The Binding Angel || Tzukook

Epilogue 5

Far away from where she stood there he was, Jungkook was seeing her limp body fall on the floor helplessly. He wanted to reach her and gave her a reassuring hug. He couldn't do that, not this time.

The news shocked him too. The times when he always visited Tzuyu's mother, kept reappearing on his head. Also, her blessing made him stand in a very thin line just for that day. He didn't know what will happen when he appeared in front of Tzuyu, after that long. After the promise he broke. After seeing Tzuyu was waiting for him, but he would never appear. 'Can he even be closer after telling her that he was his past?'. He wouldn't do that, not this time when her mother left her. It was true that her mother needed him to be by her side as her Oppa. But it was just being too rushed this time.

They would separate soon and it would put too much burden on her if he was telling her the truth. He couldn't just come and leave as he wants, even after that long. He should make sure he won't hurt her again as he did in the past. 'It is okay if he was hurt, but not for her.'

However, his greediness still ate him up. He still wants to reach her this time. Not as her Oppa but as CEO and Yeojin's father this time. He still can get closer to her. Especially, he was the one who accompanied her to the hospital. He took a deep breath preparing himself.
Bravely, he took some steps hard, but his vibrating phone stopped his way.

"Hello, Lee Minhyuk-ssi." He replied to the caller.

"I am in front of your apartment. Yeojin is sleeping. Can you just open the door?" Minhyuk replied.

"Wait a minute! I will be there soon." He hangs up the phone in an instant.

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Meanwhile

Tzuyu felt twitched seeing the younger version of the CEO of Jeon Nayeon ash house. Her tears almost dried from crying and she couldn't do anything. 'CEO is her Oppa?' The questions kept lingering in her mind. His total change of look was surprising her just in a minute. For these whole times when she felt like she was standing in an intersection come to an end.

The question about why she felt that familiar with CEO, the feeling when she always thought of CEO instead of her Oppa, the feeling when she was safe near him. All questions were answered in an instant.

Dahyun wasn't the one who gave her the kimbap and orange juice. The only one was her Oppa who knew her. Knowing the fact, her heart was torn into parts. She remembered the way she always avoided the CEO to keep her heart for her Oppa. The way when she drew a clear line between them even though they were in the same space. 'Didn't he feel her rejection?'. Her tears started to burst. He was her Oppa. 'Didn't it feel hurt if someone you love, acted like you do not exist?' She covered her mouth hard. Her heart twitched hard remembering those. She let out her tears again and took her time until she was a lot calmer.

After several minutes of crying, she ran to reach the middle-aged woman who gave her Kimbap and an orange juice. She still needed her answer. She still needed a convincing statement for all her questions.

The middle-aged woman described him as a handsome man with a child in his hug. He wanted to get closer, but he seemed like he was holding him back. Tzuyu's heart shattered hearing those explanations. She handed a photo they took in the amusement park and the middle-aged woman just convince it at once.

Right, she had been giving him silent pains. He couldn't blurt it as he did in the past when she even drew an explicit line between them. He couldn't reach her freely when she was the one who won't reach him. Even just thinking about it, she couldn't help it at all.

Tzuyu remembered the last thing her mother said about her Oppa. She took the letter from her mother with an unbearable rising heartbeat, full of anticipation. She opened the letter and read line by line carefully. Each line added her weighted heart. She almost lost her way of breathing. She fell on her place weakly and grabbed her hair tightly, speechless.

The message from her mother made her even worse for what she did to her Oppa.

To: My lovely daughter Tzuyu

Tzuyu-ah, You might see this letter after I left the world. I write this letter to let you know that I love you so much, my daughter. Thank you for your struggles to keep me alive during these times. I love you.

Tzuyu-ah, finally. It seems that I can rest in peace seeing you being in a good place right now.

I am sorry, but I should shrug into your relationship with Son or Jungkook. I just know his name lately too. I don't know whether 'your Oppa' still decides to hold him back on getting you or not.

But, the only one I knew, he was the purest person I can put my trust in for my daughter. He felt wrong after leaving you that day. Please forgive him, it wasn't his intention to leave you like that. He was going through his ups and downs by himself and you also knew it by yourself.

He said that it is a relief that after passing all by himself, he found you. He told me that your existence helps him. 'How can I not mesmerize by his action when he told me with those sparkly eyes?'.

Tzuyu-ah, Eomma had told you that you can have your family yourself. I know it was too much for me to ask you to be with him again. If in any case, you doubt your feeling about him, it's okay I would gladly let you choose your way.

But, the one I want to say. He is still in love with you even after these years. He might make a mistake, but please give your sorry to him.

He also thanked you for your help in raising Yeojin. I don't know why he was so timid right now, not as he did in the past. He couldn't even burst simple things freely to you again. Aigoooo.. that nosy man.

So, I am here to tell you this before it was too late. I hope you can choose wisely, daughter.

Eomma is happy enough to live in this world with you, also please give my thanks for his existence in the hospital helped me not to get lonely again.

I love you, my beautiful daughter.

Sincerely,

Your mother.

"Agassi, are you okay?" The woman asked full of worry.

" Oppa... I am sorry. " She repeated her words in her sob.