KISS NOTE
DUA
Taehyun
Even though I am the youngest among the other four people but don't try to underestimate me. I am the most expert in describing a situation in the business world that can not even be described in detail by any business observer. Even Seunghoon-hyung can't match my intelligence in this field, which is why his family's share price can't be higher than my father's second-placed company's share price, right under the Seungyoon family company. True, Kang group company and Kwon group company is The Big Three (Big3) company with Choi group company which is at the top.
I led the company that my grandfather founded, not because I followed my father's wishes alone, Kwon Jiyong, but because I wanted to. Ah, I don't feel so good every time I say his name. Despite the fact that he is my legitimate biological father.
When I got home, there was nothing I wanted to see more than my mother but when I entered her room, I could not find her there. As I was about to exit her room, a large frame at the end of the room took my attention. Walking closer to the large frame that had been in this room for twenty years, the age of this frame was almost the same as mine and the fact it made me feel angry.
“What kind of woman are you, huh? You have made my mother suffer all this time even a piece of your picture still hurts her when you are no longer in this world.”
Nanar I looked at the photo of the woman in the frame. He was my father's ex-girlfriend, Yoon Eunhye. There's not much I know about her because I don't want to make my mother sad, which I know about the story of this woman's death that my father's friends thought was tragic.
20 Years ago
“Why not do it? Why not operate?” Kwon Jiyong immediately raised her voice as soon as she entered the care room of her lover, Yoon Eunhye. He overheard the doctor's explanation about Eunhye's surgery cancellation.
“Oppa, you get sweeter when you're angry like this. Besides I'm sick, instead of being constantly sweet, you scold me.” Eunhye smiled with her lips that were no longer pink. Chemotherapy made her stamina go up and down and even shed her long hair until at one point she chose to shave all her hair, now Eunhye covered her head with a knit hat with many colors, she said, today he wears a cream-colored knit hat.
Hearing Eunhye's words, Jiyong just kept quiet and started walking closer to the bed where Eunhye was sitting, “Sorry.” Briefly talk.
“The weather outside is hot making me want to eat ice cream. Oppa, let's go get some ice cream. Yeah-ya-ya?” Eunhye changed her tone to be more cute to persuade her lover to comply with her wishes.
Despite wanting to resist, Jiyong did not have that ability. In the end, he let Eunhye master it, “Brown taste, right? Wait.”
“Oke.” A flick given Eunhye to Jiyong.
It didn't take long, Jiyong was back with Eunhye's ice cream. At first they tease each other and are full of laughter, Jiyong even pulls Eunhye into his arms. But in just a few seconds, Eunhye's hands drooped weakly. The ice cream he was holding fell to the floor. There was no last word or goodbye, making Jiyong's chest feel extremely tight. He could not even cry over Eunhye's departure due to tightness.
The room door shifted, Choi Seunghyun and her three friends entered. Jiyong did not budge with the arrival of her friends.
“Ah, sorry. We're disturbing you.” Seunghyun Goda.
Not seeing the reaction of the two people, Seunghyun again let out his voice. “What is Eunhye sleeping?”
“How can he fall asleep and not realize his ice cream is falling?” connect Seunghyun.
There was no response from Jiyong, the man still felt the distress in his chest so he did not know what to do but to stay in his place and embrace the lifeless Eunhye.
“Yes! Kwon—“
Seunghyun was just about to scold Jiyong who didn't rub her, when Dong Youngbae pulled her shoulder to back off, “Hyung, Eunhye has already left.”
Despite whispering, Youngbae's voice was still heard by Jiyong. Like a slap, Youngbae's speech finally broke his distress. The sobs of Jiyong's sobbing sound grew louder and louder filled the room. Youngbae, Seunghyun and Daesung move quickly to separate the couple. Seunghyun grabbed Eunhye's body and laid her on the bed, Youngbae and Daesung stuck Jiyong onto the sofa in front of Eunhye's bed. Meanwhile, Seungri runs out looking for a nurse or doctor to confirm Eunhye's condition.
Kwon Jiyong was really sad at this moment. He feels lost.
Seunghyun approached Jiyong. He patted his best friend on the shoulder, hoping they shared the burden of the moment.
“Hyung, can't Kiss Note return Eunhye? I'll leave everything I have to the book as long as Eunhye returns.” Jiyong began to fumble, spilling the contents of her head that buzzed daritadi to Seunghyun.
The tragic story I got from the president Dong Youngbae when I met him and asked about the woman. My father was the saddest man to torture my mother by keeping a picture of another woman in my mother's room. There are no other photos besides the woman in the mother's room.
