Beautiful Goodbye
CHAPTER 15: The Point of Fog

     Jaehyun rushed out of the room, so hurried, not heeding the surrounding exclamations. Dismissing decency, Jaehyun ignored the head engineer who kept the MRI file unattended from him. The tall man with his pompadour hairdo was sneaking in without ethics, when the examination was declared over. Laced with anxious feelings of anxiety that had been rumbling since, the right foot wrapped in shiny black pantofel shoes was unceasingly knocking on the floor. Patience awaits the patient to be removed from the tube.

     Sohyun opened both eyelids, slightly surprised the figure of Jaehyun was already right next to him, standing with a hostile face. His hands were outstretched, taking off the headphones that covered the ears. He was about to get up, but was prevented by Jaehyun's hand. Until he was forced to lie down again, of course with his view that implies a question highlight.

      "Why are you still stubborn?" Jaehyun unhesitatingly revealed the patient clothes Sohyun was wearing. Groping the girl's stomach, like wanting to make sure something was interfering with her way of mind.

     Sohyun looked at Jaehyun in disbelief. Nyalang twinkled his eyes, seeing the behavior of the doctor.

     "Akhs..." Sohyun whimpered softly. His lower lip was bitten, while the two fingers of Jaehyun's hand pressed against his middle abdomen. The sudden pain centered at one point that almost made the burst of pain unstoppable. Sohyun geming get the unpleasant treatment, immediately brushed away Jaehyun's hands to get away immediately.

     "You really ..." Jaehyun continued his words. For sure, his mood is very bad now. Jaehyun sighed tiredly. And again Sohyun is the one he must blame, because that girl he got frustrated to this crazy.

     "Don't I ever tell you to stop." Sohyun covered back his stomach, throwing a pleading eye gaze at Jaehyun.

     "Stop from what you mean?" sergeant Jaehyun. "Listen to me carefully, Miss Kim! Till any time, you'll still be my responsibility!"

      The strong denotative sentence was thrown roaring gebu. Jaehyun could never act ordinary, when it came to the woman who was now starting to rise from the bed.

      Sohyun straightened his body, without saying a word of pleasantries, leaving Jaehyun alone. Nurse Lee who had just returned after cleaning the equipment was made confused with the behavior of the doctor and the patient.

      "You'd better catch up with Miss Kim."

     Jaehyun looked up, seemingly not understanding what the nurse said. It's like people running out of batteries.

      "You don't seem to know Sohyun's favorite, Kim Jaehyun," said nurse Lee turned informal.

      The man widened his eyes wide, only to realize the meaning of the quarter-century woman's speech. His feet stepped out quickly, chasing after the woman who would definitely do as she pleased again.

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     Two kilometers he traveled with his Maserati car, since abandoned all activities he peppered all morning until evening before. His right foot continues to jolt the gas pedal at a constant speed, choosing to focus on the frenetic long streets full of earthy rumbles with no deafening pause every pair of eardrums.

     Taehyung really felt tired, although he himself knew, he was not the only human who was tired of living a life filled with a pile of work and imagery. There are many things he wants to do before he gets older. There was at least one wish he had written. A hope that leaned on his freedom to choose and determine life. He does not want to be carried away by the strong flow of life, so he lost balance to put himself in a safe position. Egoistic indeed. Adapting would not be enough for the opium Taehyung to calculate what the remaining percent of his freedom was. Haeyong's words, the father on the phone made the man grunt after being free from his signature chase. Matchmaking. The thing he wanted to avoid the most, his whole life. Not sure what made his father change his mind, did not a few days ago, Haeyoung once said not to force, and according to his decision?

     Amidst his wits, Taehyung's attention is distracted by a large building across the street. A solution idea came to him suddenly. It seems true that goddess Fortuna was being kind to him. So with renewed vigor, Taehyung turned his car around, heading towards the nine-story building he was about to visit under the grayish arch of the sky.

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     "Stay here!" Jaehyun blocked Sohyun's wrist. Close, until the owner grimaces for an instant.

     The girl snorted, just arriving in the changing room, her doctor immediately terrorized with the loud words. Just this time he met an authoritarian like Kim Jaehyun.

     "Isn't that an exaggeration, Doctor Kim?" Sohyun said it was quieter. Picking up the bag over the drawer while holding his stomach. His movements did not escape Jaehyun's attention.

      "You need treatment. Analgesics will not work well, if your condition worsens like this," Jaehyun said, half-wasting.

     "But I have to go home soon. I just want to go home."

     The man until hisses fed up. "Where to go? I know you're tired of living, but can't you torture me for not handling you?"

     Sohyun smelled a smile. He had no meaning whatsoever with his words just now. Since Taehyung's presence, there has been a desire to postpone the death that he aspired to first. At least he had to hang on for a while, before actually going home to where his parents were.

    "Although the Doctor said analgesics did not work well, but—at least opium content in morphine can relieve the pain you added today," Sohyun replied casually. Recalling the behavior of Jaehyun some time ago.

    Kim Jaehyun's chest bubbled over the heat of hearing the unexpected sentence. Stabbing him was like a sharp-edged pointed spear. Jaehyun looked silent afterwards. He looked once again at the face that looked serene every time. Sohyun, that girl always made him feel opium beyond the limits of his reasoning.

     "Tell me that the results are out. I just don't want to wait here long." Sohyun. Putting his innocent face in front of his sour face Jaehyun the second time left behind.

     "I'm going crazy for it!" His fingers ruffled his hair, making it tangle, shrinking Jaehyun's groans of annoyance at Sohyun.

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     Taehyung arrived at his destination. A pair of legs dragged far apart the human colony back and forth to and fro, with different directions. The mood that was confined in helplessness slowly shrank after being overpowered by the endless hue of fog. Smooth wrinkles, happy folds lined up at the end of his eyes, looking at the scene that was similar to the market. As usual, the man will first come to the receptionist who every day stands behind a high brown table with a transparent cubicle. Greet Ahn Sonhee, the woman in her thirties who had seen her coming.

    "Doctor Kim is taking care of his patients. If you want to see him, wait in his study."

     The man breathed a disappointed breath. Though he was in need of advice the brother so that he could quickly be free from the crazy idea of parents who intend to lock him in the trap of the rope of arranged marriage. In a moment, Taehyung finally relented, walking nonchalantly towards the fifth floor, where Jaehyun's study room was located. He waited in front of the elevator, waiting for the steel door to split open, shifted to the other side, and entered impatiently. Its essence leads to a number and the arrow moves down, then on a whim, its mind numerates the number.

     Six...

     five...

     four...

     threes...

     a two...

     One!

     The clink of the elevator door was in the air on the hospital ground floor. In a matter of seconds, the shock absorber filled two pairs of eyes that had accidentally met a glance. The two clear neutrals were rubbing. Taehyung froze on the spot, just like someone standing opposite to him. A petrified woman in the elevator there.

     That sweeping look must finally come to an end, as some barged in, nudging the solid body that was felt to be blocking the way. Taehyung regained his senses, not entering according to his main purpose of seeing his brother, but rather squeezing the girl's wrist, pulling himself away among the frenetic crowd.

      Taehyung had not yet opened his voice, nor did Sohyun seem to be hesitating. Still shocked to see Taehyung in front of his eyes— met him in a place completely unthinkable to him. The man took her to a deserted hospital park. There are not many creatures of their size there, only a few children are yelled at by adults to immediately enter or return to their respective rooms, due to the exposure of strong winds. The mane that was sailed also flew, even the yellowing tree leaves would fall, broken direction, hovering in the cold air that crossed the area.

     "What business are you doing here? Are you sick, Hyun?" The opening words came from Taehyung. The man sat on the bench and Sohyun followed. Sitting facing the dry grass after being stepped on tiny feet, yes, the footsteps of the children. Who nagged during her journey into the hospital building under the guidance of the sisters.

     The girl shook her head little. In fact, playing a pair of legs that dangle following the melody of the wind that occasionally sweeps the lush gaps of the trees. "If you?" Sohyun asked back. Act like someone who knows nothing.

      "Walking to my sister."

      "Have you met him?"

      "Not yet."

      "Why did you pull me here? Wasn't your goal coming to see Doctor Kim?"

       His long index finger scratching his nape, Taehyung just grimaced, showing off how white his teeth were in front of Sohyun who understood the behavior of his friend. Taehyung cleared his throat briefly, neutralizing the awkwardness that struck.

     "Looking at you here makes me forget. I don't think there's any harm .. inviting you to chat for a while, after all, you know how busy Jaehyun is as a doctor. Going home is rare" Taehyung said, complaining a little at the end of his sentence.

