Being a bodyguard seems to be a very responsible and a boring job, isn't it? And so thinks Mirae. But things get complicated for her when she becomes the bodyguard of, the famous actor and singer, Choi San and starts to fall for him.
Will she really...
I took a deep breath before softly knocking the door and getting in. I closed the door behind me and slowly walked towards San who was sleeping on the bed. There wasn't anyone else at that time.
Earlier, I heard from Jihoon-ssi that he hasn't woken up yet. I sat on the stool beside the bed and held his hand in mine. I looked at his face, rubbing his knuckles with my thumb.
"I'm sorry for making you go through all this." I rested my head on my hands, closing my eyes. "Sorry... Please wake up."
I still had my eyes closed when I heard San's faint voice. "Mirae-ah..." I quickly lifted my head up to look at him who now had a weak smile on his face. "You came?"
Warm tears started rolling down my cheeks. "I was worried for you... Afraid that you would never wake up."
He lifted his hand and caressed my cheeks. "I'm sorry..."
"For what?"
"I was worried that you would blame yourself." He wiped the tears away with his thumb. "You must have been so shocked." I held his hand and quietly sobbed.
"SAN-AH!"
I turned towards the voice and saw Seonghwa oppa barging inside the room. He slightly pushed me away, making me stumble a little and went near San.
"Sannie, are you okay? Does it still hurt a lot?"
"Hyung, I'm okay now. Don't worry."
"Do you know how much worried I was? I almost got a heart attack because of you."
San chuckled softly. "Hyung, calm yourself down. You worry too much."
He breathed out heavily. "I rushed to here as soon as my schedule ended. I literally ran to here. Do you know that?" Then his gaze landed on me. "...Mirae, when did you come?"
"Uh?..." I quickly wiped my tears away. "Just now." I awkwardly smiled.
"I see... Look after him. This guy needs to be taught a lesson."
And like that we three chatted for some time. I felt so relieved that San was okay.
***
[The next day...]
I knocked on the door before getting inside the office.
"Uh? Kang Mirae-ssi, please come." Daeyeol-ssi greeted me with a smile as soon as I entered his office. "Please have a seat."
I bowed to him before sitting opposite to him. "I was about to contact you regarding the witness's word," he continued. "But what brought you here?"
"I came here to give this to you." I passed him the envelope.
"What is it?"
He opened the envelope and took out the paper. He unfolded the paper and went through it.
"Kang Mirae-ssi, what is this? You want to resign from your job?"
"Yes."
"But why so suddenly?"
"The main job of a bodyguard is to protect the person they are assigned to protect at all costs. And I wasn't capable of doing that... I couldn't do my job properly. And I don't think I'll be able to do it anymore."
"I can hardly understand how you would be feeling now. But I think you shouldn't resign. We were able to save San because of you."
"He got hurt because of me too...So please accept it. I'm requesting you."
"Is it PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)? You can't do this job because of that, right?"
"You already know it I guess..." I weakly smiled. "It was an honor to work with you." I stood up and bowed to him.
"If that's your final decision then I won't force you. But you can come back if you change your mind."
"Thank you for taking care of me till now." I bowed to him again before exiting his office.
I was about to walk away when I spotted Seonghwa oppa standing beside the door, looking at me with concern.
***
"Here," Seonghwa oppa said, handing me a can of coke before sitting on the chair in front of me. I was now at his vocal practice room. "Are you really going to quit?"
I nodded. "I don't think I can do it anymore." I took a sip of the drink.
"So you're gonna leave him?"
"No... He saved my life so I need to pay him back. I'll do everything that I can do for him."
"That's a relief. I thought you would be blaming yourself for it."
"I was. But then someone said this to me... Only cry for a little while. Only blame yourself for a little while. And in return, don't forget it for a long time. That's how you can repay."
A smile crept up on his face on hearing it. "That friend seems be a very good person."
"Yeah, he is..."
"Did you tell San about it?"
"Not yet. I'll tell once he recovers fully." He nodded.
To be continued...
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