'A cell phone notification sounds'
"Park Ji-nam on the group? So rare, what is it now." Seo-ha said while driving his car.
Seo-ha stop at the red light, and look at the group chat.
'Park Ji-nam: i'll leave the rest to you guys, please.'
As the others group members also online and look into the chat knowing something wrong everyone start running even speed up their car heading towards Park Ji-nam house.
'Group members: there is no Lee Hyun-woo in it.'
Seo-ha that still at the red light, stay silent for a moment before hitting his gas and cross the red light, speeding up towards her house.
After some moment of driving Seo-ha hit the break, and stop right infront of Park Ji-nam house. He saw the door that open and blood mark on it, he rush inside the house and found out everyone is already there, even Lee Hyun-woo staying by her side, being silent dint even do anything just stay.
Everyone there just standing still dint even get close to Lee Hyun-woo, Seo-ha there seeing Lee Hyun-woo phone beside him, that got text by Park Ji-nam.
'Park Ji-nam: I apologize for everything i done to you and please come home.' Park Ji-nam said before the long text that she sent after.
Everyone then start leaving, giving Lee Hyun-woo sometimes. The janitor tap Teo woo-ji shoulder to go wait outside, and Seo-ha just turn around with his feeling sorry for Lee Hyun-woo.
Seo-ha and Teo woo-ji just sit outside, while the janitor leaning on the wall, looking at the sky that about to rain later on.
'sigh' the janitor sigh.
"Call the ambulance Seo-ha, we can't wait anymore time.." said the janitor with a low voice.
Teo woo-ji just look down stay in silent, then start looking at his watch that Park Ji-nam give for the Christmas at work that time.
"16.43" said Teo woo-ji while looking at his watch.
"What?" the janitor ask since Seo-ha still talking asking for ambulance.
"Just a guess.." Teo woo-ji being silent again.
"I see.."the janitor understand, and he try to say.
*Death time 16.43,...It must be lonely isnt it...damn it.* Teo woo-ji thought, while looking towards the sky.
The sky suddenly drizzle and the place change into a funreal, can be seen a flower at the entrance of the building.
Park Min-ji just arrived with her father, there is also so many people there, Lee Hyun-woo just sit in silent beside Park Ji-nam framed photos and her ash.
Seo-ha, Teo woo-ji, and the janitor there also there as a representative of the guardian.
"I feel sorry for your lost." Park Min-ji father said to them while shake their hand.
"Thank you." said the janitor and Seo-ha while Teo woo-ji just bow his head.
Park Min-ji just look at Lee Hyun-woo that stay silent, she move her hand a little try to reach him but her father just called her.
"Let's head to the other side of the room, there is also guest coming in here."
Park Min-ji leaving and take a sit in the other room, she look at Lee Hyun-woo before leaving.
"How long has he been like that?" Park Min-ji look down, ask Seo-woo and Lee Ji-woo that sit together, while her father greet his friends that also there.
"Since the beginning." Seo-woo said while Lee Ji-woo leaning on his shoulder.
Park Min-ji take a sit there and drink a orange juice that Lee Ji-woo offer.
There is a lot of guest arrived, almost the whole room is already full of guest. Suddenly Lee Hyun-woo stand up, Seo-ha, Teo woo-ji, and the janitor just glance towards him that still look down.
Lee Hyun-woo then start walking outside the building slowly, almost everyone there just stare at him. The janitor tell Teo woo-ji to follow him, just by a glance.
Lee Hyun-woo then sit on the bench outside, the area there start rainning.
'Lee Hyun-woo reach out to his pocket, and pull out his medicine.'
He open the bottle and thinking about to eat the whole things, by looking at it seriously.
Lee Hyun-woo breathing start going faster, his hand started shaking uncontrollably, but suddenly Park Min-ji palm reach out holding his fist.
Lee Hyun-woo hand stop shaking,then he look at Park Min-ji that is there sit next to him.
