"Na-Gil, I am broken." Yo-han finally said. He lowered his head and walked to the window of his room to stare at the exterior.
Na-Gil wasn't surprised when he heard Yo-han, instead, he felt like his hunch was right. He had foresaw the possibility of this happening since the day Yo-han asked him for advice on how to take Dan-bi back. He knew that Yo-han would not last long before he breaks down emotionally. He knew Yo-han too well that he is deeply in love already.
Thankfully he had not burdened Yo-han with the recent happenings of Min Corporation. If he did, Yo-han would definitely not be able to handle it all. It's either the company suffers a huge loss or Dan-bi leaves forever. He was really cautious and did not bother Yo-Han much with issues concerning Min Corporation because he feared that Yo-Han wouldn't have time to make up with her.
"Yo-han, you are only heart broken. Yes, you feel it everywhere but you are only suffering from heart break. Like I said before, Yo-han, only you can win her back. No one can do it for you. Just give her time, but also don't fully ignore her, keep letting her know you still care until she finally gets over her anger but don't disturb or pester her." Na-Gil advices Yo-han.
He walked to the window and stood face to face with Yo-Han. He gently tapped Yo-han on the shoulder and said. "Yo-han, why are you like this?, Dan-Bi will never want to see you like this. So don't keep acting as if you are weak. The Ridder I used to know has no weakness. Don't let her be your weakness. "
Yo-han reasoned for a while and Na-Gil's words slowly started having effects on his mind.
It is true what Na-Gil said. Dan-Bi would not want to see him in this present state. She clearly told him that she did not want to be his weakness but his strength.
If it wasn't for how obstinate and adamant he was back then, she would never think of leaving him. Their relationship was still at it's prime and they already broke up, it's all because of him. It's all his fault and only him can make a change and correct his mistake. He is not worthy of forgiveness but he could start all over again. She could fall in love with him all over again and start afresh.
He raked his hair with his hands and immediately walked towards the jacuzzi in the comfort room.
"Get ready quickly and let's go to the sport arena."Na-Gil shouted after him as he was about to shut the door.
Yo-han slightly opened the door and said. "I am not going, I don't want to see the Kim twins and Kim Myung-Hee, I want to be free from that thought today. You guys can go alone."
"Okay" Na-Gil nodded in agreement. He understood that Yo-han wanted a break from the happenings of the week and going to the arena will only make him think more because the Kim twins and Kim Myung-Hee are also regulars at the sport center, they meet almost everytime. Myung-Hee and one of the two twins play squash with Yo-Han while the other plays basketball with Chang-min, Ji-hun, Won-Shik and some other dudes. Meeting his half siblings who don't even know that they are related will only keep him in thoughts, it will bother him so much.
Na-Gil left the room and went to the arena with the other guys.
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A young fair lady was sprawled on the bed. The sheets were rapped around her body and her blanket formed a pile on the floor. Her black shoulder length hair was also in no shape, it is disheveled and scattered in all directions.
She turned lazily in bed and fell off the edge of the queen seized bed in a thud. She wailed in pain as her half asleep body hurts on the cold hard ground. She sat cross-legged on the floor and slowly opened her eyes. The moment she gained clear vision, she was shocked beyond her own imagination. "Oh my God!."
She immediately sprung unto her feet and swept her eyes around the room in disbelief. "What happened here last night?". She looked around her usually neat room which now looks like it was rummaged through.
Suddenly, memories of last night flashed through her brain and her eyes were wide open immediately when she fully recollected everything.
"Ha!!!". She gasped. "What did I say to Yo-han?"
'What are you doing here?...I am not yours anymore Yo-han, at least you found yourself a beautiful woman to take my place. It's true what they said that you can't be my man, and I am not yours either so don't appear before me again acting as if you own me. Get lost!!'