I hate my father because he ignored me. I never thought my mother was next to him. He called me a child born by mistake. They both got married because they were married. He called my birth a mistake because he was drunk when he slept with his mother. If not under the influence of alcohol, he could not have done so. So said.
Mother always, every day, as long as she lives with her father preparing all the needs of her husband alone, including the matter of eating. But her husband never once as long as he lived with the mother, using what the mother prepared, eating what the mother cooked. I prefer to wear what the maids of this house prepared, eat what the cook of this house cooked. That guy really makes me sick of seeing his behavior. If it wasn't because she loved him so much and wanted to be by his side even if he was treated that way, I would have taken my mother away from the old man, not just the man but the country.
All my rude attitudes and words, I learned from him.
I was never close to him, not once did he play with me as a child. I even remember several times he refused my invitation to take a vacation. Only mom did everything, she even took on the role of dad just so I wouldn't feel like I lost my father.
My mother, Park Shinhye. His face was always smiling when I saw him, but I knew there was always a cry he was hiding. Like my father putting up pictures of other women, I did the same thing. I put up a photo of my mother with a large frame, the only photo where my mother's smile looks sincere and carefree.
Me, Kwon Taehyun. The only son of Kwon Jiyong and Park Shinhye's forced marriage. I can't believe that love brings happiness, because I never saw my mother happy even though she loved.
* * *
- Seunghoon
I obey everything my father says because I have to protect someone. I have to keep working at my best in the company to keep my dad nice to him. I want him to stay beside me even though my parents no longer want him. I want him to stay alive whether he's in good health or not.
They called me ambitious because there was nothing I could not achieve with my hard work and persistence.
Me, Kang Seunghoon. The son of the Kang family. Kang Daesung and Kang Jiyoung are my parents. I am a smart person to lie to others, even myself for the sake of the person I am protecting.
* *
Mino had just completed the liver transplant operation of a Thai patient when an intern came in with a panicked face.
“Professor Dong..”.
It didn't take long to digest what happened because the nurse who came to him was a nurse that he specifically hired. Mino took a running step towards the source of her anxiety. He did not stop saying the word ‘not’ in his heart like a mantra. I hope something bad doesn't happen.
“Aaacckk!” the sound of pain that was heard coming out even echoed in the hallway of the ward making Mino stop his running.
His breathing sounded rough as he had just run from the operating room on the 3rd floor to the nursing ward on the 5th floor. A moment his head buzzed violently, dissipating his consciousness for a few seconds.
“Prof, are you okay?” someone restored Mino's consciousness. Now he ran back to the source of the pain. Mino shifted the door of the room violently, without hesitation he hurried his steps closer to the bed where a woman was still shouting loudly.
Mino was silent for a few seconds. It was as painful as this patient.
“Aacckk!” the same scream as before.
Mino grabs the patient's shoulders tightly, “Aeri-ah. Be calm. I'm right here. Breathe slowly.”
“Oppa...” Aeri's voice trembled, he raised his head and found Mino smiling bitterly at him.
The patient who made Mino run brutally in the hospital, the patient he was worried about more than himself, the patient was Jung Aeri. The woman who made him turn the wheel of his life, the woman who made him study all the existing medical science, Jung Aeri, the woman.
“What's up? Are you feeling any pain? Where?” a barrage of questions given Mino to her lover with a face as calm as possible, she hides all her worries in front of Aeri.
“My hands...” Aeri is still crying.
“My hands start can not be moved, oppa.” continued Aeri.
Mino looked at Aeri's entire body, her woman looking so weak and fragile. Mino even found a look of annoyance on Aeri's face, she knew her lover was holding back the resentment at the fate he was facing right now.
“It's okay, baby. From now on I will be a hand for you. Relax, dear.” Mino hugged the still crying Aeri.
Aeri has perfect body proportions but now all is useless because of the pain he suffered, “Sorry for distressing you, oppa.”
“Ssttt... Don't apologize, Aeri-ya. I'll find a cure for you, hang on in a minute. You can hold on a little more, right?” Mino's tears finally trickled down while hugging Aeri. He could feel that his female body was very weak. Having the strength to shout like just now was already one thing that Mino was grateful for.
Long Mino hugged Aeri until finally the woman slept in her arms. Mino laid Aeri down and looked at her for a while before finally coming out of Aeri's nursery.
“Continue monitoring miss Jung's condition. I'll be out for a while, call me right away if anything happens to her again.” Mino's message to the resident waiting for him outside.
