Starring : Im Seulong (2AM) , OC, Woo Tae Woon ( Co-ed)
Its autumn now in Korea. The trees are shedding their leaves, their golden leaves and spreading them onto the ground below. A mixture of light green, brown and even reddish brown leaves decorate the streets. There was a man walking down the street, he had a smile on his face. He walks by children playing with the leaves.
“ I love this Autumn atmosphere, it is always filled with happy memories,” he said aloud and grinned happily. “ Will it hold happy memories for me?” Seulong wondered silently, his mood dampened suddenly.
He carried his sling bag over his shoulder, and checked his wristwatch. “ Aigoo~ Is it already 11am?” he wondered aloud. “ I should really go to the city now to get Eunchae her present. It is her birthday, and its her final year in high school. I’m going to get her something special,” Seulong smiled to himself at the thought of her, Eunchae.
Seulong rushed towards the bus stop and took a bus heading towards Seoul city. The bus was full that morning so he had to stand. “ Oppa,” suddenly a little voice chirped. Seulong looked down to see a little girl smiling a toothless smile at him. He smiled back warmly. “ Oppa, are you in university?” she asked.
Seulong feigned a look of surprise and wonder, “ Ommo! How did you know? Do I have it written on my face??” he asked worriedly and pretends to cover his face with his hands, embarrassed.
She giggled at him, “ Anii … “
“ I can read! I read the word, university, from your folder!” she said proudly and pointed at his folder.
“ Did you? Wow! What a smart girl!” Seulong praised. Her mother standing beside her smiled proudly, beaming from ear to ear.
“ What are you studying there, young man?” the mother asks.
“ Medicine,” Seulong replied casually. She nodded and tugged at the little girl’s hand when they reached their stop. The little girl waved at him goodbye.
Seulong got off at the next stop, and suddenly he had a flashback.
....
“ Eunchae ah! I’ve been so busy that I haven’t been able to meet you... Mianhe,” Seulong said when he called her on the phone.
“ It’s alright oppa. Is medic school tough? ... Hold on oppa. Yah! Taewoon ah, you’re going the wrong way!”
“ Taewoon?” Seulong wondered aloud.
“ Ah Mianhe! Taewoon is bringing me out to watch some movies...”
“ ..... is he? That’s nice,” Seulong lied.
< end of flashback>
Seulong opened his eyes once more and he found that his heart hurt. That was not the first time he saw them together. “ She probably likes him,” he came to a conclusion one day.
He walked into a gift shop and took his time choosing the most perfect gift for Eunchae. He, of all people, knows her likes and dislikes the most, having to grow up with her. He was her best friend ever since they were both young. They had great chemistry together he thought, and he was two years older than her. Now she’s in her final year of highschool, and he is in university. How time flies. He laughed silently.
“ Good day sir, could I be of assistance?” a friendly voice greeted him. He looked up to see a salesgirl smiling warmly at him. He smiled back at her.
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He chose the present already, now he just needs to call Eunchae to meet him somewhere. “ I’ll treat her to lunch then, at her favourite sushi restaurant,” he thought silently and decided to give her a call.
“ Anyeong!”
“ Oppa! Annyeong!
“ Happy Birthday Eunchae! You’re another year older now,” he laughed merrily.
“ Listen, do you have plans today?” he asked. A glimmer of hope budding in his heart, to spend the day with her.
“ ... yeah,” she answered back slowly.
His shoulders slumped, but he forced a happy answer, “ Ah, do you? ”
“ Im going out with a friend…” she said slowly.
“ Let me guess... Taewoon?” Seulong wore an annoyed expression and rolled his eyes.
“ Yeah, i’ll meet Seulong oppa later kay?”
“ ah … sure,” he forced a smile on his face as he gripped the present in his hands tightly.
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The rest of the afternoon, time did no justice to Seulong. Time moved slowly and painfully, which forced Seulong to reminisce about the good times he had with Eunchae. He was there when she needed a shoulder to cry on, or perhaps when she was elated about something too.
“ Taewoon,” Seulong whispered as he kicked a pebble on the path in the park, angrily. That guy had just transferred to Eunchae’s school when Seulong left. He likes her, and Seulong saw that in him the moment their eyes met. During these past two years, Seulong was getting busier with his assignments in university and had less time to spend hanging out with Eunchae. That alone numbed his heart because it would mean that Taewoon is spending more time with her.
“ Aish … I’m such a coward,” he sighed.
“ Why couldn’t I tell her my feelings?” he wondered, angry at himself. He took out a photo from his wallet. It was a picture that he took with her when they took a trip to the amusement park. Seulong was smiling brightly and beside him, Eunchae was hugging a giant teddy bear that he won for her, a wide smile spread across her pretty face.
Seulong caressed the picture, sighed and looked up. Out towards the lake in front of him. He sits down quietly on the bench, and forced a small smile on his face. “This was our favourite spot,” he whispered. Soon after, something glinted in his eyes after, because he slammed his fist on the bench he was sitting on.
“ That’s it. I’m going to tell her today. Not tomorrow, today,” he made his final decision. He was sick of watching in the shadows as she giggled and laughed with Taewoon. He can have her. He wasn’t that all bad after all.
He sent a text to her. “ Meet me at our favourite spot at 5pm”
She came at 5.00pm, just as he asked. Eunchae was feeling so jovial that she practically bounced towards him. “ Oppa!!” she shouted and waved madly towards him. Seulong raised a hand in greeting and just stood there silently.
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“ so then we went to ……. And then Taewoon brought me to ….. fun …. Happy … ,” she babbled mindlessly. Seulong just nodded absent-mindedly.
“ Eunchae ah…,” he said aloud, and she stopped talking.
“ Neh?”
“ I’ve got something to tell you,” he continued.
She touched his hand, “ What is it?” she asked worriedly. Seulong winced. “ Oppa! Are you hurt??” she gasped.
“ Not on the outside,” he wondered silently but he shook his head. “ I just need you to listen arachi?”
She nodded quietly and listened. She listened to him telling her how they first met, how he felt at the time. She listened to him, to him narrating and reminding her of the many memories they shared together and slowly, a drop of tear trickled down her face. “ Eunchae, I’ve always loved you, and I’ll never stop loving you…,” he finished, his voice soft and barely audible., but Eunchae definitely heard him.
“ Here,” he said as he passed her a small package, her present. “ Take this, its for you. It’s my goodbye present to you,” his voice almost cracked but he managed to hold it together.
“ I’m leaving Eunchae ah,” he told her and looked away from her face. He could feel her stare boring a hole on his back but he stood up straight, and ignored it.
“ I’m going overseas to study,” he added. “ Enjoy your life Eunchae ah, be nice to Taewoon arachi? Don’t give him the trouble you gave me,” Seulong smiled dryly and wiped a tear from his face.
He could hear her sobbing in the background, but he had to do this. He walked away from her. He walked away and tears cascaded down his face.
Eunchae sat still, gobsmacked and watched as Seulong walked away from her. She looked at her present on her lap and slowly opened it. She cried silent tears at the sight in front of her. A neatly folded silk handkerchief lay delicately in the box. At the corner of the handkerchief, the nickname he had used to call her when they were kids was embroidered in deep royal purple. Her favourite colour.
Something to remember,
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