EPS 63 I'LL HELP YOU, REN
Red copper moon in the eastern horizon. Appears bright at the turn of the day that is not perfect. Because the sun has not fully fallen asleep. Still leaving stories on the rest of your journey. It's not about love, it's a broken heart. Because something's clumping. It is the longing that thickens. And the day that passes without certainty, always.
Ren sat alone outside the tent. No other creature is awake. All were asleep, cold-covered creeping, dragging with fatigue, because the dream was too difficult to achieve. And that red moon made his eyes sparkle. Grain of water that clumps at the corner of the eye refracts its light. Because this curdling longing is not marble. That looks beautiful, yet foreign to taste and feeling.
“You're crying Ren?”
One voice suddenly shocked him. At a distance of two meters, Lee Min Ho was seen standing looking at him. His right armpit flanked the support stick, while his legs stood imperfectly. There was a bandage that tightly wrapped his ankle. Maybe because of the sprained vein earlier during filming. And because of the accident experienced by Lee Min Ho, the filming process was delayed indefinitely. Until the boy recovers.
“You're crying Ren?” ask the young man again.
“Hah?”
Ren gasped in surprise. He quickly wiped his tears. But it didn't work. For some reason, the tears did not want to stop, still dripping with his troubled feelings. He felt ashamed that Lee Min Ho caught him looking at the moon.
“Do not have to delete Ren. Let your tears flow, let him take away the sadness in your heart. Let him heal your wounds,” Min Ho said softly, as he whispered.
Ren stopped his hand movements. Let the tears flow until the feeling of sadness disappears from his heart. And Lee Min Ho is still standing there. Faithfully waiting with a mute heart. Because silence brings many meanings. Especially when you see the perfect beauty in front of your eyes.
“May I sit with you. I promise I won't say much,” said the handsome man.
Ren smiled while nodding his head.
“Sit. Say as much. Let this quiet pass quickly. And the face of the moon no longer bothers me.”
Min Ho dragged the small chair parallel to Ren's chair. Then he sat quietly enjoying the face of the moon. Ah, he always lost a lot of words when he was around this girl. He was determined to open his heart to the girl. I don't know why they always fail.
“Why did you shut up Min Ho?” ask Ren after a while.
“For what am I saying, if the face of the moon has sucked all your attention?” sahut Min Ho's.
Then they went back silent. Playing with their own feelings. It was as if there was a distance between the two. Though Min Ho just wants to cut that distance, so he can be close to Ren.
“Who are you missing Ren?” min Ho suddenly said.
“What?” ren's voice was slightly jolted.
“Sorry. People say, who likes to look at the face of the moon, means he is missing someone.”
Ren was speechless, not directly answering Min Ho's question. Maybe the question felt a little hard for his heart to answer.
“No need for you to answer Ren,” Min Ho said again. “It is also not important that you tell me who you miss. I'm a nobody.”
Ren inhaled a deep breath, then exhaled it on a long sigh. Like throwing off a feeling that is shackling.
“I.. I'm missing my brother, Ryong Bae.”
Min Ho turned his head, looking at Ren's beautiful face. Both of his eyes were round.
“What? You have a sister?”
Ren nodded his head.
“Why didn't you tell me? Where is he now?”
Ren smiled at Min Ho's question. Then slowly the girl began to tell me a little about the background of her life. About her brother who had been a North Korean air force officer before defecting to South Korea.
“And you have absolutely no idea where your brother is now?” ask Min Ho.
Ren nodded his head, his face looking so sad.
“Last time I saw him when we were attacked by fighter jets. I was unconscious until I woke up in a quarantine room in South Korea. I'm not sure if my brother is still alive or not,” he said faltered.
“Don't worry Ren. I can help you,”.
Ren looked doubtfully at Min Ho's face.
“I'll definitely help you,” Min Ho asserted. “I have many friends in the domestic department.”
Slowly the two corners of Ren's eyes again condensed. He doesn't know what to say. He also did not want to expect much. Hearing Min Ho's willingness to help her alone, she was already happy.
“Thank you Min Ho,” murmured.
Then they sat back to look at the moon. Min Ho smiled to himself, I don't know what made him smile. Is it because she feels she can help ease Ren's burden? And he was confident, with his capacity he was able to find Ryong Bae.
“I will definitely find your brother Ren. Rest assured,” he said so confidently."
Ren's down. Apparently there was another unease that plagued the bottom of his heart.
“Min Ho?”
“Ya?”
“Do you have many friends in the Home Department?”
Min Ho nodded his head.
“Hmm. Yeah, I have a lot of friends there. Why?”
Ren's face looked doubtful, but then he whispered softly.
“Actually there are still others I miss.”
Min Ho scrunched his forehead.
“Oh yes? Just say.”
“There are others who are also missing with my brother. His name is Rich Pranaja.”
Lee Min Ho gasped in surprise. There was a feeling in his heart.
“Rich Pranaja? Is she your sister too?”
Ren shook his head.
“Not. She's my lover.”
The deg!
Min Ho's heart was like a sledgehammer. She never thought a girl like Ren would have a boyfriend. Despite having an enchanting look, Ren is too naive for a girl who already has a lover, unlike the South Korean girls he knows.
“Min Ho's. Why are you silent?”
Min Ho stuttered.
“Eh, owh I suddenly feel sad just Ren.”
Ren smiled, his tears coming back.
“Help me find them. You're ready, right?”
“Of course Ren. I promise I'll find them.”
The young man's heart was like it was shaking gently. There was a sense of disappointment there, but he tried to hide it. No matter what happens, I will still help you Ren. As long as you're happy, her mind.
And the moon is getting brighter in its perfectly round shape. It was as if giving enlightenment in Ren's heart that had long been covered in a fog of uncertainty. And he was sure, Lee Min Ho would find the people he loved in his heart.