KISS NOTE
SATU

2041 Years

Lee Jinwoo was getting ready to invite his four best friends to play baseball in a city park that was so clean with fresh air. Her spirit is burning because she finally has time with her best friend.

"Let's start playing." Jinwoo who at that time wore white shorts, sunglasses and a sweater that was quite thick because today was quite windy, walking over to Choi Seungyoon while wearing gloves and holding a baseball in his right hand. Her carefree smile instantly disappeared upon discovering there was only Seungyoon.

"You're the only one who came?" Ask Jinwoo. Seungyoon pursed his lips with a look of annoyed eyes.

"Dong Mino?" Jinwoo asked wanting to know the reason.

"When reading medical books related to neurosurgery" Seungyoon replied.

Jinwoo sighed hearing Seungyoon's reply, "Kwon Taehyun?".

Jinwoo asked again as he was still curious about the others. Seungyoon's facial expression did not change, "While reading the novel he bought at the airport yesterday."

"What's? Then, Kang Seunghoon?" He was still curious about his last friend, what he did not appear in front of him.

"Checking and signing the documents he brought from Korea." Seungyoon replied with a slow line of speech.

"Aigoo!" jinwoo exclaimed dumbfounded and again he sighed.

Jinwoo and Seungyoon returned to their villa. This villa had indeed long been their residence if they were visiting California. In addition to the cool air, the panorama of the lake that stretches behind this villa is able to sedate them for a long time to stay.

Jinwoo walked with quite a broad stride, overwhelming Seungyoon to follow. Arriving at the main room where two people were immersed in his reading. Jinwoo directly walked to the long sofa and without hesitation his left hand grabbed the book Mino read sitting on the left and his right hand snatched away the novel Taehyun read sitting on the right. Then Jinwoo stood in front of the fireplace right in front of the two of them. Mino was surprised by what happened just now while Taehyun looked at Jinwoo with a sharp look.

"Young!" mino Protest.

"standing. Let's play baseball!" jinwoo's orders confirmed.

"I have to read it to the finish, it has to do with Aeri, Hyung.” Mino

"Since when can Aeri's pain be cured by dissecting her head?" Jinwoo asked, Mino did not dwell on hearing Jinwoo's words.

"That's just your excuse." Jinwoo continued, which made Seungyoon giggle, and Seungyoon's small laugh managed to add to Mino's annoyance.

"And you, Kwon Taehyun! Why go all the way to California if what you're doing is the same as what you did in Seoul?" shout Jinwoo.

"Aigoo, why are you so noisy. Your voices are coming to my room?" Seunghoon walked into the room where Jinwoo was nagging by carrying a few sheets of paper. Jinwoo hinted Seungyoon to snatch the papers. Seungyoon who understood did so, he grabbed the paper that Seunghoon had brought and immediately ran behind Jinwoo's body to hide.

"Hey! Choi Seungyoon, give it back! it's an important document." cried Seunghoon who panicked.

"Why don't you just bring your secretaries and office buildings here, Kang Seunghoon?" reply shouted Jinwoo.

"I brought you here because there you are too focused on what you are doing. At least try to calm down while away from Korea. You can go crazy if you keep going like this." Jinwoo continued.

"Isn't it your job to heal us?” chirping Taehyun. This time Seunghoon who laughed amusedly heard Taehyun's apron.

"KWON!!" Shouted Jinwoo the three friends were silent.

"I asked again. You guys gonna go exercise with us or not?" jinwoo asked in a firm tone.

"Hyung, I really have to study the book." whined Mino.

"Give me the documents, hyung. I have to send it tonight." Pinta Seunghoon's.

"I can buy another novel later." Taehyun said casually, making his four companions sigh together.

"Young, they won't obey. They just follow this book. The Kiss Note." Seungyoon's whisper shows a book with a bright pink cover to Jinwoo.

As Seunghoon took a deep breath looking at the book Seungyoon was showing, Mino couldn't believe what he was seeing now, and Taehyun closed his eyes while folding his hands on his chest while leaning his shoulders on the sofa, now he takes his breath and stiffens.

"YOU! CHOI SEUNGYOON! DON'T YOU DARE TRY TO MAKE ME—" shouted Mino pointing at Seungyoon. The scream stopped when there was a pen rubbing against the paper, because Seungyoon wrote something to the Kiss Note.

"I.. Wanted. The three of them. Come with me and Jinwoo hyung…. Exercise...In this morning." said Seungyoon while writing in the book he called Kiss Note.

"Emotions." Mino said continuing his cut words earlier while gritting his teeth this time.

"CHOI SEUNGYOOON!" Shout the three of them together.

"Hehe, sorry." Seungyoon said briefly as he grinned behind Jinwoo's tall body.

