My Angel (Chapter 19)

Chapter 19




“By the way, you never answered my previous question; how did you know that I am here at the rooftop??” Hee Young asked as she released herself from Kyu Jong’s hug.


“Well, I looked for you in your office and your secretary said that you came out without saying a word to him. He also said that you look exhausted. When you and Min Ho Hyung are exhausted, The rooftop is your great escape right?? So I find my way here.” He replied with a frown look.


“Hey! What’s with that face?


“What?”


“You’re smiling at me a when you got here a few minutes ago but all I can see now is a sad face, did something happen??


“Nothing happened”


“Aigoo… Do you think you can fool me that easily? Spill it out, what happened?” she persistently asked.


“Let’s just say that I got rejected by the girl that I really loved.”


“You’re kidding right??? Who on earth would have the guts to turn you down?! You have all the characteristic of an ideal boyfriend!. Is there something wrong with that girl’s eye?? Do you want me to talk to her?”

“There‘s no need. Her eyes are perfectly fine, the only problem is her heart. She doesn‘t see me the way I see her.” Kyu Jong released a heavy sigh.


“Do you really like her Kyu??”


“De. I‘ll do anything to make her happy.”


“Then just stay at her side no matter what happen.. In that way, You can make her happy.”


Kyu Jong got puzzled with what Hee Young just said. “Does she heard my confession?” He asked himself.


“Do you want to have lunch with me?” Kyu Jong asked so he could change their topic.


“I got a lunch meeting with the CEO of Shinwa Group.”


“Then, How about dinner??”


“I promised Min Ho Oppa that I‘ll have dinner with him tonight. You can join us if you want.”


“Anniyo, I shouldn‘t interfere your bonding with Min Ho Hyung. I‘ll just invite you again next time and I will not accept “No” for an answer.”


“Arasso. I should get back to my office now, there are still a lot of work to be done. Are you coming down with me or you‘ll stay here for a while??”


“I‘m going to stay here for a while. You can go now.”


“Okay, see you soon Kyu!” She said and headed to the exit.


“Mianhe Kyu Jong, Someone already stole my heart and I really can‘t see myself without you as my best friend. It‘s better if we will stay this way. I‘m sorry….” She said as she headed back to her office.


“Is it really impossible for you to look at me more than your best friend? Is staying by your side was the only thing I could do to make you happy? I want to shout out loud the words I Love You but I cant, I wish that I could let you know that you’re the only woman that I want to be with, but I guess there are just some words that must be left unspoken…” He said to himself.

After a few minutes later he saw an incoming call from Young Saeng.

“Oh Young Saeng Hyung, what is it?”


“Can we meet now?? I‘m going to ask you a favor.”


“What favor?”


“I’m going to tell the details later. Meet me after 20 minutes at the café where we usually hang ou.. See yah!” Young Saeng ended the conersation.


‘But…..’ Kyu Jong didn’t have the chance to say that he was not in the mood to do him a favor, leaving him no choice but to meet his hyung.
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At the Café:

Kyu Jong and Young Saeng arrived on the café at the same time, they sat on their favorite spot on the café and start talking.

“What favor do you want Hyung?”


“Well, you and Hee Young are best friend for a long time right?”


“So?”


“Well.. Uhmm… how can I say this… uhmm..”


“Young Saeng Hyung, Do you like her?”


“De?” Young Saeng got shocked on Kyu Jong’s question.


“I‘m asking if you like Hee Young?”


“Ye..” Young Saeng lowered his head due to shyness.


“And you were going to ask me some information that might help you in your confession to her right??”


“Exactly!! It‘s like you are reading my mind!” Young Saeng exclaimed not noticing the sadness on Kyu Jong’s eyes.


Kyu Jong felt like a bucket of ice was poured to his body. He can’t believe that his hyung whom he also treat as a best friend was also in love to the woman he likes. He wanted to cry his heart out but holding it, trying to hide the pain from his hyung.


“Kyu Jong ah? Are you alright??”


“De. Where are we again?” Kyu Jong replied who got lost after the heartaches that his been receiving today.


