if you are not perfect. Self-introspection is still much more useful than being a stalker for the mistakes of others. " - Choi Seungyoon who can't speak the truth.
* * *
-Jinwoo-
This morning I called Taehyun, Mino and Seunghoon to ask for help doing hypnotheraphy on Seungyoon. Of course I don't have Seungyoon's permission, but I can't wait for Seungyoon to say it myself. Unfortunately Seunghoon couldn't join because he had to attend an important meeting at his office.
Mino and Taehyun arrived earlier, I told them the instructions I would tell Seungyoon and how they would avoid him from being hypnotized later. With their high level of intelligence, it's easy for them to understand my tips.
"But hyung, what are you doing this for?" asked Mino.
"Try to start caring about your surroundings, Mino. Focusing too much on Aeri makes you insensitive to your surroundings. Seungyoon is hiding a burden that he keeps secret, I think it's too big a burden to carry alone. " I explained. Mino was silent as if he was correcting his mistakes all this time. I turned my gaze to Taehyun.
"Wow? I'm not asking. " Leave it. Again, this kid made me who was going to lecture him also giggled at his innocence.
Before long, the sound of the door facing the swimming pool opening was heard. I'm sure it was Seungyoon who came so I immediately lit the chamomile candle that I had prepared so that Seungyoon could immediately smell the scent as soon as he approached this room.
"Hyung!" he said when he entered. I guess he didn't suspect anything.
"Have you come?" I replied.
"Am I late?" He asked because he saw Mino and Taehyun already present.
"You took so long, hyung. I'm getting sleepy. " Taehyun yawned and acted like he sulked.
"Seungyoon-ah." call me.
Seungyoon ignored my calls, he continued walking towards a jaccuzi in the corner and started to lower his feet into the jaccuzi. He was getting out of focus. I approached him and patted his shoulder.
"Choi Seungyoon, do you know what this smell is?" I asked.
"Chamomile." He replied while continuing to inhale the aroma.
Smart boy, chamomile is the scent of a candle that I specially prepared to hypnotize you. I will start everything now.
"You should just listen to my voice and ignore the other voices. I'll blow out the candle and when I light it again you can smell it again. After you smell its fragrance again you will answer my question honestly without exception. You understand, right? " my instructions.
Seungyoon didn't answer, he just nodded while still playing with his feet in the jaccuzi. I closed the candle and when the chamomile scent faded away, "Where's Seunghoon? Ah, he didn't come because he had a meeting. I forgot."
I put the chamomile candle back on, for a moment I glanced at Mino and Taehyun who looked confused.
"Choi Seungyoon." Call me softly.
"Yes, hyung?" he replied. His reply was a sign that he was getting hypnotized.
"Is there anything you hide from me?" I immediately threw in the core question without further ado, Seungyoon is a smart kid. Getting him to answer casual questions will only regain consciousness more quickly.
"There, hyung." he replied.
I was right?! I looked at Taehyun and Mino, there was an interest in hearing more about the secrets Seungyoon was hiding. Without asking, they both got closer to me and Taehyun.
"About what? Do you want to tell me? I asked again.
"About my family secret." Seungyoon replied lightly. The waves of water he created would only deepen him deeper.
"So, does this have something to do with your hatred towards your family?" Actually I was just trying to relate it, but Seungyoon easily agreed with my question.
"Wasn't it because of a misunderstanding when President Choi helped my father cheat when he was little?" I asked again. Seungyoon shook his head.
Not? Then what about?
Isn't he mad that former president Choi allowed my father to use their family apartment to have an affair with another woman? Seungyoon saw President Choi give the keys to the apartment to my father, that's why he thought President Choi introduced cheap women to my father.
"I know President Lee was hospitalized after being hit by my father because President Lee used my father, but my anger wasn't about it, hyung." clearly Seungyoon made the three of us not take our eyes off him.
"Then because—" Mino stopped continuing his sentence. I brought my index finger to my lips to ask him to be quiet, his voice can bring Seungyoon's consciousness back.
