A Song of the Spring

Chapter 1

After that day today is the first day that I came out of my room. My new father who adopted me, also my manager admitted me to a school in Korea. After I was brought back home, I was too afraid to come out of my room as I knew that no one will be waiting for me outside, no one will be smiling at me anymore; now everyone sees me with sympathy in their eyes or with greed to covet the property that my parents left behind and to take in the prodigy to use him as a source of money, that's how they see me now. Thanks to my manager uncle who stayed beside me throughout my painful days and adopted me and is even trying to give me a new home.

After I got released from the hospital, manager uncle brought me back home. But I ran towards my room and shut myself there as I didn't wanted to see anyone. Uncle brought me breakfast but I didn't feel like eating. I wanted someone to hear my story my , my sadness but no one was there. I tried to play the piano to bring out my sadness , but what's this I couldn't play it anymore. My hands started shaking. At that moment I felt suffocated as if someone was crushing me. Everything was becoming blurry around me. I couldn't shout. I came out of my room limping , I saw my manager running towards me as I fainted. When I gained consciousness I realised that I was taken to a hospital. I could faintly hear the doctor and my uncle conversing.

" What to do doctor ? After this accident it's like his life has been sucked out of him. He doesn't talk with anyone and even refuses to eat, if this continues his health will deteriorate, though at this moment I cancelled all his schedules so that we can take care of him. But this cannot continue forever, this is his career" said my uncle.

"See Mr. Park although he is a world renowned young singer and pianist, you are forgetting that he is still a 12 year old. At this age he lost both his parents at once. Previously he fainted not because of he was not taking care of his health but because of depression." Said the doctor.

"Then what should I do?" asked my uncle.

"I would suggest you to admit him to a school. He came back to Korea from America where he was staying for 10 long years, so he doesn't have anybody he can rely on or can share his feelings to other than his parents. As his parents have passed away, he now feels that he is alone. Send him to school so that he can make friends there and don't home tutor him." said the doctor.
Then I heard them walking towards me. The doctor slides the curtain open and sat beside me asking "How are you feeling now? Are you still feeling any problem anywhere?" and patted my head.

I looked towards him but I couldn't speak to him, I felt like my lips were heavy. I looked towards my uncle. He was looking very worried. He came to me and said " Little Lee, see maybe you have to now face this horrifying reality but you are not alone. Everyone is here for you. Me , your aunt everyone, so don't keep your sadness to yourself and please speak to us."

I know that everyone is worried about me, but something inside me still feels empty. Then the doctor said to uncle "Mr. Park don't pressurise him. He will speak when he is willing to, a void has been created inside him. Suddenly losing all his loved ones and closed ones from his life and also staying in an unfamiliar place is just too much for a 12 year old to take. Cancel all his schedules for one year for his treatment and admit him to a school. He is a young prodigy, he is good in studies as well as in music , he even surpasses all the pro pianists of this time. We can't lose such a jewel. He has a bright career ahead of him."

Manager uncle nodded and said "Okay, then I will search a good school for him to attend."

After hearing what that doctor said, I felt a little guilty inside because I'm now no longer a genius in music, because I can no longer play the piano. My hands starts shaking as I tend to play the piano and the accident scene starts playing in my mind like a movie. I feel afraid of going near piano. He thinks of me as a jewel person with bright future ahead, but now I no longer am a person with bright future. This accident changed everything in my life. It took every ounce of happiness that I had in life.