Hunger 2.0 (Secrets) Part 5
Part 5
“We found love in a hopeless place.” -Rihanna “We Found Love”
5 years later…
Jung Yonghwa laughs at the children flocking at one of his paintings. Despite his parents’ misgivings, he proceeded on his dream of being an artist and now he’s having his very own exhibit, choosing Ilmin Museum of Art* as the location of the exhibit and using his own money.
The theme of his exhibit is Luna: Secrets of the Moon.
He walks around the exhibition room to check his other displays. He pauses in front of a painting showing a pair of blue eyes. He has often seen those eyes in his dream that it is natural for him to easily paint them. He looks at the caption: Arctic Mystery.
He proceeds on walking when he suddenly sees a flash of red pass by.
The coldness wakes him up from his peaceful slumber. He turns to his side to hug her but is surprised to find her not there. He groggily sits up is about to put on his clothes when he notices the crumpled letter near his pillow. He picks it up and reads it.
Yonghwa,
I will never forget tonight. Thank you.
But I have to tell you something…….Tonight; Hwang Chansung will experience what it feels like to be at the mercy of his torturers. He has tormented a very good friend of mine, Lee Jungshin. It is not Jungshin’s fault that he’s like that. What gives Hwang Chansung the right to give my friend that kind of humiliation?
What’s your part in this?
It’s shallow actually. You, Lee Joon and Yang Seungho were just props for me and my unnies. If the three of you started dating us, it will provoke Hwang Chansung to be angry and try on harming us. He’s the epitome of an evil Norm next to Ok Taecyon, right? Those two can’t stand Nots entering the Norm territory.
So we waited for him to do something at us…but he never did. You three broke the ultimate Norm code: “Never fall in love with a Not.” But he’s not reacting the way we want. He only glares insultingly at us. Me and my unnies were forced to lengthen our fake relationship with you three.
But what I didn’t expect is he will vent his anger on Jungshin
Know what he did? He RAPED my friend. What a sick friend you have.
Now, Jungshinnie is dead. He can‘t bear the humiliation so he killed himself.
We were only planning to scare Hwang Chansung but after what he did, he deserves to DIE.
You must be thinking I’m crazy but the truth is, you don’t really know WHAT I really am and the magnitude of what I can do.
I’m not human.
Finding it hard to believe? It’s understandable but I’m telling the truth. So I guess it is fit that we shouldn’t be together.
We can’t be together.
You are not safe with me.
But you know the strange thing is the more time I spend time with you, I feel more troubled. Am I feeling guilty? I think I am. I basically played with your feelings. Was there a time that I was honest with you?
There was.
Please believe me when I say that whenever we were together, I felt happy. I really did.
If only I was a Busan girl too, then we could have been together. Your former school doesn’t have those Norms and Nots right?
But….I still feel we can’t be together even if I studied in Busan. I’m different, remember?
Jung Yonghwa, I’m sorry for the lies. I’m sorry for fooling you. I’m really sorry.
I’m sorry on what’s going to happen tonight.
-Seohyun-
Yonghwa crumples the paper and moves dazedly out of the tent. His mind can’t seem to process what he just learned. He keeps on shouting her name, hoping that she’s joking but she is nowhere in sight. Without thinking, he dashes towards his jeep and drives as fast as he could to find her.
He is almost near Joohyun’s house when he receives a call from Chansung. He answers it impatiently and is about to shout at Chansung when he hears a terrified scream from the other end.
“Could this be?”
He rams the pedal of his Jeep just he could get faster towards Chansung’s house. He parks at the near the entrance gate and hastily runs inside. He is nearing the front door when a sudden explosion of pain erupts from the back of his head.
Darkness.
When he flutters his eyes open, he’s already inside the Hwang’s library. He tries to move but he discovers her hands and feet are tied firmly. He’s suddenly becomes aware of the unusually hot room.
“Fire.”
“Joohyun, stop this. He had enough.” He hears Kwon Jinhee speaking. What is she doing here? He hears a snap and a thud. What is happening? Where are my friends?
