KISS NOTE
NINES

“Seunghi, hyung..” Seunghoon looks at Jinwoo with a face full of worry.

“He will be fine. You don't trust me and my people in the hospital?” Jinwoo looked at the arrogant Seunghoon. Actually he doesn't really want to brag, he just wants Seunghoon to stop worrying about light things.

Seunghi was taken to Lee's group hospital for intensive care. Jinwoo even purposely provided a special room for Seunghi and ordered to keep Seunghi's whereabouts a secret.

“Now tell me everything. Right now I deserve to know what happened to Seunghi because he is my patient. You can tell me everything, right, Seunghoon?” Jinwoo handed Seunghoon a cup of chamomile tea.

Seunghoon received a teacup but he lowered his head. Sayup-sayup sounded sobbing. The three people who were also in the same room just kept quiet, waiting for Seunghoon to start his story.

“I can't, hyung. Can't.” he replied in a vibrating voice.

“If you can't tell me, let me hypnotize you.” Pinta Jinwoo's.

Seunghoon nodded without an answer. When asked to speak directly, Seunghoon did not know where to start and it was very heavy for him to open the wound to remove the pus stored in it.

Jinwoo prepared a rose-scented candle. Seunghoon's favorite scent. After the scent of roses began to spread in the room, Jinwoo began his hypnosis.

“Rilexlah Seunghoon. Make yourself as comfortable as possible and close your eyes. Right now you can keep your worries in a box and you can talk about anything because of the worry you've saved.” Jinwoo began his hypnosis by instilling suggestions on Seunghoon.

“What is this scent, Seunghoon-ah?” ask Jinwoo.

“Roses.” Seunghoon replied briefly.

“The scent of this rose only smelled when you started to wake up. Just smell when you realize because once we start the session, this rose scent will disappear. You understand what I'm saying, right?” jinwoo. Seunghoon just nodded.

“Can you tell me, what happened to Seunghi?” Jinwoo carefully asked Seunghoon a question.

“Seunghi.. It all started from the time he waited for me to pick him up five years ago. Uri Seunghi. I... If only, at that time I was not too busy with my life with you guys..” Seunghoon stammered out fatigue that had been filling his chest.

It wasn't just Jinwoo who was surprised to hear Seunghoon's confession. The other three people who were in Jinwoo's study were just as shocked. There was nothing in their minds, Seunghoon and Seunghi went through tough days over the past five years.

“Surely Seunghi will not experience it. That girl must have been a famous designer.” Connect Seunghoon with sobs.

“Then, what's the reason you locked Seunghi up instead of bringing him here?” ask Jinwoo back.

“Not me. The father who locked him in the cursed room.” Seunghoon's countenance changed when he mentioned his father, there was an implied anger. Even Jinwoo saw Seunghoon clenching his hands.

“What's the reason?” Jinwoo repeated the question of why Seunghi was locked up.

“If this goes viral in the media, then Kang's group will meet destruction. Chairman Kang considers what happened to Seunghi a family disgrace.” Answer Seunghoon. His tone decreased, there was disappointment clearly drawn.

“Rather than seeing the company he built go bankrupt, he prefers to lock his son.” Seunghoon's breathing choked up like holding back a cry.

They think their father is more than annoying, but President Kang is a lot more annoying. Seunghoon who is known to be so ambitious and strong turned out to be so fragile and weak because of the pressure that the father put on him and Seunghi.

“FUCK!! AAARRGGHH!!” Shouted Seungyoon. He kicked a broken patient's bed on the roof of Lee's group hospital building, venting his frustration at their fathers.

“What do they think? Are they really human, not human-shaped demons? How could they treat Seunghi like that? Human seunghi also.” Said Seungyoon whose emotions were already on the threshold.

The three people who were also on the roof with Seungyoon could not give an answer to Seungyoon's question. No one knew why they could do that to a young woman who was so weak and deeply injured like Seunghi.

“Really sorry all this time I was insensitive to his usual-looking behavior. I was too focused on Aeri until I didn't realize my brother was saving the load.” Mino rattled to regret her insensitivity all along.