She appeared embarrassed and regretful as she thought about those words "Oh no!!!" Why did I get drunk?, Why did I agree to go out with No-Eul yesterday?, I should have stayed back at home. Ha, how do I face him again?..."She fidgeted for only a short while before she remembered something.
"Am I not angry at him?, Yes, I am angry at him, he would definitely not come back to plead because I think I already made myself clear when I was drunk that he should leave me be." She sighed as a sign of comforting herself and walked to the comfort room.
After cleaning up, she managed to tidy her room and returned it to it's usual state and walked to the living room afterwards.
On her way she received a call from a very familiar number and she immediately answered the call.
"Dan-Bi are you fully awake?, I am scared you had too much last night?, Can you make Yo-Han forgive my trespass?..." No-Eul's voice hastily rang from the other end of the line.
"What trespass?, I drank because I wanted to, it has nothing to do with you. And why should he be angry, it's not like I am still his girlfriend. Is that why you called very early?" Dan-Bi spoke as she approached the living room.
"Partially, but the main reason was to ask you out to play squash at the sport arena today. I will pick you up by 7am, I am getting ready now. I will be there soon."
"Is it not too early at that time?... Tell me are you meeting someone?" Dan-Bi asked suspiciously and heard a chuckle from the other side. Without any further information, She could practically see the blush on No-Eul's face even though it's a voice call.
"Who is it?, Uhm, No-Eul finally found a boyfriend, that's a shocking news." She gasped in pretence and chuckled after her acts. "Tell me who is it?"
"It's a surprise, you will know when we get there." No-Eul replied. "Get ready, I am coming."
"No, I won't go unless you tell me, I don't like suspense, you know that?" Dan-Bi shook her head as if No-Eul could see her. "I will hang up now if you won't say." By then Dan-bi already walked back to her room and changed to comfortable clothes for sport and pulled her duffel bag with her free hand and she was headed to the the direction of the living room.
"Don't, don't," No-Eul immediately stopped her from hanging up even though she had no plan to. Dan-Bi smiled at her scheme as she has successfully gotten No-Eul, "okay", she said and quietly waited for the gist.
"You are too difficult to handle Dan-bi, worse than when you're drunk... Since you want to know, it's Kim Do-Hyun, I was initially planning to set you up with his twin brother, Kim Do-Joon. You should come, they are both awesome and ..."
'Kim Do-Joon, Kim Do-Hyun'.
Dan-Bi froze when she heard the names. "Those guys, are they not supposed to be my boy... Mn , Yo-Han's half brothers? Is No-Eul out of her mind?. How could she want to match me just after breaking up recently and especially to the Kim brothers?, Are there no other men aside the Kim family men? Those... How do I describe them... They are just too much." She pondered in her mind.
"Hello, Dan-bi, are you still there?" No-Eul's voice brought back her consciousness.
"Go by yourself, I won't be going with you." Dan-Bi ended the call immediately and dropped the duffel bag on the ground in the hallway. She rested her back to the wall and slowly sunk down to the ground.
Her mind got flashes of a certain man and tears welled up in her eyes. "I never believed that you would dispose me off and find someone else immediately. I have loved you sincerely but you never did."
Tears rolled down her cheeks as she thought about Yo-han. Even though she is angry at him, should could not bear to let him go. Even if she wanted to end it so much, she just couldn't stop wanting to be by his side.
"Only if you felt apologetic and asked for forgiveness, I could have taken you back, but your pride is always in the way. That's why you found someone else instead of letting go of your pride. Hum, it would be nice to get together with your half-brother, that way, you will never have me, you will only watch me living happily."
Since the restaurant where the picture of Yo-Han and Ms Bae was taken is not a place for formal dinner but rather somewhere partronized by commoners. He would only visit such a place if she insisted to go their. But now with this reason, who would not misunderstand that he took Ms Bae there to show Dan-bi that he had found someone else.
That's what Dan-Bi thinks though. Even if it's not true.
The fact remains that Yo-han is oblivious to this.
What's going on now?.