"Then why are you so mad at your family?" I continued.
"It is because…"
* * *
The Choi family's residence.
"No, eonnie, he doesn't know yet." Jang Sohee answered the caller she called eonnie while her husband president Choi was reading business news through the iPad.
"Do I need to repeat my vow?" asked Sohee who made President Choi turn for a moment at her and then returned to her activities.
"OK. I, Jang So Hee, swore to death that I would never have told Jiho if he wasn't my biological child. I will not differentiate between my own child and think of Kim Jiho as Choi Jiho. Eonnie heard that, right? Can you calm down now? " Sohee muttered the oath she gave grumpily but Jiho had heard it very clearly from behind the living room door, which was not tightly closed at that time.
* * *
-Jinwoo-
"Choi Jiho is not your real brother? He's not a Choi? " I confirmed what we just heard from Seungyoon. Not only was I surprised, Mino and Taehyun were also surprised to find this fact.
"But, if he is the child of your aunt. That means he's still Jang's lineage. Right? " I asked to confirm the connection.
"Not." His face clearly showed disappointment.
"Not? Then?" I asked.
"Aunt Jihyun is the child that grandfather adopted." He lowered his face, hiding the sadness from me. Keep everything from his hyungs for several years just so that the hyungs he loves don't get hurt, what a pity. Choi Seungyoon, you really ...
* * *
"So I am someone else in this family?" Jiho asked after hearing President Choi's explanation of who he was.
"Choi Jiho…" Sohee was already in tears when she called Jiho's full name.
"Choi? You yourself said that my family name wasn't Choi but you called me Choi Jiho ?! " Jiho was too emotional, feeling devastated by this fact.
Who is Kim? Where is my mother? " he continued asking.
* * *
-Jinwoo-
This morning I called Taehyun, Mino and Seunghoon to ask for help doing hypnotheraphy on Seungyoon. Of course I don't have Seungyoon's permission, but I can't wait for Seungyoon to say it myself. Unfortunately Seunghoon couldn't join because he had to attend an important meeting at his office.
Mino and Taehyun arrived earlier, I told them the instructions I would tell Seungyoon and how they would avoid him from being hypnotized later. With their high level of intelligence, it's easy for them to understand my tips.
"But hyung, what are you doing this for?" asked Mino.
"Try to start caring about your surroundings, Mino. Focusing too much on Aeri makes you insensitive to your surroundings. Seungyoon is hiding a burden that he keeps secret, I think it's too big a burden to carry alone. " I explained. Mino was silent as if he was correcting his mistakes all this time. I turned my gaze to Taehyun.
"Wow? I'm not asking. " Leave it. Again, this kid made me who was going to lecture him also giggled at his innocence.
Before long, the sound of the door facing the swimming pool opening was heard. I was sure that it was Seungyoon who came so I immediately lit the chamomile candle that I had prepared so that Seungyoon could smell the scent as soon as he approached this room.
"Hyung!" he said when he entered. I guess he didn't suspect anything.
"Have you come?" I replied.
"Am I late?" He asked because he saw Mino and Taehyun already present.
"You took so long, hyung. I'm getting sleepy. " Taehyun yawned and acted like he sulked.
"Seungyoon-ah." call me.
Seungyoon ignored my calls, he continued to walk towards a jaccuzi in the corner and started to lower his feet into the jaccuzi. He was getting out of focus. I approached him and patted his shoulder.
"Choi Seungyoon, do you know what this smell is?" I asked.
"Chamomile." He replied while continuing to inhale the aroma.
Smart boy, chamomile is the scent of a candle that I specially prepared to hypnotize you. I will start everything now.
"You should just listen to my voice and ignore the other voices. I'll blow out the candle and when I light it again you can smell it again. After you smell its fragrance again you will answer my question honestly without exception. You understand, right? " my instructions.
Seungyoon didn't answer, he just nodded while still playing with his feet in the jaccuzi. I closed the candle and when the chamomile scent faded away, "Where's Seunghoon? Ah, he didn't come because he had a meeting. I forgot."