“You were about to tell me some things that I ought to know about Hee Young.” Young Saeng reminded him.


Kyu Jong paused for a while and looked at his hyung. He can see that Young Saeng was really in loved with Hee Young. For him, he rather suffered the pain from being heartbroken than letting his hyung knows about his feeling towards to Hee Young. He was afraid that Young Saeng might back out if he founds out that the girl whom he talks about for five years is the same girl that his hyung likes. He can’t bare to see his hyung to back out because of him so he decided to give way.


“Hee Young is not like any other plutocrat daughter that you knew. She preferred to have a simple life. She wants to stand with her own feet. Hee Young doesn‘t like expensive gift. She likes simple yet romantic stuffs like hand made love letters and a long stem rose. She wants to have a small tattoo of butterfly on his back but she cant have it because she was too scared of needles. When we were in high school, she said to me that she wants to be in two places at once but doesn‘t have any idea on how she could do it. That‘s Hee Young, a simple minded girl who wants to do a lot of things that can please her. Don’t try to oppose her or else you’ll get an extreme counter measure from her.”


“Yeah, she already gave me a lot of extreme counter measure when she was trying to wake me up.” Young Saeng replied with chuckle. “Wow!! You really knew her well. Thanks for those tips Kyu!! By the way, Jung Min invite us to come over to his house, looks like Mal is getting bored this past few days. Are you coming?”


“I don‘t think so, I‘ve needed some space now, do you mind if I go first?”


“Are you alright Kyu???”


“De. I‘ll see you soon..” Kyu Jong said and headed his way out as fast as he could, leaving Young Saeng alone in the café. 


Kyu Jong ran to the nearest park, he looked for a spot where there are no people around. He find his way to the lake located on the middle of the park. He couldn’t hold his tears anymore so he let it flow down and cried quietly.


“Why??? Out of all the people that I know, why him?? Why Young Saeng Hyung?? ” He asked. 


Kyu Jong cried for almost an hour that made his eyes turned red. He started to wipe his tears off and compose himself when he noticed that some people are coming in the lake. He pulled his hand phone from his pocket and dialed a familiar number.


“Yoboseo?”


“oh! Kyu Jong ah, What is it?”. His manager replied.


“Hyung, can I have a day off?? I want to go home and visit my mom before we start to get busy with our schedules.” He said as an excuse, but the real reason why he wants to come home is because he can’t stand the pain anymore. Leaving this place even for a day will be a great help for him.


“Arasso, just make sure that you‘ll be back in time okay?”


“Yeah hyung, Komawo. I‘ll hang up first.” Kyu Jong ended the call. 

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“Mal, look at Young Saeng Hyung, spacing out again.” Hyung Jun pointed to his hyung who’s consistently stirring his coffee, staring in space while smiling.


“Young Saeng Hyung, did something happen to make that bright smile of yours to come out.” Jung Min asked.


“Nothing happened.”


“Hyung, we‘ve known each other for 5 years now, and I know that something happened when that smile of yours shows off.” 


“I‘m just happy you know?!”


“That‘s why I‘m asking why are you happy?”


“I just feel happy.. That‘s all…”


“Aish..okay, I’m going to stop asking, looks like you‘re going to make this discussion round like circles again!” Jung Min whined to his hyung.


“Mal, can you give me some blanket?? I want to take a nap.”


“Yah! You just came here to my house just to take a nap?”


“Blame your couch!! It’ was too comfortable that it made me feel sleepy ” Hyung Jun said in a childish manner.


“So you‘re saying that it is my couch fault??” Jung Min retorted.


“De. Please give me a blanket Jung Minnie…. Please..” Hyung Jun pleaded.


“Andwe! You can sleep if you want to but I‘m not going to give you a blanket.”


Hyung Jun can’t help but to give Jung Min a pout. He knows that he cant win over him specially when he’s in Mal’s territory, his house. Young Saeng just watched their non-stop bickering. A few minutes later, Hyung Jun already find his way to dream land.