“It’s not worth it dear. Stop this.” Kwon Jinhee begs.
He wants to move but he is tied so tight that he can’t. It’s starting to get dark again. He hears a pair of feet walking softly towards him. He shakes his body to shrink away from the sound.
Then a pair of soft hands cradles his face……..and a kiss.
He remembers staring on a pair of sad blue eyes before falling back to unconsciousness.
# ---- #
BREAKING NEWS: Four students from the famous and expensive Hanlim Multi Art School were rescued by firefighters inside the burning mansion of business mogul Hwang Taekyung. One of his sons, Hwang Chansung, was one of the victims together with Jung Yonghwa, Lee Joon and Yang Seungho. Police are narrowing the case to be attempted murder. Jung Yonghwa was immediately released from the hospital a day after the incident. Out of the four, he had the least injuries. Police were miserable as they can’t get useful information from the boy.
“He can’t remember what happened. The last thing he remembered was being hit on the back of his head.” A representative from the Jung family sends this statement to the press.
BREAKING NEWS: Hwang Chansung, the son of famous businessman Hwang Taekyung is going to be submitted to a mental institute after waking up from a 3 day coma. He was the most severely injured from the four boys rescued from his burning house.
“The moment he regained consciousness, he started screaming about massive dogs and blue eyes. We can’t understand him as of now. His father was against the idea at first but Chansung is becoming violent. He even had beaten up his sister’s pet dog. It’s terrible.” said by Dr. Im Jo Eun, attending physician.
BREAKING NEWS: Ok Taecyon, who was brutally attacked near his home 3 months ago and a student from Hanlim Multi Art School, has woken up from a long coma.
Doctors thought that he will never wake up again and finds his situation a miracle. Unfortunately, the attacks brought a severe trauma to his head that his doctors advised his parents to put him in the same mental institution with his school mate Hwang Chansung.
Ok Taecyon’s doctors showed pictures of the boy attending an art class inside the institute. Painting is one of the therapies the doctor decided for him to take. His paintings were often of a white dog with blue eyes. As to why he paints that, Ok Taecyon won’t give answers and reverts to silence.
BREAKING NEWS: Due to lack of evidences and eye witness, the case of attempted murder of Hwang Chansung, Jung Yonghwa, Lee Joon, Yang Seungho and also of Ok Taecyon’s is officially closed.
# ---- #
It can’t be.
He shakes his head in disbelief. He’s just tired that’s why he’s hallucinating. He is about to move away when the group of children he saw earlier blocks his path. They stare at him innocently before the smallest of the bunch grabs his hand and brings to a painting.
Oh……The woman on a cliff watching the moon: Blue Moon.
“Ahjussi, why is there a woman in your painting?”
Yonghwa pauses for a bit to weigh his answers. He glances at the five cute children waiting expectantly for his reason.
“Women are the most beautiful subjects in the world.”
“Really?” The kids chorus, their eyes wide in amazement
“Yes.”
“What is she doing in your painting?”
“She’s staring at the moon.”
“Why?”
Another pause and then a stiff smile.
“She loves the moon.” He answers simply.
“Hmmmm….she’s a vampire?”
“No.”
“She’s a what?”
“She’s a-“
“Shewolf.”
Yonghwa freezes the moment he hears that voice, her voice. The children turn around to look at their intruder. Their jaws fell, stunned to see a very beautiful tall lady with unique hair; red with black highlights. She’s too pretty that they forgot their manners and continue to gape at her shamelessly.
The beautiful lady finds their reactions amusing and giggles, covering her mouth with her left hand daintily. She glances at the man who still had his back facing her. She can instantly feel his tension and bubbling anger by just looking at his tensed shoulders while repeatedly curling and uncurling his fists.
“That is a really stunning painting of yours……Mr. Jung.” She attempts for a conversation.
He whirls around too sharply that she is caught off guard. Her heart squeezes seeing his eyes glaring hatefully at her. She wants to just step into his arms and hug him, absorbing all of his antagonism for her. The children alternate their attention between the two of them. They are sure that the ahjussi and the pretty lady are related.
