Chapter 19

SONG RIN'S POV

It's already nine and I've already put a close sign on my glass door shop. Everything was cleaned and all my employees have already go home.

Now I'm the only one left and I'm just waiting for my brother to come and take me back home.

I was busy scrolling on my phone while sitting on one of the chairs that's facing the glass wall when the chimes of the door ring indicated that the door opens. I smile expecting it to be my brother who just came in.

But I was stunned to see Zee who came in.

"Oh sorry I didn't see the sign." As he was looking at the sign in the door.  "You're close?" He asks more like confirming that we are as he was looking at the empty place before he look straight into my eyes.

God why is this man born to be this handsome. I have seen many handsome Korean men roaming around Seoul and even some are my regular customers but no one of them gets my attention like this Thai man standing in front of me did.

"You're back?" I stand immediately and walk to him slowly wanting to know if it's just my imagination or not.

"Hi there Rin. Good evening." He greeted. I smile as how his baritone voice did something again to me.

"Hello there to Zee. Good evening." I replied.

"Sorry I came without knowing your closing at this hour." He said scratching the back of his head is looking sorry.   "I should have told you that I'll be coming. But I don't have your contact." He said.

"Oh Yeah, We didn't exchange one." I said staring at him. God I can't stop looking at him, and even my heart can't stop beating.

Was this something more?  I am feeling something that I have never felt before.

No way, that can't be. We only met just three times now and counted today.

"Should we?" He asked me unsure and I giggled at his shyness.  "I mean exchange one."

"Is that allowed for you? Aren't you afraid I'll take advantage of you?" I said jokingly making him laugh.

"Would you?" He ask

"Should I?" I replied and we both laughed at each other.

Then suddenly I realized I just make him stand on the door.

"Ohh. I'm soo bad on making you just stand there. Come in, sit down." As I pointed at the chair making him sit down. Then I sat beside him.

"Thank you." He said and I nodded and smiled at him.

"When did you arrive.?" I ask him.

"Just this 8 in the evening." He said as he smile

looking at him that makes me shock.

"Did you immediately came here once you arrive Seoul?" I ask couldn't believe that he really came in here.

"Actually. You see that hotel?" As he pointed outside just across my pastry shop.

"We stay there." He said.

"Ohh. Did you also stay there the last time you came here?" I ask. Cuz he was just close to my shop. He immediately nodded.

"Should we exchange contacts?"  I ask going back to the conversation of changing contacts.

"Sure. So if I'm here I can message you." He said and we started exchanging contacts.

"As I'm still here now. Can I message you anytime?" He ask.

"Yes you can." As I nodded at him.

We both were startled when we heard the door open and my brother came in.

He look shock seeing me with someone. Will who wouldn't be. He never saw me entertaining anyone before, moreover in late at night.

"Hyung. You're here." I just said. Now I felt embarrassed as if I was caught red handed.

"Yeah. I'm already here." He said in a serious voice.

"Hello. Good evening." Zee stated greeting him.

"Hi. Evening." He replied still looking so serious and intimidating, but Zee doesn't look intimidated at all they even stare at each other like they're fighting who's going to back down between them.

"Ahem. Guys, stop staring at each other like that." I said interrupting them both cuz god they make me feel awkward.

"Who is this guy. dongseang?" He look at me in serious.

"He's my friend, hyungnim. He's Zee." I said answering him while I look at Zee to who only stare at James.

"Zee." I called making him look at me and smile so brightly like he didn't just look at my brother so seriously.

"This is my older brother, Park James." I said introducing my brother to him.  "Hyung, this is Zee a friend."

And they both now bow to each other. But the air of awkwardness play in the air.

"I should go back now Rin. See you next time." Zee said goodbye. "Nice to meet you." He said to my brother before going out.

"What was that dongseang? Who is that guy?" He ask again. I already introduced them to each other but here he is asking who's Zee again.

"Didn't I just introduce you to each other hyung?" I said

"You know what I'm talking about here dongseang. Don't play a fool here." He said making me pout.

"I told you he's a friend of mine." I said before I got my phone and walk to get my bag.

"It's the first time I saw him." He said.

"Cuz he's a new friend." I replied and walk towards him.

"Let's go home. Don't ask to much about Zee he's just a friend that I got a good time to talk with. Nothing more." I said and started to turn of the lights.

I can't tell him about the things I have been feeling for Zee as that wouldn't be good.

"I'm not going to be against with who you want to be friends with dongseang. I just want you to be careful. You don't know who's going to take advantage of you." He said and I sigh.

"Hyungnim. I'm old enough so you shouldn't worry about me, will except those fears that I have. Nothing you have to worry about okay." I said making him understand that I can take care of myself.   "Come on let's go home" I said as we walk out of the place.