I put the chamomile candle back on, for a moment I glanced at Mino and Taehyun who looked confused.
"Choi Seungyoon." Call me softly.
"Yes, hyung?" he replied. His reply was a sign that he was getting hypnotized.
"Is there anything you hide from me?" I immediately threw in the core question without further ado, Seungyoon is a smart kid. Getting him to answer casual questions will only regain consciousness more quickly.
"There, hyung." he replied.
I was right?! I looked at Taehyun and Mino, there was an interest in hearing more about the secrets Seungyoon was hiding. Without asking, they both got closer to me and Taehyun.
"About what? Do you want to tell me? I asked again.
"About my family secret." Seungyoon replied lightly. The waves of water he created would only deepen him deeper.
"So, does this have something to do with your hatred towards your family?" Actually I was just trying to relate it, but Seungyoon easily agreed with my question.
"Wasn't it because of a misunderstanding when President Choi helped my father cheat when he was little?" I asked again. Seungyoon shook his head.
Not? Then what about?
Isn't he mad that former president Choi allowed my father to use their family apartment to have an affair with another woman? Seungyoon saw President Choi give the keys to the apartment to my father, that's why he thought President Choi introduced cheap women to my father.
"I know President Lee was hospitalized after being hit by my father because President Lee used my father, but my anger wasn't about it, hyung." clearly Seungyoon made the three of us not take our eyes off him.
"Then because—" Mino stopped continuing his sentence. I brought my index finger to my lips to ask him to be quiet, his voice can bring Seungyoon's consciousness back.
"Then why are you so mad at your family?" I continued.
"It is because…"
* * *
The Choi family's residence.
"No, eonnie, he doesn't know yet." Jang Sohee answered the caller she called eonnie while her husband president Choi was reading business news through the iPad.
"Do I need to repeat my vow?" asked Sohee who made President Choi turn for a moment at her and then returned to her activities.
"OK. I, Jang So Hee, swore to death that I would never have told Jiho if he wasn't my biological child. I will not differentiate it from my own child and think of Kim Jiho as Choi Jiho. Eonnie heard that, right? Can you calm down now? " Sohee muttered the oath she gave grumpily but Jiho had heard it very clearly from behind the living room door, which was not tightly closed at that time.
* * *
-Jinwoo-
"Choi Jiho is not your real brother? He's not a Choi? " I confirmed what we just heard from Seungyoon. Not only was I surprised, Mino and Taehyun were also surprised to find this fact.
"But, if he is the child of your aunt. That means he's still Jang's descendant. Right? " I asked to confirm the connection.
"Not." His face clearly showed disappointment.
"Not? Then?" I asked.
"Aunt Jihyun is the child that grandfather adopted." He lowered his face, hiding the sadness from me. Keep everything from his hyungs for several years just so that the hyungs he loves don't get hurt, what a pity. Choi Seungyoon, you really ...
* * *
"So I am someone else in this family?" Jiho asked after hearing President Choi's explanation of who he was.
"Choi Jiho…" Sohee was already in tears when she called Jiho's full name.
"Choi? You yourself said that my family name wasn't Choi but you called me Choi Jiho ?! " Jiho was too emotional, feeling devastated by this fact.
Who is Kim? Where is my mother? " he continued asking.
* * *
-Jinwoo-
"His mother is in prison." Seungyoon continued. My eyes widened, I looked at Mino and Taehyun who were no less surprised.
"Aunt Jihyun was jailed for putting a bomb on my mother's body when she kidnapped her in order to cancel my mother's arranged marriage with Jiho hyung's father." One by one Seungyoon opened the veil of truth that he had swallowed himself to burden him.
"Bibi was sentenced to life in prison for committing premeditated murder with a bomb." Continue.
Problems of this size and complexity are kept by him alone, sometimes I ask what he is made of to be able to keep everything by himself. It is true that he said, this secret cannot be told to other people because it will only become the butt of the media.