Lee Hyun-woo tears began to well up in his eyes, as Park Min-ji hug Lee Hyun-woo shock drop his meds and his tears began to flow.
"Aaarghh...aaaggh..!" He start to cry, his hand getting tight, feeling scared, sadness, and lost.
'Park Min-ji pat his head slowly'
*No matter how strong you are, deep inside you still a child that i will always love... forever.* Park Min-ji thought.
As Lee Hyun-woo crying, Teo woo-ji is also there at the door hiding by leaning on the wall.
Teo woo-ji then also start crying, Seo-ha on the other side just looking down, and the janitor just tighten his fist.
Teo woo-ji falls down and sat on the floor, hiding his crying face using his palm.
*There is no such a thing as fair in this work...* said the janitor looking down.
*Yeah..,while the new flowers bloom and looking beautiful, the old flowers will wither and disappear, leaving behind unforgettable, and beautiful memories.* said the janitor, while everyone Lee Hyun-woo know just make a face feeling the lost and sad.
"Just let it all out..i will always be here just for you, even at your lowest." said Park Min-ji.
"Im gonna be your wings..." Park Min-ji hold Lee Hyun-woo face, make a face feel something wrong in her words.
"No..im gonna be your hope, not just a flower but also your heart, carrying the memories and hope that bring you back standing on your own two feet again." said Park Min-ji, where her words just change Lee Hyun-woo face knowing she will always be there for him.
"But i can't..i still can't accept this..i never tell her, never thank her..im so tired, just why did all this happened, can't i just live normal life... can't i..just rest, im so..tired." said Lee Hyun-woo while crying doubt, blame himself, and life, he began to waver.
Park Min-ji hearing that grab his head, and do headbutt into Lee Hyun-woo forehead.
"Owh, why is your forehead so hard." Park Min-ji complain that Lee Hyun-woo dint even feel hurt.
"Do you really think that she right now want to see you being like this?" Park Min-ji ask.
"I..i don't know.." Lee Hyun-woo can't think straight.
"Did you want to let her die for nothing, and just giving up by drinking that?" said Park Min-ji point at the medicine.
"I know you lost a lot, i know it's hard to carry everything on your own..but did she want your future to be like this?" ask Park Min-ji, make Lee Hyun-woo remembering everything.
"And please know..that you still have me." said Park Min-ji, make Lee Hyun-woo crying.
"Im sorwy...im..so, sorry..im so sorry..!" Lee Hyun-woo crying asking for forgiveness, above all.
"It's not me who you should ask for you know, but yourself. Forgive yourself and keep going, and don't..ever forget them...just like you always did." Park Min-ji said while wiping Lee Hyun-woo's tears.
"Isnt that who you are is?" Park Min-ji ask, as Lee Hyun-woo stop crying.
Lee Hyun-woo tried to breathe slowly, and finally looked calm.
"Yeah.., thank you." said Lee Hyun-woo with serious face.
Lee Hyun-woo then smile, while his hand was seen gripping Park Min-ji's hand tightly.
Lee Hyun-woo hand that was seen holding Park Min-ji's hand, turned into Lee Hyun-woo's hand which clenched tightly and then punch the tree in front of him.
Turns out Lee Hyun-woo is training on the park near the lake, he keep hitting it harder and faster as the tree starting to get damaged.
"Revenge will not solve anything and not gonna fix a thing, but your anger and feelings can be the source of power." said the janitor standing behind him.
Lee Hyun-woo look so focus, he really serious about it.
"Is that all you got? Come on!" the janitor shout, as Lee Hyun-woo speed up his punch.
On the other time to, can be seen Lee Hyun-woo just standing still on the edge of the lake and the time just stop.
Lee Hyun-woo then take a step foward to the lake, and walk on the lake normally before he lost his focus then fall, as the time just go back normal.
"Ugh.." Lee Hyun-woo swim back up, and the water came out of his nose.
On the other time Lee Hyun-woo swimming at school in the morning after the teacher allowed him, Park Min-ji just look at Lee Hyun-woo from the window in the morning.