And as for Zee even if we didn't really know more of each other I know I can trust him. I don't know how or why, but I can just feel it.

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As my body clock is doing his job. I woke up early.  I don't have to open my shop today as it's Sunday. But since I already woke up. I can't now go back to sleep.

Instead I stand and walk to my closet and grab a coat  as I am planning to do a hiking outside. I cover my pajamas with my black coat. The sun would rised in no time now so I might go and walk to get some fresh air.

I take my phone and put it in my pocket. At this time my mom and hyung James must still be sleeping.

I walk down the stairs and saw Nana Jean holding something. I think she's from the basement as she was dirty and sweating holding a big cardboard or was it a canvas?

"Good morning nana."I greeted her making her startled.

"Ohh my gosh Song Rin-nim you startled me" she said making me laugh with her reaction.

"What are you doing in this early morning Nana." I ask her, looking at what she was holding.

"Is that a canvas Nana?" I ask her.

"Ohh yes it is. I don't know with your mother. She wants me to take this all out. You're hyung would be sad about this." I frown at what she said.

His hyung? Is that his hyung painting.?

"Does hyung painted that Nana?" I ask in curiosity as I continue to walk down and look at the painting closely.

"Yes he does. Don't you remember that your hyung used to paint before." She said and I shook my head.

"Why did he stop?" I ask her as she looks down as he stays silent remembering that she said something sensitive to me.

"It's okay nana. I'm not offended at all." I said as I touch the painting carefully. How could a painting look so painful. I never saw any painting like this before and it's too emotional to look at. It's an abstract but the way all the colors represented his emotions was to painful.

Suddenly I feel dazzy and i don't know what happened. All my surroundings were spinning then I lost consciousness and went down on the ground. Nana Jean immediately let go of the painting as she caught me first.

All I could hear now is her voice shouting for help.

I was in a dream again. Why am I here? I don't know.

This time the dream is different. Different as what I often dream of. Now I was in a room full of paintings. Canvas was everywhere but all of the painting and drawing was way different than the painting that was painted by my hyung James as what Nana Jean held on a while ago.

Then I saw someone coming in. I can't see his face as it's the only thing that was blur. All the things were clear but I couldn't see his face.

He started painting then suddenly someone knock the door but the guy didn't have the plan to listen to what the other person was talking about.

Even I couldn't really understand the person on the other door was talking but I know she was talking so loud. Then a single word was heard that made him look at the door with a bright smile. I can't see his smile but I know he was smiling.

"Hia?" I heard him said. And I frown. That's also the person said from the other door.

He immediately run out of the door leaving his canvas painting that's now almost done. I look at it carefully and I was so amazed how beautiful the painting is.

I instantly walked to the door where he came out and walked to the way where he went. I don't know how I've known where he goes but my feet lead me to him.

This time I saw him hugging someone so tightly. Clinging to that someone like he had never seen him for a long time. Then I saw a woman standing on the stairs looking at the two.

All of those peoples faces were blurry but I can feel the happiness they all felt.

Suddenly the scene had changed like It's changing the  channel in the movie.

They're still on the place but different clothes they had wear. It's a formal one, like they are having an occasion.

"It's going to be 11 now, son. You need to go upstairs and sleep. This day must be tiring for you." Suddenly a man said to the guy he had saw awhile ago.

Then a woman came in from the door looking so sad.

"Maybe he doesn't catch the flight, son." She said.

"He never breaks any promises to me before mom." As he started to cry. I came closer to them but even if I was very close to them i still couldn't really see their faces.

"Son. It's okay, sometimes we can't fulfill everyone's promises." The man said to the guy.  Maybe they are family

"But he always fulfills it" he said sadly still crying.

Then the door open again.  "He's here"

Then the guy came in. For a second I saw the guys face but then it blurred back again. What's happening here?

Why am I in a place I've never been before. Who are they.

Then this time the two hug each other tightly.

"Song Rin." I heard someone call my name and I look around as everything stops and everything became dark and dark that I couldn't see anything anymore.

"Help me. Please." I heard someone calls from the dark.

Then I see a light. It's not just light. It's a fire. Everywhere is starting on fire.

God no way this is happening to me again.

"Help me please." Another call of help and his burn face coming so close to me.

"No. No don't." I shouted but no one was there to help me.

Please stop hunting me. I didn't do anything to you.

"Song Rin, son. Wake up." I heard my mom's voice calling me.

"NO!" I shouted.

"NO!" I shouted at the same time as I woke up. I panted heavily before a look around confirming if I'm still on those changing dreams to nightmare or I've already woken up. I realized I already woke up. I'm not in those places and I'm here on my bed.

Maybe my hyung who takes me here.

"Dongseang." I saw hyung James's worried face. Then my mom was sitting on a single couch holding my hand.