“They're a family of monsters.” Cetus Taehyun's.

“Dad, can you go back now to Seoul? I need to talk to you guys. No, I can't talk about it on the phone. Not waiting the day after tomorrow. It's critical. More important than your business there. HURRY!” Seungyoon ended his call by yelling at his father.

“What did you do just now, Choi Seungyoon?” Jinwoo and Mino asked almost at the same time.

“Call the devil here. I'll make the calculations with all of them.” Seungyoon left his three best friends behind.

“You just set the war drums, Seungyoon-ah.” Taehyun said flatly.

Seungyoon stopped his steps, he didn't turn around and just turned his face to the side, “I don't care. Even if maybe I could kill your father first, Kwon Taehyun.”

* * *

“Something bad must be going on. Haah, especially this time?” president Choi muttered as he ended his phone call with Seungyoon.

* * *

“i don't care. Even if maybe I could kill your father first, Kwon Taehyun.” Seungyoon said coldly.

“I'll buy you a yacht if you can kill him.” Taehyun said with a satisfied smile. He catches up with Seungyoon and embraces Seungyoon's body.

“Arraseo. We'll share the task now. You and I will kill the five spoiled ahjusi while Jinwoo hyung and Mino hyung will take care and handle the two Kang brothers. Come on, we'll have ammo.” Taehyun smiled. The two go inside leaving Jinwoo and Mino.

Chairman Choi understands very well that his son can be angry and very coercive means that there is something serious going on with him. Chairman Choi contacts his wife and eldest son but neither of the two knows what happened to Seungyoon.

Chairman Lee, president Kang, president Dong and president Kwon were shocked by the cancellation of all their schedules in San Francisco. They protested to Choi's president but the president didn't care. The five presidents returned to Seoul at that time.

Arriving in Seoul, the motorcade of the five presidential cars distract the public. Seungyoon asked his father to bring all four other presidents to their home where all the wives of the presidents were present, including Jiho. When looking at the main living room, confused faces mixed with curiosity became the choice of expression they gave.

“Sit down first, fathers and uncles.” Greet Seungyoon kindly or rather try to be friendly.

“I hope this is really something important because in order to meet you, we ignored the giant contract that even if you do this job the value of the contract can not even reach a quarter.” Cynical president Kwon while walking towards his wife.

“Cih, I don't mistakenly call you spoiled ahjusi. Losing a contract alone can make you this fussy.” Taehyun responded cynically to President Kwon's complaint. The two fathers and son stared at each other intently as if the blades were sharply inferior to their gazes.

“Where's Kang Seunghi?” ask Seungyoon without further ado.

Seungyoon's question makes President Kang and his wife sculpt, the hands of President Kang's wife clenched tightly, while President Kang tried to hide his emotions.

“Why suddenly ask that? Isn't Seunghi in New Zealand?” ask president Choi back.

“Anhi. Seunghi is not in New Zealand. He is being treated at Lee.” group hospital Answer Suengyoon flat.

Seungyoon's answer surprised Kang's president and his wife for a second time, even making Kang's president rise from his seat. The same shock was also felt by the other president, especially the Lee group hospital in question is a special hospital that handles psychiatric problems.

“What do you mean, Seungyoon? What's he doing there?” President Kang asked confusedly. Just as Seungyoon had expected, President Kang fell into his trap.

“Perhaps you mean ‘how can Seunghi be brought there?’” Seungyoon insinuates the president Kang.

“Jawab only my question, Choi Seungyoon.” President Kang's growl.

“Wait! What do you mean? Explain it! Now!” president Choi mediates.

“President Kang locked Seunghi for five years in his house after being raped by three delinquents. He intentionally did so that his company was not destroyed.” There was a scornful tone in Taehyun's words, if he did not control himself it was certain that he would stare disdainfully at Kang's president but Taehyun preferred to sit quietly while folding both his hands on his chest.

Sobs began to be heard from the wife of President Kang, the mother of Seunghi, all of whom were present looked surprised to hear Taehyun's words.