“Are you….are you the ahjussi’s girlfriend?” One of the kids shyly asks her.
“Well…” She peeks at him uncertainly. “I was……Once upon a time.”
His eyes widen in agitation and then narrow them again. He grabs her right wrists unkindly and drags her away. The children kept calling him while she protests for him to let go but he didn’t listen. He still proceeds on pulling her rudely, not caring if she’s having a difficult time catching up with him.
They arrive in a small office and he unceremoniously shoves her towards the couch. He locks the door and walks to a nearby table, throwing the colorful pamphlets on the table. She stands up from the couch and little by little, approaches him hesitantly.
“Why the hell are you here?!” He shouts angrily at her.
“Yonghwa…. I-“
“Damn it, Joohyun! Five years! You were gone for five years!”
“I know-“
“You don’t know! You don’t understand how I felt! I hated-“
“I love you!” Seohyun cuts him tearfully, her lips quivering with her confession. “I love you so much.”
Yonghwa wants keep his heart a stone and not feel anything with what she just said. But his dumb heart is such a traitor; it immediately warms with gladness with those three simple words that he had waited for her to finally say. He pinches the bridge of his nose to calm his temper. He needs to be cool and not give in to his emotions.
But when he looks at her again, seeing her sad face begging for him to listen to her, to understand her, to accept her…..
“I’m here now. I’m back. If you’ll just give me a chance….Please, Yonghwa-yah……”
He shakes his head at her request, silently willing his self to not be vulnerable and be swayed by her tears.
“You should know why I did that. It’s not only you who was hurt. Compared to Jungshin’s, our sufferings are small. My best friend was raped by your friend.”
“But is your reason enough to do all of those things?! Fooling me? Using me? Torturing my friends? Burning Chansung’s house? Making him and Ok taecyon crazy?? Tell me!” He demands furiously.
“No…..” She sobs heartbreakingly. “It was not because Jungshin is still dead. He’ll be forever dead! And….and you hate me….Oh God, I’m lo-losing you too…Oh God what did I do?”
Yonghwa looks away to avoid seeing her cry her heart out. He bits his lips hard, almost drawing blood. He looks back at Seohyun again when he senses her walking closer to him.
“I know you’re confused…and even mad at me but please….before we part ways….It seems there’s no more hope for us…so…..so before I stay away from you completely….please see it in your heart and try to forgive me….though just a lit-“
Yonghwa strides towards her and roughly grabs her nape to let his lips crash towards her mouth. It effectively shuts her up but her body freezes due to shock. She awkwardly stands on her feet as Yonghwa continues to kiss her ravenously; his tongue hurriedly licks the insides of her mouth while his mouth assaults her entire lips by pressing his lips roughly. He abruptly ends the kiss and glares at her.
“You still have a lot of explaining to do!” He tells her harshly. She nods in reply. “Your secrets…..on what you really are…You got that?”
“Deh.” She answers with bated breath, still panting from his sudden kiss.
He grabs her face forcefully to make her look at him straight in the eye. His looks seriously tortured but his eyes were clear as a mirror and she can see the emotions behind them; fear, longing, desperation, anxiety…… but what got her most is the most apparent one, the strongest that she has seen in his eyes, love.
“Don’t you dare leave me again.” He warns seriously.
“I promise.”
“Good.” He whispers huskily before kissing her again.
They made intense love that afternoon, on his desk and totally forgetting his exhibit.
They spend the next moments in their lives re-acquainting with each other; revealing her secrets, why she used him and what she did. The guilty feeling would resurface every now and then but Yonghwa’s assuring kisses easily wipe those negative thoughts away.
She starts to forgive herself and accept what she really is.
Why not?
Jungshin is happy somewhere in heaven. Her unnies are married and are living the normal life abroad together with their husbands of same kind. Her Imo Jinhee is happy dating Mr. Yoo who after 20 years of friendship finally had the guts to confess his feelings. Lee Joon and Yang Seungho are changing their attitudes towards the Nots while Ok Taecyon and Hwang Chansung are peacefully living in the mental institute, surely they can’t bully anymore.