"Thank God you're awake my adeul." She said as tears started to fall on her eyes.

"I'm okay now eomma." I said holding her hands in response.

"Let me check on him Seo hyung-ssi." Then I only realized there's Dr. Choi in the room.

My mom let's go of me and make a way for Dr. Choi.

I slowly sat on the bed as hyung help me.

"Hi Song Rin." She greeted me with a smile.

"How are you feeling now?" She ask.

"I'm fine now Dr. Choi." I answer her.

"Do you feel dizzy?" She ask putting a stethoscope on my chest.

"No I don't." I said.

"Any nauseous feeling.?" She ask again

"No." As I shake my head. This time she put a light in my eyes checking my vision.

"Okay. As far as I can see. Everything is normal. Maybe you're too stressed with work." She said more like to my mom than me as she looks at her and nodded.

"That's good to hear that he's okay Dr. Choi." My mom said as she sighed in relief.

"But you need to rest for now Song Rin. Don't strain yourself." She reminded me.

"I understand Dr. Choi." I said before she said something to my mom and said goodbye.

My mom takes her out and that leaves me with my brother and Nana Jean who looks guilty.

"Nana you did nothing wrong to me."I said to her.

"Thank God Nana catches you on time dongseang. If not your head might have hit on the floor." Hyung James says as he hold his head is so much worry of me.

"Thanks to Nana then. And I'm fine now hyung don't worry about me okay?" As I hold his hand.

"I hope this never happens to you again." He said. But I can't just promise him that. I'm afraid this would happen again. I know this doesn't happen because of stress. There is a deeper reason than just that. Even if I said that this was because of my head that is acting up again, that why this happened to me. I know there's something behind all this.

"If this happens again we'll take you to the hospital so we can make sure you're really okay." He said

"Okay that's a deal." As I nodded at him.

"Now take a full rest." He said guiding me to lay down again, placing a blanket on me. Then he stand and walk out of the door along with Nana leaving me alone in my room.

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SOMEONE'S POV

"I'll be going back to Korea next week." He said making me stop on what I'm doing. I put the plate back on the dishwasher.

"Why? Is there something important you need to do there." I asked and he looked at me and nodded.

"It's the reunion. I have never been there as we stayed here in Thailand since." He said making me sigh of the thing he had said.

"Then good luck." I just said walking back to my room. I wanted to be alone.

"Maybe it's time for you to go back to." He said. I stopped on track.

"I've been doing good here so why should I come back to the place that's been all a lie and a hell for me." I said to him. He walks towards me and hold my shoulder.

"Nong. You can't run away with this for a long time. You should face this problem." He said. I look away  staying silent with his words.

"I know it's hard to accept the fact that the life you thought you have was just a lie. But if you run with this. How would you get the justice you wanted?" He said.

Now everything I've tried to forget has come back to me again. All the hard things I went through came back again. The truth that's been too late for me to know.

"I don't know anymore Phi. How can I face the person who has hurt me this much. How can I face those people who I thought love me but turns out to be lying to me. How can I even forgive them." I said as tears started to fall from my eyes. He immediately hugged me tight to comfort me.

"They did the unthinkable to your own parents nong and that's hard to forgive." He said that makes me cry even more.

"Before I found out about him, I already lost him Phi, and it's too painful. I can't forgive them."I respond. He rubs my back saying comforting words.

"It's okay nong. Everything would be okay, I'll help you get through this, just like I always do." He said making me feel the comfort he had always given me.

"Just tell me when you're ready." He said and I nodded in response.

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ZEE'S POV

I just figured that every sunday Song Rin's pastry shop is closed. I didn't even ask him if last night if his available today or not as I was planning to treat him into something for our deal.

"Are you okay son?" My dad was frowning looking at me. He's very confused about why I was walking back and forth in our hotel room while I was holding a phone.

"It's nothing dad." I said sitting back at the couch now fidgeting.

"If you're contemplating on calling or texting  someone just do it." He said walking to the kitchen as I know he was going to get a coffee.

Then I decided to text and make a message but then it took so long for me to decide whether to send it or not, but after a minutes of thinking I decided to press the send button.

It takes minutes before I receive a reply from him.

After a minute we exchange messages then I found out that he was not feeling well and he needs to take a rest.

I feel worried about him. Then I ask where he leaves as I decided to just see him myself rather than wait for another time to see each other again.

When he sent me his address I immediately got my own denim jacket and walk out of the hotel room. I told my dad that I'll be going out for the day not really telling him where it was. But I made him sure I'll be back in no time.

When I got out of the hotel I get a taxi and show him the address on my phone. When he said that he knows where it was I got inside the taxi and let him take me there.

It takes fifteen minutes before I arrive at the place. I was even wondering if it was really the right place but when the taxi said it is I immediately paid him and thanked him before I went out of the taxi.