On the other time again Lee Hyun-woo doing meditation on top of the lake while the time just freeze, then the situation show Lee Hyun-woo that already grow a little taler and having a long messy hair, walking down the hall way going home.
"Hi, wanna go to karaoke together?" Lee Ji-woo suddenly show up from behind, ask.
"Oh, no thanks." Lee Hyun-woo reject her, smile then wave his hand while walking away leaving them.
Park Min-ji staring at him walking away, knowing that she cannot do anything.
Lee Hyun-woo then arrived at home that so quiet, and no one is there to greet him, that's what he thought while looking down feeling sad.
*Guck* suddenly a puppy voice just barking out of no where.
Lee Hyun-woo look front and no one is there..,until the whole puppy just show up and bark at him.
Lee Hyun-woo just smile, taking off his shoes then chase then down as the start running away.
"Come here all of you!" Lee Hyun-woo said while chasing them.
Lee Hyun-woo then meditate in his room, he seems tired but tried to focus. Until one of the puppy manage to push the door open a little, as the other just follow him running towards Lee Hyun-woo.
Lee Hyun-woo still close his eyes, but his eyebrows moved knowing that they were running towards him.
The puppy are getting closer, and closer. Until when they about to hit, Lee Hyun-woo suddenly disappeared and show up on top of the bed still meditate.
"What...still not tired being chase by me?" said Lee Hyun-woo while opening his eyes slowly and stare at them.
One of the puppy just bark as if saying "yes" and Lee tjust start chasing them down.
"Damn, my back." Lee Hyun-woo said, while prepared the food he about to cook.
Lee Hyun-woo finish getting all the material he need from the fridge, then he start looking at the puppy, that they just sit waiting for him.
"Hm?" Lee Hyun-woo wonder.
"Alright." said Lee Hyun-woo as he start giving the puppies milk and dogfood.
Lee Hyun-woo then start cooking that his skill just getting better and better, he finish his cooking then eating on the table that just him there all alone.
'sigh'
Suddenly when Lee Hyun-woo still eating his phone ring, a notification from group show up.
'Teo woo-ji: Come over to the usual place, there is something we need to disscus.'
Lee Hyun-woo just stare at the message, before he then arrived to the place using the back door.
"Can't you just go from the front door?" Teo woo-ji ask, as he saw Lee Hyun-woo enter the cafe from back door, looking suspicious with the jacket he wear.
"Well, why not...i just like it to." Lee Hyun-woo answer, while walking inside.
'sigh' Teo woo-ji sigh.
"If there is people see you, they might think you as a thief." said Teo woo-ji just staring at Lee Hyun-woo walking normally past by him.
Lee Hyun-woo then go to front and looking for a seat.
"Well, there is a cop here if you want to tell him." said Lee Hyun-woo point at Seo-ha that sit at the corner.
Seo-ha just look at both of them, while drinking.
"Im not gonna be part of that." said Seo-ha while raise both of his hand.
"Also just let me drink my coffee in peace." said Seo-ha holding his coffee.
Lee Hyun-woo then take a sit next to Seo-ha, ready to listening about what Teo woo-ji said.
"Before that some on seems late." said Lee Hyun-woo look around wondering where is the janitor.
"Looking for me?" said the janitor show up from the kitchen.
Lee Hyun-woo face change disappointed because he thought the janitor gonna be late.
"You wish me dead or something?" ask the janitor see Lee Hyun-woo face just change.
"Meh.." said Lee Hyun-woo disappointed because dint meet his expectations.
'sigh' Teo woo-ji sigh.
The janitor just take a sit and drink Seo-ha coffee, while Seo-ha just make a face disbelief with what he seeing.
"Alright, so now let's just get to the point." said Teo woo-ji getting closer to their table.
"Since there is no customers today, so let's make a escape plan and im sure some of you guys already think about it." said Teo woo-ji while leaning to the table.
