Divulge

Chapter 16: Just Like His Mother

"This place, Akita, is a stronghold! We are not going out into the open again! Not until we get word from outside, saying that it's safe." Mitsu said, irritatedly.

"Fine! You won't go? Then stay! Either way, I am leaving!" Jae-Sun answered angrily. "Let's go guys!" he turned to the rest of them. Everyone, except Humiya, were looking at him awkwardly as if telling him a big NO! "Are you kidding me?"

"Look man, we get it okay? We understand where you're coming from. We really do but—" Takumi said, moving closer to him then patting a hand on his shoulder but, Jae-Sun angrily pulled away from him.

"Don't touch me!" he said, glaring straight at him then dashed out of the room, bumping onto Takeo's shoulder on the way.

The Prime minister's office mansion was really large even in Akita. Inside a high metal fence were; yards of lawn grass and a few benches, it looked like a park and after the park came a large marble-white building. The Prime Minister's office mansion was what they were calling it. Inside the building, were small rooms and one large room which; Jae-Sun just dashed out of.

He was sitting on a bench, noon's sunlight bathing him and looking at a picture of his mother on his cellphone and then with three tiny beeps, the phone turned off. The battery had died and the screen went black, leaving him staring at a reflection of his own face. It wasn't raining but a drop of water fell onto the screen. What is that? He wondered then another dropped, and then a few more. Oh! Tears...! He finally realized he was sobbing, rather loudly too.

"Hey!" Humiya's voice rang from behind the bench and he quickly wiped his eyes and looked behind at her, with a forced smile. She wasn't fooled. She knew he was crying. "Why are you trying to hide your feelings?" she asked while moving over to the front of the bench.

"What do you mean? I'm not hiding anything from you." Jae-Sun answered, still forcing a smile.

Humiya sighed as she got seated beside him. Jae-Sun just kept up the act until she finally wrapped her arms around him and pressed him tightly against her. "Don't! You don't have to hide your pain. I know you're worried. I can't even imagine how you feel. No one can. We're going to Seoul. I'm coming with you whether the others like it or not." She said, trying to comfort him.

He felt his heart throb inside him. It was like it was about to explode. His whole body started trembling and he bit down hard, on his bottom lip but he couldn't keep it in any longer. With one large sob he teared up again. He was thankful she couldn't see how screwed up his face was looking at that moment. He also wrapped his arms tightly around and instead of trying to hold it in anymore he let it out. He started crying and sobbing on her shoulder. Humiya, without saying anything, held her lover in her arms, her fingers dug into his hair, gently stroking.

After letting his frustrations out he simply fell asleep on her shoulder and she quietly laid him down on the bench, with his head on her lap and stroking his hair, looking at his face as he slept soundly for hours. She didn't want to get up. She simply stayed watching him sleep on her lap. He was breathing smoothly and snoring really quietly. She gently traced her finger over his face knowing that he is all that she has anymore. She decided there and then that, she will give everything she has to keep him safe. To protect him, the way she should've protected the rest of her family. She wasn't going to let him die too. She pushed away the hair falling onto his forehead while he moved and for the first time since her father's death, she smiled. She felt as if the world was normal and this was a normal day simply where her lover was taking a nice nap on her lap after a tough day.

Soon the sun started sinking and the sky was turning red. The smell of the sunset air started spreading along the large front yard and Jae-Sun finally opened his eyes and the first thing he saw was her; looking down at him smiling, with her hand on his forehead. He let out a deep breath and stretched himself with a yawn then smiled at her and took her hand in his. He placed his fingers between hers and grabbed tightly then brought it down to his lips and placed a gentle and sweet kiss on it. She blushed slightly but smiled back widely at him. "Sorry. I slept for quite some time didn't I?" he asked. She simply nodded her head and kept smiling as he got up and sat back up beside her. "Thank you!" he said.