A Fools Folly
Chapter 2
[Chapter 2]
as punishment, since i was not on the best books of the matron i was the one in charge of doing all the menial work around the court house. everyday morning i would be sent to chop wood for fire from the woods and fetch water from the nearby well.
i hated going back to the house, so i did the job as slowly as possible chopping each log at a time. it was around this time that good fortune knocked at my door in the form of the old shop-keeper. it was a regular day, i chopping wood in the forest, an old man approached me and asked if i would chop a few extra logs for him. after handing him the wood i was getting ready to leave, he stopped me and gave me a few coins and said that i worked hard and should treat myself with that money.
i stared at the money all the way, i had to hide it and so i did. when i got home i told my mother about it. she asked me why i didn't buy something with the money for myself. but i had other plans. i used this opportunity to finally put to action my plan of running away from this place.
the wood chopping took about an hour if i sped up the process and i will still have 2 extra hours to spare. i decided to find a job to save money so i can leave this place once and for all. i found work in the old man's shop. well the work is an irony because it is to draw pictures to text, not just any text but shunga (pornographic illustrations).
" i am letting you work here only because you discovered my hide out, i hope you wont break my trust kid. if the officers find out what we do both you and i will have to count bars in a jail for the rest of our lives."
" don't worry i wont tell a soul and i am grateful."
i picked up drawing skills from my mother, she can draw and sew beautifully capturing the essence and bringing the object to life. although i am not as good, but my skills are good enough to draw these figures i figured.
and so i began my work without any hindrance, since i went to work well before dawn there were not many people around to witness me working.
it was then that i saw him. so fierce and brave, and yet kind and gentle. he came like a storm in my bleak life, this beautiful being how should i explain this feeling that has inflicted in my heart.
i was rushing back to the house, when suddenly out of the blue somebody dashed into me and grabbed me. he looked like a dog gone mad, ready to hurt anyone in his way, when i looked into his eyes i could see the crazy hue in it. this made my hand clammy and me tremble in fear. i remained silent only because my tongue was frozen with fear.
the next thing, i saw was a person so bright it blinded me for a second, he was galloping on a horse at the speed of light towards me. his teeth clenched, and eyes shining with fierce fury. in the flash of a light he struck the man right on his head from the distance without harming me. the man was withering on the floor in pain and trying to hold on to me again.
" don't touch the boy." he roared "you will have what's waiting for you when i get to you again. how dare you steal from the palace and try to taint the honor of a servant girl." he hit the man once again and yelled " what are you looking at, tie this mans hands and take him back to the summons."
finally he looked at me, time seemed to have slowed for me and left me in a daze. his eyes softened a gentle hue surrounded. it reminded me of father's warmth or mother's smile. his lips are moving hes saying something, is it to me?....yes he is looking at me into my eyes. a blush crept my face suddenly rendering me shy.
he chuckled and asked me again, this time i paid attention
" are you okay? did he hurt you anywhere? oh no! you are bleeding" he ripped a piece of his robe and tied it to my palms. he gently pushed the hairs that had fallen on my eyes aside " am i hurting you?" . the gentle brushing of his fingers against my face caused heat to rise up to my cheeks. "what is your name?" i turned my face away in embarrassment, he chuckled again.
"why so shy? is this how you thank your savior?" "thank you" i replied in a whisper " oh you have a cute voice befitting the beholder haha" i ducked my head, and he laughed again.
"can you stand boy?" i nodded. "well since you served as an accomplice in helping me catch the bad man, let me repay your efforts" my head snapped quickly" but i didn't do anything" " oh so now you have a voice huh" i blushed. " hahaha come boy"
i followed him and he stopped right in front of a sweet shop and came back with a hand full of sugar candies (gak saltang!). " here you go" " oh i cant accept this sir, you have been much kind to me already"
he replied " well since we are partners in crime it is only right i share this with you. here boy wont you muse an old man"
"you said we are partners, now you claim to be an old man" he laughed heartily and said "cheeky aren't we?!" " well since my partner refuses to tell me his name, how can i be anything but an old man?" i stared at him for a second and smiled "kim junsu imida"
looked into my eyes, more like into my soul " kim junsu how befitting" i tilted my head in confusion, but he just smiled at me and continued to watch me eat.
as soon as we finished in silence, turning away he said " well kim junsu it is my honor to have such a beautiful partner, however i have to rush back, but i hope to meet you again when fate permits. till then work hard dear boy." and with that he mounted his horse ready to ride away. in a haste i asked him " how can we be partners when you never told me your name?" he sent me one of the brightest smiles i have ever seen " kim Jaejoong."
ok so i dont know why it wont let me paste more than this....i still had like about a few more paras, now i cant even post it as a separate chapter because it would be too small. hmm...i guess i will have to write more to post that. well i hope you like this chapter so far...sorry for taking long to post it even though i had it done (blame my laziness lol). oh and once again it is un-edited, sorry. let me figure out what is wrong with my lj and see if i can re-post this with the extra paras. thank you for reading, enjoy susuie!