"Open wide" ijueng mother said feeding him the freshmade food.
"Eomma I-IM.." ijueng was cut short by his mother.
"Your father would be here anytime soon after this month. He won't be happy learning you were seen outside" she said.
She looks at his bandage hand, his wrist were covered with scratches.
"Did you scratch yourself" she asked.
Ijueng didn't said anything.
"You were ill with no one around, I was afraid, i didn't step outside for my self but to get you candies" he said looking down at his lap. "you are all better now"
"you brought them? The one at the door?", he nodded her eyes soften.
"And about the chocolate one, I'm sorry eomma I get outside without your permission, I won't do it again"
"Ijueng bad people are roaming outside,you can't just go back and forth on your will,i don't like keeping you at bay whenever you step out of line'' she said, messaging her bridge of nose.
"W-why you changed so much eomma?" Ijueng said his eyes were filling with warm fluids. His mother sternly looked at him.
"We were happy back then, appa loved me,you too, i miss our old home, can't we go back, ever since I fell ill and moved here appa always seems angry whenever he sees me." His tears were unbrokebly flowed to his cheeks.
"I will never fall sick again, please tell appa not to hate me" his mother feels a lump in her throat, she wipes his cheeks.
"He doesn't hate you, you just didn't behave well" she said gulping her dry throat.
"Refrain yourself from using this hand until it's healed,ohk" she ruffles his hair.
****
[Present time December]
[ SEOUL]
[Phoenix enterprises]
"So Hyeon, you're going back?
Lucky Man! You are the only one enjoying the real meaning of life with a loving wife and son"
"Invite me too on dinner sometime." Chiho a bald man in his late 30's said.
"NO!, we don't have food for pigster" Hyeon replied collecting his paper works compiling them on table.
"Oh com'on! we don't eat that much"he said.
Hyeon raised his brows.
"Ohk,we do" he smiled to himself.
"But you are hiding them for way too long, aren't you?. If you're going to do that, you shouldn't have told us tons of stories about your lovely child and amazing wife" Chiho complained.
"What was his name again yujin-- ah IJUENG right" Hyeon stopped in his track, his expression were stiff for seconds but he schooled back his emotions and turn toward Cheho.
"Are you done with the submission of files on field survey?" He asked.
Chiho eyes widen he didn't completed the print work!. "I was about to, have a good holiday hyeon!" he hastily said running back to his cabin.
Hyeon sighed. Looking at the paper in his hand.
"Ijueng, Nala" he whispers.
He moved to the president room and about to knock but a low yelling voice came from inside, looks like Mr.kim morning wasn't a good one, "he still didn't manage to solve the property case" He waited for mr.kim calls to end.
'This company needs to work on its infrastructure, what they do with all the money after paying them so little'. He scoffs at the poor soundproof-room door where he was standing.
On the inside, "what do you mean there's no way? Search for her! it's not like earth had swallowed it or sky washed her away,she just can't erased in thin air, she wouldn't have died then, bring me her anyhow. Either alive or not, then dead body".He angrily spat.
"You don't understand what are on stakes now, if I go down the road I'll bring you down with me too" he huffed and ended the call.
Hyeon cleared his voice and knocked. with a come in,he enters.
"It's done sir" hyeon placed the compiled papers on desk.
Mr Kim. eyes sparkles, 'this man don't know the word loss or failure.' He amazed him with his each task.
"Oh com'on don't call me that, just mr.kim is fine" the old man in his early 60's said.
"I should mind my manners sir, i obediently refuse to do that" Mr Kim chuckled.
"What about renovation process there?" Mr. Kim going through the papers, asked.
"With the cessation of people protest, the work has become comparatively faster than before" Hyeon replied.
"Hmm", Mr Kim hummed.'they are literally the thorns in my dreams but money solve all' He chuckled.
"Good work Hyeon"
"Here sir" he slided a envelope towards him.
"Leave?" Mr Kim chuckled.
"You only take leaves around this time, with you gone, what if they start again, restraining the renovation process in between?" He asked.
''It won't happen, they have been taken care of" Hyeon smugly said.
