Beautiful Goodbye
CHAPTER 17: Confession

   Scribbled sheets of chocolate leaves swept by the wind, fallen barley floated smelling the surface of the earth overlaid by the morning dew. Without feeling autumn is at its peak, when precipitation often occurs at the beginning of the change of season. The more dominant temperature was cold, making both of his hands hide inside the large pocket of his jacket. Different from previous years, Sohyun did not alone down the streets of this heterogeneous forest, there was Taehyung beside him. The man, who appeared in a compression shirt wrapped in a loose shirt, walked on his left side, looking masculine with black training pants from adidas. Looks more relaxed, when equated with a suit that has a formal impression of adulthood.

    The young lad lela walked slowly towards the hill. When Taehyung says that he wants to visit Enorty, the girl's eyes sparkle with pleasure, being able to visit the hill garden which holds many things in silent witness to the story of their lives. Until now there are those who can attract the attention of Sohyun on the big-nosed youth, including Taehyung's behavior that is often hyperactive. He knew that the man loved to exercise, his muscles were already formed from protruding curves, visible when the man leaped merrily, making his abdominal muscles pop out behind the adhesion of the compression worn.

     "Oh, yes, Sohyun..."

     Taehyung turned his head, was surprised to find Sohyun's face so close. Soon he took a step back—wrong behavior.

     "Regarding Elort, you look there." Taehyung pointed to the largest mountain in the south. "The shape changed the last time we saw it."

      Sohyun understood, then said, "Three days ago there was an avalanche, some of the land came down to crush Egort who seemed much bigger now. I think the main cause is the cutting of trees done for the expansion of Villa Park's land."

     Taehyung narrowed his eyes, his forehead creasingly wanting Sohyun to explain in more detail. "So, did you accidentally cut down a tree?" his tan was directly embraced by Sohyun.

    "Although the logging has been legalized, but the effect is bad for the environment." Sohyun stopped stepping, focusing on the curious face of the man.

    "Jin Gak's. You know that, don't you, Tae?"

    Sohyun's words further made Taehyung think deeply, as far as he knew, Jin Gak was one of Hondo's branches, a subsidiary that stood under Mr. Min's command. If it is true what Sohyun said, why until this moment there was not a single report that came to him. Is it true that Jin Gak's actions went unbeknownst to him - while the leader's appearance had switched power to him?

    "Are you sure of what you said, Sohyun?" He wanted to make sure again. Sohyun's answer has not changed. The woman nodded with confidence.

    Although there were still many questions that loomed in Taehyung's mind, he decided not to ask more. To him, the information Sohyun provided, was enough to aim once again for those rogue hands that dared to play around behind him. He will think again, as well as gather evidence, just as he did Mr. Song after his investigation with his secretary, Cheon Sangwoo.

     After walking for a dozen minutes towards the hill, the two arrived there, the tall and large oak tree had dropped half of its leaves. In his car, the roots of the tree hundreds of inches in diameter, drowned in thick foliage. A breeze of cold wind rolled in, making the two bodies eventually settle inside the tree house. Climate is unpredictable. If this morning the humid air was hot, but only a few hours, the temperature was at a low point.

     In it Taehyung occasionally glanced at the woman with straight unraveled hair, Sohyun so focused on reading a 700-page book, the work of Salman Rushdie which he just bought some time ago. The girl was very charming in Taehyung's eyes. Paying attention to Sohyun who was serious about his book made him smile himself, so happy just because he could get this close to the figure of a friend and thief of his heart. However, on the other hand, Sohyun's serious look, made Taehyung reluctant to disturb. At first they talked as usual, even hours passed easily, until both seemed to run out of material and choose silence, resting themselves from the dry esophagus.

     "Is there anything you want to talk about?" Without turning his eyes to the book, Sohyun asked. Getting such a question Taehyung looked nervous and shook his head quickly.

     Sohyun is not easy to lie to. The expression Taehyung showed was not in line with his words. So, soon Sohyun closed Salman Rushdie's The Ground Beneath Her Feet to the bookshelf, to where the novel was originally displayed.

     Taehyung who saw that, asked suddenly, "Have you finished reading?" Because Sohyun put the book. Stupid questions, he thinks. Sohyun had only reached the first ten pages, so it was impossible for the girl to have finished her reading which would definitely continue to grow.

