Sunday, February 22, 2009 @ 10:17 AM
Chapter 34: Our PastSuggested song/music: Colours - Utada Hikaru
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdB8A2c5IfY)
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Junsu practically dragged himself up the flight of stairs in his house. Throwing his body onto the bed, he repeatedly tried to recall where he had seen that back view before. Finally it dawned upon. He unzipped his luggage by the door and started digging around in it. Finally, he pulled out what he has been searching for. The photo album which he brings along with him, everywhere he went. His fingers flipped through it quickly towards that page. “That’s it! Him! Who is he? How is he related to Li Yin and Ri In? How?!” Junsu flipped through the album some more. He had tons of questions running through his mind, but he couldn’t find any answer to it. The ringing of his phone brought his attention to it. Looking at the caller id, Junsu took a deep breath before answering. “Chloe?”
Fingering the steering wheel, Junsu waited patiently for Chloe to come down from her hotel room. There was a playful knock on his window and soon after, Chloe hopped onto his convertible. “I haven’t been seeing much of you at all! Also, don’t forget that our holidays are ending soon and we’ll have to leave. Let’s spend the last few days here wisely, by giving me a tour around Seoul!” Chloe clapped excitedly.
“Of course, sure!” Junsu had on a forced smile. “Where do you want to go?”
“Everywhere! Everywhere which has your memories…” Chloe looked at Junsu intently. He didn’t seem to have picked up her clue, and flashed an ‘okay’ sign with his hand.
“I hope you don’t mind if I ask you to bring me to Li Yin’s grave.” Chloe finally plucked up enough courage to ask. “I want to meet her.”
Junsu was taken aback by Chloe’s request, but he didn’t further question her. He called up Yoochun and asked for the way to the cemetery Li Yin is buried at. All these while, Chloe remained silent as she thought about her decision to meet Li Yin. ‘I need to know how she’s like. Maybe after I see how Junsu reacts before her grave, I will understand their love…’ Junsu noticed how quiet and odd Chloe was behaving, but didn’t bother asking. He knew by now that what Chloe wants to tell, she will tell on her own without others having to ask.
“Wait! Let’s get some flowers for Li Yin…” Chloe pointed to the flower shop. A tiny smile crept up Junsu’s lips as he saw the flowers on display. He shook his head and continued to drive, ignoring Chloe’s protests.
“Li Yin is allergic to flowers. I think it’ll be better if we don’t bring her any.” Junsu explained.
“Then… maybe chocolates? Surely a girl would like chocolates?” Chloe pointed to the supermarket next.
“Nope. She dislike chocolates. Maybe she isn’t just any ordinary girl…” Junsu seem to be deep in his thoughts as he reminisced about the times he had spent with Li Yin. Sitting beside him quietly, Chloe lowered her head and blinked back her tears. ‘Has the seven months they spent together mean nothing against Li Yin? She tried to heard this seven months to replace her spot in his heart. Has it been in vain?’
Following behind Chloe up the stairs, Junsu’s face slowly revolved into a frown. Did Yoochun give him the wrong address? This is the place Ri In brought him to previously to visit the grave of a child. His eyebrows grew knitted closely together when Chloe stopped before a tomb and bent down to pay her respects. Below her photo on the tombstone carved the neat words - Zhang Li Yin, a beloved friend and great work companion. Junsu felt bitterness, but it wasn’t as great as when he saw the tomb beside Li Yin’s. It the exact same tomb he visited with Ri In. He had been so close to Li Yin, and yet he felt nothing. If only he had been paying more attention to the surroundings, he could’ve visited Li Yin so much sooner. He knelt down before Li Yin’s tombstone and reached his shaking fingers towards it. “Hi, Li Yin. I’m here to see you… I’m Junsu, Li Yin. How are you doing now? I… I didn’t mean what I said before. If only I knew you were dying, I would never say such things to you. I wouldn’t!” Junsu choked on his words. “Li Yin, the seven months away from you was nothing but pain and agony. It was the same for you, wasn’t it? Are you going through the same thing as you watch me from Heaven?” Junsu felt the first tear roll down his cheek. Then followed a lot more, and he finally broke down into tears. Squatting beside him was Chloe, her face distorted with anger. ‘Was the time spent with me all pain and agony? Hadn’t you enjoyed my company one bit?!’
As Junsu sat before Li Yin’s grave and continued to talk and ramble on to her, Chloe decided to take a walk. She is tired of seeing how Junsu is acting before Li Yin. He’s so open and different, almost childlike. Why is he so different when he is with Li Yin? Hasn’t he opened himself up yet? She has always thought that what she saw of Junsu was everything. It was not until today that she see the other side he had, the side he reveals only to that girl…
Junsu found it weird that Chloe was quiet even though she was the one who requested to visit Li Yin’s grave. “Chloe, what’s wrong?” he tried to embrace her but got pushed away. Junsu attempted a peck on the cheek but Chloe climbed into the car quickly. She was about to pull the door shut when she shouted. “Ouch! What’s this…” feeling around the seat, she brought up a hairclip. Junsu was about to dismiss it as some hairclip which has been dropped long ago. However, his eyes widened when he saw the design on the hairclip. It was a clown hairclip, the exact same one Li Yin owned.
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