KISS NOTE
TWENTY: The Beginning
Aeri's death was the biggest blow to Mino. No matter how hard Mino tried, the fact that Aeri was gone, never made sense to him.
“Before Aeri can't talk, she recorded this for you.” A recorder was given by mistress Jung –ibu of Aeri to Mino who received it immediately.
Mino looked at the recorder in his hand, taking him to meet his friends who were in the mourning room, “please I'm listening to this."
They're already in Mino's office. Waiting for Mino to turn the recorder, but the man still doubts whether he is ready to hear the voice of the woman he loves today or not? in the end, Mino pressed the play button with an irregular heartbeat.
“Oppa.” greet the voice in the recording which is the voice of Aeri.
“If you hear this, it means I'm no longer by your side. Aahh.” continued.
Mino took a breath and held it for a while, longing easily overpowered her. Mino lowered her head to let Aeri's voice rule over her.
“I am aware and fully understand how my position and circumstances, oppa. I'm so grateful and grateful that you still love me today, and I'm so sorry that you had to fight alone to heal me. If only I had the strength to tell you directly, it would probably be much better, but I know you wouldn't have listened to my words about this.” Continue Aeri.
Jinwoo who was sitting next to Mino, patted the man's shoulder slowly to give him strength.
“It's not over yet, Oppa. I'm still going to live with patients who have the same thing as me, Ataxia. So, don't give up, Oppa. promise you will fight to make medicine for them. That way, our love can still be remembered even though I am no longer near you.” Aeri's voice sounded heavy as she started sobbing.
“You know I love you a lot too, right? So, don't cry about my departure, Oppa. Do not dissolve in this sadness. I can't see you crying, because I'm sure you look ugly when you cry.”
Aeri sounds breathless, “I love you, Dong Mino.” The girl tried to sound cheerful to close the last message to her lover.
Mino's tears spilled again, she cried in front of her companions with a chest that felt tight to her because of the endless sadness. Mino cries longer, Jinwoo believes Mino did it to drain all the grief.
It's true Jinwoo's belief. When Aeri's funeral was held, Mino no longer cried like two days ago. He just looked blankly at the photo of Aeri. Mino wants to fulfill her lover's wish not to cry after this.
One by one the mourners began to leave the resting place of Aeri, “You guys go first, I still want to be here any minute.” Mino looked at her four best friends, asking for their understanding.
When the others left Mino, Seungyoon did not really leave Mino. He hides to keep his eyes on Mino from afar out of concern that Mino is doing something he didn't expect.
Mino moves out of place and starts moving to a place that has memories between her and Aeri. Walking down the place full of memories made Mino sigh a lot. It was still difficult for him to accept the fact that Aeri was no longer with him.
Mino sat in a long chair staring at the orange sky, then she felt something touch the back of her hand gently and coldly. This afternoon, the first snow falls in Seoul. Mino turned his head to look at the sky with snowflakes falling.
“Do you now see the first snow falling? Don't you want to be with me right now to enjoy the snow?” mino whispered to the sky where he believed Aeri was right there.
Mino looked back to the front, his hands were no longer open to catch snow, “Come out, Choi Seungyoon. I know you followed me.” Mino said without taking his eyes off.
Seungyoon is caught, swallowing his saliva. He didn't come out so Mino would feel wrong.
“You don't want to go out?” ask Mino.
Seungyoon snorted, he came out and walked closer to where Mino was now standing waiting for his arrival. As Seungyoon arrived in front of Mino, a light blow landed on Seungyoon's head making the man grimace while rubbing his head.
“You should have come out earlier instead of stalking me like a possessive lover.” Omel Mino's.
“Sorry.” Reply to Seungyoon who is pouting.
“Usually you're an expert at interfering in other people's affairs including mine.” Mino's insinuation that even made Seungyoon sigh long and bow his head.
Mino waits for Seungyoon to respond to his innuendo but the man just bowed silently. Mino ducked down to find Seungyoon's face hiding her guilt towards Mino.
“Eii~ this is not your fault.” Mino pats Seungyoon on the shoulder.
Seungyoon directly raised his head, “Hyung.”
“Indeed I still had a hard time accepting, but it happened because of my own fault. My greed of wanting to be with Aeri forever made me recklessly ask questions at great risk. So, don't trouble yourself by feeling guilty like this. I'll do your challenge with just one person, right? I only need to date one person, right?” mino asked with a faint smile.