Mino walks towards the parking area, he opens the doctor's suit and throws him into the trash he sees. Open the car safety lock and immediately go inside, turn on the car engine and press the gas pedal until the car drove out of the parking area. Mino vented all of her stifled emotions, including all of Aeri's buzzing screams in her head. I don't know where Mino made his car go but the speed starts to decrease when his past is turned back.
* * *
8 Months earlier
tuk-tuk
Aeri knocked on the nurse station table to get the attention of the nurses, the mood was not good and it was clearly illustrated in the oya, “Did you see doctor Dong?”
“Professor Dong? Looks like it was in the hospital cafe.” A nurse who had just entered the station replied.
“What? Huh, basic!” cibir Aeri's. After saying thank you, Aeri walked towards the elevator to catch up with Mino.
The proportions of Aeri's body are absolutely perfect, too perfect for the profession of doctor. Her beauty became a byword among hospital employees, she was even nicknamed the goddess Soowon Hospital, and the goddess was the prima donna of pride of the heart department. Jung Aeri is a heart specialist at the same hospital as Mino.
Aeri enters the hospital cafe, her eyes combing through the contents of the cafe in search of Mino. While Mino easily finds Aeri who makes her smile seeing the look on her lover's upset face. Aeri finds Mino and goes to his desk.
“Why are you smiling?” Aeri asked in an annoyed tone.
Instead of answering, Mino even more pulled the corner of his lips to smile.
“Dong Mino-ssi!” Whenever Aeri gets upset, she will use the –ssi suffix behind Mino's name.
“Don't you feel ashamed? Sit down first.” Mino patted the chair next to her for Aeri to sit down, still with her smile and it made Aeri even more upset.
“Oppa!” aeri's voice rose, he even stomped his right leg a sign that he was not playing games. However, it actually shook Mino. He stood up and grabbed both shoulders and then dribbled Aeri to sit on the chair offered by Mino earlier.
“Seat a minute, darling.” Mino said softly while stroking the back of Aeri's hand.
“Oppa, take it a little seriously. Don't keep going like this, you're a doctor. Not because you can finish it in a short time and then you can just calm down. You can use your excess time for other patients. You never change, you used to do the same thing. Your exam was over sooner even your answer could have been all right but you came out when the bell rang and your answer was deliberately made wrong. You're giving up on me. I don't like.” Aeri grumbled in front of Mino.
“I want to kiss you right away, doctor Jung.” said Mino.
Suddenly Aeri felt around her face hot. Aeri is wrong, “Oppa! Listen to me.”
“Hahaha. I'm listening to you, Aeri-ya.”
Aeri reached out her hand to grab Mino's ice Americano glass, as her hand had managed to grasp the glass all of a sudden the look on Aeri's face changed. He was surprised by the situation, the ladder could not pull the Americano ice glass towards him. The glass contained less than half.Aeri stretched out her other hand to slide the glass towards her and began to sip the contents of the glass.
Mino noticed the change in Aeri's countenance as it wasn't the first time Aeri couldn't do something so light. He's seen it before.
First. When Mino saw Aeri in the hospital hallway, she always tried to harass her lover. This time he intended to surprise Aeri, but not yet to surprise Aeri suddenly lost balance to make it fall. Not because of the stagnant water or because it hit Mino but because of himself. Mino wants to help her immediately when she hears Aeri's words, “Ah. Is it because today I had too many surgeries until my knees went limp and made me fall?”
Aeri muttered then stood up and cleaned her trousers, then walked again as if nothing had happened.
Second one. When they had dinner together at Aeri's apartment. Suddenly Aeri dropped all the cutlery she was holding while walking towards the kitchen. Like being deliberately removed by him.
Similar events repeated several times, even becoming more frequent. The symptoms that Aeri showed brought Mino to a conjecture that led to a rare disease. Wishing the pain that Aeri suffered was not the disease she was expecting.
For several days Mino tried to find pain with the same symptoms but in the end he met his senior fellow doctors to seek other opinions about the symptoms that Ari had. Mino arrived at the room with a signboard attached near the door, doctor Jung Hongseok, sp.s., he knocked on the door of the room and began to open when he heard a voice from inside asking him to come in.
“Oh? Mino. What's up?” Hongseok raised his head to see Mino enter, directing Mino to sit on the sofa opposite his desk.
“Hyung...” Mino called Hongseok with a confused look.
“What's up, Mino? You got a problem?” Hongseok moved and now sat in front of Mino.
