Hello everyone!
I'm really, really sorry for not being able to post but work stepped in my way and, as much as I love hearing your opinions and reading your reviews, I had to made priorities! So, SORRY!
Or, as they say in my country DESCULPEM=)
So, to compensate you guys, I'll post TWO CHAPTERS of this brand new story!
This is a Woo Bin&Jae Kyung story, so I want you guys to expect a lot of humor and romance of it, ok? I'll try to make it as good as possible!
AND, just so you know, since my other four stories about the remaining F4 are linked between them, you can say that the time gap of 5years in "Boys Over Flowers" starts with this story and it will soon move forward, as I add the other stories. You'll see that it even will be a good experience, reading them. At least I hope so (EVIL WRITER SAYS eheheeh=D)
So, without any more delays, here's the first chapter of "Can't Forget... And Don't Want To!"
Enjoy!
Chapter 1 - Woo Bin - One Year After
Whenever he thought about what he had been about to do, that time, he would stay furious and pissed the following days, blaming himself for being so affected by her. He tried to get over it using the same ways he had when Lya had also left him: alcohol and meaningless sex.
He was completely frustrated when he found out he couldn't get over it; it didn't matter if he drank too much, if he had sex with 10 different girls in one night… no matter what he did, nothing seemed to erase her presence from his mind.
He ended up closing himself, even from his F4 buddies and started staying at home. He wanted to be left alone and nothing more than that. He had closed himself from the rest of the world while he thought about what he intended to do with his life. His friends tried to bring him from the deep abyss they had already pulled him from once. Still, seemed like this time the abyss wasn't under a bridge, but directly in his head.
He couldn't tell if it had been hours, days or months that he spent living like that, making everyday a torment for him. Until the time he accidentally ended up in the same park he had been avoiding; the hunted park where they had their first date. Without knowing why, he sat at the same bench and images of that time plagued his mind once more, while tears soaked his face. But there was one thing he hadn't expected to happen. For the first time he cried and in the end he felt in peace with himself. It seemed that, what had happened in that park was the only good memory he would have from that time. That and their first night together, were the only good things he could remember without getting too much hurt. He tried to fill his void with those things and suddenly the world, which had seemed so cold and still in one place, had started spinning again and warming up once more.
And then he started to rebuilt himself.
He stopped drinking until oblivion, stopped appearing everyday at the usual bars and took a deep plunge into work, becoming a helpful presence and help to his father.
The old man knew what had happened, the whole story, and as well as his friends had tried to reason his son into the truth. He was worried, seeing his son drowning so much. And it was with the utmost surprise that he witnessed his son pull himself up alone. His friends hadn't been there because they couldn't… and he still had pulled himself up… that alone reassured him that his son would be ok. It would take time but he would rebuild himself.
After almost a year of constant travels and uncountable meetings around the world, Woo Bin had already made his name resound in the business world. He became CEO of Il Shin Constructions and owner of half the night clubs in Korea.
It was only after almost a year that he felt enough courage to ask Ga Eul:
- So… - he started, earning her full attention over her books, and trying to sound as indifferent about that as he could. – have you heard about… about Jae Kyung?
They had been starting to meet about a year ago, he and Ga Eul, since Yi Jung had went to Sweden and since Jae Kyung had left for the USA. Their relationship was one of mere friends, brother and sister but most companions; still, Woo Bin knew that Ga Eul was still mad at him for not wanting to know the whole story.
They were at their habitual coffee shop, near Ga Eul's university. He had assumed the role of her protector, since with the passing of the years more and more men were trying to make moves on her. And since Yi Jung as still abroad, he saw it as his duty to protect his brother's girl. In his life, though, Ga Eul was not only Yi Jung's girl but also Woo Bin's new confident. Today, though, was the first day, in two years, that he had dared to say Jae Kyung's name.
Ga Eul stared at him in a strange way but still smiled and said:
- Yeah. We talked yesterday on the phone.
- …. And how is she?
- She's… she's fine… why?
- Nothing. Nothing really… just curious…
- I see… - her eyes returned to her book.
- Did she… did she say anything?
- About you? – Ga Eul confronted him, piercing his gaze with hers. – No, nothing really. Just the usual…
- The… the usual? – he continued, his voice shaking with impatience even if he tried to turn it into an unnatural tune.
She smirked but still said:
- Yeah, we've been in touch for these past two years. She always asks about how you're doing so… that's what we talk about you… why?