* * *

Being born heir to the throne makes them incapable of being themselves. Their attitude and nature are squeezed with just a sentence, ‘I am an heir to the throne’.

But the arrival of Kiss Note in the lives of the five young men was able to make them rebel to do what they wanted. They can't deny anything written on Kiss Note. If they break, they will have either consecutive misfortunes, or uncontrollable major misfortunes.

They found the Kiss Note in a city park, on a park chair. Seven years ago, the Kiss Note was accidentally left behind by their fathers. Yes, the Kiss Note they hold now was a living witness to the story of their fathers, 2014 ago.

Kiss Note is a notebook that has uncontrollable magical powers, even if this book is taken lightly, it can take a person's life. However, if everything written on Kiss Note can be done by the person being challenged, then that person will get abundant luck. His magical power never misses, always fixed on the person he determines. They can even communicate with Kiss Note. They can ask about anything on the Kiss Note and the answer is always 99.99% accurate. But, Kiss Note could not answer the question one second in the future. Kiss Note is only able to distinguish, right or wrong, yes or no. Of course Kiss Note can't talk. But in the sheet, Kiss Note is able to write its own questionable answers.

At first they did not believe in what they should believe in the magical power of this Kiss note, because it has changed into the latest era, 2034. But, everything is proven.

Lee Jinwoo had the bad luck of not doing Mino's writing on the Kiss Note, where Mino wrote,

"Date with only one woman."

Then what happened?

Jinwoo's parents made a big fuss and almost got divorced back then. Jinwoo did not consider it an influence from a book, but it was only a matter of time when the secret would be revealed.

Then, Choi Seungyoon. As a result of him not wanting to carry out Taehyun's challenge, Seungyoon got a big news that until now is still a burden on his life.

"Mino-yep. Throw ball!" Pinta Jinwoo's.

"You guys are really annoying. Huh!" grunts Mino.

"Ey, don't be so sensitive. Just throw the ball at me!" Sahut Seunghoon is ready with his style of catching the ball.

"They're right. We wouldn't be able to do this if we were in Seoul. You and Jinwoo are busy dealing with the sick, me and Taehyun are busy with corporate affairs, while Seungyoon is busy with his artistic activities. You're the doctor you didn't understand how expensive health is?” Said a seunghoon at length while approaching Mino and snatched the ball in his hand. Mino laughed at himself.

"Let me throw you in the catch." Seunghoon smiled, he took off and gave her the gloves.

"I'll buy you a meal if you can catch the ball." Seunghoon said again as he stepped back.

"You should hold your words, Seunghoon. They testified." replied Mino pointing to his three other companions.

"I understand.” Seunghoon replied with a crisp-sounding laugh. Jinwoo and Seungyoon who were looking at Seunghoon and Mino's behavior held back their smiles. The view they did not get in Seoul.

Mino and Seunghoon had taken some distance and were preparing to start the game. Seunghoon starts the game by throwing a ball at him. Mino equalized in order to catch the ball Seunghoon had thrown using a baseball glove that wrapped around his left hand. However, Mino did not manage to catch even his step to equalize the position with the ball instead causing it to fall. The three people who were not involved in the game looked at him worriedly.

“You okay, Mino?” ask Jinwoo. Mino corrected his falling position and sighed.

“Stupid basis!” cynical Taehyun made the others silent, then laughter broke out among them including from the person called stupid by Taehyun.

Crisp laughter like this is very rare in Seoul. The tension in the operating room, the tension in the boardroom and the tension between their fathers, dominate their lives today. Only Lee Jinwoo understood the pressure and helped his four best friends without being asked directly, as if it was his responsibility.

Every day, time after time they always cherish for a day like this. If only. If only Lee Jinwoo was not a part of them, as he had said. They can be crazy if they are constantly living a stressful life.

* * *

- Jinwoo

It was nice to see them laughing together like this. They mean so much to me. They taught me many things, even though they were much younger than me.

Mino. He always taught me how important it is to exercise patience, just as he trained patiently to deal with the pain his lover suffered.

Seunghoons. He taught me how hard it is to achieve a dream if you just keep quiet. Her persistence taught me what you should do if you want your dreams to come true.

And Seungyoon. Its simplicity opened my eyes that in this world there are many things that cannot be bought using power, as many things as are easily bought if you have power. This dear boy of mine even led me to become the psychiatrist I am today.

Because of that, I consider them very valuable. Come to think of it, even though I am the oldest of them but they take care of me more than I take care of them. Thinking about it sometimes makes me laugh in my heart. It's funny, isn't it?

Another funny thing is my lack of understanding of the attitudes of fathers who insist on forbidding us to be friends when they were friends long before we were born.