"I can't say because Jiho hyung will definitely be disappointed and leave our house. He has no one but us. I have no other choice but to hide it for myself. " his sobs began.
"I don't understand why this has become so difficult for my parents to do. I don't know what they are considering until they refuse to tell hyung. " the lid.
I don't think there's anything else to know. Mino and Taehyun agreed to finish it. I lit the candle and blew it back, making suggestions for him to regain consciousness.
"Hyung, why did you ask about the scent earlier?" Seungyoon's consciousness has returned and the last thing he remembers is the scent of the candle I asked about earlier.
"It's because Mino and Taehyun couldn't answer it." I smiled at Seungyoon.
"You look tired, Seungyoon-ah." said Mino.
"Not bad. Yesterday I met my fans. Every now and then you have to see me, you will hear my name being hailed by them. " Seungyoon's cocky, made me smile and the other two sneered. How great he is at acting.
"Ah, why did you send me here earlier, hyung? Did you guys plan a conspiracy when Seunghoon wasn't around? " he investigated with a mischievous smile.
"You hang out with people from entertainment agencies too often." Come out, Taehyun.
"Hahaha… Okay, if there's nothing I'll go home. Jiho hyung is waiting for me. " Seungyoon took his feet out of the Jacuzzi and stood walking past me, Mino and Taehyun then disappeared behind the door.
* * *
"Hyung!" Call Seungyoon when he saw Jiho get out of his car. He immediately followed Jiho into the house. Looking for the figure of Jiho.
When Seungyoon found him, Jiho was walking towards him with a serious face. Seungyoon's happy smile when he saw Jiho immediately disappeared as Jiho got closer to him.
"Since when did you know?" Jiho asked without further ado. He cornered Seungyoon against the wall. There was anger in his eyes at Seungyoon.
Seungyoon was surprised by Jiho's attitude, he almost never saw Jiho behave like this in front of him, "W-what do you mean, hyung? I do not understand."
"I don't care if they lie to me, but… How can you make me look stupid thinking that everything is mine. You let me down, Choi Seungyoon. " Jiho growled at Seungyoon.
Seungyoon was shocked, now he understands the direction of Jiho's conversation.
"Hyung ..." he called softly.
"I'm not your hyung." Jiho backed off and left Seungyoon. He walked to the door and went out. Seungyoon caught up with him immediately.
Jiho got into the car, making Seungyoon run trying to stop him. The car door was half open. Seungyoon looked sadly at Jiho who didn't take his eyes off to stare at Seungyoon.
"Where are you going, hyung? You can't leave the house angry like this. "
Jiho smiled sarcastically, "home? This isn't even my house. "
Jiho roughly pulled the car door, closed it and then pressed the gas pedal of the car and the car was lost behind a solid wall of fence blocking Seungyoon's view. Instantly his chest felt tight. Seungyoon walked roughly into the house, he closed the door tightly and started looking for where his parents were. Seungyoon found his parents in his father's study.
"What happened? Why did you know? " He asked.
"Jiho heard your mother's conversation with Jihyun's aunt." President Choi still hugged Sohee who was still sobbing in tears.
Seungyoon clenched his fists, feeling his anger rising, "I told you to tell him before you knew it yourself but you ignored my advice. Now that hyung knows, do you know how much sadness and disappointment he felt for you? Moreover he knows I know it, I can't imagine it. "
"I'm sorry, Seungyoon-ah." Sohee spoke softly between sobs.
"WHY SORRY ME? HYUNG IS HURT MORE THAN ME. LIFE ABOUT PRIVATE BUT FULL OF DRAMA, BECOMING AN ARTIST IS BETTER THAN BECOME A PART OF THIS FAMILY! " Seungyoon's voice rose - more like screaming - made his parents stare in surprise at Seungyoon's behavior.
"I can't even be grateful that I was born into this family." he continued before he left the room towards the main door and drove down the street in his sports car.
The two children of the Choi family are at the peak of their anger. Sohee and president Choi can only regret everything that happened. Supposing what they should have done at that time, but wishing it wouldn't change anything because regret always comes too late.