Eighty: What did she do?

Dae Ju was inside the locker. He was sitting on the floor. He folds his knees which were near his head and he was holding them with his two hands. He leaned his head on his knees and that's why he was looking like an egg. He was silent. He doesn't want to talk with anyone. He was searching for a way to flee from that house.

"Do you wish to say anything for clear "

yourself? Or it was true what I assumed?" the detective was standing in front of the locket and asked him. He looked at Dae Ju with his suspicious eyes. But when he got no reply from the other party he was sure about what he suspects on Dae Ju.

"So, Mr. Rumi! Please tell me the truth about what happened that night? You came to my house for getting training. You did really well as a newbie. You left my house and....then? Where did you go after that?" he was telling how much he knows. And after that, he also can't assume where he went and what he did.

"I don't want to tell anything. Let me rot here." he pulled his head up and after saying this he leaned on his knees again.

"No, No, No! How can I let you rot here? I can't see you every day! You know how annoying this would be! You have to tell me the truth or else how can we find the best punishment for you? You might end up by hanging on rope!" he was showing fear to Dae Ju. But he was so dissatisfied with his life that he didn't scare by the detective.

"Then do that!" he said like he has no problem with that.

"Don't test my patience level now! If you don't open your mouth, I know how to open one's mouth. Get it?" Mr. Park shouted. He was so angry with him that he can't bear him anymore. But Dae Ju was still sitting like that. Seems like he doesn't want to see anything in this world anymore.

"Aish! You punk! You didn't leave any other choice!" he was mad at him and he was going to open the locker to apply his own method on him. Though he cares for Dae Ju, he would never let him go if he did something wrong.

[On the other side]

Finding no other place to go, she was heading to home. She thought she will never return but she has no other choice. Yeon Hoon wanted to stop her but she didn't listen to him. He was following her when she gets out of that house. But, Lina scolded him and told him to go back. She was very rude to him but it was all for his good. She sighed and keep walking on her way home. When she reached near home, she remembered the scary face of Rumi. So she was hesitating if she should go inside or not. But when she reached near the door, She felt relieved by seeing the door locked. But how can she get inside now? She doesn't have the key. And there is no other way to get inside. That means, she has to wait for Dae Ju to get inside. But it's already night so she can't stay outside. She went to the garden though there were not many trees. There were just some flower trees and some small vegetable trees which never give vegetables because of proper care.

Suddenly she saw someone was coming to the house. And seems like he saw Lina from far and he was coming to her by almost running. Lina got afraid by assuming the person as Dae Ju. She doesn't want to face him right now but she has no other options. She came outside and wait for the person. But she felt relieved again by not seeing Dae Ju. It was Jheong Woo. He came here to check if she comes back or not. And he recognizes her from far. That's why he was coming to her almost running.

"Lina-sshi! Ah! I am relieved that you came back! Where did you go? How are you now? Why you didn't tell me anything? Are you okay? Did you went to the hospital?" Jheong Woo was aggressive while talking. He was tired of walking fast and now he said his words without taking a breath. That's why he was breathing heavily.

"Yes! Calm down! I am fine! Why you are acting like this?" Lina was surprised and said.

"Ah! I can sleep now peacefully!" he was relieved by seeing her back. Because of that he was very happy and couldn't express his feelings but he came here to tell her something else. He wanted to hug her but he remembered that she doesn't like it that's why he stayed far from her.

[In Yeon Hoon's place]

"Hoon-ah! Come to eat! You are late! Your dad is also here!" his mom shouted from downstairs. Her voice was loud and Yeon Hoon must've heard her but he didn't reply anything. After about ten minutes, his mom shouted again but didn't get any Rey from him.

"Ah! Forget it! He will eat if he gets hungry!" his dad said while standing up from the chair. They already finished eating while waiting for their son. His dad didn't know about what happened a while ago so he thought he must have been busy with his work. But his mom could understand and go upstairs. She went directly to Yeon Hoon's room. It was locked from the inside so she couldn't enter inside. She knocked at the door slowly.

"Hoon-ah! Are you there?" she called but no sound was coming from inside. She remembered that when the girl left home, her son also followed her and went outside but after some time, he came back and went upstairs directly. And since then, he didn't come out of the room.

"Hoon-ah! Come out! What are you doing inside?" she called again and this time she knocked hardly. But as earlier, there was no sound came from inside.