- Curiosity…
- Then why don't you ask her yourself?
- As if!
- Woo Bin-sunbae! You might really be a genius in business, but you're quite unskilled in the matters of heart.
- Who said that a D. Juan had a heart to begin with? – he said, smirking at her.
- Unni said. After all, she was the one who knew the D. Juan better, was she not? – Ga Eul said, without looking in his eyes. She knew her expression would only betray her if she dared to look up.
Jae Kyung had been talking a lot more about Woo Bin than in the previous year. She was impressed by how well he was doing in his business, and since Ga Eul was now the closest person to him, she always wanted to know how he was doing in reality. Of course, that should Ga Eul split any of it in front of Woo Bin, she would be condemning Jae Kyung and hers relationship.
Woo Bin didn't move, after hearing her last phrase and was glad that she wasn't facing the blush he clearly knew he had on his face.
- Have you talked to Yi Jung? – he changed the speech direction.
- Yeah. – she said, smiling truly. – We talked yesterday. The Biennale went really well, he said. He has a lot of incoming request and lots of work for the next months it seems.
- Isn't this already his second Biennale?
- Thank goodness it is. They were really impressed with his works, last year so they end up inviting him again…
- I thought that they'd be bored about him, by now…
Ga Eul laughed a little and took a sip of her coffee.
- When is he coming back?
- He doesn't know. Il Hyun's marriage with Eun Jae-unni is in two weeks and he doesn't quite know when he will get a flight. Unni will be there too.
- She will?
- Yeah…
As if on cue, Ga Eul's phone rang and she picked it up looking at the screen. And frowned.
- What is it?
- It's Jae Kyung-unni.
He gulped hard and looked at the phone in her hands, which was still ringing.
- Should I pick up…?
- Of course you should! It's your phone, after all… - he said.
Ga Eul merely smirked and picked up.
- Hello? Unni! How are you? Hum, yes I'm fine. What? But, what happened…? Of course, you shouldn't even have to ask! Ok. I won't… Woo Bin-sunbae?
Woo Bin jumped on his chair and made frenetic gestures for her not to tell Jae Kyung he was there.
- Yeah, he is fine. – said Ga Eul, smiling mischievously. – He is with me, now. We were having coffee…
Woo Bin shot her a glance that clearly meant "you are so dead, after this!". She merely giggled.
- What? Of course not, Unni! How could you think… but, wait! Did something happen again? Was it him again?
Woo Bin had to try really, really hard not to jump in the chair again. The tune of Ga Eul's voice had turned to a worried one, suddenly and he wasn't like the direction their conversation was taking. And who was him?
He battled with himself, in his thoughts; of course he hadn't expected that Jae Kyung would remain single. Still, there was a part of him, similar to the one he had felt once, in the airport when Yi Jung had arrived from Sweden, that didn't like the idea of seeing or even imagining Jae Kyung with another man. Or at least, with one that wasn't him!
There was also another thing that was bothering him a little more than he would care to admit. He was bothered by the fact that he hadn't wanted and hadn't still heard what Ga Eul claimed to be the whole truth behind her unexpected disappearance. He knew he had been a jerk, ignoring Jae Kyung's calls and the insistent pleas of Ga Eul to listen to her, but he had been seriously hurt at the time; and now, the idea that he could have been unfair to the woman he was most eager to have back again, that single thought had him going mad.
He hadn't heard anything, he had asked not to, from her or from her business company. Every news related to her had been forbidden and his father had made sure that the newspapers that got to his hands had already been checked for news from her. It was the only way, his father had told him, he had found out to protect his son.
Ga Eul ended her call, a preoccupied look on her face. Trying to lift the mood, Woo Bin asked her:
- A penny for your thoughts? What happened, you seem worried…
- I am, in fact. If you'll excuse me, sunbae, there is something I need to do…
- Sure. Oh, wait! I just… I want… I wanted to… to know…
- Jae Kyung-unni is fine, aside from a few collateral damages… - she spoke to him and Woo Bin was sure her tune had droped a few degrees below zero.
- Oh, wait! Ga Eul-yang, what did I do now? I was quiet the whole conversation so…
- It's because you didn't want to hear the truth that we have come to this… - she sighed. – If you'd excuse me now…
Woo Bin watched her leave, perplexed. He couldn't understand what had caused the change of humor in Ga Eul but something was certainly not right. And he was going to get to the bottom of the question…
So, how was it? Curious? Reviews are welcomed!
See you next chapter!