Fan Fiction |
by chinay
[Few days later]
HeeJun, Tony, and WooHyuk were having a tea party at HeeJun's house for no particular
reason. JaeWon couldn't be there because he was so busy taking care of everything and he
also had to visit his dad in the hospital.
"So how long is KangTa staying in Korea this time?" HeeJun asked Tony.
"I don't know," Tony shrugged as he drank his tea. He then glanced at WooHyuk who
seemed slightly uncomfortable about the subject. WooHyuk tried not to show it but it was
obvious that he didn't like talking about KangTa.
HeeJun noticed that too and tried to change the atmosphere.
"By the way, I saw someone who looks a lot like when you were little, WooHyuk,"
HeeJun mentioned. WooHyuk looked up from the newspaper he was reading.
"A lot of people want to look like me because I'm so handsome," WooHyuk joked.
HeeJun and Tony looked at each other for a second and soon started gagging.
"Sheesh... can't I not even joke around..." WooHyuk rolled his eyes.
"Well, it was a little boy. He could've passed as your kid too, WooHyuk. Of course he
was a lot less bratty than you ever were. A cute kid," HeeJun continued.
"Wow, if MoonHeeJun says it was a cute kid, than he must be someone..." Tony
commented in an astonishment. HeeJun lightly chuckled, for it was true that he was
usually not a big fan of little babies as he felt for EunWoo.
WooHyuk didn't seem to care much about the subject and resumed back to reading the
newspaper. Not noticing that, HeeJun continued to blab on.
"The interesting thing was, though, he had blue eyes just like HaNeul."
At that moment, the room became silent and WooHyuk dropped the teacup he was
holding. The newspaper and his lap were already wet with the semi-hot tea he was
drinking. He looked at HeeJun with shocked eyes as he mumbled something.
"WooHyuk," Tony waved his hand in front of him, "are you okay?"
"Geez, a lot of people have blue eyes if they're mixed. You're not thinking that this kid is
possibly related to her, are you? I bet she's dead by now if we couldn't find her for so
many years. Relax, WooHyuk," HeeJun placed his hand on WooHyuk's shoulder in a
comforting manner.
WooHyuk leaned against the chair and took a deep breath.
'HeeJun's right... she's dead..... it can't possibly be her....'
**~**~**
KangTa released a CD collection of pieces composed by Brahms. One of the pieces was
the Violin Sonata No. 8, which Brahms composed in his love to his friend Robert
Schumann's wife, Clara. Because Brahms knew that he couldn't have that love, he instead
wrote a sonata to express his sorrow and love through music. And KangTa's performance
of that piece was that of an excellency.
**~**~**
HeeJun's parents decided that they wanted to adopt a little girl from the St. Agnes
Orphanage, MinKyung, who was 7 years-old. So HeeJun had to drive there to speak to
the principal.
"What is up with me and the little kids these days..." HeeJun murmured.
"Say thank you to this young gentleman here," the principal ordered MinKyung. The
little girl, who was dressed in a pretty clothes, bowed awkwardly. HeeJun scratched the
back of his head and extended his hand. MinKyung held it and the two started walking
away.
MinKyung stopped when she saw a little boy sitting under the pine tree outside the
orphanage gate.
"Before I go, can I say bye to my friend?" MinKyung inquired. HeeJun nodded
agreeingly.
She scurried to the little boy who seemed to have been crying, even though HeeJun
couldn't really tell because his head was buried in his knees.
"Noona~ you're leaving me too?" the boy sobbed when MinKyung approached him.
When he lifted his head up, HeeJun, who was standing a few feet away, recognized him as
EunWoo and began smiling lightly. But EunWoo didn't see him yet.
"I'll miss you, EunWoo~ take care... I'll write you everyday!" she promised.
"You going to a big house?" EunWoo asked. She nodded.
"Yeah, with that ahjuhssee (Mr.) over there..." she replied and pointed at HeeJun who
was standing there with his hands in the coat pocket. EunWoo looked up and suddenly
perked up when he saw HeeJun.
"Hyung-ah~" he ran to HeeJun and clung onto his arms, "you came back to play soccer
with me?"