“I can't believe that this kid can fall asleep easily.’ Jung Min said as he carefully cover Hyung Jun with blanket, trying not to wake him up.


“Just let him sleep like that. He hasn‘t have a proper sleep since yesterday. He goes to his radio show after our dance rehearsal last night. He must be really tired now.” Young Saeng said.


“De. By the way hyung, I got some chocolate moose cake and baked mac on the kitchen, do you want to have some of it?”


“Sure!”


“Follow me to the kitchen.” 


Young Saeng followed Jung Min in kitchen and ate some foods with him.


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Kyu Jong who’s wearing a black hoodie with his shades onto cover up his red eyes got in to the bus. Luckily that it wasn’t a rush hour so only 4 to 5 people are riding on the same bus with him.


“I love you too Kyu! Thank you for not leaving me behind.” This words keeps on lingering on Kyu Jong’s mind. Still can’t believe that he got turned down with the only woman he loves. He leaned his head on the window as he watched everything that the bus passed by. It took 2 hours before he reached his home in Jeolado. He was about to press the doorbell when he heard his mom’s voice from his back.


“Kyu Jong? What are you doing here? Why didn‘t you inform me that your coming home? Wait, what happen to your eyes?? Did you just cry?” 


“Anniyo! Something gets in to my eyes and I end up rubbing it that’s why it became red. I want to surprise you Omma! That‘s why I didn‘t tell you that I was coming” He replied and hugged his mom.


“Well, you succeed on surprising me, It’s getting cold here let’s go inside. ”


Kyu Jong and his mom got inside of the house. They’ve talked for hours, Kyu Jong make sure that his mom is well updated about his whereabouts but leaving the part of Hee Young’s comeback in Seoul. He knew that his mom knows that he got hurt upon Hee Young’s departure five years ago. His mom was also aware about his feeling towards to Hee Young. It would be a bad idea to let his mom know that he got rejected so he decided to keep it to himself. A few minutes later, the doorbell rang that cut their conversation.


“Who would that be?” His mom asked.


“Maybe it‘s Appa”


“Anniyo, your dad is with his friends for a fishing trip. He wouldn‘t be back until tomorrow.”


Stood up and headed to their door. Much to his surprise, he saw Hyun Joong standing outside their house.


“Omo! Hyun Joong Hyung!! What are you doing here?”

My Angel (Chapter 18)

“This morning, I can feel the warm rays of the sun on my face. Just a mere thought of here makes me survived from the loneliness I had before. Looks like love can really changed your life. ” Young Saeng said to himself as he leaned on his window, savoring the beauty of sunrise.

Hee Young stared on the space while having a bite of chocolate chip cookies and sipping her milk from time to time. She can still remember  what happened last night.

“I wonder why did he kissed me?  Does he like me too? But this can‘t be happening, I don‘t want to hurt him in the end.” She mumbles to herself.

“What are you doing?? talking to yourself early in the morning??” Young Saeng said to her.

Hee Young got startled and got choked by the cookie she was eating. Young Saeng tapped her back repeatedly, He let her drink the milk after she managed to swallow the cookie..

“Yah! Want me to die early?!” She scolded him.

“Anniyo. Mianhe, I never meant to startled you. Are you alright now?” He said to her and sit to the other side of counter table.

“You expect me to be fine after you kissed me last night?” She mumble again.

“What did you just say??”

“Nothing. I said I‘m fine just don‘t startled me next time especially when I‘m eating.”

“Arrasso. Wait a minute, why do you look so pale today? Didn‘t you have a good sleep last night?” He asked and leaned forward to her.

Hee Young got froze from her sit when she realized that her lips was just 5cm away from him and take a few seconds before she could respond to him.

“ Don’t worry I’m fine. What do you want for breakfast?” She asked and turn herself towards to the kitchen.

“Your smile would be enough as my breakfast.” He mumbles.

“What did you said??” She pretends that she doesn’t hear what he said but can’t help to give out a smile.

“I said I want cookies with honey on top and a brewed coffee too.”