“What diagnosis can you give if it concerns motor nerves?”
“Many. Don't pretend to be stupid. You know about that. More specifically, what are the symptoms like?” Hongseok smiled slightly but returned seriously to listen to the symptoms Mino was about to give.
“One time could not reach the goods that are nearby, suddenly fell without cause, dropped the goods held suddenly, not even able to shift and lift plastic cups containing less than half. Everything is done in reflex.” Mino mentions all his symptoms in detail.
Hongseok started thinking about the possible diagnosis he could give, “What about the scale of the incident? Often or just once in a while?”
“Initially only occasionally but getting here more and more often.”
“Who?” As it has been diagnosed, Hongseok now wants to know who experienced it.
“Eh? There's another diagnosis, right, hyung? Not the one ‘itu’?” Ask Mino.
“Who is he, Dong Mino? Who has that symptom? We have to act fast.” Hongsoek did not answer Mino's question, but rather wanted to know who had the symptoms.
“Uri Aeri, uri Jung Aeri.” Mino is weak.
“Don't joke, Dong Mino.” Hongseok hoped that Mino would mispronounce the name but from the serious look on his face, he did not seem to have misheard.
“I hope I'm joking about this but—“ Mino's speech was interrupted leaving Hongseok stunned.
Suddenly he could not think clearly, his chest began to feel full. Hongseok tried to calm himself down, allowing him to think clearly about this. He looked at Mino, “Bring him to me, not as a sister but as a patient in need of help.”
“Quick!” hongseok's clap shocked Mino and immediately stood up. Mino walked out and rushed to look for Aeri.
Mino finds Aeri at the nurse station joking with some nurses, pulls Aeri and invites her to talk elsewhere. At first it was difficult to ask Aeri to see her brother on the grounds that he did not want to be lectured continuously about his health, but Mino had no other choice. He recounts that their meeting did have something to do with Aeri's health. Finally they both sit in front of Hongseok –kakak Aeri-.
“Lying on that bed, Aeri-ya.”
“Why? I'm fine, Oppa. I eat three meals a day, drink a health tonic and not drink alcohol also miss unhealthy snacks as you command.” Aeri refused to lie in bed because she felt her body was healthy, especially the sister is a neurologist and not a specialist in internal medicine.
“Lay alone on that bed, Jung Aeri. It's a command.” Hongseok.
Although with a whimper, Aeri still followed her brother's orders to lie on the bed. Hongseok stood up and began to conduct an outside examination on Aeri.
“Since when did you start to lose balance often?” hongseok asked while still conducting the examination on Aeri.
“Eh? Oppa knows? Where?” ask Aeri wonder.
“Bad boys. Just answer my question.”
“Several weeks ago. At first it was only once in a while but lately I've been falling for no reason. I think it's because I'm too tired but lately I'm not too busy. It's pretty weird, isn't it, Oppa?” Ask Aeri.
Hongseok did not answer. He finished the final inspection and sat in his chair and Aeri sat down next to Mino's chair. Mino looked seriously at Hongseok, trying to dig out the answers he could get. The understanding Hongseok only nodded faintly, making Mino stunned.
“What's your diagnosis for me, Oppa?” asked Aeri lightly.
“Spinocerebella Degeneration, Neural Degenerative or Ataxia.” Hongseok replied with a flat face.
“Do not carelessly doctor Jung Hongseok. You'll have to give me some additional tests to get the accuracy of the diagnosis. You can sue for malpractice!” Aeri did not calm down after hearing her brother's diagnosis. He started to panic.
“I'm just exhausted. I know well my body condition.” Reciprocity.
“You're not ‘cuma’ fatigue, Aeri. There is more to it than that.” Mino started talking.
“You're not on my side?” Aeri was surprised to hear Mino's words.
“You have to do the treatment, dear.” Mino's voice softened, she looked at Aeri with a pleading gaze.
“No want!” rejecting Aeri, he stood up and walked out of Hongseok's room.
Mino caught up with Aeri, while Hongseok sighed while leaning his body on the back of the chair. Mino pulls Aeri's arm to hold back her lover's pace.
“We do additional tests to get accurate diagnosis, okay?” persuade Mino.
“I'm fine. Why don't you trust me?” Aeri let go of Mino's handrails on her arm and returned to walking quickly. He just wanted to get to his room soon but why didn't he get to his room?
“Aeri-ya.. We have to make sure of it.” Mino equated his pace with Aeri.
“I'm just exhausted not Ataxia, Mino.” Refused again.