     Sohyun. Then shortly, he stared at the bead of Taehyung's jet eyes, which were still helplessly stared at so close. He doesn't talk moves—they lock each other up.

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     The car landed in front of the house. Yoon Eun, who had just arrived, rushed down from the car as Jonghoon got out of the car to open the door. His eyes shimmered looking around, noticing how quiet the scope of his empty mansion was. At first glance his attention was fixed on the window of the room on the top floor. The window is closed.

     "Is he home?" Yoon Eun turned her body to face Jonghoon who was behind her body.

     "Since this morning, Miss Kim has not returned home, Madam," the man replied honestly.

     Yoon Eun breathed out heavily, not to be surprised at Jonghoon's words.

     "Maybe Miss is on a hill, usually she is .. I mean Young Miss always spends time there."

      He nodded in understanding. "This cold air is not good for him" he said, as the wind blew over the mantle he was wearing.

     "Do I need to pick up Miss now?" Jonghoon said again, the man could not hide his concern about Sohyun's current state.

     Yoon-eun thought for a moment, but a shadowy shadow this morning mingled in the chaos of his mind. Until strong words full of emotion slid from him. "No, just let him in there!" prohibit quickly.

     "But, madam.". "rejected Jonghoon, but heeded the master, Yoon eun seemed to walk quickly into the house. Jonghoon also looked lethargic, realizing his speech had no results.

     Not far from the position of Jonghoon standing, a body was seen spying, his grin was wider after watching the conversation of two people earlier. "It's finally here today, Hwang Yoon eun, I'll make sure you get the payback!" memgebu.

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     Their freezing stopped. At first, the two human children were stunned on the spot, it was very difficult to open their mouths to open a chat. There was a strange pulsation that fluttered when their two eyeballs met a glance. Taehyung really can not be free from the twinkle of the eyes of women who now turn their backs in a silent clamor.

     "Sohyun, do you hear me?" Taehyung spoke slowly. "There is something I want to tell you, honestly it is very difficult to say. "continue with the position that has since leaned on the girl surnamed Kim, and vice versa by turning her back to each other. There was no word from Sohyun, but Taehyung continued his words. "Why after we met again, when I accidentally bumped into you and made you fall. I was glued to the look in your eyes at that moment. There's a strange feeling. For days I kept thinking about it .. I've fallen in love with you. I know all this time you only consider our relationship as a friend, but can it be more than that—I mean being a couple." he said once again, while the woman he spoke to chose silence silence, sohyun's eyes were straight ahead without any glint of expression.

      "It's okay if you don't return my feelings, at least I'm relieved enough to tell you the truth." Taehyung smiled realizing what he had just said. As if there was half the burden lifted from two sides of his shoulders, so as not to make him feel heavy—. He was happy, already brave enough to express the feelings that filled his heart at this time, especially when being with Sohyun as close as this.

      Sohyun's head lifted after looking down for some time. Then turned around patting the surprised Taehyung on the back. The man turned his head as fast as lightning, looking at the same look on his face that Sohyun had always shown in front of him.

     "What's wrong? You're..."

      Sohyun did not hear his confession. The first thing that Taehyung could deduce was a forced smile. Feeling in vain what he had said just now. Soon he reached a circle connected to Sohyun's smartphone, hearing a song that the woman had heard since.

     "Since when have you loved ballads?" tanya Taehyung while hearing a song.

     "So I like music" Sohyun replied smilingly, Taehyung who saw that would not want to smile while nodding in understanding. I don't know, when a moment of disappointment approached, it also faded when he saw the typical smile Sohyun greeted.

      "Your love for music really amazes me" Taehyung muttered in praise. "I know from someone that you've been able to make a song, that you've been able to become a composer at a young age."

     His eyebrows are linked, Sohyun did not expect Taehyung to know one fact that is rarely known to the public. Because it was during this time, he was more struggling with pseudonyms.

     "May I know who that guy is?" tanyanya.

      "My brother."

      "I was shocked at first, you know so much about you, but after she explained that her friend had worked at your house, I began to understand."

      Sohyun cleared his head. What is meant by Hong Eunjung. A nurse who for five years disguised herself as a servant at the request of her mother.

       For the five minutes that passed, the two drifted on the melodious groove. Letting for a moment a soft voice enter their souls that no one knows. No one knows, what else is guessing what their love story will be like. Too many secrets are hidden behind the words "i'm fine", "everything is good", "not to worry", and 'I'm happy'. Some of the falsehood that was disguised from his mouth, obscured Taehyung's vision of the woman he always called a friend.