“Brewed coffee and cookie jar coming up!” She said.

Hee Young got the cookie jar on the cabinet after she puts the coffee beans on the coffee maker while Young Saeng was just watching her prepare his breakfast happily. After a few minutes, she served Young Saeng with his breakfast.

“Here you go! Chocolate chip cookies and a brewed coffee.”

“Komawo” he said and take a bite of his cookie.

“Wait a minute, why did you wake up so early today? What time did you arrived last night?” She fired her questions, still pretending that she doesn’t know anything.

“Let‘s just say that I had a good sleep and managed to get up early today. I guess I arrived at around midnight. Yah! Why did you slept on the couch last night! Didn‘t I told you not to wait for me?! Aigoo.. I never thought that you were that heavy when I was carrying you to your room” Young Saeng teased her.

“And who told you that I was waiting for you? I was just watching tv and fell asleep. And who also told you to carry me to my room? You could have just cover me with blanket and let me sleep on the couch!” She retorted.

Young Saeng didn’t managed to retort back because an incoming call from Hee Young’s hand phone interfere their conversation.

“Yoboseo? Yeah Mr. Park? What??? Okay, I‘ll be there as soon as possible.” Hee Young drops the call immediately.

“What happened??” Young Saeng asked worriedly.

“Min Ho Oppa is sick now, I need to go home now. You‘ll be fine here without me right???”

“Yeah, do you need a ride?”

“I’ll just take the bus. You have scheduled interview later this afternoon. You can‘t be late again.”

“It‘s still early so I could get back on time after giving you a ride”. He insisted.

“Are you sure??”

“De.”

“Then wait for me here, I‘ll just change my clothes.” She said in a hurry.

After 30 minutes, Young Saeng and Hee Young arrived on the her house. Young Saeng got surprised when he found out that Hee Young was living on a mansion.

“Mr Lee, how‘s Min Ho Oppa??”

“He‘s fine now my young lady, the doctor said that he needs to have a full rest. His body needs to recover from fatigue. He‘s been exhausting himself for the past two week.”

“Exhausting himself??”

“De my young lady. He‘s been working day and night for the upcoming meeting with the new investors next week.”

“Where is he now??.”

“In his room, probably still working with the presentation.”

“And you allowed him to do that??”

“Mianhe my young lady. The young master insisted it.”

“Aigoo Mr. Lee, you shouldn‘t let him do that.”

“I apologize my young lady.” He said and bow to her.

“Kwenchana Mr. Lee, I‘ll go to his room now and whack his head if necessary just to stopped him from working.”

Mr. Lee and Young Saeng just chuckled on her last statement. They both know that Hee Young will use an extreme counter measure in a situation like this.

“Mr. Lee can you send my friend to my room? And give him something to eat. That guy haven’t finished his breakfast because of me. Young Saeng ah, wait me in my room, I’ll be there after having a talk with my brother.”

“De my young lady.” Mr. Lee replied while Young Saeng just give her a nod.

“This way Mr. Heo.”

“You knew me?” Young Saeng asked.

“De. We knew everything about you.” Mr. Lee replied while he chuckles.

Young Saeng followed Mr. Lee to Hee Young’s room.

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“Min Ho Oppa!”

“Oh! My princess! What are you doing here?”

“Mr. Lee told me that your sick. And still working even the doctor said that you need to have at least two weeks of rest ”.

“I can‘t do that, there will be foreign investor that will be coming next week. That‘s why I need to finish all the preparation needed on that meeting”.

“Can‘t you just postponed it Min Ho Oppa?? You really need to rest. ”

“I can‘t my princess, dad has been waiting for this opportunity to come and asked me to do well with the investors.”

“Then I‘ll take over the company until you get well.”

“What??  You‘re kidding right?”

“Do I look like kidding now?? You need to rest, and if taking over the company for a while will be the best way to keep you from work then I‘ll do it.”

“Are you sure about that? What about Young Saeng?.”

