The captor of my Heart

Grieving For The Loss, Worrying For The Crier

Note: In both my stories, Saturdays are working days and not holidays :)

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The next day, the news was all over the media. The school was closed for the day to mourn the loss.

It was on the second day of the funeral that the students and the teachers from the school were all loaded on the school buses to take part in the funeral and give condolence.

Yeonwoo was in one of the buses with her friends. She felt really sad for Jaehwan and his family.

Nancy hadn't heard Yeonwoo talk at all the whole morning.

Nancy tightened her grip on Yeonwoo's hand as the bus started moving.

The ride to the funeral hotel was silent. All the students on the bus remained silent. The enveloping hum of the engine of the bus was the only sound they heard.

They arrived and the students climbed down the busses and went into the building in long queues.

Tall and large wreaths made of flowers lined the hallway. The number of those tall and beautiful wreaths were intimidating. It only showed how great Jaehwan's grandfather's status was. He was a respected man.

They passed the reception desk and went further inside. A large number of people wearing black were either silently standing or silently exchanging words between themselves.

Nancy spotted Yeonwoo's mother.

Nancy shook the entangled hands of hers and Yeonwoo's to get Yeonwoo's attention.

"Unnie, that's your mom over there" Nancy whispered.

Yeonwoo looked and saw her parents in the distance but they were too busy talking to someone. Yeonwoo thought she'd meet them later.

After a long while of waiting, it was their turn to go into the room where the photo was kept.

The friends removed their shoes and entered. All nine of the friends went in at once.

Looking to the right, the friends saw Jaehwan and his father standing and bowing to people wearing black suits with white armbands.

Jaehwan looked, but his eyes landed only on Yeonwoo.

He looked a mess. His eyes were swollen and all red from crying. Nancy was pretty sure Jaehwan must be having a headache. She knew the kind of a headache crying too much can give a person.

Yeonwoo moved on and proceeded to kneel and bow to the large picture of Jaehwan's grandfather, beautifully decorated with flowers around, on top of the altar.

She lighted a candle and put it on the altar.

The friends followed suit.