      Towards the end of the afternoon. Lazuardi in the western horizon is increasingly eroded by the sting of the sunset sun that will sink. Then the wind that blows freely shifts clouds that partially close—-shaped giant dome that protects the quiet hill area.

      In the corner of the tree house, Sohyun pensively, several times his eyes checked the path of the clock in his hand, as well as stealing a glance at Taehyung who was easy to fall asleep. That afternoon, between half-and-half o'clock in the afternoon, the man fell asleep, slid his head on his heavy shoulders and ended up curled up on his thighs. And now, four hours later, Sohyun did not move to keep the man from waking up from his sleep. The reason..he wanted to pay more attention to the shade of Taehyung's face. How a girl seems to admire every face sculpture of God in front of her. He ducked again, looking at Taehyung's ivory-white skin, admiring the shape of his jaw, the tall nose shaft with the fine hair of his eyebrows. His gaze stopped frequently looking at the lips that once gave taste and touch to him. Although many times he tried to forget the kiss under the umbrella, the harder the effort, the more the shadow haunted his mind.

      Just need to wait half an hour, the sky will drop in the dark. Sohyun did not know until when Taehyung would lengthen his usury. The idea that immediately appeared, as soon as he reflected, because for him it was enough to look at the man for hours.

     Taehyung blinked his eyes, still drowsy, closed many times his senses are heavy to clarify his sense of sight. He smiled involuntarily when he found Sohyun's face looking at him softly, full of motherhood.

     "If the way you wake me up like this, I'm even more lazy to open my eyes" he said, feeling a subtle palpation in his head, sohyun's way a little more actually adds to his desire to stay near Sohyun. Falling asleep in the woman's lap.

       "Honestly, it's the first time I've woken you up again after all this time we've been apart."

      Taehyung nodded at him, saying, "You know best how to keep me comfortable by your side."

      "Then quickly find a woman who wants to date you. That way, you will feel more comfortable than me," Sohyun said casually. Speech that was inversely proportional to the taste that was immersed in the depths of his heart.

      Taehyung, who had closed his eyes until he collapsed in disbelief, gradually got up, looking at Sohyun's face. Wishing that what came out of Sohyun's mouth was a lie.

      "I don't want to" he refused. Of course, because the woman he loved now was Sohyun. How easy it is for him to get a woman who is even willing to stand in line for the sake of being able to grab his attention, will not be able to tear his taste towards the friend he made love in wishful thinking.

     "You don't want to .. surely because there is already a woman you like" Sohyun said carefully. "Suddenly I thought of the woman who was betrothed to you."

     "Till any time I'll never love her. I will continue to persuade Father and Li's family, as long as this matchmaking is stopped." Taehyung's voice boomed firmly.

     Sohyun certainly understood what Taehyung felt now. Free if he forced, because Taehyung was as stubborn as he was.

     "Do you, Kim Taehyung? We can't be together like this forever. Later, we will both have our own lives. You must know that the more mature a person is, the more busy he gets. You or I ultimately have to choose for the sake of sustainability. I'm talking like this with nothing to say, other than to make you understand .. that we're just friends."

    "Sumiyuan..."

    "I'm not forcing you to look for another woman. Because feelings can't be forced against you, you know that better than I do, Tae..."

      His mouth clenched as he heard Sohyun's words. Taehyung realized that today he was so selfish. But there was something that always stuck in his little heart. Sohyun's words sometimes make him think far.

     "Do you want revenge on me? That's why you want to leave. You don't want us to be together, even if we're friends?" the argument does not accept.

     Sohyun who for the first time was stared at sharply like that did not expect Taehyung's response back. This time he admitted wrong, had made his best friend almost boarded apitam. "I'm sorry, Kim Taehyung..."

     The man shook his head to avoid the eye gaze that always managed to make him melt. Taehyung felt a sense of tightness, when he realized his actions. His breathing began to settle down, Taehyung looked at the girl's expression, Sohyun can control himself better than him.

     "I should have .... I'm the one who should apologize, not you, Sohyun."

     A hug landed on his body.

     Taehyung did not hesitate to hold Sohyun's body in his arms. Forcing the girl to stay by his side, as long as possible.