| Fan Fiction |
by Isa
off at preschool and was back at the house, cleaning up
a little, but taking it easy because of the baby. She
walked into her closet and pulled out the box of letters
from her shelf again, and set it down on the table in
her spacious closet. She sat down and started sorting
through the letters and pulled out another letter from
JaeJin. She started reading it, as she remembered how
they ended their relationship. But she still didn't
know why he had left so suddenly.
June 23, 2006
Jiyeon,
I can’t really write for very long now, but I think this is the best way to tell you that I have to leave Korea. And I can’t explain to you why. I’m really sorry but I really do care for you and hope you’ll find someone else who’ll be there for you. Someone who’ll do a better job than I can. Take care.
-JaeJin
Jiyeon still didn't understand why he left so
suddenly, but shrugged it off. She put the letter back
into the box, along with the others, and then placed it
back in her shelf, and then she left the master bedroom,
and grabbed the car keys, driving to the cleaners to
pick up some dry cleaning. She parked her car in front
of the store, and got out, locking it, when she saw JaeJin
come out, holding a suit that had been pressed. She
was surprised to see him the second time that week.
"Oh, oppa." She said, surprised. "Jiyeon." He said.
They stopped to chat in front of the cleaners. "Hey
what are you doing here?" He asked. "Oh, just getting
some dry cleaning, you know." Jiyeon said. JaeJin nodded.
She don't know why it came up, but she just had to
ask him. "Hey oppa, I know this was a long time ago, but
why did you have to leave all of a sudden?" She asked him.
He looked surprised, but then sighed. "Well, now that
we're adults, I guess I have to fess up. I, I didn't
leave Korea." He told her. Jiyeon's eyes widened in
disbelief. "Mwoh?" She said. "I just said that because
I didn't want to actually have to tell you, that I wanted
to break up. I'm sorry." He admitted. She looked at him,
not really wanting to believe that she had heard him
right. "So, you didn't leave Korea?" She said, still in
shock. He shook his head. "So, you just did that because
you didn't want to have to go through the trouble of
breaking up with me?" She said. He nodded. She let out
a long sigh. "Do you have any idea how much I cr-- AISH.
Nevermind." She stopped herself and exhaled slowly then
started talking more calmly this time. "I really don't
understand why you just couldn't tell me oppa, but it's
okay. I, I forgive you." She said. "Jiyeon ah." He said,
pleading. She gave him a formal smile. "It's okay." She
said, then went inside the dry cleaners and got her
dry cleaning, and when she went out, he was gone.
"Figures." She thought, then drove to pick the kids up
from school. "Omma!" JiJin and Yeonki said as they
happily ran to her from waiting outside of their preschool,
she smiled hugggin them tightly, and waved goodbye to
their teacher, thanking her, then drove back home.
When they got home, she fixed them a snack, then they
went to their rooms afterwards. She was still upset over
what JaeJin had revealed to her. "Hey. This was almost
ten years ago. I have Onew now, and two great kids,
and another one on the way." She thought, feeling lucky
again. Then something about the word 'lucky' triggered her
memory. She went into the master bedroom, and walked into
the master closet, and pulled out the box of all her
wedding things, copies of the invitations, the program,
the wedding album and wedding ceremony and reception
DVD, until she finally found it, a letter from Onew four
years ago, and she opened it, and started reading it.
June 27, 2012
Jiyeon,
In just a few hours, we will be saying our vows at Sarang Church. I wanted to write this letter to you, as a way of expressing my vows, before the ceremony. Like I have said so many times, “I love you more. And don’t fight me on this.” I don’t really mean to say that I actually think the love I have for you is greater than the love you have for me. What I mean is that I love you so much more than you can even imagine. I guess some would call it fate that I happened to catch you when you fell off the ladder that one day, three years ago. But I would rather use the term, lucky. I was lucky enough to be there, lucky enough to catch you, lucky enough that you fell for me too. To me, you really are the most important chapter in my life. And I am also lucky enough that you agreed to be part of my story. Now this, is our love story jagiya. And I wouldn’t have it any other way.
I love you, and I am a lucky man to have you in my life, and pretty soon, as my wife.
And I’m so excited for tomorrow that I can barely sleep so I wrote this for you. With all my love, I will cherish you, now and forevermore, I will be the one to love you unconditionally.
Love,
Onew
Tears slid down her face, as she remembered the
sweet, sweet words he had written. Lucky. He was so right.
What more could she possibly ask for? She smiled, feeling
better, and held the letter close to her heart. Then
placed it back in the box, putting it back in the shelf.
She then placed her hand over her stomach. "Eegi ah,
I wish you just as much love as I have experienced when
you grow up." She said to her baby. Then left the room,
going into the kitchen and starting on dinner.
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