"Hoon-ah! Hey! Open the door I say! Why you are doing this? Open it now!" she was loud and strong. She kept hitting on the door which didn't let Yeon Hoon kept quiet. He came to the door and opened it. Then he went to his bed and lied on the bed by upside down. He took a pillow and put it on his head so that no sound can reach his ears but he failed because he could hear all the sounds.

"Hoon-ah! What are you doing? Why you are doing this?" she came to him and tried to remove the pillow from his head but he was too strong that his mom couldn't defeat him.

"Hey! Remove it I said!" his mom was shouting by getting angrier. She took another pillow and hit Yeon Hoon. She knows how to engage her own son. That's why she kept hitting and saying,

"Won't you listen to me? Get up! Hey! Hoon-ah!" she screamed like crazy.

"What? Why you are doing this?" Yeon Hoon put off the pillow from his head and said with a loud voice. His mom stopped and give a victory smile.

"Go away! Let me stay alone!" he was disappointed so he couldn't say loudly. His face was still on the bed.

"Get up! Sit down! I can't see your face!" her mom pulled his hand to make him sit but he was too insistent that he didn't get up.

"Hoon-ah! You are breaking my patience level." his mom sits down beside him and sighed. She can't understand the young generation. When they were young, they always got afraid of their parents. They couldn't even say a word towards them. But nowadays, young kids do not afraid of their parents at all. They just follow their gut.

She took the pillow back and hit him again.

"Uh! Go away!" he said back.

"I won't until you sit down and talk with me," she said and make a face on him.

"What do you want? I want to spend some time alone! If you're not gonna leave me alone, then I will go to my dorm right now and I will never come back." he said and sit down as his mom wasn't let him stay lying.

"Then, we will go to visit you every day!" she smiled and said with a lower voice.

"No! Don't do that! Whenever you go there, you guys just make me feel embarrassed in front of my friends!" he got afraid and said.

"Then, come to the living room and eat. I know you are hungry! I made your favorite kimchi fried rice." she was trying to greed him but he didn't fall for her tricks.

"I am not hungry! I am sleepy! Now go and let me sleep!" he told a simple lie and get caught by his mom.

"I know you are not sleepy. Come with me." she holds his hand and tried to pull him but she couldn't.

"I am! Now go! Please! Ah!" he lied down again and closed his eyes. He doesn't want to listen or see his mom or anyone right now. He remembered how Lina scold him a while ago. And he kept thinking about that. He forgot that he quarreled with his mom some time ago. And his mom thought that he was doing this because of the quarreling.

"Are you still mad at me? I am sorry! I don't know why I was angry with you but...." his mom said with a very low voice. When she saw there is no choice in her hand, she accepted that she was wrong and she was sorry for that.

"Ai! Forget it! I am not angry with you. I am just..." he kept thinking about that moment when Lina left his home and he was following her. He was angry on his mom back then. So, he was following her to stop and bring her back. But she turned around and shouted, "Why you are following me?"

"I can't leave you alone in this situation!" he said to her.

"Why? What are you to me? My big brother? My father? Why you keep butting in my life so much! For God's sake, I am warning you for the last time, don't! Just don't follow me and go home! I don't want to see you right now!" she said loudly. Seems like she was bursting out of anger but he doesn't know that Lina was doing this willingly to make his and his mom's relationship better which she broke some times ago.

"Then, were they all lie? You said you love me! Was that a lie too? You said you care for me! That was a lie too?" he surprised and looked at her.

"Yes, those were all lie. Happy now? Can I go now?" she said with her rage.

"Oh!" he couldn't reply anything. He just stood there like a statue for some moments until she left from there. His eyes were ringing as *Yes, those were all lies.* That means, she doesn't love him anymore. What did he do that bad to her? Why she did that to him? He couldn't understand.

Suddenly his eyes filled with water and dropped few drops and his pillow get wet. His mom noticed it.

"Hoon-ah! What happened?" she astonished and put her hand on his forehead. By feeling the soft touch of his mom, he got more emotional and gets up. He hugged her tightly and said,

"Mom! You were right! I love her. But, she never gives me a chance! She just acts like she is my elder sister. I don't want to be her younger brother. I want to be her man. She said that she doesn't love me and she doesn't want to see my face again." he was crying like a baby. Her mom didn't say anything and let him cry. She shook his hair gently so that he could feel comfortable on her lap.

"It's okay! It's Okay. This could happen. I can feel that she is gonna hurt you. That's why I felt angry on both of you earlier. Cry how much you want. I am with you." she remembered how he came to her when he was a kid and whenever he got hurt by something or someone. He cried by covering his face on her belly and that habit didn't change yet. She smiled and kept moving his hair with her fingers.