The Y2H Pen
022. Stairway

A ladder is used for a person to reach one floor with another floor. Stairs climbed by the people led them to the top floor, while the stairs descended by the people led them to the bottom floor.

Yunda Len is her real name. He started taking part in muaythai competitions in the first grade of Junior High School. Then a muaythai coach who happens to see Yunda training in the park-then he offers Yunda to join the college he founded.

Yunda learned everything quickly and skillfully. That's why he was chosen to compete in the martial arts competition.

For the first time.. Yunda felt something he never felt.

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𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘢𝘳 𝘥𝘪 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘬𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘬, 𝘢𝘬𝘶 𝘫𝘢𝘥𝘪 𝘭𝘶𝘱𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘩𝘸𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘬 𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘬𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘬𝘶. 𝘚𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘱 𝘴𝘦𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘬𝘢𝘭𝘪 𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪 𝘑𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘭𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘪 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘱𝘬𝘶. 𝘈𝘬𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘪 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘬 𝘵𝘢𝘶 𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘱𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘬𝘢, 𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘢 𝘈𝘬𝘶 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘱 𝘴𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘪 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘪.

𝘉𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘩𝘶𝘯 𝘬𝘦𝘮𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘴𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘩 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘬𝘵𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘥𝘪 𝘒𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘶𝘫𝘪 𝘣𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘵𝘬𝘶. 𝘋𝘪𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪 𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘪𝘬. 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘩 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘶 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘶𝘢 𝘢𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘶.

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"While I am his illegitimate son, father still wants to support me. "inner Yunda.

Yunda's heart and mind were hard to fuse with the many rejections within Yunda. About "don't hit it there" or "excessively hit it so".

Yunda throws a kick at Yuki's head, but Yuki manages to fend him off.

"Because suddenly, I didn't have time to dodge. "Yuki's inner self.

"Every day I always feel that my life goes up and down. Starting from my mood and appetite. Sometimes it goes up sometimes. Everything I want to do always depends on the mood. That's bad, isn't it? " inner Yunda.

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*BRAGG!!

"𝘎𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘵-! "

A pretty hard punch was thrown by Yuki. Yuki managed to hit Yunda's cheek quickly.

"Don't daydream too much, I know you're strong" Yuki said.

Yuki's words were indeed very motivating, but Yunda wasn't the type of person to give up easily due to a single blow.

Yunda got up again by putting up the horses.

"Uhhhh! "

From the direction of the seat, Myungsoo knew the horses that Yunda had mounted.

"Karate. "

"Uhhhh! So he can Karate too? " ask Ho-Seok.

"Yes. The horses were once worn by the great master of Karate. But it seems Yuki is very confident ya~ " Myungsoo said.

Yunda does have a flat and cold nature. Even so he's very good. He never cared about winning or losing, but now he knows he's fighting for someone.

"Basic fool. You haven't changed Yunda. I don't like people who fight - not for themselves. Such a person, only a person who has no future. "inner Yeon-Seok who starts to get upset with Yunda.

Yuki was wary of Yunda's outwitting movements. On one-side Yunda was still trying to find a gap to attack Yuki. Yunda did not understand the martial technique that Yuki used, as if all of his movements combined all of his martial arts.

Without a second thought, Yunda attacked from under-targeting Yuki's legs which he saw off guard.

"Op-! "

Yunda sped up and kicked Yuki's right leg.

"Akhc. "

Although trivial, but in muaythai attack is effective to reduce the balance of the opponent.

Therefore, now Yunda can avenge Yuki's punch.

"Get-! "

"Uh!! "

Yuki dodged with his head down and counterattacked Yunda's left leg.

"Akh-h! "

Yunda tried to ignore the pain in her legs and remained focused towards Yuki. However, Yuki's attack does not depend on strength.

*BUG! BRAGG!

The punch that Yuki threw into Yunda's face and stomach made Yunda unable to twitch.

"𝘋𝘪𝘢.. 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘵! "

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"𝘏𝘦𝘪 𝘠𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢, 𝘫𝘪𝘬𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘶 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘱𝘶𝘬𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘵, 𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘪𝘩 𝘣𝘢𝘪𝘬 𝘬𝘢𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘩 𝘴𝘢𝘫𝘢. "

Yunda recalled the words of his coach first. Those words were as if they were locked inside Yunda's brain. Although he himself did not understand why, but he knew one thing..

