Golden Time (JungYong)

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When Suhyuk looked at him, Jang Kiwon, who showed some hesitation, approached him.

"Can I talk with you, sir?"

He had an innocent and childish face, which just took away his image of being a teenager.

"I don't think there is anything we can talk about between us."

"Only a short time will do. Please.."

Looking at him quietly, Suhyuk nodded his head.

"Okay, tell me then."

"Well, this place is not good for me to talk, so shall we move to another place? I know that there is a quiet coffee spot in the back of the hospital."

Suhyuk made an embarrassed expression. He just thought of passing by Jang, but his facial expression became very grave. 'What does he want to tell me?'

Soon after,, Suhyuk went out of the hospital after telling Prof. Kim Jinwook about the reason.

As Jang said, the coffee shop was small and there were not many customers.

Suhyuk had a cup of water while Jang was looking at a coffee cup with its steam rolling up.

"So, what do you want to tell me?"

At his remarks Jang raised his head and said shortly, "I'm sorry, sir."

"Sure," said Suhyuk with a dry voice. He did not hate Jang that much, and his apology did not feel like it was a genuine one to him. He could not feel any sincerity.

When Jang kept silence, Suhyuk opened his mouth again.

"Is that all you wanted to say to me?"

"I'm sorry. I wanted to see you to say I'm sorry. Back then I was so absent-minded... I'm really sorry."

"Okay. Be careful next time. Let me go then."

When he was rising from the seat, his eyes became wide. For Jang knelt down.

Suhyuk looked at him without saying anything.

"I'm sorry. Really sorry."

With his head down, and his two shoulders trembling, he began to sob.

"I'm sorry. Boohoo... It was not my intention to hit you and run... I'm so sorry."

Suhyuk, while looking at his trembling shoulders, opened his mouth,

"Did your father tell you to see and apologize to me?"

He shook his head from left to right. On such occasions drops of tears fell down.

"No, never."

He was right. His father wanted to empower him usually because he knew his timid personality more than anybody else. So, his father kept telling him to never stay dispirited.

That was all he got from his father. However, he could not put up with it.

What happened was really accidental.

On his usual days he hardly went out of his house except for he went to school.

When he went out as an exception on this particular day, it was because he wanted to buy character figures, or something on sale as a limited edition. As he was treated as an outcast from his high school days, there were few friends of his. Even those few he regarded as friends approached him only for money.

So, his only friends were his computer and some character figures.

On on very particular day, he was checking if there were any new character figures on sale, and he came to know a motorcycle hobby club by chance. Those riding motorcycles in black jackets, they looked so cool to him. How much freedom would they feel when they rode their motorcycles, crossing paths with the wind!