Me, Lee Jinwoo. I am the oldest but my father is the youngest of his friends. My father is Lee Seungri and my mother, Park Minyoung. Would you be surprised that I was born first even though Seungyoon's father and Seunghoon's father got married first?

It would be clear if you knew my father's behavior, Lee's president as a young man. She is a playboy, she is even able to date more than two women at a time. My mother was one of the many women she dated, she even conceived me before they were officially married. No wonder I was born before them.

Some people say I'm the one who can't get angry. Impossible, I am the same as them. I'm human, I can be angry too. It's just that, before I vent my anger there are three things that are the basis of my consideration.

First. Why am I angry?

Second one. After I got angry, what did I get?

Thirdly. Will it be finished if I vent my anger?

If there's nothing useful that I get after venting my anger, then why am I angry?

All problems can be solved with a cool head, do not panic and do not rush. That's how I control myself.

A smile?

I'm so happy to smile. Smiling is not only able to make someone feel comfortable but a smile is also able to make someone shiver in fear. I'll take an example of a smile that can scare people, a smile from a psychopath. We can't really guess the meaning of a psychopath's smile, because anything we think of almost never comes close to his ingenious and unusual way of thinking.

The reason I chose a psychiatrist as my job was because I wanted to understand Seungyoon's hatred of his father and that hateful relationship with my father. Also because I want to understand the meaning of my mother's words, “By forgiving all her mistakes, not only making herself better but also simultaneously punishing her with a lifetime of guilt and shame, Jinwoo-ah.”

In the past, I didn't understand why my mother said that to what my father had done. Now that I've learned everything I understand. My mother was right, punishing someone guilty doesn't always use violence. If the perpetrator manages to understand that, he'll get better every day, and I'm proud that my father is the one who understands that.

Now only my guilt remains for Seungyoon who still hates his father to this day. The boy was stubborn indeed, he never wanted to hear the opinions of others. I love him more than anyone else because he is full of mysteries. His high IQ was hidden with his stupid behavior, and I was still curious about the answer he gave me when I asked, "you're genius enough to carry on your father's company, you know, then why did you jump into the entertainment world like this?"

"The time will surely come when all the responsibilities of the company are bestowed on me, hyung."

I really can't guess what's on his head. If Seungyoon is a psychopath, he won't be easily caught and cured. Only I know, his IQ is above Kwon Taehyun's.

* * *

- Seungyoon

After arriving at Incheon airport even our behavior did not change, still like ABG who joked with physical –hitting and shoving-and laughing at the silly behavior done to each other. We really became who we were when we were together. However, when we found the men of the fathers standing waiting for our arrival like robots, all of our feelings of joy disappeared into the cold and arrogant persona that they had instilled since we were children.

Life like this is exhausting. Hugely. A life where we are not allowed to show our wishes, even we are not allowed to contact each other let alone be friendly by the five spoiled ajeossi –so name us for them - without giving a clear reason. They raised us like they raised the crown prince with all the rules that limit our footsteps.

Until one day a woman is able to make Mino-hyung choose a very different path to his father. Dong Mino turns the wheel of his life around by becoming a neurosurgeon and a few other specialists because Jung Aeri –the woman who made Mino-hyung change his life -, great right?

Jinwoo-hyung also turns the wheel of his life, he studies psychology and becomes a psychiatrist, a psychiatrist, in fact he led a hospital that his father purposely built at a young age and without much experience because he presided over the hospital a year after he completed his specialist education. Of course the hospital was made only so that Jinwoo-hyung remains under his father's supervision, and so that Jinwoo-hyung does not benefit other hospitals.

Then me? I'm not much different from my two best friends, now I'm a rock star. I did it –-singing and making songs-to channel my hobby alone and form a rebellion to my father. True, a rebellion because actually my dream is to make BWC (Bigbang World Corporation) as an international company. But right now, I'm holding back my dreams from being half-dead upset about something my father did.

My father was the main reason I refrained from realizing my dreams. Although sometimes my chest feels tight because of this but I did it to punish him. A punishment for doing the fatal thing that was hard for me to forgive, a punishment for making myself a person who was contrary to his expectations even he never imagined me to be what I am now.

The only thing that can bring me back is my father's honest words, unfortunately even though six years have passed, I didn't get that from him. It was as if he had intentionally done that to see how long I had survived, but he knew for sure he couldn't always read my mind. No wonder Taehyun called them spoiled ajeossi-ajeossi.

“You've arrived? How's the holiday?” mother asked when she saw me enter the main room, she even stretched out her arms ready to embrace me.

“We are not in the right condition to be called ‘holiday’, just provide time to plan things that will make the parents more overwhelmed.” I answered coldly as I continued walking past him and both hands stretched out to hug me.

“Choi Seungyoon!”

The heavy voice calling my name managed to stop my steps. I've memorized the owner so much, I've heard that voice my whole life.