“Hyung!!” seungyoon exclaimed in surprise at Mino's question.
“Why? I just don't want the slightest bad luck experienced by people around me just because I didn't meet the challenge written on the Kiss Note. This is our game, why should others receive the consequences?” obviously Mino.
“HYUNG!” yelled Seungyoon with a face and hugged Mino.
Sontak Mino instantly pushed Seungyoon's body and took some distance, “YA! aiisshh!”
"I love you, hyung."
“I don't! I love, Jung Aeri.” Mino said while looking up at the sky.
Seungyoon looked hopefully at Mino, but Mino walked straight to the car park, “Only dating once does not mean I will date other women quickly.” Her speech.
Riding in different cars, the two arrive at the villa, the house they always use to gather. The two go inside and the arrival of the two is already awaited by Seunghoon, Jinwoo and Taehyun.
“You all right?” jinwoo asked as soon as Mino and Seungyoon arrived.
“Eh? Why us?” mino asked Seungyoon who Seungyoon answered with a shrug with a smile. Seeing that, the three people who had worried faces started to sigh in relief and then returned to their previous activities.
“Oppa!” seunghi's voice echoed in the corridor, making the others put up ears and guess the owner of the voice was Seunghoon's sister.
Seunghi walked into the main room and was surprised to see Jinwoo and Seunghoon in the same place. Jinwoo who caught Seunghi's shock immediately gave Seunghi a code to come first to Seunghoon. The young girl stretched out her arms and walked over to hug Seunghoon.
“Cih, no need to pretend to budge on me.” complained Seunghoon.
“So?” Jinwoo smiled and then pulled Seunghi's hand which was still hugging Seunghoon until the girl's body turned and sweetly Jinwoo caught Seunghi's waist and hugged his lover in front of friends including in front of Seunghoon who made him shaking his head and showing the expression ‘ya kaf’ on Jinwoo's attitude.
Mino and Seungyoon are surprised to see Jinwoo who is usually calm to be aggressive to Seunghi, “Ho~ I know Jinwoo hyung has this side. Yeoksi, the emotional controller! He covered it for too long.” Seungyoon.
“You really are a real man, hyung. Not afraid to die in front of your beloved sister.” Timpal Mino's.
Taehyun smiled looking at the circumstances that were happening in front of him. Jinwoo smiled proudly, clearly he was showing off the first thing that happened in his life. Fall in love.
* * *
As for Seunghoon, he is always busy with company goals and now he adds to his busy life by filling the lost time with Seunghi. Another with Jinwoo whose days are filled with visits to the care room of his patients and received consultations between his busy life. While Seungyoon, in waiting for his song release tonight.a song that he produced specifically for his father.
While waiting, Seungyoon took the time to meet Go's grandfather who had recently been discharged from the hospital. Go's grandfather is a vegetable seller who accidentally experienced an incident where Seungyoon was involved in the incident, which is why Seungyoon feels he is responsible for all of Go's grandfather's medical actions. They promised to meet near the hospital.
“Seungyoon-ah!” call Grandpa Go who came in a hurry while carrying a package in his hand.
“Oh! Slow down, kek.” Seungyoon grabs Go's grandfather's arm and breaks him into a cafe to warm himself first.
“You should just write down your address and then I'll go there. Your feet still can't move much and the winter air really knows no age.” Seungyoon slightly nagged at Go's grandfather but then he smiled gently.
“It's okay. I'm it's okay. Let's go.” replied Grandpa Go.
Seungyoon has reached Go's grandfather's house, a three-hour trip taking him to a small town with a still-loving view. Grandpa Go takes Seungyoon to see the garden at the back of his house, making him think that Go's grandfather is selling his own garden.
Elsewhere, Mino gets a phone call from president Choi asking for Seungyoon's whereabouts while conducting the tenth research since he started the research a month ago. Flowers that had been brought to treat Aeri in the end he researched to make medicine for Ataxia sufferers, such as the message of Aeri.
“Seungyoon? I also searched for him these two days, president.” Mino was surprised.
“He didn't tell you where he was going? or with whom?” ask president Choi to come back.
“No.” Reply Mino briefly. Of course Mino doesn't know who Seungyoon might meet out there.
Unable to contact Seungyoon, not knowing who Seungyoon's friends are other than the four chaebols, and nothing they suspect makes all take the same steps, do a search and sweep of places Seungyoon might go.