“Young Saeng can take care of his sleeping habits now. So I can take a break from being his P.A and take over your place on the hotel. ”

“That‘s not what I meant, If your going to take over my place you wouldn‘t have a chance to see him nor monitor his whereabouts. And besides, can you manage the hotel by yourself?? It‘s been a year since you handle our hotel in New York.”

“Aigoo!! Don‘t you have enough confidence for me Oppa?? Looks like you‘ve forgotten that I managed to finish Business Management in New York University with flying colors! ”

“Aish! This brat is starting to show off again!”

“Just telling the truth Oppa..” Hee Young said with a boastful manner.

“Okay, I let you take over my place but please be careful. Don‘t exhaust yourself like me. Your health was way too precious than mine.”

“Don‘t worry too much, just have a full rest and regain all the strength you‘ve lost. By the way, I left Young Saeng in my room. Im going to check him out.”

“He‘s here?? Waeyo?”

“He insist to give me a ride.”

“Let‘s go together. I want to see him.”

“But you need to rest!”

“Just let me walk for a while, I feel like I‘m going to be more sick if I stayed here all day.”

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Young Saeng was fully amazed in Hee Young’s room. The room was just like a presidential suite in hotel. A portion of the room got Young Saeng’s attention. The room has a mini-library, he headed in to it and look for some books. As he examined the books, he found a long table filled with picture frames on the side. He found a lot of pictures of Hee Young with her brother. Much to his surprise, he found a picture of Kyu Jong and Hee Young with Kyu’s gigantic bear in the middle.

“It‘s Kyu‘s bear! How come that they have a picture of it when they were still young??” He asked Himself.

“Actually, it‘s my bear. Kyu gave it to me as a graduation gift. I just send it back to him and asked him to take a good care of it while I‘m in America.” Hee Young answered his question.

Young Saeng turned his head after he heard Hee Young’s voice. He bowed to them when he saw Min Ho standing beside his sister.

“It‘s been a while since I saw you on your birthday party. I haven‘t introduced myself properly that time, by the way I‘m Lee Min Ho” Min Ho said to him.

“Annyeong Haseyo, Heo Young Saeng imnida.” Young Saeng introduced himself and slightly bowed his head.

“You don’t have to introduce yourself, I knew everything about you”

“Oppa!” Hee Young exclaimed.

“Waeyo? it’s my duty to know everything about the guy you were living with” Min Ho replied giving his dongsaeng a playful smirk.

Young Saeng just gived a shy smile while watching the siblings in front of him.

“Young Saeng ah, can we talked?? We need to discuss something.”

Young Saeng just nod and followed Hee Young. They sit on the bench in front of a small pond located in the middle of their garden.

“Can I asked something?” Young Saeng blurted out.

“What is it?

“Why do you work as my P.A?? From what I’ve seen, you don’t have to work at all.”

“I’m not that kind of girl who will just slacked my back and spend my family’s fortune. I want to earn and spend my own money. But the main reason was, I want to feel that I am needed by someone, To take care of someone whom I really didn’t know was included in my to-do list.” She explained to him.

“To-do list?”

“De. I‘ve made a list that I want to do within this year.”

“Then what‘s the number one on your list?”

Hee Young paused for a while and give Young Saeng a smile. “To witness a miracle”. She continued.

“Would that be possible??”

“I have faith, and as long as I have it, anything is possible.”

Young Saeng just give him a smile even though he can’t understand why did she said that.

“Young Saeng ah, I‘ll take a one week hiatus from being your P.A.”

“Why??”

“Min Ho Oppa needs a complete bed rest, but there are investors that will come to meet him next week.”

‘So you’re saying that your going to take over his place?”

“Yes.”

“Can you do that?? I mean are you qualified for his position?”

“Of course!! Min Ho Oppa already let me managed our hotel in New York.”

“Why did he do that?? Aren‘t you too young for that kind of responsibility?”

“It was a necessity that time, Oppa needs to manage the construction of our new hotel in Europe so it leaves us no choice.”

“I see.. Uhhm.. Can I visit you on your office??”

“Waeyo??” She asked with a surprised look.

“Just want to check you out.”