“You also act cold to your mother?” tanyakanya.

The question made me turn around and look at her, “What did you forget, you who raised me to be a cold person. Why are you protesting? I'm just showing you how successfully you've been taught to me.”

“Choi Seungyoon! Your words—“

“Ah, hyung!” the person I knew showed up at the right time. I put my foot up to him, past my mom and dad. Not caring about them, I pulled hyung walking away from the main hall.

“Why don't you come? Ah, it's really fun there. You know, hunting's become an agenda we can't get through. We tried a new forest, the journey took all day. We should go there next time. Oho! Kwon Taehyun managed to shoot the deer, Seunghoon-hyung's target deer.I can clearly see the annoyance of Seunghoon-hyung. Hahaha.”

My transfer seemed successful, Cho Jiho –myungu-forgetting the continuation of the sentence earlier.

“You know what Taehyun said after successfully shooting that deer?” my continue.

“What?” tanyanya.

“’You're too slow, hyung. The deer will disappear just as you aim your shot.’” I'm sure I managed to imitate the way Taehyun spoke with his face mimic because hyung laughed off hearing my story.

Jiho-hyung is the only one who I value for his existence and opinion because only he is being honest with me. He was also the only person who considered me an ordinary human being in this house, treating me like I should until a disaster came. Later.

I'm Choi Seungyoon. The second son of Choi group led by Choi Jiho, my hyungku. My parents are Choi Seunghyun and Jang Sohee, very smart parents hiding the truth. People say that I was born with a golden spoon but they were wrong, I was born with a weathered wooden spoon covered in gold. Despite having everything because of my parents but none of them I could enjoy well.

* * *

-minos

I dropped my body on the bed, my body was tired even though I was only playing with those four arrogant children. Staring at the ceiling of the room keeps my memory going back to the first time we came across a pink book that brought many changes in our lives.

Seven years ago.

It was spring, the five young men in school uniforms gathered in a park close to an old, unused building. The five young men wore different uniforms to each other. They sat around a long stone that looked more like a table where on the stone lay a pink-coated notebook.

“What is this book actually? No scratches pen or pencil but I can feel this book save a lot of stories.” Kang Seunghoon –seen from the name tag on the school uniform-opened the notebook while flipping through the paper sheets of the book.

“Entahlah. This book gives out light even the light gets brighter after we hold it one by one, right?” Handsome young man by the name of Lee Jinwoo –name tag in school uniform - looks just as confused as Seunghoon.

“Maybe it's just a regular diary book, but who still writes a diary in this age when smart devices can write everything themselves exactly the same as we say and save it?” Dong Mino is taunting people he himself doesn't know who because of the pink-coated notebook.

“Even when we return the book to where we found it, the next day it will be in one of us. It's weird! Should we ask our fathers?” Choi Seungyoon, the young man with an adorable puppy-like face was no less confused.

“Taehyun, what do you think?” Ask Jinwoo.

The only person sitting far enough away from the book sighed, he was just as confused but didn't know what to do. “I don't know. I really don't want to get involved with this and the dads.”

Putting the five young men in different places did not realize what their fathers expected. Their friendship remains uninterrupted as if their relationship was fated long before they were born.

The corner of my lips pulled upwards, I smiled considering the beginning of our meeting with the Kiss Note. Until now no one knew about the existence of the Kiss Note other than the five of us. Kiss Note is our secret.

Me, Dong Mino. Dong Youngbae and Kwon Ailee. There's not much I can tell you because there's nothing interesting. Just a couple of debates between father and son over unequal views, and a beautiful woman that filled my head that I wanted to keep in mind all the time.

For the sake of being able to get a longer time with him, I went to several specialist medical schools at one time. Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery specialists, heart and blood vessel specialists, orthopaedic and traumatology surgery specialists, neurologists. All I did was to find a way to heal my woman, Jung Aeri. Right now, I'm collecting cases related to neurosurgery. After knowing the source of the problem is in the cerebellum, my spirit is passionate in the hope that all my efforts will produce very good results. Aeri had the chance to live a long life without worrying about anything and I had the chance to keep seeing her smile all my life. I'm really afraid that one day fate will say something else.

“Hold, baby. I'll cure you.”

Before I finally closed my eyes, I took a deep breath hoping that all my burdens would be carried away from me.

* * *

The three men had different burdens, unlike the other two who only had one focus, becoming kings in the business world. The two men who focus on his company are those who don't care about the circumstances around – except that which is the case with his best friend

Kwon Taehyun, made himself work very hard because he wanted to and did it for his mother.

And Kang Seunghoon. He forced himself to work very hard to protect something. No one knows what or who he is protecting.

So, what is the reason Kwon Taehyun cares so much about his mother?