"Join our band. Actually, we are in need for a new member.", Won Shik said. "Why should I?", Yerin enquired. "Because I could feel it. The pain and tears hiding behind those words.", he replied as he looked into her eyes with the feeling of warmth. It felt strange, a moment ago Yerin was ready to decline his request at any moment but now she couldn't. The way he was looking at her, she could feel his sincerity and warmth. "L-let me think about it.", she stammered as she shifted her gaze away from him. "I'm Won Shik and when you are ready, you can find me in the music room.", he said with a warm smile on his face. "Alright, then I'll be going.", she said as she left.
"You know right that I can never get you? Earlier you told me that you won't be in the band if there's a new member but now you are the one who wants a new member?", Young Soo enquired. "Just. Maybe having a new member isn't such a bad thing.", Seojun replied with a devilish smirk on his face.
In the rooftop earlier, it was not only Won Shik who had heard Yerin's voice. After the small and intense encounter with Ga Yeon, Seojun had decided to go to the rooftop to take some fresh air but later did he know that he would also have to witness the unexpected little encounter between Won Shik and Yerin.
"Won Shik! You won't believe it. Seojun says he is ready to accept a new member.", Young Soo exclaimed. "I knew you would make the right decision.", Won Shik praised Seojun. "Of course, after all, if the new member happens to be someone pretty then do I have any reason to decline this offer?", Seojun enquired with a smirk. "I knew it. There must be some reason behind your comeback.", Young Soo enquired with an eyebrow raised and arms crossed. "Then you are ought to stay.", Won Shik replied with a smile on his face. "What do you mean?", Young Soo enquired.
"While looking for Seojun, I met a girl in the rooftop who was singing a song which I had never heard before. I can't really express it with words. Her singing was really beautiful. The lyrics had it's own depth and sorrow. It was beautiful yet sad. It felt as if I was being dragged by her singing. So, the new member. Has to be her.", Won Shik replied.
"The more I see it, the more it seems like love at first sight.", Young Soo remarked. "Well it surely is but not with her. I fell in love with her voice at first sight.", Won Shik replied with a huge smile on his face. "Well, I don't think so it's only that. What do you think, Seojun?", Young Soo asked Seojun.
"For me, it seems like a pray falling for the trap of the predator.", Seojun replied. "What do you mean?", Young Soo enquired. "Nothing. Too much for a kid.", Seojun replied. "By the way, what's her name? Is she a junior? Same year or a senior?", Seojun asked Won Shik to change the topic. "I don't know. I told her when she was ready to give her reply, she can find me here.", Won Shik replied. "This means that she is not yet a member, right?", Young Soo enquired. "Are you sure she will join?", he continued. "She will.", Won Shik replied. "Overconfidence is not good for health.", Seojun remarked. "But that's what makes me Won Shik Park.", Won Shik smirked.
"Never repeat this ever again.", Mrs. Baek warned Yerin as cold drops of tears were lending on her warm cheeks. As soon as Yerin had returned home, all she could see was strains of blood covering the entire living room. She had forgotten for a while that her mother could do anything to make things go only her way. To make Yerin never repeat the same mistake, Mrs. Baek made her assistant beat Yerin's butler with the belt until he bled out till a level to lose his conciseness. "Stop it!", Yerin cried. "That's why you should have never gone against your mom.", Mrs. Baek said as she leaves the house.
"Mr Lee! Are you alright?! Can you hear me?!", Yerin enquired as she took out her phone to call ambulance. "Mr Lee! Don't sleep! Stay awake!", she cried as they were on their way to the hosptial. "He's out of danger now. We will be transferring him to the general ward soon.", the doctor said as he came out from the OPT after an hour. "That's such a relief.", Yerin sighed with relief.
She knew that if she refused to listen to her mother, she could do anything to return things to her own way but she never in her wildest nightmares she would have ever imagined that her mother would go to such an extent. Causing any pain to Mrs. Lee was the last thing she would have ever wanted and she knew that also very well that her mother knew about it.
"I'm sorry.", Yerin apologized to Mr Lee as tears were flowing out. "I just wanted to do what I wished to, even for once. If I had knew that this would be the result, I would have never done this.", she said. "I know.", Mr Lee smiled. "And I'm very proud of you.", he said as he patted on her head. "You just listened to your heart for the first time in the last sixteen years. This is the least that could have happened. Always remember, happiness brings along pain.", he continued. "But this pain is unbearable.", she said. "Don't cry, I'm alright. It's just few small stiches, I'm not a weakling, you know.", Mr. Lee cheered her up.
"What if the pain which happiness brings along, is unbearable to the point where you can't even breathe?", she murmured to herself as she was sitting on the stool beside Mr Lee's bed. It was almost ten at night. Mr Lee had fallen asleep but Yerin couldn't get the sight of blood in her living room out of her mind. "Maybe if that's the case, then it's better to live in sadness.", she wondered.