“Therefore, in order to break Hongseok-hyung's diagnosis you must perform additional tests.” Mino did not want to lose, he was determined to make Aeri do additional tests and treatment whatever happened.
“DONG MINO!” Aeri shouted but made no sound. This incident surprised both of them. Teri covered her mouth with both hands. Mino pulled up and asked Aeri to shout again but no matter how strong her screams were, no sound came out.
“Aeri...” Mino tried to pull Aeri into his arms but Aeri brushed off Mino's hand, she turned around and ran away from Mino.
In the middle of her escape, Aeri fainted from constantly trying to let out her voice. Mino who was still standing in his place, immediately ran to see his woman drooping down. Embrace the body of Aeri, “Aeri-ya? Jung Aeri!”
Since that incident, Aeri begins to trust her brother and Mino's diagnosis. He followed the advice of the two closest people to undergo further tests and the results were exactly as expected. Ataxia. Ataxia is able to make the sufferer can not control the work of motor nerves including the motor nerves of the vocal cords. Aeri was intensively treated after the diagnosis was made.
Spinocerebellar Degeneration is a Neural Degenerative disease or commonly called Ataxia. This disease attacks the cerebellum and spine which causes disorders of the motor nerves. The patient will lose control of his motor nerves gradually and the longer his physical condition will get worse.
Many suspect that this disease is caused by a virus but the fact is that Ataxia can occur due to heredity or gene mutations. Anyone has the possibility of getting Ataxia. Ataxia sufferers will not lose their intelligence and can still understand the situation. Ataxia is a very serious disease.
The most dangerous condition of Ataxia is the sudden cessation of motor nerve work, very risky for patients if he laughs, cries, drinks and eats and even breathes. The patient may suddenly stop breathing air, which can cause the patient to die if not immediately given help. There is no right way to cure Ataxia, due to damage to the brain tissue and spinal cord. Ataxia is a rare, incurable disease and no cure has been found.
His anger at the incident made the speed of his car fast. Mino and his car arrive at the parking lot of the Lee family's hospital. He deliberately drove his car here to see Jinwoo. Mino rushes towards Jinwoo's room, without knocking on Mino's door straight in and drops her body on top of Jinwoo's soft sofa room.
“Allow me to sleep for a while, today is tiring.” Mino put his left arm right above his eyes that were starting to shut.
Jinwoo momentarily looked at his best friend then put the book he had previously read, he walked over to Mino and sat down on the single sofa, “What happened to Aeri?”
Mino did not answer Jinwoo's question but Jinwoo's question made his eyes feel hot. He tries to hide his tears from Jinwoo but Jinwoo is not called a psychiatrist for no reason. Jinwoo quickly realized something was happening with Aeri so that Mino had to catch his breath as lightly as possible so as not to be caught.
“You can sleep here as long as you want. I'll make a visit, I'll be back in an hour. You don't have to wait for me if—“
“Aeri hands start to stop working, hyung.” Mino's voice trembled, he was still trying to hold back his cries from Jinwoo.
Jinwoo sat back down, his body limp hearing Mino's words for a moment. Then Jinwoo reached out his hand to tightly grip Mino's arm, trying to make Mino calmer by giving strength. There was nothing Mino needed more than the existence of someone who could give him the strength to stay alive.
“I've come to Germany to get the latest knowledge about Ataxia treatment, to China for herbal treatment that can be used. Even I flew to America and Japan to go back to look for the possibility that I missed something about Ataxia there. It's 2041 but treatment for Ataxia has yet to be found. Doesn't the world tease me, hyung?” Mino raved about his current state. He then got up and sat staring at Jinwoo with wet eyes.
Jinwoo could see Mino's disappointment at the circumstances that were not on his side.
“Why is it only Ataxia that has not been found how to cure, hyung? Why do scientists in Germany, Japan and even America have not found a way to cure it, hyung? Why, hyung? Why?” Mino ducked down and both of her hands tightly gripped her hair. He screamed because he could do nothing.
“I can't cry in front of him, hyung. It's too poignant to cry.” Mino was crying again.
“I can't live without him, hyung. You know it. I don't want to lose him.” Mino's cry became more and more. Jinwoo could only listen to all of Mino's words without any intention of chiming in, at least that was all he could do right now.
One thing began to prove, that lives could not be bought or exchanged for the abundance of wealth and power they had.
* * *
“Take care of your health before you feel pain. Appreciate that health before it's all worthless, because there's nothing you can do if you're sick even if your wealth is plentiful. Because life is not something you can sell\-buy.” – Dong Mino \-