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honou_no_izumi) wrote2015-08-16 12:41 pm
honou_no_izumi) wrote2015-08-16 12:41 pm
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Time [1/4]
Title: Time
Series: 너를 기억해 / Hello Monster
Characters: Cha Jian, Lee Min, mentions of Lee Hyeon
Summary: It was like handling small animals who've been hurt in the past. You have to take the time to slowly heal their wounds.
A/N: Sort of the continuation of the scene during the first half of Bystander.
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Time... and patience. That was her own method to gain people's trust and confidence in order to get people to open up to her. Kinda like one part of the good cop, bad cop tactic. Though in her case, she could not do the whole bad cop part. She could never pull the whole aggressive manner thing, or at least be convincing enough to get people to really think she was a 'bad cop'.
But suppose, it does fit her. To do the good cop thing. Not just because she's a woman, but because she could relate with people. After years of living in the shadows of being 'a criminal's daughter', she could really relate as to why people refuse to trust others. Let alone opening up their hearts to mere strangers.
To reach out to people and to get them to open up their hearts, you certainly cannot rush the process. Appearance doesn't always showed everything about a person after all.
And Lee Hyeon... was the best example for that. Like at first, he may seemed to be unfeeling, arrogant... a jerk. But then, if you were patient enough and try to persevere... you may start to notice that he might really not that unfeeling or arrogant or rude. That he would hide his vulnerabilities underneath those façade he often show to people.
It's also similar to how you handle animals... when you think about it. Like you may want to try to approach this kitten or puppy, but you may not be able to do so because they were not used to people. Added with the possibilities that those animals might have been mistreated in the past, it would have made it harder for you to approach them.
But if you were patient, sooner or later you might be able to get through...
Perhaps in truth, that was what truly kept her to continue watching Lee Hyeon.
xxx
She could see Attorney Jeong hurrying towards her car as she urgently told him to get in. Without delaying, she immediately made a turn towards the direction of the main road.
"Detective Cha, what's wrong? Was brother okay?"
Jian glanced towards the rear-view mirror as she noted genuine concern from the younger man. Come to think, aside from that particular night when Attorney Jeong was acting like that bastard Lee Junyeong; the boy was all right. This was the same concern he had for her before, the one that she felt she could trust. Perhaps as long as she kept that impression in her mind, she could still trust the young man.
"Mr. Jeong, would you know something... I mean, did something happened in the past between your brother and yourself?" Like a traumatic experience probably, something really painful that may be unbearable. It must be something like that, right?
Because she recalled the look Hyeon had before he passed out. As if he'd just remembered something. Because it couldn't be because he saw Eunbok and Seungju fight. It's not like something that could alarm him so much. Lee Hyeon, who could calmly walk into a crime scene without fear. Lee Hyeon, who could calmly watch a dead body without being sick.
And she used to see other people who passed out like Hyeon did. Mostly after receiving sudden shocks or other kinds of illness. But Hyeon wasn't physically ill himself, so she could rule out the latter.
"Did something... happen to brother earlier?"
Jian glanced towards the mirror again. "Unh... not really. But there was an incident... two of my team members fought with each other. It was really nothing. But then Hyeon suddenly fainted."
"Brother... fainted?"
The tone of his voice was neutral, but she could see that Attorney Jeong was hiding something. As if he knew what was it that could be the reason for Hyeon to collapse. Though, seeing that he didn't say anything... perhaps she should just wait until either Hyeon or him to open up to her. It worried her, but at least she know for sure that there was something.
Something that even Attorney Jeong was aware of.
xxx
"Uncle, do you really know about that boy? The one whose father was also taken by Lee Junyeong?"
Detective Yang Jinseok glanced down towards the young girl in front of his desk. His eyes widened. "Ah! You' re the kid that kept protesting about—"
"MY DAD WASN'T LEE JUNYEONG'S ACCOMPLICE!"
Yang sat down on his chair."I get it. So why do you want to know little Hyeon?" he asked as young Jian stared at him.
"Why did you say that he's weird?" she asked again as Detective Yang shrugged.
"Don't you get me wrong, Hyeon's a good kid. A genius even. But as you overheard earlier, Hyeon didn't even cry after what happened to his father. Heck, he didn't even cry when his mother died. Though I suppose that was because the poor kid was too traumatised about the incident. Come to think, Hyeon never smiled so brightly ever since then."
Detective Yang turned towards her. "If you want to be his friend, I hope you don't mind his weirdness. Heavens know it might do good for him."
Jian immediately reacted. "Ah no! I didn't say than I wanna be his friend! I'm just curious!" With that , she ran out of the police station.
xxx
But in the end, I did befriend this poor jerk. Hasn't she? And perhaps, she ended up becoming more than just friends with this person.
Jian sighed as she watched Mr. Jeong—no, Min, ease his brother onto the bed. She could never get tired of watching Hyeon asleep. It's one of the few time she would ever see him so vulnerable.
"Thanks... Mr. Jeong." she said as Min backed away from the bed. She sighed again.
What could it be to cause Hyeon this much distress? Could she even help in making it better for him? Jian sat at the bedside as she gently held Hyeon's hand.