"From what the information i gather, im sure they wont try to do anything that goes to far, since the president havent change yet and they can't do anything about it." said Seo-ha explain to them, while giving the documents of every vice president members.
'Teo woo-ji and Lee Hyun-woo looking at the documents'
"I have a plan already, we just straight leaving this place at evening so we gonna arrived at the city border night time, and there when something bad happened the government will sent a team to take Lee Hyun-woo out." the janitor explain the whole plan while showing the map that he just took from Seo-ha hand.
"Does this gonna work out well? Also why me as the first priority?" Lee Hyun-woo ask.
"First, is because there is something you have with in you that no one know or have." said Teo woo-ji that already done reading the documents.
"Second, they not gonna act reckless because if they did that mean it's a act of war." said Teo woo-ji continue explain.
"But well if it's them don't you think they still gonna cause trouble? Also if they did there is a chance Lee Hyun-woo not gonna make it there, because the war that started." Seo-ha said while looking for a solution to the possibility he said.
Everyone stay silent for a moment, while Lee Hyun-woo wondering what's the problem.
"What's the problem..i mean like we already outside the border that mean it suppose to be safe right?" ask Lee Hyun-woo since doesnt know anything out there.
"There is someone like you...where he have something special with in himself just like you." the janitor said, while crossed his arms.
"Isnt that suppose to be a good news that he could help us?" ask Lee Hyun-woo.
'sigh' the janitor sigh.
"Yeah, is what you thought, but...he's not." the janitor just wipe his face, remember there is one problem again.
"Hm?" Lee Hyun-woo wonder.
"He have army of his own, his name is Kwon Min-hyuk, he might be special like you but he's evil because... let's just say if he got you on his hand, he gonna use you as a weapons to take over the whole city." the janitor explaining.
"He rich, yeah. Have the whole group of people, yeah...basically got the whole army on him." the janitor continue explain seems dint like him.
"Is he really that anoying that your voice like that?" Lee Hyun-woo ask.
The janitor being silent for a moment, as the others just stare at him waiting what he gonna said.
"Many people died, got killed brutally by him and his army, and if there is a war yeah...you have to survive on your own if we not there anymore." the janitor face being serious.
Lee Hyun-woo face change, remember something.
"Wait...the first murder case, under the bridge could that be him?" ask Lee Hyun-woo, that make Seo-ha think for a moment.
"No...it can't be him because of it is him, he would get notice already and the dead body is almost like no human doing." Seo-ha explain, while remembering the murder case.
Everyone being quiet for a moment, until the janitor clap his hands once.
"Alright then, it has been set. Now let's go home, prepare your stuff, and for the time im gonna contact you through the chat so better prepare anytime." said the janitor as he stand up, then leaving.
"Seems like someone is mad.." said Lee Hyun-woo watching the janitor leaving.
"Did he?" Seo-ha ask.
"Enough with it already, yall not going home?" Teo woo-ji ask.
"Oh, yeah right. Bye then." Seo-ha leaving, only Lee Hyun-woo left.
"You not?" Teo woo-ji ask.
"Im gonna stay for work, why not?" Lee Hyun-woo answer.
"Hmph." Teo woo-ji dint bother with his choice.
Lee Hyun-woo prepare him self while standing near the cashier with Teo woo-ji, waiting for the customers.
"Hey..." Lee Hyun-woo call Teo woo-ji with low voice and gloomy face.
"What?" Teo woo-ji answer, while cleaning the cashier.
"Can you tell me..about her?" Lee Hyun-woo suddenly ask about Park Ji-nam backstory, that Teo woo-ji just being silent for a moment before open his mouth to start talk.
'Back the day before the war, I got a job at a government agency.'
Teo woo-ji back then with dark long hair, not like now that colour brown. He arrived at the office greet the other, and the other just stay silent looking at him.
*Is there something on my face?* Young Teo woo-ji wondering why no one say a thing, and just stare towards him.
"What are you standing there for?" a familiar woman voice, while walking towards Teo woo-ji.
