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Chapter 20 - Chapter Twenty:THE CONVERSATION

Joo won sits down to have the dinner

He stares at the dish served by Sun Ri

Sun Ri serves Joo won a bowl of soup

Joo won sulks like a kid:"So is this my dinner?"

Sun Ri:"yes it is"

While Sun Ri gets busy roasting meat and enjoying it

Joo won drooling by looking at the delicious meat,tries to pick up a piece saying :"Why are you eating alone,share it with me"

Sun Ri pulls back:"No you are not supposed to eat it?"

Joo won gets startled :"Why?"

Sun R with an assertive tonei:"You are still the patient under treatment?"

Joo won scoffs:"Patient?'

Sun Ri:"yes"

Joo won:"Don't talk rubbish,I am feeling good,let me have the meat"

Sun Ri:'No,the old lady has specifically asked me not to feed you anything other than the soup"

Joo won looks furious and reluctantly haves his soup

Sun Ri smiles and enjoys the meat

Joo won:"You know there is myth,if you don't share your delicious food with the one next to you,you may suffer from stomach ache.so for your sake..may i"

Sun Ri stops him:"As you said it's a myth,i don't care Mr.Grizzly bear"

Joo won:"Grizzly bear?"

Sun ri:"GB.yeah"

Sun Ri smiles

Joo won pouts and asks:"Why am I a grizzly bear?"

Sun Ri:"I don't know you look like one GB"

(Grizzly bears usually choose to avoid humans, however, they can quickly turn into aggressive and violent if provoked)

Joo won scoffs,looks at Sun Ri ,smiles and haves the soup

They finish the dinner,sit beside eachother sharing the single blanket they have covering both

Sun Ri:'the place though small is really comfortable" smiles

Joo won looks at Sun Ri smiling

Joo won:"Did the old lady gave you some medicine too?"

Sun Ri:"No,why?"

Joo won:"The canary bird is seen singing today"

(The Canary birds can definitely sing and they really sing beautifully. But often they will keep quiet )

Sun Ri looks at him:"Canary bird?"

Joo won:"yeah CB,unlike your usual self,you have been talking and smiling"

Sun Ri stares at him ,looks down and smiles..realises the change in her

Joo won :"Iam happy to see that"

Sun Ri:"After you fainted,i sat by your side for hours,every moment i just wished you wake up and speak.i was so happy to see you recover...may be that's the reason why im blabbering around"

Joo won looks impressed,stares at her

Sun Ri:"We came here as a team,eventhough we may have lost the game ,im happy my team mate is fine"

Joo won:"Thank you for taking care of me"

Sun Ri smiles:"may I ask you something?"

Joo won:"yeah"

Sun Ri:"When did this fear of darkness started for you? you looked really terrified?"

Joo won inhales deeply

"when I was eight, I was abducted and kept in a dark place.As a kid,I screamed around calling My father and mother but I could not see anyone..my heart shrivelled"

As Joo won explains this his, hand trembles

Sun Ri helds his hands tight

Joo won looks at her

Sun Ri:"it's ok"

Joo won:"I ran around that dark place crying all along...the next day I woke up in a hospital ,i could see my parents worried "

Sun Ri:"They would definitely have been"

Joo won with a pain in his voice:"I don't think so they were ever and will be"

Sun Ri looks curious

Joo won stops and looks immersed in thoughts

Sun Ri pats his backs:"You seem to have been carrying an unknown burden in your heart"

Joo won looks at her

Sun Ri:"I feel you are not afraid of the darkness,you are afraid of the truth that you have been running away from that burden,embrace it,accept it,you will be ok"

Joo won tries to process her words(thinks):'may be...may be what she said is right"

Sun Ri(continues):"If I could say that sometimes kids tend to forget the fact that parents are humans too,as imperfect as you are but we wish them to be perfect all the time"

Joo won listens to it carefully

Sun Ri (smiles):"sometimes privileged kids like you even tend to forget that there are people who don't even get this chance to judge them or even see them"

Sun Ri holds back pain in her voice

Joo won:"May I ask you something too?"

Sun Ri:"No"

Joo won looks perplexed

Sun Ri smiles

Sun Ri (thinks):"May be he is going to ask why am I gloomy all the time?"