But suppose... in the end, all that she could do was wait by Hyeon's side and wait. Since she was very good at that.
Series: 너를 기억해 / Hello Monster
Characters: Cha Jian, Lee Min, mentions of Lee Hyeon
Summary: It was like handling small animals who've been hurt in the past. You have to take the time to slowly heal their wounds.
A/N: Sort of the continuation of the scene during the first half of Bystander.
---------------------------
Time... and patience. That was her own method to gain people's trust and confidence in order to get people to open up to her. Kinda like one part of the good cop, bad cop tactic. Though in her case, she could not do the whole bad cop part. She could never pull the whole aggressive manner thing, or at least be convincing enough to get people to really think she was a 'bad cop'.
But suppose, it does fit her. To do the good cop thing. Not just because she's a woman, but because she could relate with people. After years of living in the shadows of being 'a criminal's daughter', she could really relate as to why people refuse to trust others. Let alone opening up their hearts to mere strangers.
To reach out to people and to get them to open up their hearts, you certainly cannot rush the process. Appearance doesn't always showed everything about a person after all.
And Lee Hyeon... was the best example for that. Like at first, he may seemed to be unfeeling, arrogant... a jerk. But then, if you were patient enough and try to persevere... you may start to notice that he might really not that unfeeling or arrogant or rude. That he would hide his vulnerabilities underneath those façade he often show to people.
It's also similar to how you handle animals... when you think about it. Like you may want to try to approach this kitten or puppy, but you may not be able to do so because they were not used to people. Added with the possibilities that those animals might have been mistreated in the past, it would have made it harder for you to approach them.
But if you were patient, sooner or later you might be able to get through...
Perhaps in truth, that was what truly kept her to continue watching Lee Hyeon.
xxx
She could see Attorney Jeong hurrying towards her car as she urgently told him to get in. Without delaying, she immediately made a turn towards the direction of the main road.
"Detective Cha, what's wrong? Was brother okay?"
Jian glanced towards the rear-view mirror as she noted genuine concern from the younger man. Come to think, aside from that particular night when Attorney Jeong was acting like that bastard Lee Junyeong; the boy was all right. This was the same concern he had for her before, the one that she felt she could trust. Perhaps as long as she kept that impression in her mind, she could still trust the young man.
"Mr. Jeong, would you know something... I mean, did something happened in the past between your brother and yourself?" Like a traumatic experience probably, something really painful that may be unbearable. It must be something like that, right?
Because she recalled the look Hyeon had before he passed out. As if he'd just remembered something. Because it couldn't be because he saw Eunbok and Seungju fight. It's not like something that could alarm him so much. Lee Hyeon, who could calmly walk into a crime scene without fear. Lee Hyeon, who could calmly watch a dead body without being sick.
And she used to see other people who passed out like Hyeon did. Mostly after receiving sudden shocks or other kinds of illness. But Hyeon wasn't physically ill himself, so she could rule out the latter.
"Did something... happen to brother earlier?"
Jian glanced towards the mirror again. "Unh... not really. But there was an incident... two of my team members fought with each other. It was really nothing. But then Hyeon suddenly fainted."
"Brother... fainted?"
The tone of his voice was neutral, but she could see that Attorney Jeong was hiding something. As if he knew what was it that could be the reason for Hyeon to collapse. Though, seeing that he didn't say anything... perhaps she should just wait until either Hyeon or him to open up to her. It worried her, but at least she know for sure that there was something.
Something that even Attorney Jeong was aware of.
xxx
"Uncle, do you really know about that boy? The one whose father was also taken by Lee Junyeong?"
Detective Yang Jinseok glanced down towards the young girl in front of his desk. His eyes widened. "Ah! You' re the kid that kept protesting about—"
"MY DAD WASN'T LEE JUNYEONG'S ACCOMPLICE!"
Yang sat down on his chair."I get it. So why do you want to know little Hyeon?" he asked as young Jian stared at him.
"Why did you say that he's weird?" she asked again as Detective Yang shrugged.
"Don't you get me wrong, Hyeon's a good kid. A genius even. But as you overheard earlier, Hyeon didn't even cry after what happened to his father. Heck, he didn't even cry when his mother died. Though I suppose that was because the poor kid was too traumatised about the incident. Come to think, Hyeon never smiled so brightly ever since then."
Detective Yang turned towards her. "If you want to be his friend, I hope you don't mind his weirdness. Heavens know it might do good for him."
Jian immediately reacted. "Ah no! I didn't say than I wanna be his friend! I'm just curious!" With that , she ran out of the police station.
xxx
But in the end, I did befriend this poor jerk. Hasn't she? And perhaps, she ended up becoming more than just friends with this person.
Jian sighed as she watched Mr. Jeong—no, Min, ease his brother onto the bed. She could never get tired of watching Hyeon asleep. It's one of the few time she would ever see him so vulnerable.
"Thanks... Mr. Jeong." she said as Min backed away from the bed. She sighed again.
What could it be to cause Hyeon this much distress? Could she even help in making it better for him? Jian sat at the bedside as she gently held Hyeon's hand.
But suppose... in the end, all that she could do was wait by Hyeon's side and wait. Since she was very good at that.