Freedom Love Obsession

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Two months later..

These two months of Chay's life were blissful. His application for citizenship was accepted at the end of the first month of his marriage, and he became a citizen the following week. His relationship with Kim became very close. So far the love he had expected from Kim had been fulfilled. Waking up in Kim's arms every morning and sleeping in his arms at night felt like a dream come true for Chay. 

But in all this, not once did he reply to Kim's I love you. So many times he wanted to tell Kim that he loved Kim, but every time he tried to say it, he was stopped by some fear inside. Everything was going well in his and Kim's relationship but he was disappointed in himself for being afraid to express his love. Whenever Chay didn't reciprocate his expressed love, Kim's eyes showed sadness. He has no doubt that Kim is also in love with him so he is trying to overcome the fear of being rejected if he confesses his love to Kim.

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"Kim the delivery of the goods is coming in an hour so we have to go to the cafe early" Hali said looking at the message on her mobile. She went to her room saying "I am going to get ready. Have your breakfast and get ready soon." Chay sighed as Kim wouldn't be able to drop him off at the restaurant today. And once again he felt the same feeling he had on his graduation day. When he last saw his parents. As he felt the same feeling, fear came over him. "Kim.... I..." Chay wanted to tell Kim not to go and stay with him but his words stuck in his throat as a lump when Kim looked at him. 

"What happened?" Kim asked worriedly as his face looked somewhat scared. Chay shook his head and gave a smile "nothing. hurry up you have to go soon". "I'm done. I'm going to get ready" Kim put his plate in the basin and headed for the stairs. After Hali and Kim leave, Chay gets his overthinking under control and gets ready to go to work as well. 

When Chay reached the restaurant, he saw a slightly larger crowd of customers than usual. From their clothes and the faint smell of medicine, one could understand that they were all doctors by profession. He walked into the kitchen to find a hurried Mark who was in a hurry to make his order but he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Chay there.

"So many doctors" Chay asked uncertainly. "They all come here for medical camps. Their organization goes to rural areas of different countries and conducts free medical checkup camps for the people," Mark explained. Chay nodded in agreement and began to help him. After the first team left, the second team of doctors came there and soon it was evening and the last team came there. Chay left the kitchen to go to the bathroom followed by Jae Ho but Chay told him to stop and cut the vegetables. When he came out of the kitchen to go to the washroom, he saw the last team of doctors on the tables waiting for their orders. There were only four people in that team and he recognized one face among them. 

That person was his cousine sister. One of his relatives who refused to take responsibility for him when he was in a coma for a month. Ignoring her, he started walking towards the washroom. But feeling someone watching her, she looked up and saw Chay walking by. Chay was washing his hands when he heard the door open and close and he turned around to see his cousine standing a few feet away with a look of utter shock on her face. 

"C-Chay.. i-is that you?" she stammered, nervously raising her hand towards him. But her hands stopped at a distance from him as if there was an illusion of Chay in front of her and if she touched it, it would be destroyed. "Why ? You thought I'd be in a coma for the rest of my life?" he asked somewhat sadly but there was also a hint of anger in his voice.

"You're a-alive.." Acting like she didn't hear him, she touched his shoulder. Her behavior startled Chay a bit as both of his eyebrows drew together in a frown. "Did you recognize me, I am your cousine sister Riya" she asked, meeting his gaze after realizing that it was Chay standing in front of her. "But what are you doing here? Do you know how sad uncle and aunt are?" She asked further without giving him a chance to speak.