The Whisper From Seoul To Meoul

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When Heeseung entered the house, there in the living room, Rumi was watching TV. He takes a long breath before greeting her.

"Hey Mrs. Park"

As the middle aged woman turns her head to look at him.

"Hey you ba-...........what with you now?" She almost screamed and Heeseung looked at her with his shock eyes when he already knew it would be coming.

"Don't have any umbrella then you should atleast borrow someone's or have to call me. I could have sent a taxi." She said as she got up and walked towards him. Checking his whole soaking body.

"Oh I..um...sorry." at that time, it is even hard for him to make a perfect lie. Because his mind is somewhere else.

"God, what is happening with my boys?" She said before touching her head in disbelief.

Heeseung frowned when he heard her saying 'boys'.

"Boys...to..you mean?" He can't help his tongue, when he already knows who she is referring to.

"First Sunghoon, I was outside watching if I should change the placement of the flowering tubs and that boy was walking under the rain......." she stopped a little as she looked at Heeseung.

"Means you two are not kids anymore to not know that you'll catch a cold and that boy has a selection for the national team."

"He walked..... home just.... like me?" He asked, and wanted to know more about his condition. "And what did he say?" Added as he laughed a little to not look suspicious.

And then he can see Rumi narrowing her eyes....

"That dumbass said, rain is better than staying under the umbrella." This time Heeseung can't help with his reaction, as the playful smile left from his face. And he didn't ask her anything, just smiled a little and walked towards the stairs.

"So........you don't have anything to say? Why are you all wet like a lost kitten?" Rumi asks him from behind as he stops.

"Wanted some coldness to wash my regrets." Without looking back for the next time, he walks away.

For a moment he felt dizzy when he entered his room, knowing Sunghoon is here too, not in his room but, under the same roof.

Rumi stayed there for a moment as she looked at the leaving figure, after saying something that she couldn't catch what it is all about. She recalled what Sunghoon said after the umbrella thing.........."Made a huge mistake mom."

Heeseung changes his clothes and takes a shower. Putting whatever his hand can reach in the wardrobe and after that, he has laid down on the bed.

"I missed you"......he heard right. Sunghoon said he missed him, he said he felt empty without him.............so how should he feel? How should he feel after knowing that someone missed him too? Is it a miracle or something like this that of all people, Heeseung missed him the most too? Heeseung is tough, he is tough with everyone and towards himself too. He can't understand the laconic words of Sunghoon's.....even if he told him much more than he said.

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Morning always sulks since the day he entered into Sunghoon's room. And this morning is even worse, when he recalls everything from yesterday. He pulls out his left hand from under the duvet, as he stares at the mark. Yuzu told him he can see everyone's marks now. And with that thought he gets up and has made his way to the bathroom.

He was wearing his uniform when he heard Rumi's voice from Sunghoon's room.

"Remember every move?" She asked.