My Juniors Is My Protector
2. A Secret

In the evening, Gaeul returned to his house and rested, the clock showed at 19:30, he laid himself on the bed after bathing

"Haah, what a tiring day" muttered Gaeul in a recumbent position.

"Btw, I was the guy's keinget, who was he,?? if you look around, it's like he's not a bad guy, but how do you know about my family?" Mumbled again

While daydreaming, her grandmother went into her unlocked room

"Gaeul,.." Call the grandmother to walk up to her

"Grandmother? what's up?" Gaeul asked and then took a seat, and the grandmother sat down beside her

"Gaeul..you are now an adult, so it seems like the right time to tell a secret that Grandma has been keeping all this time" replied the Grandmother seemed to want to explain something that is confidential

"Consecrated?? What secrets is grandma?" Gaeul is increasingly curious about the secret that her grandmother wants to talk about

"Grandma hope you can accept all the facts that grandma will tell you later huh?" Pinta the Grandma

"Yes Grandma, tell me" Gaeul clasped his grandmother's hand

"All right, so here's the story" his grandmother began to tell him

Flashback On!

The Gaeul family's residence, September 24, 2006, was Gaeul's 4th birthday (5 years of Korean age) when her father and mother and grandmother had a small party at their home. On that day, Gaeul looks very happy because his birthday is celebrated by his father, mother and grandmother. But Gaeul's pleasure did not last long, because his father and mother had to go to Japan to conduct a study of biological development in a laboratory there

"Son, Mom and Dad have to leave because there's work, so for a while you're staying with Grandma first huh?" Said the father to Gaeul

"Where are you and Mom going? and when will I come home?" Little Gaeul asked in a lethargic and sad tone

"Same mother father, will go to Japan for work, so maybe it will be a little long there, but don't worry, we will both return home at the beginning of next year, just in time for the new year!" The mother explained as she gently stroked Gaeul

Then Gaeul's father and mother say goodbye to his grandmother

"Titip Gaeul yes Ma'am.." The mother pleaded for Gaeul to be taken care of by her grandmother

"Yes son, I will definitely take good care of him!" Saying the Grandma

"We went first, Mom" The father also said goodbye to his mother

"Yes, my son, be careful on the road" said the Grandmother waving her hand to the child and daughter-in-law as she entered the taxi

It has been 3 months, precisely on January 1, 2007, Gaeul's parents did not return to Korea, the grandmother was worried and tried to contact the laboratory in Japan to ask about the news of her son and daughter-in-law

South Korea, January 1, 2007

At night at 08:25, it was raining heavily throughout the city in South Korea

(Speaking in Japanese)

"Excuse me, is this the Phoenix Laboratory, Japan?" Ask your grandmother over the phone in Japanese

"Yes, how can I help you?" Ask the officer

"Do you know whose name it is?" Ask the officer again

"Kim Min So and Kim Song He" answered the grandmother by name

"In the meantime, I'll look for it on the list of scientists first, I'll let you know if I find it" replied the officer

"Oh well, thank you" said the grandmother then hung up

Phoenix Japan Laboratory,

The officer looked for both names of the scientists mentioned by the grandmother, and when he searched the list of names of the scientists, he looked up the names of the scientists, how surprised he was that in fact the two scientists have been declared dead due to the explosion that occurred the old Phoenix laboratory, which is about a few months ago, precisely around mid-November on the 21st, early morning at 01:15. The bodies of both men were reported missing possibly as a result of burning when the incident occurred

"Hello, is this true with that guy?" Ask the officer to call Gaeul's grandmother

"Yes right, so have you found a name on them?" Grandma Gaeul asked with great expectation

"Yes, I have found the name of² you mentioned earlier, but the problem is, they have been declared dead when a fire incident occurred, on November 21, 2006, I also condolences for the tragedy

"What??? Oh my..." The grandmother said in shock and felt sad, the lightning outside was struck with a loud increase in the atmosphere more poignant

"And I'm sorry that I was able to report this news to you as a family, because at that time we did not have a record of information about the two scientists who are your family, because at that time we did not have a record of information about the two scientists who are your family, so we have difficulty contacting the victim, I apologize again and also have condolences" said the officer, who was heard to be saddened by the incident

"Hm, well thank you for the information, I hung up" Reply the grandmother hung up the phone, he immediately sat down and cried knowing what happened to his son and daughter-in-law

In the grandmother's heart, he promised to keep the secret and would tell Gaeul when she was an adult and ready to accept all the harsh realities

Flashback Off

"That's the story" said the grandmother with a heavy tone of heart

Not felt, Gaeul's tears began to fall one by one, he did not think that his parents had been gone since he was a child, he did not think that his parents had been gone, because his grandmother always said that they still work in Japan until now, with evidence always sending money into the savings of the grandmother and Gaeul, with the proof of always sending money into the savings of the grandmother and Gaeul, but in fact, the money sent came from a coworker of his parents who felt responsible for the incident

"So all this time the one who sent money in large quantities was someone else? not mom and dad??" Gaeul asked in a sobbing tone

"Yes, it's likely that they were co-workers of both of your parents, who were feeling compassionate and had always helped you until now, not even grandma knew what kind of person they were" Reply to the Grandmother who also felt the sadness that she had been craving for years

"Can we meet that guy?? I want to thank them" Pinta Gaeul

"Maybe Grandma thought she could, because she once got a letter that she felt was from someone who always helped us, she wrote that she was eager to meet us, but he was so busy that he couldn't see us" replied the grandmother

"But it says in the letter, there will be a boy who will come to Gaeul to explain something" continued the grandmother

"Male-foot?? who is that guy??" Gaeul asked, curious

"His name is Watanabe Haruto" The Grandma replied

After hearing the name, Gaeul began to remember the mysterious figure of a man who had come to his cafe and asked about himself and his parents, and his parents, he also thought that he might be the person his grandmother referred to in the letter

To be continued