Chapter 525: Chapter 525
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A voice from beside me cut in, âIâll tell them myself.â
âWill that be fineâŠ? Youâd still be confusedâŠâ replied the doctor.
Yeo Ryung looked determined, showing no signs of nervousness in her eyes. She responded, âBut this is my thing.â
The doctor scratched his head with the tip of his pen, murmuring, âGeez, youâre really on the ball.â Then he nodded as a gesture to agree with her.
We left the doctorâs room, giving him a slight nod. The Four Heavenly Kings, who were sitting side by side on the bench right in front of the room like strings of cocktail sausages, all stood up and flung us questions.
The one who reacted the most loudly was, of course, Eun Jiho.
âWhat did he say? When should her memories come back?â
He talked the fastest that Iâd ever seen in my life.
I blinked in bewilderment for a second but soon replied meekly, âHe said he isnât sure. You know thatâs how amnesia goes⊠So, we decided to tell her parentsâŠâ
Before I even finished speaking, Eun Jiho jumped in, pointing at Ban Yeo Ryung.
âThen would you please persuade her to trust that she and I were friendsâŠ?â
Just as he did to me, Ban Yeo Ryung put her hands around herself and stood away from Eun Jiho, before he finished talking. The word âdisgustâ was written on her forehead.
âEwwâŠâ
âHey, Iâm telling you, Iâve never received that kind of look from anyone ever.â
I flinched instinctively at Eun Jihoâs remark.
âUh, wait a minute⊠this story wouldnât unfold so clumsily like, âNo one ever looked at me that way,â right? Come on, isnât this going too fast?â
Before I got to get lost in my crazy thoughts that way, Yeo Ryungâs voice caught me up.
âWell, then Iâd been staying patient before I lost my memoriesâŠâ
âHey, youâŠâ
âSo, why did you do that to me?â
âWhat do you mean? What did I do wrong to you?â
Geez⊠I narrowed my eyes while looking at the two who began to raise their voices to quarrel.
Watching them arguing with each other, as usual, in the long and narrow hallway, I started to feel that today was like another day. Even the fact that Ban Yeo Ryung had lost her memories seemed like a lie.
In the end, the two began to yell at each other that Eun Hyung barely stopped them from making a louder fuss. To think of it, they were like strangers to each other, but how could they behave that way even in this kind of situation? GeezâŠ
While I narrowed my eyes once again, Eun Hyung spoke in a severe voice.
âJiho, Yeo Ryung is a patient. You canât do that to someone whoâs sick. Besides, youâre like a stranger to her, so think about how surprised she is right now.â
âI can tell it from his face that heâs a bastard, so Iâm okay.â
Avoiding Eun Hyungâs glance, Yeo Ryung struck a retort to Eun Jiho while pouting her lips like a disrespectful child.
âHey!â Eun Jiho shouted again.
Oh, lord. I grabbed my nape. That was when someone tapped my shoulders. As I turned my head, I saw Yoo Chun Young and Jooin rolling their eyes somewhere as if they were asking me to go far away from them. While I wondered what to do, there was another voice reaching my ears.
âYeo Ryung, you canât treat Jiho like that too. According to your memories, youâve met Jiho for the first time in your life today.â
ââŠâ
âEven though his first impression isnât good, and you felt a strong dislike by instinct, you canât say such bad words to him like that. Once you get to know him, Jiho is alsoâŠâ
Speaking to that extent, Eun Hyung paused all of a sudden. Once his calm and low voice, which sounded like a tune from a radio, disappeared, the hallway was immediately enveloped by a deafening silence.
Meanwhile, Eun Jiho knitted his forehead as if he felt something was going on.
He asked, âWhy do you stop talking in the middle of the sentence?â
âOnce you get to know him, Jiho is alsoâŠâ repeated Eun Hyung, then he suddenly turned his head toward Eun Jiho and began to observe him.
Eun Jihoâs brows met in the middle.