“Arasso, But not too often. I have a lot of paper works to do so I don‘t want a lot of distraction” Hee Young smiled at him and looked at her watch. “Hey! You need to go now, or else you‘re going to be late again!!”

“Yeah, I should take my leave now. Take care and see you soon.”

Young Saeng looked back at her after taking a few steps.

“Hee Young ah!” He shouted.

“What is it??”

“FIGHTING!!!!”

Hee Young can’t help but to smile at him. “Komawo!”, She replied.

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Hee Young arrived on the office. She headed in to his brother’s office and found the secretary who’s waiting for her arrival.

“Good Morning Ms. Lee”. Mr. Kim greeted her.

“Good Morning too Mr. Kim!, what‘s my schedule for today.?”

“You have a lunch meeting with CEO of Shinwa Group then another meeting with the Marketing department at 4PM. These are the files that needs to be reviewed before sending a full report to all of the board of directors.” Mr. Kim said to him and placed all the documents at her table.

“You mean all these files??”

“Yeah, Mr. Lee was absent for three days now so the documents piled up.”

“I see.. Uhmm.. Can you get me a Latte? I really need it right now. A lot of paper works are waiting for me.”

Three hours quickly passed and Hee Young was already exhausted with piles of documents that needs to be reviewed.

“I need a fresh air now. I feel like I‘m suffocated in this room” She said to himself. She walks out on the office and headed to the rooftop. The rooftop was his brother’s sanctuary. Whenever her brother feels tired at his office, he will take 1hour break and will take a nap on the rooftop.

“Wow! It‘s so nice to see the whole Seoul from here.” She exclaimed. Stretching her arms upward to release the stress she gained from reviewing the documents.

“There you are!” A familiar voice came from her back.

“OMO! Kyu Jong! What are you doing here??”

“Young Saeng Hyung told me that you‘re in hiatus from being his P.A and will take over Min Ho Hyung‘s position as CEO. I can‘t believed that my best friend is now the temporary CEO of  YOUNGWA Group.” Kyu said while chuckling.

“Yah! Stopped teasing me!” Hee Young said and mess his fringe. “What are you listening now?” She asked when she noticed the earphones attached to his ears.

“I‘ve recorded my own version of our song “Confession”. ”

“Really?? Does it turns out well?? I mean better than when the 5 of you sang it?”

“Why don‘t you listen to the whole song then tell me the difference of my version to the group‘s version.?”

“Alright.”

Kyu Jong placed the earphones to Hee Young’s ears, play the music and set the volume where she cannot hear what his going to said to her. When he knows that Hee Young is already listening to his version of  “Confession” while staring at the overview of Seoul, He started to confess his feelings to her.

“Whenever I‘m with you, my heart beats like a drum and butterflies keeps fluttering inside. You are always by my side whenever I‘m troubled of my insecurities. You never leave me until I‘m perfectly fine. At night, before I close my eyes all I can think is you. In the morning, when I opened my eyes, you were the first person I think of. You’re the only one I see but you‘re not looking at me and because of that, My heart is in pain right now. It was too painful that I couldn‘t sleep at night. Although you were by my side you can‘t see what‘s inside of my heart. I‘ve been loving you for more than five years now but I‘m too scared to express it. Afraid to lose the friendship that we had if you found out about my feelings towards you. I don‘t want to be your best friend anymore, I want you to start looking at me as your man. I know that this is a coward thing to do, having my confession of love when you’re not listening. But this is the only way I know to ease the burden in my heart. Let me just say this once…..  ”

Hee Young noticed that Kyu Jong was saying something but he can’t hear it so she decided to take off the earphones.

“I love you….” Kyu Jong finished his confession but got shocked when she saw that Hee Young removed the earphones.

“I love you too Kyu!!! I‘m really lucky to have you as my best friend! Komawo for not leaving me behind.” She replied and then give kyu a hug.

“Bestfriend?? Yeah… I‘m your best friend and I think I can‘t be more than that.” Kyu Jong said to himself with a frown look on his face while hugging her back..