Joo won(clears his throat):"I have been observing it ever since we met,it has always made me curious"

Sun Ri looks at him

Joo won:"Do you own the store cum restaurant as it is named after you? You assist Mr.Alex?Is Mr.Alex a partner or don't tell me he really works for that restaurant?That will make him your assistant but you assist him in the research...ahh..this is inception level mystery!!"

Sun Ri laughs out loud

Joo won looks at her and smiles

Sun Ri:"For me Mr.Alex,Shin Min,Jong soo are family..the only people I call my own in this world..so whatever it is..it is in the family..i hope that clarifies your doubts!?"

Joo won looks curious but settles for the answer

Sun Ri laughs::"you really are a corporate heir"

Joo won:"yeah im a smart businessman too,rather than knowing the reason behind gloominess of someone ,i want to be the reason of someone's blossoming smiles"

Sun ri looks at him

Joo won:"I want you to find more things and persons who can be such reasons"

Sun Ri thinks about it

Sun Ri:"You are person who has so much warmth inside you,don't try to hide it behind a cold attitude....spread it"

Joo won:"Really?"

They get immersed in thoughts

Slowly Sun Ri falls asleep and leans on Joo won's shoulders

Joo won(thinks):"It must have been a tiring day for her,trekking,taking care of me"

Joo won falls asleep too....

Next morning the elderly couple enters the house

The two look at them and smile

The old man:"They remind me of our younger days,do you remember we used to sleep this way"

The old lady blushes

"they look so good together"

Joo won wakes up

The old lady:"good to see you fine young man"

Joo won:"Thank you for the help"

The old lady:"Your girlfriend must have had a peaceful sleep after you recovered otherwise she was very worried all day long"

Old man:"you are a lucky man"

Joo won smiles

Sun Ri slowly wakes up

looks at the couple

"oh you are back,good to see you"

old lady:"did you enjoy your dinner?"

Sun Ri:"yeah,thank you"

old lady:"Yesterday i could not prepare much for you,let me cook breakfast for you both"

Sun Ri:"No thank you,you have already done so much"

Joo won:"Yeah we don't want to bother you more,i think we should go now"

Old man insists:"Dont say no,accept our hospitality"

Old lady:"Go and fresh up, I will make the breakfast"

Joo won and Sun Ri oblige

They get fresh up and sit to enjoy the breakfast

Sun Ri:"This is really delicious"

Joo won:"Yeah"

old lady smiles

"young man do you feel any pain now"

Joo won:"Iam completely fine"

old lady:"Good to hear that"

As they enjoy the breakfast , they hear some foot steps outside the door

The old man goes out and finds bunch of police men there

police:"we are looking for a young man and lady who might have been here"

Old man:"yeah they are here ,they are safe"

Kim enters the house ,takes a deep sigh of relief

"I am happy to see you both safe and fine"

Joo won:"kim,you are here"

Kim:'we have been searching for you all night"

Sun Ri:"Thank you"

Kim calls Shin Min:"Yeah i found them,they are fine"

Shin Min:"Really?"

Shin Min to Alex and jong soo:"They are fine"

Alex and jong soo feels a sense of deep relief

Old lady:'young man you too join us for breakfast"

Joo won insists:'have it,i think you might not have had proper dinner owing to me"

Kim obliges

Kim:"the breakfast is really good"

Old lady:"Thank you"

They finish the breakfast,meanwhile policemen wait for them in the vehicle

Joo won and sun ri to the old couple

:'we will be indebted to you,thank you for everything"

Kim,joo won,sun ri bids good bye to them and starts moving

Sun Ri stops suddenly

Joo won:"what's wrong?'

Sun Ri takes out money and her bottle and gives it to the old couple

old couple:"please don't"

Sun Ri:'please keep it as my memento"

Old couple accepts it

Sun Ri then goes to the lady next door and bids good bye to her

The neighbour lady stands outside

Sun Ri:"joo won say thank you,she was the one who gave us that candle"

Joo won:"thank you"

Sun Ri starts to move, but joo won stops her

:"sun ri give me your jacket"

Sun Ri:"what? "

Joo won:"give me the jacket "asks while taking off his jacket

Sun Ri gives him her jacket

Joo won gives the elderly couple their jackets and also leaves his visiting card with them

Sun Ri:"GB is kind of sweet "

Joo won:"stop CB"

Kim is startled by the way Joo won and Sun Ri have been informal to eachother

Kim stands there

Joo won and sun ri:'let's go"

Kim moves along with them and boards the vehicle