“Do not joke, brat!” sergeant president Choi.

“Don't act like you just heard it today. I'm sure you're involved, father.” Seungyoon's lips.

“I what? Have you ever thought about the parent side? Wasn't that year the golden year of Kang's group? Kang's group had just climbed up by then and if the media could tell, it would obviously tarnish the name of the Ka—ng” group president Choi lowered his voice when he was aware of what he had just said.

“Haha! You also think that Seunghi is a disgrace?! Wah.... Again you embarrassed me to use the name Choi in front of my name.” Seungyoon. He was about to leave the main hall because he felt there was nothing to do after hearing his father's reply.

“I've said this from the beginning of his birth, just kill him. He won't be of any use, it'll only trouble you. My words proved right?!”

Seungyoon stopped his steps. Without having to see who was talking, he knew that the one who said that was president Kwon. Not much different from Taehyun.

“You speak as if you managed to educate your own son, President Kwon. You're not much different from them.” Taehyun passes the president Kwon and joins Seungyoon leaving them in the main room of the Choi family residence.

“It hurts more if your own son says it right, Kwon Jiyong?” president Choi left the room and walked into his study.

* * *

“How? Can his lungs return to normal?” jinwoo asked Mino.

“If I was the doctor, I could definitely hyung.” Mino smiled confidently.

Seunghoon felt relieved to hear Mino's words, as did Jinwoo. Mino gripped Seunghoon's shoulder, “don't worry, hyung. Seunghi will be fine as long as he has us beside him.”

“Then, how are you going to treat her trauma and distress, hyung? are you going to use hypnosis?” ask Jinwoo. The three looked at the weak body of Seunghi who was asleep in the treatment room.

“Seunghi won't be able to repeat events for the past five years. It was too painful.” Answer Jinwoo.

“I will use the Expressive Writing.” method Connect Jinwoo.

“What method is it, hyung? Expressive Writing?” Seungyoon entered followed by Taehyun.

“According to the journal in Advances in Psychiatric Treatment written by Karen A Baikie and Kay Wilhelm, expressive writing is beneficial for one's health in the long run.” Clearly Taehyun was short.

“This method is also able to improve the body's immune function, lower blood pressure and even able to improve liver and lung function.” Connect Mino.

“In addition, psychologically, a person using this method will experience mood improvement, also help reduce symptoms of depression after trauma or pressure or the like.” Jinwoo explained more.

“How will you do it, hyung?” Seunghoon was curious after listening to Jinwoo explanation.

“A book and pen will help him. Maybe at the beginning it will be difficult but later after getting used to it, Seunghi can write down everything he wants to express but cannot directly. No matter what language he spoke, he would either curse or swear, which I obviously would monitor his writing. The more open he is to writing, the better it will be to start calming his heart and healing. That's exactly how expressive writing.” is Jinwoo explained further.

“I want you to do the same, Seunghoon-ah. This method is not only for patients with deep trauma. This method is like writing a diary, you can use it to control emotions. People today prefer to use social media to express themselves but that is not very helpful because the response from others can make things worse, but with a diary, everything is more natural and no one can judge you. The more you often express all your expressions in the form of writing in a diary, the more comfortable you will be living your life. So, start writing a diary if you don't believe in others including us.” Connect Jinwoo.

“I know it feels very old-fashioned, but this method is still more successful for people like you and Seunghi.” Jinwoo smiled looking at Seunghoon.

“You too.” Jinwoo looked at his three best friends but Jinwoo got faces that pretended not to care about his words. Jinwoo chuckled little looking at the level of his companions.

* * *

"It's not a choice if there are only good and bad choices, it's just a life lesson. Good choices to remember for the better and bad choices will be teachers in the future. So, do not force yourself to choose something that does not come from the heart. Because reproof from the heart will be more painful than someone's rude words. Ask your heart or don't choose both. There is no heart that has no answer. The heart always answers if we start asking him. Ask your heart and do what it believes." – Lee Jinwoo -