This is the expression mr.kim always gets chills running down in his spine. he oftenly mistook it as a mask of his real character,but then again Hyeon was never a very friendly spoken person.
"Hmm that's what I demand from my competent employee, i hate backstabs!" Mr Kim said sounding unwavered.
"You have my trust Hyeon, you are free now, you may go"
Hyeon phone ting in his pocket. He closed the door coming outside, and pick out his phone.
His gaze fixed intently at the square screen, held defeated hate.
"I hate backstabs too" he muttered.
"Doesn't match" the screen reads.
****
[6th bell]
The three friends were sitted on their seats, pateintly waiting for Garam, contemplating the reaction thay might have to overcome divulging the information of their little lie they had tell to Garam, about solving his problems.
"It's not going to work, only sprawling won't do anything" Auron said standing up.
"How we going to tell him, his brother is joining us just a day after tomorrow" Ben said.
Terry chuckled looking at his friends distraught.
"Let him know with his arrival, don't sweat about it, it's not like he's going to kill us"
"I heard her clear, he is the main reason why he came here" Ben said.
"If he gets to know what we did then" Ben eyes goes wider.
A cold breeze woosh from their sides, they looked up, Garam was looking at them with intriguing eyes.
"What?" Terry asked hiding his shock.
"What you guys are hiding?" Garam asked.
Just then the P.E teacher Mr. cha park enters into the class abrupting them.
He is a man of tall stature, his body adorned by ripped, jacked strong muscles he worked hard too acquire and a large disdain of a round thick glass on his nose making his eyes look smaller than an almond.
A wild rumor goes on 'women fell on him until they saw his eyes.'
"...So this is formation we are going to work with,this year it's going to be held in our school campus, it's a big opportunity for us. we have already defeated them in their ground, now they must have their heads up to this year performance." He chuckled.
''Last year legacy' we have to maintain the same, we can't shook our pride, so Roger!..." He raised his fist in air.
"He started again.." student murmured.
".... Belts up, this year I'm going to personally choose you, no take back with names, my team is going to be our representative volleyball team!" Mr. cha exclaimed.
Just by a mere Volleyball expression whole class erupted into chaos, everyone wanted to be the part of that team. moreover being in this team has it own perks, who wouldn't want to be appeared more cooler,and getting, preferential treatments?
This game alone gave this school it's last year heartthrob.
Students and their imagination just runs wild in nature.
"Before that, In upcoming weekend, our school game club has organize an exam for checking your physique related subjects like- agility, speed, flexibility."
"Only through this filters the participator will be choosen"
"Know that only being a player and Having a knowledge about game won't be enough, if you slack on your physique"
"The eager one can enroll their names taking the forum from gaming club assistant" he said before leaving the class.
"I'm in" A tall looking guy yama said.
"Me too" his friend klean said.
"Ha-ha-ha-ha, it's not a rabbit race,are you going to run with your small legs" a girl, Irin teased him.
Meanwhile, Terry was already thinking of getting himself in. He perked up looking at Auron.
"You guys are joining me right?"
Auron shook his head "I'm already in running 400 m race. I can't" he said.
Just then a boy pace towards them.
"Auron, you already filled up in that form?
"Huh?" Auron frowned.
"your name was pasted on it!" He said.
"Mr. cho, he never let me have a break from volleyball" he shrugged his shoulder in defeat.
"Then I guess his name also in it" Auron gestured to Garam.
"I didn't saw his name" the boy replied.
"So you're joining?" Terry look impatiently at Auron.
"Well I don't have a choice, do i?" Auron shook his head.
"I'm out" Ben said, raising his both hands in surrender.
"Me too" Garam who was silent for a while also clicked in.
The all three looked at him and then in next second they bursted into laughter.
"You better not choose that, it's good you are out, with you out, our school will have a high chance of winning!" Ben said.
They all chuckled.
Auron whisper to Terry "what about his brother?"
"It's good as dead to not tell him, let them meet,we will say we knew nothing and he would think it's all his mother doing.... that's it." Terry said.
"Hope it goes that way, or he would go for our neck" Auron sighed.