9 Chapter Nine ~ The Dream

*Mona's room*

Mona gets woken up by the traffic noise from outside. She rolls over and looks at the window. The window was opened wide. "No wonder why it's so loud. Who the hell left the window open?" Mona mumbles to herself. The dream that she had about kissing Hee Joon keeps haunting her every other night since the day Hee Joon have confessed to her. Mona puts her hands on her head and she shakes her head. "What's going on with me? Why do I keep having that same dream?"

*ring.. ring..ring*

The phone starts ringing. Mona grabs her phone from her night stand, it is Ivan. Mona answers the phone. "Hey can we meet up? I..I really want to see you." Ivan stutters. "I..I need your help with something." Mona is surprised that Ivan had asked for a favor. "I barely know you. What would I be able to help you with?" Mona questions. "Ill explain when I see you." Ivan hangs up the phone. Mona lets out a stressful sigh.

*At the cafe*

Mona arrives at the cafe and sees Ivan sitting in the corner with a sports cap on, covering himself from the public. Mona thinks to herself "He's dressed so casual today. He looks just like Ken." Ivan looks up and saw Mona standing right at the cafe entrance. Ivan waves over to greet Mona. Mona did not acknowledge and stood still looking at Ivan. Ivan gets up from his chair and heads over to Mona and grabbed her hand and woken her from her thought. Mona looks at Ivan and let out a soft sigh. Memories floating back into Mona's head and she remembered that she always went on little dates with Ken to random coffee shops. Mona couldn't hold it in anymore. She bursts out with tears and wrapped her arms around Ivan. "Please, please don't leave me. I miss you so much!" Ivan was so shocked and surprised he wasn't sure if he should be comforting her, or pushing her off him. Seconds later, Mona realizes she's not with Ken but instead with Ivan. Her senses knocked her back to reality and she quickly pushes herself off of Ivan. "I..I'm so sorry. I shouldn't do this. I'm really sorry." Ivan looks into Mona's eyes. "What's wrong? Can you please tell me? You are obviously hurting inside and I really wish I can help."

       Mona quickly wipes her tears away and takes a step away from Ivan. Ivan takes a step closer. "Please, please tell me. Ever since I met you, you always cried or ran off." Mona turns around and heads over to the corner where their table was. Ivan follows behind. Mona sits down and start to tell her story. Ivan pulls a chair up close to Mona and sat right next to her. Mona starts to tell Ivan her story.

"I..I use to have a boyfriend, and his name was Ken." Mona stutters and clears her throat. "To make the story short, I had a boyfriend named Ken. The reason why you always see me like that is because you look exactly like him. But he died from a car accident a few months back. Seeing you is like seeing Ken. I can't do this anymore. I don't think we should see each other anymore. I don't want to mistake you as Ken." Mona gets up from her chair. Then she takes her phone out once again, hands it over to Ivan. "Here, you should take this back." Mona turns around to face the door and starts to head out. Ivan gets up from his chair and stops Mona by grabbing on to her hand. He tugs her arm and Mona fell backwards and fell into Ivan's arms. Ivan wraps his arms tight around Mona. "Can you let me help you? I know you will see me as Ken. But I don't know why I don't want you to go. I want to be able to see you." Ivan wraps his arms tighter around Mona. Mona was shocked and surprised with what Ivan had just said, she froze and did not know what to do. Seconds later she realizes this does not make any sense. She pushes herself off of Ivan. "Please take the phone back. I just want to be able to know that I have a way of communicating with you. Please, I will give you time." Ivan hands the phone back to Mona. "I'm sorry, I don't think I can help you right now." Mona walks out of the cafe and Ivan follows behind her. "Let me take you home at least." Ivan insist. "No, it's ok. I don't want to take up more of your time. I can walk home." Mona walks away and Ivan stood in place watching Mona get further and further away. "It hurts so much...I never thought I'll ever walk away from the sight of you. Even if it's not really you, Ken...I miss you so much." Mona whispers to herself.