KISS NOTE
NINETEEN

Mino is too happy for what she got today until she forgets the promise of dinner with President Dong. Mino sat on the chair by Aeri's bed, looking at the face of the woman she loved, and memories of the past swirled beautifully in her head.

“What clothes are you wearing, Mino-ssi? Hahaha.” Aeri chuckled at seeing Mino in real clothes look not Mino’s style once.

“Why? It's good.” Mino Protest.

Hearing Mino's protest, Aeri clenched her lips so that her laughter could be restrained. Today is the first day they officially become lovers. The blue sky of New York explains the vastness of Mino's feelings to the point that he chose clothes in color in harmony with the New York sky today.

“You know today I'm very happy, so don't spoil my happiness.” Mino raised his eyebrows along with a smile that did not stop expanding. He even showed a few poses that made it even harder for Aeri to hold back a laugh.

“What makes you this happy?” aeri Goda.

Mino moved closer to Aeri, her face was only inches from Aeri and made the girl blush, “Because.you're mine.” Mino touched the flirtatious tip of Aeri's nose, making the girl even more blushing.

“Honest. You heard that, Jung Aeri? You're mine forever. You understand?” connect Mino.

“I understand, Dong Mino-ssi.” replied Aeri, he nosily pulled both of Mino's ears to remove his embarrassment. Pulling to the right and to the left with a cringe while closing his eyes.

Mino with a sigat grabbed both of Aeri's cheeks and directly landed her lips onto Aeri's lips briefly. Aeri who was shocked, immediately took her hand off Mino's ear until Mino took the opportunity to escape.

“Yes! Dong Mino!” shouted Aeri, then chased after Mino.

Given the incident, Mino's smile grew wider. Seeing Aeri sleeping peacefully like an angel while counting down the arrival time of the flower that would be a medicine for Aeri made Mino's feelings continue to jump around in her. Mino even imagined the days she would spend with the healed Aeri.

* * *

“Come talk.” Seunghoon walked into Jinwoo's practice room abruptly. Jinwoo looked at the clock that was showing at 11pm last night and looked at Seunghoon who turned around and left Jinwoo's room, then followed Seunghoon.

Jinwoo got into the car that Seunghoon immediately greeted by saying to look for another woman, “care for another woman, not my sister.” Seunghoon said coldly.

“I just want Seunghi.” Jinwoo replied briefly.

“Haa. He's not the best for you, hyung.” said Seunghoon still in a flat, cold tone.

“For me she's the best—”

“Seunghi has been tarnished, Hyung.” Cut Seunghoon. But he was surprised himself after saying that sentence.

“Seunghi only victim, Kang Seunghoon. If I can choose, I'm sure Seunghi doesn't want this to happen in his life either. How could her brother behave like this? You're her brother!” press Jinwoo.

“Hyung!” snapped Seunghoon.

“I really love him, Seunghoon.” Jinwoo softened to make Seunghoon silent without wrinkling.

“You don't believe in love from a guy like me?” jinwoo asked because Seunghoon did not respond.

“I really love your sister.” I'm Jinwoo once again, but Seunghoon still doesn't respond to his confession.

“Now I leave everything to you. How long have you been acting like this to us, Seunghi and I will stick to our stand to defend our love. You're older than him you should know, replacing someone who's been enthroned in your heart isn't as easy as turning your palm.” Jinwoo.

“I have to go back to my room, there's some work I have to finish tonight. Tell Seunghi, I love him.” Jinwoo closed their conversation and got off Seunghoon's car.

Jinwoo walked into the building, he glanced small and smiled, “At the end you will approve us, Seunghoon-ah.”

* * *

“Mino-yah. Dong Mino's. Build.” Someone woke up Mino who was asleep on the long sofa of Aeri's nursery.

Mino made a small groan and peeked at who woke him up. When he saw someone he knew, he went to sit down, “Oh, Hongseok hyung. What time is it, hyung?”

Professor Jung Hongseok looks at his watch for a moment, “hours 8 am. You fell asleep here?”

“Hm.” Reply Mino.

“Come change, you can take a shower first and I take care.” Fresh professor Jung.

“No need. I want to be with him today.” reject Mino.

“OK. I'll buy something for you.”

After Professor Jung from the nursery of Aeri, a nurse came in and greeted Aeri kindly. Mino looked at the tray the nurse was carrying and stopped her steps.

“What do you bring?” ask Mino.

The incoming nurse looked shocked, “Omo! Professor Dong. You surprised me.”

“Sorry. What did you bring for Dr Jung?” ask Mino again.

The nurse looked at her tray and smiled, “abalone porridge. Uh, don't you have no schedule today?”

“That's why I'm here. Do we have a menu like that in the hospital??” mino asked with a face like thinking.

“No. professor Jung brought her from home, abalone porridge made by their mother.” replied the nurse who started putting trays on the table in front of Aeri's bed.

“Leave it there, I'll feed doctor Jung as soon as he wakes up.”

“I love you, baby.” The whisper of Mino's love words produced a smile on Aeri's face.

Mino began to feed Aeri with the porridge her brother brought, bit by bit painstakingly. Mutual smiles became the habit of these two people now.

“Are you always beautiful because I love you?” mino Goda.

