Descendants of The Sun Snippets

Kang Mo Yeon and Yoo Si Jin's Wedding (Part 2)

D-2 (Moving In)

Two days before the wedding day, Si Jin moved his stuffs into Mo Yeon's place which she thought it was weird. They should just look for bigger place, but Si Jin said he liked being in her place and didn't want to move into a new place.

At least not yet.

To her relief, Si Jin didn't have much stuffs, perhaps being in Special Forces with unpredictable missions, he didn't have much time to collect things and also he basically lived in the base. Mo Yeon was arranging Si Jin's boxes in her room when a stuffed animal caught her eyes. She almost forgot the farewell present given by Myeong Ju before the Lieutenant was dispatched to Urk. Mo Yeon never touched it, for it would remind her to Si Jin, mostly the toy itself wearing army uniform. She slowly took the toy and looked at it, unaware of Si Jin watched her from the door.

Si Jin, however, surprised when he saw the toy. It was the stuffed animal he and Dae-young got two years ago before he met Dr. Kang. The difference was the toy in Dr. Kang's arms had army uniform. Mo Yeon never showed him and being old-fashioned, he never came into Mo Yeon's room. How did she get it?

Slowly, he crept closer and sat next to Mo Yeon while the doctor still looking at the toy with faraway look.

"Where did you get this?" he asked in low voice.

"Is it yours?" she asked in return.

Si Jin looked over the toy. "Yes...well, it was."

Mo Yeon smiled slightly. Her eyes never faltered. "I almost forget about it." She caressed the toy. "This is Captain Yoo's comrade."

Si Jin blinked.

She knew?

"Myeong Ju gave this to me before she was dispatched to Urk as a farewell present. She also had one. She named it Sergeant Seo's girlfriend," Mo Yeon said in low voice. Her eyes brimmed with tears when the memories of losing Si Jin and missing him came into her mind.

Si Jin took a deep breath. That explained everything. Myeong Ju probably took the toys from their barrack.

"I didn't..." She sniffled and Si Jin looked at her in alarm. "I should have just left this toy alone. It reminds me so much of you, but it helps me when I cry in the night. At least, I'm not alone."

Si Jin couldn't take it anymore. He pulled Mo Yeon into his arms while the doctor cried and hugged the toy. His heart clenched painfully. Dr. Kang had been through so much because of him. This moment made him realized she never told him what happened to her during the one year.

"You never told me what happened during that one year," Si Jin quoted Mo Yeon's words in Urk.

The doctor sniffled again and Si Jin tightened his hug. "Sergeant Choi came to the hospital and informed me you were gone and gave me your letter. Later, your fish-face Commander came to my house, asking me to sign a Non Disclosure Agreement. I had no choice, but I did sign it. It was not fair for you, but what could I do? After that, I was just doing my job as a doctor before Myeong Ju said she was sent to Urk. At the time, I was thinking the same thing. Should I just move from Seoul? A lot of places remind me of you, even my own place reminds me of you. My living room, my dining room, my favorite candle...I just can't..."

Mo Yeon finally let her feelings out, her bottled up feelings which she forgotten after Si Jin came back. Seeing the animal toy brought the memories again and she didn't realize she was still keep it in her heart. She knew she had to let everything go for she and Si Jin would start a new life together.

Si Jin only hugged Mo Yeon, listening to her cries.

A thousand words of apologies would never enough to redeem what he had done to her, to his beautiful comrade.