At Go's grandfather's residence, Seungyoon checked his phone and realized that his phone battery had run out, “grandfather, I forgot to bring a phone charger, do you not have a phone that I can use?” seungyoon asked politely, and Go's grandfather simply shook his head with a smile.
“So. I forgot to call my family and friends.” He said small while looking at his phone.
* * *
“Seungyoon is nowhere, president.” Jinwoo and his three friends are at Seungyoon's house, meeting with president Choi to talk about Seungyoon's disappearance.
“Presdir, there is a video call in personal line.” Secretary Hong instantly turned on the tv to connect with the call on the private line. A grandfather appeared on the tv screen.
“Do you remember me, Choi Seunghyun?” ask the grandfather who made the president think hard who this old man who contacted him was.
“You definitely don't remember. It's been 27 years, but you know who's behind me?” he continued, shifting his body so that the camera could capture a familiar body for them.
“CHOI SEUNGYOON!”
* * *
A few hours earlier. . .
As Seungyoon was looking through his phone, Go's grandfather approached Seungyoon with a handkerchief in his hand preparing to smother Seungyoon. Easily, Seungyoon collapsed from the anesthetic given grandfather Go, “dumb boy.”
Seungyoon is transferred to an old house in the corner. Grandpa Go immediately tied Seungyoon's hands and feet to make sure he was safe when Seungyoon suddenly woke up. Before moving Seungyoon, he cleared Seungyoon's tracks in the house. Grandpa Go had planned it for 27 years so he was sure, even if Seungyoon died today, no one could trace Go's grandfather's whereabouts.
* * *
Chairman Lee, president Kang, president Kwon and president Dong were also present after getting a message from their children to come. Now the five presidents and their children were watching the grandfather's face, the room they were wearing including Seungyoon's condition before the grandfather finally disconnected their video call.
“Go Hyunki.” Chairman Lee's whisper surprised the others.
“Who did you say?” ask president Choi.
“Chairman Go Hyunki of the group Go.” President Lee is sure.
“Don't..” guess president Kang.
“Really! He is the father of the director Go Hyunjung who committed suicide after losing the auction project J Royal Corporation.suaty seven years ago.” Follow president Lee.
“I heard, his company went bankrupt without any leftovers after its shares slumped sharply. Investors pulled back their money and in the end the Go group was in debt. Although the debt is paid off, nothing is left. Chairman Go falls poor with immeasurable suffering because his son chose suicide.” President Lee's story again.
Video call back connected, “You remember me?” tanyanya who found the face of President Choi looks stressed.
“What do you want?” ask President Choi then in a cold tone.
“Unilateral cancellation of your cooperation contract with J Royal Corporation!” the grandfather gave a terrible smile as he expressed his wish.
“Are you crazy? The cooperation contract has been running for more than 20 years, do you think maybe cancel it?” president Choi's tone rose after hearing the grandfather's demands.
“Do you think the death of your child is not impossible?” reply the grandfather.
The security of everyone in the office of president Choi yawned simultaneously making the atmosphere tense.
“I want to know how much your son's life cost? Everything should be worth Choi Seunghyun. Destroy the Bigbang Corporation or you'll see your son's body in a few hours. You have an hour from when I disconnect this. I'll give you another surprise.” Then the personal connection is cut off.
J Royal Corporation is Bigbang Corporation's best ally. The company is a long-time player in the business world, will not be profitable looking for problems with large companies like them. One-third share of the entire assets of Bigbang Corporation, if the cooperation contract was terminated unilaterally by them then it would be no different from them digging their own graves.
Choosing between Bigbang Corporation and Seungyoon is very easy for president Choi to do if Bigbang Corporation is his own. He would not think two or even many times if all was his, the one making this decision heavy is that there are four other people who are also entitled to make decisions for Bigbang Corporation. Because Bigbang Corporation is owned by five groups and has five Presdirs.
* * *
“We'll look for him again, president. Come friends!” take Mino to her friends. The four of them left with an unspecified purpose.
“Why doesn't Seungyoon twitch? The old man was just a grandfather, wasn't his opponent very easy?” Seunghoon is mumbling in the car.
“No, if the grandfather knows that Seungyoon has..” Mino hung up his sentence.
“... Amathophobia!” keep Taehyun.
“SIAL!” seunghoon.