Meanwhile, I was watching the sight from a far distance, following Yoo Chun Young and Woo Jooinâs suggestion. I carefully opened my mouth.
âEun Hyung, you arenât looking for the good sides of Eun Jiho, are you?â
ââŠâ
Instead of a response, Eun Hyung just smiled. It was a servile grin that I had never seen such a thing from him until now.
Eun Jihoâs subdued voice then broke the ice in the hallway.
âKwon Eun Hyung with all the memories⊠youâre worse than Ban Yeo Ryung who doesnât have any memories.â
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âJiho, I didnât know itâd hurt you that bad. I was just trying to tease you a little, following the silly vibe.â
On our way back home from the hospital, Eun Hyung uttered that way with a swiveling smile while putting his arm around Eun Jiho after a while. However, Eun Jiho grimaced. Removing Eun Hyungâs arm from his shoulder, Eun Jiho responded bitterly.
âHey, Iâve seen you for years. Do you think I canât figure out whether youâre joking or not? Your face was like hesitating to tell the truth in front of a naĂŻve kid.â
âAhâŠâ A look of frustration slowly spread on Eun Hyungâs face.
Watching the sight, Eun Jiho slapped Eun Hyungâs arm off him then strode away.
âHmmâŠâ I heaved a sigh, looking at the two from a distance.
âWhatâs wrong, mama?â asked Jooin, turning his head back. He was walking right in front of me.
I lifted my finger and pointed at Eun Jiho.
âDonât we have to go calm him down?â I asked.
âYou know that heâll get better after time. All we have to do is just leave him alone. To think of it, Eun Jiho will forget bad things the first among us. Heâs like the most stable person.â
I nodded at Jooinâs response. It was indeed correct that Eun Jiho was the most stable person. The efforts and struggles heâd been putting in and going through for his entire life as well as the self-pride heâd been achieving from them would have led Eun Jiho to become such a solid person.
But wasnât it quite different when it came to a relationship between friends? I hesitated for a moment then opened my mouth again.
âWell, um⊠but letâs say Yoo Chun Young lost his memories, and heâs trying to stay away from me, saying that he hates me. Iâd get really hurt.â
Yoo Chun Young, who was quietly walking beside Woo Jooin, turned his head back and looked at me. He seemed to be a little dumbfounded.
âWhy is it supposed to be me?â asked Yoo Chun Young.
âYou know weâve been fighting and arguing with each other the most.â
âOhâŠâ
Waving my hand, I added, âIf youâre suffering memory loss and says to me, âI need a glass of soda or Iâll die from feeling so heavy and stuffy,â then Iâll get really hurt.â
Yoo Chun Young was staring at me, frowning, but he soon stretched out his hand and disheveled my hair. âNo, I wonât.â Leaving those three words, then he walked ahead with quick steps.
Perhaps my example was too exaggerated that Iâd provoked his feelings. Well, but thankfully, he said he wonât. Then I switched my gaze to Jooin.
âAnyway, what do you think about it? Although Eun Jiho looks like heâs just grumbling for a moment, donât you think heâs actually very hurt?â
âHmm, now I come to think of itâŠâ Jooin murmured suddenly with a serious look on his face. âIf you do that to meâŠâ
Amid the situation, he wasnât giving an example of Eun Jiho, his best friend since childhood. For me, it seemed too harsh. Although I was aware of it, these two boys werenât expecting anything to each other.
While I found some useless enlightenment, Jooin quickly raised his head.
âYeah, I think youâre right, mama,â he uttered.
I replied, âYou think so too, huh? Donât we have to go soothe him before it gets too late?â
That was when Eun Hyung, walking alongside Yeo Ryung and listening to our conversations, intervened with a confused look on his face.
âBut if Jihoâs feelings got hurt because Yeo Ryung is avoiding him in the first place, we canât ask her to stop having resistance against him, can we?â
âHmmâŠ.â
I heaved another sigh, confronting something unexpected. No, it was actually obviousâit was me who wasnât able to see.
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