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honou_no_izumi) wrote2015-08-14 12:06 pm
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Bystander [1/2]
Title: Bystander
Series: 너를 기억해 / Hello Monster
Characters: Kang Eunkyeok, Cha Jian, mentions of Lee Hyeon
Summary: Having a one-side... is not easy.
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“Lee Hyeon! Hyeon! What's wrong with you?”
It's strange... that even now, he could only think about how much Cha Jian cared about Lee Hyeon. Even when the situation didn't really allow him to be distracted with personal feelings.
“Ugh, of all the things to happen. What even is going on now?”
Eunhyeok turned towards Detective Son. “Son-sunbae, would you and Seungju take Eunbok downstairs? I'll handle the rest.”
“Umm, we'll do that,” said the man as the three of them headed to the ramp. Eunhyeok turned back towards Jian as she started fussing over the unconscious Lee Hyeon.
He knelt beside her as he also tried to check on Lee Hyeon.
“Something wrong with him?”
Jian shrugged. “I don't know. He doesn't seem to be sick but I...”, she picked up a gun from her side and gave it to him. “Captain, I think Seungju dropped this. You should hold it for him.”
“A-ah!” he said, before staring at the gun. Then, he realized—if he wasn't mistaken—Lee Hyeon was holding the gun before he suddenly collapsed. That... was strange. You don't normally...
“Should we take him to the hospital?”
Despite that, he couldn't help noticing how protective Jian was as she continued to hold Lee Hyeon at her side. Jian shook her head.
“No need. I'll just... take him home to rest. Can you help me carry him, Captain?”
“Aah! Sure...” he gasped as he immediately grab hold of Lee Hyeon to carry on his back.
Yet, throughout the trip towards her car... they never spoke a word to each other. Again, he felt like an outsider whenever he was with the two. It was awkward.
At the carpark, Jian started scanning the area as she caught sight of Lee Hyeon's car. “Ah!”
Eunhyeok looked up as he was in the middle of securing Lee Hyeon at the front passenger seat of Jian's car. “Hmm? What's wrong?”
She turned to him as she took out her cellphone. “It's nothing,” she said, waving her hand at him. Then, she immediately looked away from him as Jian started calling on someone.
“Ah. Are you working today? Hmm... did your—did Lee Hyeon sent you to work this morning? Ah... no, no. It's—”
Did he just imagined it, or was Jian giving him a suspicious glance just now?
“—his car was here. Umm... do you want me to pick you up now? Yeah... right now, it's sort of an emergency. Yeah... okay.”
Jian ended the call as she went back to the car. Eunhyeok stood up. “Do you need me to help? I mean, you still have to carry—”
“It's all right. I already call for the li—someone to help me. I'm going to pick him up first before heading to Hyeon's house. Thanks... Captain.”
Eunhyeok couldn't say anything as he backed away, and closed the door after him. Jian smiled at him gratefully before getting into her car. With that, Cha Jian drove away with Lee Hyeon... leaving him behind.
He sighed as he watched the car disappear from view. It seemed, even when he thought he'd known more about Cha Jian and Lee Hyeon... there's still a lot that he didn't know about them. Should he give up? It did appear that perhaps his suspicion about them had been right all along.
But then, what of the other person?
xxx
He suddenly felt that he had to meet him properly. Especially after the things he just recently found out; the connection that man had with them—to Cha Jian, Lee Hyeon and Eunbok. But even if it turned out to be in vain, he was glad that he came. Even if it was only to save Cha Jian from being yet another new victim of Lee Junyeong.
But suppose, this was the sign where he have to completely give up. Because now he knew that he could never compete with Lee Hyeon. How could he, when he could see just how much Cha Jian loves the man? To be so reckless as to confront Lee Junyeong alone by herself, on the same day Lee Hyeon collapsed for some kind of reason. Because it can't be a coincidence, for Jian to do something like this right after Lee Hyeon went ill. Even if the two did have some unresolved business with Lee Junyeong, Cha Jian had persevered so much before. So to suddenly acted so rash, it's just unlike her. So it must be because of Lee Hyeon.
That... reminds him. Back then... despite the possibility that she would be targeted by Cho Yongu, she had only worried about Lee Hyeon. She never did much... worry about herself. Even regarding Lee Junyeong.
Come to think about it, he wondered if the feeling was not one-sided. The more he thought about it, he could recall that Lee Hyeon too... did appear to care about Cha Jian. Both of them were rarely apart for too long, and both of them often watched over each other's back a lot.
There was really never any chance for anyone to come between them.
Eunhyeok stopped walking and turned towards Cha Jian.
"I... used to like you. I loved that... I could like you. Cha Jian-ssi."
It was sort of his way of confessing his feelings; even if he knew that the feelings won't be returned. It was in a way a closure, for him. But at least this was a way for him to show his support. Because it beats doing nothing. And he needed to let Jian know why his father's action weighed on him so much. Not just because his father had framed her father to cover up the truth about Lee Junyeong's escape. But because his father did that to someone he cared about.
Eunhyeok smiled to himself as he walked away. You did a good job, Kang Eunhyeok, he told himself.