"Also why don't all of you greet him, come on." said from familiar voice, slowly can be seen her face and she is Park Ji-nam.
"Oh come on, he need to know how hell it is to do the paper work here." Young Seo-ha complaining.
'Young Seo-ha looks like he has short brown hair, not like now he has black
hair and long hair.'
Park Ji-nam just punch Seo-ha head, while Teo woo-ji standing still look worried about the work.
*What...is this really the right place..?* Teo woo-ji thought.
"What are you standing still for, come on. Go sit next Seo-ha, help him out." Park Ji-nam said as she leaving the room.
"Im gonna go to the bathroom for a second, and Seo-ha if i hear you said something about me again, you are going to stay all night here." Park Ji-nam said as she close the door, leaving Seo-ha make a face disbelief.
"I dint even- hmm yeah, she's right." Seo-ha try to deny it, but think again *she have a point*.
"So what am i suppose to do now?" Teo woo-ji ask Seo-ha.
Seo-ha that still thinking, forgot about Teo woo-ji for a second.
"Oh, uh..why not help me put this documents into the computer, by using this one, then save into this file and make different file of there is no file found, name it with the one on the paper work." Seo-ha explain it in one go, then go back to work.
*Let's see if he can do the work of not* Seo-ha thought.
"Well that's probably what he thinking at the moment." said Teo woo-ji that still explain the story to Lee Hyun-woo.
"...." Lee Hyun-woo just stare outside from the cashier waiting that he gonna continue the story.
Teo woo-ji just stare outside too, his face change as he continue the story.
Teo woo-ji is seen doing his work normally, until suddenly some one open the door he look old.
"And...who are you?" the janitor said, while carrying a paper work.
'The janitor his hair was a mix of black and white, unlike now where it was all white. Still short hair even until now.'
"I'm just a new worker." Teo woo-ji said, while still wonder who.
"I see, i hope you not complain all time like that coffee guy beside you." the janitor said, while placing down the paper work.
*What coffee guy, you also drink my coffee all time when i have it.* Seo-ha thought, while make a face.
"Anyways, im the vice leader here. Hope we can get a long well." the janitor said, as he start working on the paper work.
When everyone just continue work normally, the door open again and Park Ji-nam come over looking around.
"Is there a problem?" the janitor ask, while Park Ji-nam still thinking for a moment.
"We got a real work here, and why don't you come over new guy... let's see how far can you go with us." Park Ji-nam said, as she leaving while Teo woo-ji using his jacket.
Park Ji-nam driving her car to the scene with Teo woo-ji into the middle of the city, when they getting close Teo woo-ji look at the building that burning at the location.
"What the hell, is happening here?" said Teo woo-ji wondering, while also hearing gun fire *is that a gunfire sound?* he thought.
"A crime scene, and there is someone that we have to take down since he's dangerous." Park Ji-nam said, while driving.
*I guess there is gonna be a little fight happened.* Teo woo-ji thought, until he actually arrived there and the situation is more than "little".
"WHERE IS THE BACK UP!?" Teo woo-ji shouts, because there was too much gunfire.
"WHAT?" Park Ji-nam shout can't hear what Teo woo-ji said.
"WHEREEE ISS THEE BAACK UUP!" Teo woo-ji shouts, as suddenly the building just explode and he fall into silent for a moment.
Teo woo-ji stay silent wondering what to do, while Park Ji-nam keep calling his name but dint hear or react 'Hey! Teo!'.
"There is still people inside there." an office worker in a suit said, Teo woo-ji look at the building that on fire then remembering the person he need to capture.
Everything slow down for a moment since Teo woo-ji is trying to focus while feeling panicking.
'Taking a deep breath'
Teo woo-ji looking around for a moment making a plan.
"We are going to go inside, can you cover us by shooting that guy on the left side." said Teo woo-ji to the officer there.
Teo woo-ji face turn around, while the sweat on his face was thrown everywhere. A feeling that began to overflow within him, made Teo woo-ji moved.
"Let's go!"