When the rest of the abalone porridge stayed a little, the motor nerves in the throat of Aeri suddenly stopped working which made the porridge that had just been swallowed by Aeri could not flow through his throat. As a result, Aeri had difficulty breathing. When Aeri breathes in air, her chest will expand upwards but because her respiratory tract is obstructed so that Aeri's chest is late to return to its original state. This condition also affects the work of the heart Aeri faster 1 second than normal humans. His heart stopped working because of a sudden heart attack. Aeri leaves Mino in the final seconds of Mino's fight against Ataxia.

The sound of the heart rate detection machine sounds with the same tone and length, immediately makes Mino stunned and stops his activities stirring the porridge that lives a little in the bowl.

Mino was stunned for a few seconds, he was stunned because for a moment Mino did not know what to do. Mino even had trouble regulating the rhythm of his breath and swallowed his saliva.

“Aeri-ya.” call her slowly while touching the soft face of Aeri.

Mino watched Aeri's face and moved to her chest and abdomen to see Aeri's body movements, but she did not find the movement she expected from Aeri. Mino put down the bowl of porridge she was holding, then climbed onto the bed to perform CPR.

“Jung Aeri, please.” Mino's tears began to wet his face even though he did not want to cry, even dripping on Aeri's face but the woman did not move or make a sound.

One! Two! Press!

One! Two! Press!

A minute had passed but the CPR done by Mino did not give the results he wanted. Aeri had literally gone on leaving Mino forever before Mino was aware of it.

“MINO!” call the incoming professor Jung Hongseok and be surprised to see what Mino did to his sister.

“Hyung, help me do CPR. I'll try to pick up a lump of porridge that hampers in his throat.” Mino calls professor Jung without stopping his actions on Aeri.

Professor Jung walked over to Mino and patted the man on the back sobbing, “already, Mino. Aeri is gone.” he said with a vibrating tone.

Mino didn't stop his efforts. He did manage to pull out the porridge that clogged the throat of Aeri but Aeri's life from the beginning was not helped. Professor Jung pulls Mino's body violently until she falls out of bed, but Mino returns to bed and continues to perform CPR on Aeri.

“Mino, stop. Stop it, it's no use.” Pinta's professor Jung but Mino doesn't care.

“DONG MINO, AERI IS DEAD! STOP DOING CPR! NO USE.” Shouted professor Jung.

Professor Jung's words hit Mino's chest so tight. His breath was choked due to tightness in the chest. Professor Jung pulls Mino slowly to get out of bed. Mino almost staggered to a fall if Professor Jung did not quickly remove him.

“I've found the cure, hyung. The team I formed on the way here, why can't he be patient a little more, hyung? Aeri can't leave me like this.” Mino sobbed loudly in front of Aeri's corpse.

For 8 months Mino tried to master all areas of medical science only to find a way to cure ataxia. When she finds a cure for ataxia, Aeri leaves her without ever trying to cure Aeri with it.

Mino was sitting on the sofa in Aeri's room when a message came in on her phone.

Mr. Dong, we’ve arrived and on the way to meet you.

Reading the message, Mino throws his phone at any place, “Aaarrgghh!”

“I don't need that anymore now.” His shouting.

Jinwoo walked into the room followed by the others and saw Mino folding his legs and wrapping his arms around his folded legs while drowning his head between his legs and shoulders.

“Mino.” call Jinwoo cuckoo.

Hearing a familiar voice, Mino raised her head slowly, her face already wet by the tears that kept flowing. Seeing Mino helpless, Jinwoo unwittingly, his tears flowed. The other three friends show their sad faces because they know very well the love story between Mino and Aeri.

Jinwoo placed his hand on Mino's shoulder and instantly the man's grief erupted in tears. Mino lowered her head in hiding her sad face with a crying voice filling the room, her voice sounding heavy and rough.

For a moment Mino remembered the rules of Kiss Note, he immediately stood up and came to Seungyoon. Gripping tightly on Seungyoon's shirt, “I'll do it!”

Seungyoon is surprised at what Mino says but then he understands what Mino is saying. There's nothing Seungyoon can do except pull Mino into his arms.

“I'll date whomever woman you choose for me, Seungyoon-ah, but tell her.” Mino tried to talk between her cries.

“Tell Kiss Note to give Aeri back to me. Tell her that, Seungyoon. I beg.” Mino pleads with Seungyoon who starts to shed tears at Mino's grief.

“Mianhaeyo, hyung.” respond Seungyoon sobbing slowly.

“Mianhae hajima, Seungyoon~ah. I don't want to apologize, I want you to do it.” reject Mino while removing Seungyoon's embrace.

“Mianhaeyo. mianhaeyo.” Seungyoon said again.

Mino knelt in front of Seungyoon with her palms fused in front of her chest and head lowered. Seungyoon knelt down in front of Mino, grabbing Mino's hands, “hyung, jaebal.” he regretted.

Mino's grief becomes sorrow for her best friend, not least Taehyun who silently wiped away her tears. Whatever they hold now, the reality is that the life the Power has taken will never be exchanged for anything they have.

* * *

Remember that!

No greed produces any good. In any case, greed will only make you have nothing.

- Kiss Note –