"Haha, not today though, I have to take MinKyung to my house first," HeeJun knelt
down to EunWoo's eye level and rubbed his head once again. EunWoo's lips became
pouty.
"Then when? Tomorrow?"
"Not tomorrow, I have something..." HeeJun stopped when he saw EunWoo's innocent
eyes gazing into his, that were about to sparkle with tears of disappointment.
"Okay, tomorrow," HeeJun replied reluctantly, for he could not resist those eyes. Then
he felt his heart melting away when EunWoo flashed a big smile. This boy was indeed an
angel, because his smile was so radiant and beautiful... even so than KangTa's, who was
known as a pretty boy ever since he was little.
'Damn... what is wrong with me these days....'
************
But when HeeJun returned to the orphanage the next day, he could no longer see
EunWoo's pretty smile. He was crying under the pine tree he sat under yesterday again.
"What's wrong, kiddo?" HeeJun asked playfully. EunWoo lifted his head up. HeeJun
expected him to smile since he came as he promised, but instead, he kept on crying.
"My mommy yelled at me.... she got mad at me again...."
"How so?"
"I asked mommy where daddy was, and she got really mad.... and she said if I asked again,
she's gonna run away from me and never come back...."
"Oww... that's not very nice now..." said HeeJun as he held EunWoo's hand and pulled
him up, "here, I'll walk you home."
"She said daddy died before I was born...." EunWoo stopped sniffling and wiped away his
tears as he held HeeJun's hand and started walking by his side.
"Now, you see, your mommy's sad that he died, so whenever you ask her about him, she
gets sad, that's why she doesn't want you to talk about him anymore, k?"
EunWoo nodded as if he understood.
"Now, tell me about your mommy, is she pretty?"
"Yup!" EunWoo said eagerly, "she's vewy pretty."
"Does she have eyes like yours?"
"Nope," EunWoo shook his head hard, "she's got brown eyes. She says I only have them
because I'm cursed... dunno what that means, but I guess it's a bad thing."
'Gee... what kind of mom is this... telling her child all this sad stuff... ' HeeJun wondered
to himself silently.
Moments later, EunWoo stopped in front of one house that was kind of shabby and small.
"You wanna come in and 'in-sah' to my mommy, hyung-ah?" EunWoo asked, again
showing his toothy grin.
'What if this evil woman bites my head off...naw...'
"Sure, why not..."
So with that, EunWoo led HeeJun into the house.
"Mommy~?" EunWoo called out. But there was no answer. He said again, "mommy~?"
Meanwhile, HeeJun looked around the house. It was really clean and well-organized,
unlike how it appeared from the outside. Though small, it looked rather comfortable and
cozy. There were couple of bookshelves filled with books and magazines that stood out.
'Interesting.....' HeeJun thought as he took a glimpse of the pile of magazines entitled
"Music Gallery".
"Your mommy must like classical a lot?" HeeJun asked EunWoo, who didn't understand
what he was asking.
"I think she went to a neighbor's house, lemme go get her~"
"Wait, it's okay..."
But before HeeJun could stop him, EunWoo already stormed out of the house. HeeJun
smiled and sighed as he walked up to one of the shelves and started examining the
magazines.
There were also a collection of CD's, about 10 of them. He casually read the labels that
were in a small print.
Then his eyes grew huge due to some realization that had struck him.
'Bach by KangTa..... Mozart by KangTa.... Beethoven by KangTa.... what is this, she must
be a huge fan of KangTa.... hmm....'
Those were all the CD's KangTa had released in the past few years, also including the
most recent one, Brahms collection.
"Hyung-ah~"
HeeJun turned around when he heard EunWoo's zealous voice.
"My mommy's home~"
"Who is this, I told you not to talk to any strangers!" a lady's agitated voice was heard
soon after his.
"But he's my hyung-ah!" said EunWoo as he ran over to where HeeJun was.
"Aigo, you troublemaker...." the voice started getting closer and closer, until the owner
finally appeared in HeeJun's sight.
"Who..."
Before she could finish, they both stood frozen in the livingroom.
She saw him and he saw her. The room was dead silent.
Until he finally managed to break the silence... as he uttered out the unbelievable name.
"Ha...Neul.....?"