And she has Yonghwa, the perfect human boyfriend and soon to be husband in the world. Yonghwa who reminds her everyday that he loves her no matter what; furry or not. Plus he finds her blue eyes sexy and often requests to see it during their love making; a must request together with her red hair.
Yes, she is not human. But she falls for one and loves like one.
See?
Norms and Nots can be together after all.
The End.
* Ilmin Museum of Art - is a private art museum of South Korea, located on Sejongno street in Jongno-gu, a central district of Seoul, known for exhibiting mainly Korean art.
AUTHOR’S NOTE:
Hello!!!! ^___^ *waves hand*
Can you still remember me? Heheheheh. I hope you will be happy with my New Year’s gift. Finally, after like almost two months of not writing I’m back!!! I had a mini-drama for awhile. I felt like all my efforts for writing an update that you will like is not well appreciated.
In other words, I was disappointed with the lack of response.
So I was blaming myself that I was not a good writer, I did not meet my readers’ expectations and all that crap a newbie writer is feeling. Good thing I met an angel during my slump. ;D
Ana/Aneng/Whitepoo/Jungssoofied told me to “Write for yourself and not for others.”
I will forever treasure those words. I miss you chinggu.
But I understand that gogumas are so busy and will only have a little time to go to Go-fics. Mianhe if I didn’t think of your side too. Feel free to punch this selfish writer. *punches self already*
Fast forward, Tada!!!! A new Yongseo story from Merki! Hahahaahah. Since a lot of people give good responses for Hunger, why not make Hunger 2.0? This time Seohyun is the character with a non-human quality.
The truth is, I revised the plot three times that’s why it took me longer than I needed to finish this. SORRY FOR THE DELAY.
But as I was writing this, I enjoyed writing the non-rated parts so I’m not sure if you’ll like the rated scene. But what the heck, I’m just too happy that I can write again to bother with that. :D Nevertheless, enjoy the story pervs!!!!! #party
I have a confession. When I was in my elementary and high school years, I was often bullied because of my thinness and big eyes. They call me raccoon eyes, walking skeleton and etc. and would say I’m very ugly. A lot of those who bullied me were really nasty and tried to discourage me joining a play and a pageant in school because for them, I’m ugly.
But karma is such a bitch, who won Best in Talent? Who won Ms. Congeniality? Who was a crowd favorite? Whose play won in the championship? Who won the respect of many?
^_________^
So if you’re being bullied, don’t be discouraged. Raise your chin up high. Yes, very high and one day, you will find your retribution. In a classy way of course. :D
Now, to my list of dedications:
This fic is dedicated to Whitepoo. Yah, chingu! I’m writing again. *punches*
Princess Hiko, sorry. I think I’m a bit stubborn and still followed with the red hair. Forgive umma. <333 Kekekekekeeke.
To Smiley unnie, here is your long awaited update! :D
Lia unnie and katsy_jung unnie, for the rated; it’s all theories. I failed to get an interview. Bwahahhahahahahahahah
To camoteq byuntae, istarirayRaj unnie, danna unnie, graxie, here is it pervs. Enjoy!!!!!!! LMAO. I know it’s not what we have talked about before but I hope you will still like this. :D
To my Ninja-paem, you are my cute little muses. I love you guys!
Aigoo, I’m having a very poor memory. I felt like I need to thank a lot so…..
TO ALL MY READERS, FRIENDS IN TWITTER WHOM I SHARED CONVERSATIONS WITH: This is all for you guys! Hope you will like this just like how you liked my Christmas video greeting.^^
That’s it, pancit! I will let you read my story peacefully. Thank you and happy reading!
P.S.
What books are you reading now? I am reading Gabriel Garcia-Marquez’s “Memories of My Melancholy Whores”. It’s funny and cute to read. Love is ageless. Even 90 year old men can still experience first love. :D
P.P.S.
I kept on listening to Rihanna’s We Found Love, G-Dragon’s Breathe and Sungha Jung’s acoustic cover of Yiruma’s River Flows In You while writing this.