I look up at the place and I saw villa's and mansions all around the place. Well who would have thought he was wealthy. I'm even wondering if he's a chaebol, or as they say an heir of a wealthy clan.

I sigh when I struggle to think on how should I tell him I was here in his place. I've really gone stupid just because he said he was not fine.

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SONG RIN

I came out of my comfort room just finished relieving myself, and now I'm back on my bed.  My mom and brother had already gone to work an hours ago as they are preparing for the company's anniversary tomorrow.

Before they go they even make sure that I should be resting. I only said yes to everything they said so they won't need to worry about me.

Nana Jean had gone to the company just now as my mom had forgotten something important and she needed it today so she told nana to bring it to her.

So now I'm here alone in my room.

But thirty minutes ago Zee had texted me unexpectedly asking where I am but the foolish me said I wasn't feeling well. He even got worried and ask my address, without any thoughts I just sent him my address.

After I sent it he didn't reply. Now I'm staring at my phone waiting for him to reply. I sigh thinking he is not interested on having a conversation with me.

I maybe boring to him.

I was startled when my phone rings and I almost accidentally throw it away.

When I saw the caller I smile widely and immediately answer the call.

"Hello?" I answered

"Hi Rin. I'm in front of your house " he instantly said making me shocked. Did I hear him right?

"WHAT?" I stood on my bed and couldn't believe what I just heard.

"I'm outside your house." He said again.

Without a word I went out the door and ran outside making sure he was really there.

When I opened the gate I saw him standing outside holding his phone looking so worried.

"How do you know exactly where I lived?" I instantly said.

"I happen to pass by on someone and ask where you live exactly." He answers. That is why.

"Are you okay?" He asks and I smile as how could he be this concern to me.

"I'm fine Zee. I didn't know you would come here. You should have told me." I said then I realized I was still wearing my pajamas.

"Sorry it's afternoon and I'm still wearing pajamas." As I felt awkward about how I looked.

"That is fine. I just really came here to check on you. I don't know why but I felt worried all of a sudden when you said you're not fine." He said making my heart flutter.

How can this guy come here and would just casually said his worried about me while being so handsome without trying. This is unfair. He's making my heart unstable.

Yes, unstable as that's what I always am towards him. I'm doing something questionable and unstable when I'm with him. First I ran after him, then I give him pastries and even made a deal, and now I unconsciously told him I'm not fine, when I'm already okay, then now running fast when I heard he was outside my house only wearing pajamas.

Now I think I've gone too far with what I am doing in front of this man.

"I didn't bring anything to you. I'm sorry I was coming here without thinking." He said, feeling embarrassed that he didn't bring anything but it was fine. I don't really need anything. Just him in here it better than anything else.

"You don't have to say sorry. I didn't need any present. Just you coming is already better than anything you could bring." I said. He look away feeling shy. Then I realized I just said what I really felt. It seems like I'm flirting with him. I'm really crazy.

Why wouldn't I think more before I speak. I'm starting to dig my own grave with all the stupidity I am doing in front of him.

"Do you want to come in." I said changing the awkward conversation. Now I'm inviting him inside my house. Am I going too fast with this friendship we just had?

"I just came here to check if you're okay. Are you really okay?" He ask.

"I am now. Cuz you're here." Now that was a very forward answer. A flirty one. Why am I like this?

He laughed at what I said as I felt awkward.

"I mean. It's good you are here." I said covering up the last words that I said.

Then I was mesmerized when he looked at with a smile that so bright. Now that smile is a hundred million worth.

Why is this man so charming. He is captivating my heart without trying anything. Like he's too good to be true.

"It's glad to see you're okay now." He said and I smiled only  in response.

"I was really planning to take you for a treat. You know for the deal we made." He continued while holding his nape.

"But maybe next time." He said. When would be that next time?

"I'm free now." I immediately said. I can't let this chance to slip off.

"But-"

"I already told you I'm okay now Zee." I said, stopping him what he wants to say.

"We can go today." I said. He looked at me contemplating if he would really go with me or not.

"But I don't have a car." He said. That makes me paused for a minute. Will I could commute if I'm with someone I had trusted the most, and the way I feel safe with Zee I think I had given him the trust I rarely give to anyone.

"Then let's go commute." I said.

"Are you okay with that?" He ask not sure if I'm gonna be okay with it.

"Of course. Just let me change." I said making him get inside the house as I can't let him wait outside while people would be wondering who he was. They might even think his a creep and call a police.

Like people here are not trusting anyone they barely know or they just met.

Except for my case. I just found myself trusting this guy I barely know.

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Find myself in a very on edge on posting an update today cuz I am not feeling well. See you next time hope I'll be better soon so I can write more.

Hope you like the update today.