Descendants of the Moon (A DotS fanfic)

16. Fond Memories

Fond MemoriesEpisode 16:

-A Year Later-

As time passed, it got a little easier every day. Yoo Ji did what she does best, ignore her feelings until they go away and hyperfocus on whatever assignment she has from that month. Somehow it proved to be extremely productive as she was able to help Rae Wook and Hwa Dong solve many cases because of how focused she was. It made her friends a little concerned but she was still healthy, if not just a little bit emotionally unstable, but who isn't at that point.

Although Gwang Nam and her broke up, it didn't affect her friendship with anyone from the alpha team and Mo Yeon. It turns out Gwang Nam didn't tell anyone except Cheol Ho that they broke up, so when everyone was out to catch up like two weeks after they came back. Everyone was extremely taken back at how quiet both of them were. Yoo Ji had to explain that they separated. Mo Yeon was extremely shocked, and when she found out later on that Gwang Nam broke up with Yoo Ji because of what happened to Shi Jin and Dae Young, she felt sympathy for Yoo Ji. Yoo Ji assured them that it wasn't her fault at all. And thus, their relationship ended but they continued to be friends, as much as it pained them both to stick to that. Yoo Ji learned to reign in her feelings (or so she thinks) and as it got closer to their death anniversary, she grew restless.

Mo Yeon had decided she would volunteer at an Albanian refugee camp for the next few months. Yoo Ji suspects that she wants to spend the anniversary alone and somewhere serene without the busyness of Seoul.

Yoo Ji was at work the next day and her supervisor gave her another joint assignment with the military.

"Since your last assignment was a success, I think this should be a slice of cake for you" Yoo Ji rolled her eyes mentally. The last time she did an assignment with the military she got her heart broken and her friends ripped away from her by death. Yoo Ji cast the bad memories aside and reminisced in the good old times. It seems like such a long time ago when it was only a year ago.

This time, the assignment was going to be at the Korean base so she had to report there later on that day.

At the back of her mind, the nagging feeling or rather thought, that she might run into Gwang Nam. After their abrupt breakup, it was inevitable that they would lose contact since her assignment turned towards murder investigation.

Her new assignment was going to be focused on the U.S. Military and the Korean Military alliances, she will hyperfocus on her assignment so she won't have time to think about him or even the possibility of meeting him.

Today was her first day at the base so she had to go introduce herself to the commanding officer of the unit that she will be interviewing and then start the interviews

She checked in with the commanding officer, and it turns out that it's Lieutenant Colonel Park Byung Soo, well he got promoted so he's Colonel Park Byung Soo. Yoo Ji felt a smile creep onto her face as she realized that she gets to annoy him any chance she gets now that she's on this assignment for the next few months.

"Hello, Lieutenant Colonel" Yoo Ji purposely called him by his old rank, he looked up with annoyance, and it tripled when he realized who was standing in front of him.

"It's Colonel now, and what are you doing here?" he sighed, his eyebrows furrowed with irritation.

"Here to cover the alliance between the S.K. army with the U.S. army" Yoo Ji handed him her papers that details her assignment and the contract she signed to keep confidential information out of her articles and basically highlight the army in a good light.

"You're the reporter they decided to send?" His surprise was evident to the point where Yoo Ji rolled her eyes at his transparency.

"What? You don't think I am qualified enough for the job?" she poked fun at his question.