SECOND BEGINNING
Lovely day, with bright last autumn sun shone
over their heads, was witnessing their reunion after a whole year separation.
“Can we start now?”, Nam Da Jung held his
strong warm hand tightly with teasing smiles decorating her lips. Slowly Kwon
Yul felt his ice was broken and couldnot help returning her smile happily. He
even grinned wider affected by the girl’s cheerful radiance.
“ Nam da Jung-ssi, it is very nice to see you
again, “ he spoke quite formally, still he was not able to hide his joy to see
her again. He tightened his grips on Da
Jung’s small fingers. When he looked up to the afternoon sky, he thought he
could see a rainbow across the horizon above.
After that quick nostalgic moment, Nam Da Jung
sat on one of the chairs and looked around the garden breathing clear air left
by crisp autumn wind.
“ It is comfortable here, and I wonder why you
choose this place to receive interviews?.” Then she turn around and saw that
Kwon Yul was still looking at her smiling. She imagined stars twinkling in his
grey beautiful eyes.
“That is because I think this place is very
suitable to be interviewed by someone so special. And I will not feel confined here,”
Kwon Yul replied playfully. Nam Da Jung laughed and to Kwon Yul it sounded like
something out of his happiest dreams.
“Aah.. Jongri nim,... Sorry, I haven’t been out
of the habit of thinking of you as one... or should I call you Mr. Kwon Yul?
You can talk a little bit nicer now. Much different from my experience couple
of years ago.”
“People are changing, Nam Da Jung-ssi, and so
am I. I am grateful that I am changing into a better person. Thanks to you and
your clumsiness,”
“Mr. Kwon Yul, that’s what you call grateful? I
can change too, you know! If you still think that I am that clumsy.. well I had
better leave now.”
“ Nam Da Jung ssi, you become too serious.
Well, you were clumsy and I thank you for that... Come on... sit down again...,
or have you become a coward?”, Kwon Yul pulled Nam Da Jung’s hand and made her
sit again.
“Me? A coward? Only in your dream, Jong ri
nim,” Da Jung spouted her lips but when she noticed that Kwon Yul chuckled
loudly, she grinned too and felt like a dejavu back at the time when they
bickered endlessly.
“So, since you are here to interview me, let us
see what questions you prepare for me. I hope I will not get zero score this
time,” Kwon Yul folded his hands on the
table staring at Da Jung who was busy taking out her notes.
“Okay, the first question, what is your first
son favourite activity and the second, why are you staring at me?.”
“ Woo ri loves to sing and play music. His band
is starting to perform in many local events. He is quite celebrity now with
several girls often stop to take pictures with him. For the second question,
that is because I am curious to hear
your unusually strange questions.”
Nam Da Jung felt her cheeks were smoking. She
believed the man in front of her can perceive her embarassment yet unhidden
delight.
Kwon Yul just smiled and continued his words, “
I am glad to have listened to somebody’s advice about his talent.”
“Hmmm... I am also glad to hear that, Mr. Kwon
Yul. Okay, next question. Who is your daughter’s idol?”
“She still loves Roori, but I think she’s
getting crazier about EXO boys,” Kwon Yul let out an amused laugh.
“She is growing up to be a very pretty and
smart young lady, Sir,” Da Jung spoke without looking up from her notes.
Nevertheless, Kwon Yul noticed that she is smiling brightly.
“And what about Kwon Man Se? Does he still love
bread so much?,” Da Jung tried to speak more casually. Instead, all she could
hear was a small shrilled voice. Like a wave, some memories of a hungry little
boy swept over her and flooded her heart. Man Se, bread loving cute Manse, she
could feel her eyes got misty and wet while Kwon Yul took a longer gaze at her
and sighed heavily before answering her.
“ Man Se is taller and more plump. He really
took his grandfather’s advice to his heart, “ he paused a while and continued
to speak, “ still he is missing his Ahjumma very much that often he forced me
to go out in the cold looking for her.” Nam Da Jung thought something had stuck
to her throat, she coughed a little to cover her thumping vein.
“ Allright, Mr. Kwon Yul. We are straight to
the last question. When was the hardest
time of your life?.”
“You really want to know, Da Jung ssi? I don’t
think you need the answer,” Kwon Yul replied softly. His eyes were staring at
the sunset dreamily. It was becoming very quiet at the garden. Only the
swishing of gentle wind caressed those last blooms of autumn roses on the
flower beds. Kwon Yul was the first to break the silence with his deep yet
painful voice.
“ The hardest time for me was when I had to let
you leave. I had promised your father to never let your hands go and I just
couldn’t keep my own words. If he had
lived back then, I believe he would have beat me in pulp for hurting his
precious daughter. I never could forgive myself for all those tears you
shed while you were with me, Nam Da Jung
ssi.”
That was a final straw for Nam Da Jung. River
of tears started to fall on her cheeks, she was sobbing and closed her face
with her two hands. “Please, stop that, Kwon Yul nim, you know that I really
had to leave...”
Slowly Kwon Yul rose from his seat and came
over to Nam Da Jung. Tenderly he held Da Jung’s face and wiped her wet face
carefully. “Shhhh... Da Jung ssi... I recall what you said once, it is nobody’s
fault, not yours or mine. Everything will be allright now. You are here with me
and we can start again properly.”
Nam Da Jung put her head on his shoulder. In an
instant, she felt warmth radiating her
heart. Peace and happiness filled a
portion of her inner emptiness , giving her a sense of coming home again.
Eventually she realized that she couldnot get
away anymore. This man holding her firmly was her sources of heaven, her love,
her Kwon Yul. Like seeing a new found life she smiled and hugged him back. This
was where she belonged.
That was the time when Chief Kang returned to
the garden. He stood by the gate, watching two of his dearest ones held each
other in loving embrace. He grinned and turned away from that place. Then he
took out his beeping smartphone. He saw on the blue screen, a very familiar
name, “Chief Seo...”
WHOAAA... THAT IS MY VERSION OF HAPPY ENDING J
Next is about Chief Kang and Parliament
Representative Woman Seo Hyeo Jeo :D
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