Yunda wasn't so fast. He did not have the same speed as Yuki. Yunda realized that all this time he only relied on his strength, starting from running. Yunda only relied on how strong he ran for a long time, compared to in a fast time. Surely this is very bad in martial arts.

"haah. haah.. " Yuki regulated her breathing, meanwhile Yunda was still inside the arena and was trying to get up.

"Actually..Where did you learn that punch? " said Haneul with admiration.

Yunda managed to get up despite still staggering.

"Karate. I don't really master it. But Sasaki said I could use it when pressed. What is this.. when pressed? " inner Yunda.

Yuki glanced back, looking at his friends who seemed to be very frightened if they had to die here. Yuki felt sorry for those who chose the worst way when pressed, even so, Yuki had also been in their position, so he knew what it was like to be at the end of the tower that was about to collapse.

"At the end of the day.depends on destiny. "Yuki's inner self.

"Obviously, he's a top fighter. He's great, he's mastered a lot of martial arts. His speed in attacking was also great, he was a pro. "inner Yunda.

Yunda felt insecure for the first time. He did not expect to meet the real boss in front of him. Even so, he knew that he had to keep fighting.

"For the sake of the Rue family. for the sake of papa.. " Yunda took a deep breath to be able to focus.

"Karate? No, it looks different this time. " Yuki tried to read Yunda's attack, remembered it, then counterattacked.

"Auch."

Yunda's right hand was injured. He could not use both hands. Now all that remains are Yunda's right foot and left hand.

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𝘚𝘶𝘥𝘢𝘩.. 𝘵𝘢𝘬 𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘪 𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘨𝘢 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘬 𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘬 𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘴.

𝘋𝘪 𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘨𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘫𝘶 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪 𝘣𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘩. 𝘈𝘱𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘬 𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘬 𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘬 𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘴? 𝘈𝘬𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘶 𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘬. 𝘈𝘬𝘶 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘬 𝘮𝘢𝘶 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘯.

"DADDIES! " shouted Yeon-Seok from above.

"Uh-huh! " Yunda looked towards Yeon-Seok. No, everyone is looking towards Yeon-Seok.

"Basar bo~doh, you're the name of sacrificing yourself Yunda bo~doh. If you know Sasaki can punish you all out, you want?!! " soo-seok.

Yunda shock! He looked down at the floor, hesitating and wanting to munt*h.

"Tch. "

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*Bruhh!

Yunda recalled, when he almost drowned in the sea because of his friends. At that time there was no stairs to the top floor, in Yunda's mind there was only a ladder to the bottom floor.

He heard clearly that his friends ran and laughed at him who could not swim, even though the ocean current was very strong.

It was then that he began to think that this was what he called 'the end of life'. Yunda was unable to move. He was scared, cold.

"huh. huh. "his breathing is starting to get out of control.

But he saw a ladder made of but and wood-falling from upstairs, as if thrown by someone who was up there. Without a second thought, Yunda grabbed the stairs. And sure enough, when Yunda woke up and saw himself being helped by the coach and also his best friend.

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"𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘶𝘵, 𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘴, 𝘬𝘩𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘳, 𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘪 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘢 𝘮𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘶𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘢𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘪 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘺𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭? 𝘈𝘬𝘶 𝘫𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘬 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘶𝘢𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘬 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢 𝘬𝘦𝘬𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘯. 𝘈𝘬𝘶 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘭𝘶 𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘩. 𝘔𝘦𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘱𝘶𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘶𝘢 𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘬𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘬𝘶, 𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘪 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘥𝘪 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘪 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘩 𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘨𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘬 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪. "

Yunda held tightly onto her clothes, squeezing them firmly as if not accepting with her.

He was lost in his mind that he had to go down.

"In the end..There are times when humans have to go down, right? " Yunda turned around and walked out of the arena.

"Uhhhh! " Yuki was shocked, he did not expect Yunda to do such a thing.

Everyone was shocked at once. In Yunda's heart, he realized that he could no longer compete. After hearing the scream given by Yeon-Seok, he again realized that forcing himself was stupid.

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"SECOND ROUND WINNER! Yuki Yokohama! "

"FINALLY!! YOSH!! " a cheer of spirit came out from the mouths of the group of writers. They see the light to live and return to their country.

Yunda approached Myungsoo and his friends to apologize.

"Sorry, for disappointing you. I. really. bega-. hiks.. " Yunda shed tears right in front of them.

𝘈𝘬𝘶 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘮 𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘮 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘶 𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘪.

𝕊𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕒𝕚~