Love Sick : The After Story

Flaming Homosexuals

[Noh's Point Of View]

When I arrive at the bar, I am met with the usual scenery of an empty parking lot. The busy hours of the place were later in the night but despite this, we were required to be here early for rehearsals. During these rehearsals, we were supposed to choose the songs we were going to play and rehearse them but honestly, we would just be lazy and sleep.

As soon as I walk inside, I am greeted by the owner and our manager, Mr. Siro, a man in his late thirties and who I felt so grateful towards to. You might be wondering why I felt so grateful towards this person, right? Well, after the day of my uncertain promise, a dark phase overcame us just like Phun had predestined. Phun's parents -the ones that once had been on my side- had made it their goal to separate me from their son. They had become my enemies and I had turned into their target. 

As if I was the main character of one of those korean dramas that are so popular nowadays, his parents kept sending me threats. At first, they sent me dead animals and threatening letters. How lame and pathetic, right? Though they sure as hell scared the shit out of me, I could take all of that gladly if it meant being next to Phun. 

Later when they realized that they were getting nowhere with those things, they decided to get rid of my privacy, sending people to follow me everywhere. Everywhere I went, I always had at least two persons watching me from afar. I decided to ignore them and continue with my daily life as if nothing. I was just going to pretend that I was a celebrity and that they were my paparazzi! Easy as that! Even though it bothered me a bit and made me uncomfortable, I could stand that for Phun!

But those people weren't there to follow me only, they were there to gather information about me. They needed to gather all of this details in order to stab me in the back later. I learned this when they started to meddle with my job. One day, as I was working, Phun's mother arrived and requested to talk to the owner. Upon her request, I knew instantly what she wanted to get from all of this. Once the owner allowed her to speak, she told him everything.  That I was a repulsive gay. That I had tried to seduce her son. That I wasn't worthy of his trust. And that she was making him the request of throwing me out. And to make the situation worse, she was saying all of this in front of all of our customers. 

I've never felt more humiliated and embarrassed in my life. But despite that day being one of the worse, I also learned something about Mr Siro. Something that made him someone I aspire to be. Calmly and steadily, he confessed that he was currently in love with another man and that people like her were the ones who shouldn't be trusted. I will never forget the astonished expressions of everyone in the bar, including me. Before that day, we didn't have much of a background of our boss. We just knew that he was living alone somewhere in the city and that he was once part of a wealthy family. But other than that, he refused to spare more details of his personal life. So for him to admit that he was gay in front of all those people in order to save me from the humiliation, he was very brave and I admire him very much. After his confession and all the support we received from our customers, Phun's mother had no choice but to return home with empty hands. 

"You're late today, huh? Did something bad happen?" His voice brings me back from my course of thoughts and I look at him with a smile and shake my head. "I just overslept, that's all." Not wanting to worry him with my problems, I decide to lie. In return, he just gives me another fatherly smile and pats my back before leaving to his usual table. Usually, Mr Siro would treat us all like his children. He had even once said that he had adopted all of us as his children, considering that the chance of him having his own was out of reach. Every time I looked at him, I wondered if I could become like him. To me, he was admirable. He had once been part of a rich family and had been disowned for who he was but despite this, he had never abandoned his lover. In the contrary, he had maintained his promise and fought for their love, unlike me who..