Perhaps being a third person was not that bad at all.
Series: 너를 기억해 / Hello Monster
Characters: Kang Eunkyeok, Cha Jian, mentions of Lee Hyeon
Summary: Having a one-side... is not easy.
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“Lee Hyeon! Hyeon! What's wrong with you?”
It's strange... that even now, he could only think about how much Cha Jian cared about Lee Hyeon. Even when the situation didn't really allow him to be distracted with personal feelings.
“Ugh, of all the things to happen. What even is going on now?”
Eunhyeok turned towards Detective Son. “Son-sunbae, would you and Seungju take Eunbok downstairs? I'll handle the rest.”
“Umm, we'll do that,” said the man as the three of them headed to the ramp. Eunhyeok turned back towards Jian as she started fussing over the unconscious Lee Hyeon.
He knelt beside her as he also tried to check on Lee Hyeon.
“Something wrong with him?”
Jian shrugged. “I don't know. He doesn't seem to be sick but I...”, she picked up a gun from her side and gave it to him. “Captain, I think Seungju dropped this. You should hold it for him.”
“A-ah!” he said, before staring at the gun. Then, he realized—if he wasn't mistaken—Lee Hyeon was holding the gun before he suddenly collapsed. That... was strange. You don't normally...
“Should we take him to the hospital?”
Despite that, he couldn't help noticing how protective Jian was as she continued to hold Lee Hyeon at her side. Jian shook her head.
“No need. I'll just... take him home to rest. Can you help me carry him, Captain?”
“Aah! Sure...” he gasped as he immediately grab hold of Lee Hyeon to carry on his back.
Yet, throughout the trip towards her car... they never spoke a word to each other. Again, he felt like an outsider whenever he was with the two. It was awkward.
At the carpark, Jian started scanning the area as she caught sight of Lee Hyeon's car. “Ah!”
Eunhyeok looked up as he was in the middle of securing Lee Hyeon at the front passenger seat of Jian's car. “Hmm? What's wrong?”
She turned to him as she took out her cellphone. “It's nothing,” she said, waving her hand at him. Then, she immediately looked away from him as Jian started calling on someone.
“Ah. Are you working today? Hmm... did your—did Lee Hyeon sent you to work this morning? Ah... no, no. It's—”
Did he just imagined it, or was Jian giving him a suspicious glance just now?
“—his car was here. Umm... do you want me to pick you up now? Yeah... right now, it's sort of an emergency. Yeah... okay.”
Jian ended the call as she went back to the car. Eunhyeok stood up. “Do you need me to help? I mean, you still have to carry—”
“It's all right. I already call for the li—someone to help me. I'm going to pick him up first before heading to Hyeon's house. Thanks... Captain.”
Eunhyeok couldn't say anything as he backed away, and closed the door after him. Jian smiled at him gratefully before getting into her car. With that, Cha Jian drove away with Lee Hyeon... leaving him behind.
He sighed as he watched the car disappear from view. It seemed, even when he thought he'd known more about Cha Jian and Lee Hyeon... there's still a lot that he didn't know about them. Should he give up? It did appear that perhaps his suspicion about them had been right all along.
But then, what of the other person?
xxx
He suddenly felt that he had to meet him properly. Especially after the things he just recently found out; the connection that man had with them—to Cha Jian, Lee Hyeon and Eunbok. But even if it turned out to be in vain, he was glad that he came. Even if it was only to save Cha Jian from being yet another new victim of Lee Junyeong.
But suppose, this was the sign where he have to completely give up. Because now he knew that he could never compete with Lee Hyeon. How could he, when he could see just how much Cha Jian loves the man? To be so reckless as to confront Lee Junyeong alone by herself, on the same day Lee Hyeon collapsed for some kind of reason. Because it can't be a coincidence, for Jian to do something like this right after Lee Hyeon went ill. Even if the two did have some unresolved business with Lee Junyeong, Cha Jian had persevered so much before. So to suddenly acted so rash, it's just unlike her. So it must be because of Lee Hyeon.
That... reminds him. Back then... despite the possibility that she would be targeted by Cho Yongu, she had only worried about Lee Hyeon. She never did much... worry about herself. Even regarding Lee Junyeong.
Come to think about it, he wondered if the feeling was not one-sided. The more he thought about it, he could recall that Lee Hyeon too... did appear to care about Cha Jian. Both of them were rarely apart for too long, and both of them often watched over each other's back a lot.
There was really never any chance for anyone to come between them.
Eunhyeok stopped walking and turned towards Cha Jian.
"I... used to like you. I loved that... I could like you. Cha Jian-ssi."
It was sort of his way of confessing his feelings; even if he knew that the feelings won't be returned. It was in a way a closure, for him. But at least this was a way for him to show his support. Because it beats doing nothing. And he needed to let Jian know why his father's action weighed on him so much. Not just because his father had framed her father to cover up the truth about Lee Junyeong's escape. But because his father did that to someone he cared about.
Eunhyeok smiled to himself as he walked away. You did a good job, Kang Eunhyeok, he told himself.
Perhaps being a third person was not that bad at all.