      The woman next to him understood. "Is there any more trouble in your office?"

     "I'm confused as to what this is..."

     Sohyun frowned. His round eyes narrowed, narrower than usual, waiting for Taehyung to parse his words of ambiguity.

     "I betrothed—with someone." There was a heavy blow at the end he said. Taehyung thought, arranged marriage is a disaster. An instant reinforcements made his life more difficult to take root.

      While Sohyun was sitting in his composure, it remained comfortable with the charming mask he was wearing. Let's say this Kim girl does not care about the fate of her love, her heart is designed to withstand all the shocks of bad news that at any time can make a painful pain. Just for this one, her pain seemed to bite her until a curtly wry smile implied from her grim face.

      "Your tone, like someone who's disappointed. You don't like it, do you?"

     Taehyung who was actually made to chuckle because the tone of Sohyun's voice seemed to be made childish. On the other hand, something that Sohyun rarely does, maybe, it could be that his behavior is able to change people's perception of him. He was kidding. As much as possible.

     "I like him as a business partner. No more than that."

     "Kim Taehyung's..."

     The man turned his head immediately, when his name was called.

     "If that man were your soul mate, would you still refuse that match?"

     The question is supposed to come out of his pale lips. Sohyun may be confused to say what. It's just that, since hearing the word matchmaking forced his brain to work hard about the various speculations that had always appeared.

    "I'm not sure. And again, I don't have any feelings for him. So how could we be fooled. You're all there," explained the young man, touching the hair that never stops cracking the face. The five fingers of his right hand were moved, sweeping, and pulling them behind Sohyun's reddened earlobes.

     "Oh yeah, you haven't answered my question, why are you in the hospital?" Taehyung switched topics.

     Sohyun was silent for a moment, probably trying to find an excuse. Before his mouth began to spit out a voice convincing enough to be believed. "I just finished seeing the doctor, as my mother suggested."

     "Is there a problem with your health?" Taehyung has started to panic.

     Sohyun shook his head, "Custom. Just a routine check-up."

     "You almost made me hang. Don't let anything bad happen to you, I can't see you sick." His arms pulled Sohyun's shoulders, placing a gentle swipe at the increasingly frail female's back in his stand. His face was pitched, pirsa on the beauty around.

     For a while, Sohyun was further immersed in his strange thoughts. Of course, there is a price that he must pay for the lies created through the mouth of his liars. Saban the time he thought of this, how great was his sin in life. He wanted to leave quietly, but carrying many mistakes made him feel fuller and deeper.

     Taehyung, who was originally engrossed in looking at the leaves that had fallen in the spring, turned his head, feeling no legitimacy from the girl beside him. Sohyun bowed down, folding both his hands over his stomach.

     "I think Doctor Kim is done. You don't want to keep him waiting long, do you?" Sohyun made a sound again, undoing Taehyung's intention of asking.

     "Ah, you're right, Hyun. It's going to be late at night" Taehyung said, noting the sky on the western horizon.

     "You want to go home. Do I need to take you?" It offers a ride that is welcomed by a small trouser.

      "I can go home by myself. Better meet up, brother." Sohyun subtly refused.

     "It's really okay?"

    "Yes." Yeah."

    After that, their unplanned encounter ended. Just a moment to stop by this place. The park is quiet at night. Sohyun recalled Taehyung's innocent smile, still imagining when the man's wide back slowly moved away from his attenuation. Totally faded in his haggard look.

     Sohyun felt guilty. He is ready to accept punishment from God, for his mistake of lying to many people about his feelings covered in fog. The blur is unclear, until it is able to outsmart the vision of Taehyung, the man who stopped by, occupying a fragment of his fragile heart.

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     Jaehyun pensive on his sofa, his gaze pounded on the younger brother, Kim Taehyung who for so many times, fell asleep vanished often visit him. He had heard the news of his sister's matchmaking with the youngest daughter of a wealthy Chinese businessman from Taehyung's own mouth, and he was even more convinced, Sohyun knew, because since then, since, Jaehyun observed the interaction of the two men during the hospital park.

      The chaos of his heart was so aggravated by the results of the incoming MRI. Jaehyun received it at eight last night, after having dinner with his colleagues accompanied by Taehyung who wanted to get to know his doctor. His eyes were observant, watching the results repeatedly through his portable computer, hoping his diagnosis could change. Niente. All remained the same—something he feared actually happened.