Sad Korean Love Story
Part 17 to 18
What
I Did For Love Part 1,2,3
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15,16
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| 21,22
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Part 17
I finally made it to Chejudo, Korea. I didn’t
know where to look for Ji Won so anywhere is fine.
I was never a lucky person. I couldn’t find
any signs of Ji Won there so I traveled to Inchun
City.
My search for Ji Won continued for another year. During
that time I had traveled to many cities like Guam, Pusan,
etc. It must have been a gift from God because one day my
search was over…
November 21, 1998
I had just finish my overtime shift at the Nam Hotel.
It was pretty ironic because my whole family spend
their lives working in hotels and the biggest hotel
in Seoul has our family name. I went into the workers'
lounge to take a break and pour myself some tea. I
sat down and read the headlines.
‘Sechskies are to open a conference broadcasting
live on Channel 6 today’ I rolled my eyes. Not
them again. They were the notorious mafia lead by
Matthew Eun. I shuddered. I can’t believe the
leader has the same last name as my beloved Ji Won.
Actually Sechskies was controlled by 6 leaders. They committed
a lot of crimes and were always challenging the authorities. They
had a lot of power and no one could take their pictures without
their consent. However, a lot of people knew what they looked
like. I didn’t care. I was too busy looking for Ji Won to
notice them.
(Read Related : Time
and Love)
A fellow worker named So Kyung Hee came in.
“Hey,” she said, patting me lightly on the knee.
“On break?” I took a sip and nodded.
“Me too,” she said smiling. I smiled back at her.
Kyung Hee was actually one of the nicest people at the hotel.
Most of them are cold and distant and are just worried about how
much tips they can get. Kyung Hee picked up the TV remote and
turned to Channel 6.
“Hey Mina, they are supposed to show the Sechskies conference
today. I wonder how they look like.” I nodded and watched
with her. When the clock struck 9, I felt my heart had stopped
and it was not from my heart problems. I stared at the face that
was giving a cocky smile to the camera. Ji Won. Slowly the camera
pulled out revealing the 5 other leaders of Sechskies. I recognized
Sung Hoon. He and Ji Won looked completely different but I still
recognized them. Ji Won had his hair dyed completely blonde while
Sung Hoon’s hair was streaked. Kyung Hee and I watched them
in silence as they began to talk. Ji Won and the others introduced
themselves. Then the camera pointed directly at Ji Won.
To most people he would appear to be like an evil gang leader
but in my eyes he was a beautiful angel. If it was ever possible,
Ji Won looked finer than ever before.
“Mina, are you okay?” asked Kyung Hee, as she waved
a hand in front of my face.
“Huh?” I asked looking at her.
“Oh, I’m fine. Just listening to what they have to
say.” I pointed to Ji Won on the screen.
“Who is he?”
“That’s Matthew Eun,” she answered me. I stared
at Ji Won somemore. He had changed his name and so did Sung Hoon.
No wonder I couldn’t find them. Kyung Hee caught me staring
so she smiled at me.
“The leader is cute huh?” I blushed.
“Yeah.”
“Too bad in real life he’s such a jerk.”
“He is not!” I yelled at her. Kyung Hee scooted her
seat away in shock. I apologized right away.
“Sorry Kyung Hee, I didn’t mean to yell at you.”
She had a confused look on her face but she said, “Uh, it’s
okay Mina.”
I pulled a finger to my lips.
“Shh… Let’s listen to what they have to say…”
Ji Won began talking.
“This is Sechskies speaking to all you losers out there
watching us. We just want to say that we’re open to hiring
new ‘employees’. We usually travel around to our many
hotels but you’ll find us if you have the right connections.
Also a word to the police of Korea. Why are you picking on us?“
Ji Won asked sarcastically. “We’re good, law-abiding
citizens.” Ji Won folded his hands together and gave a little
bow. Then all of the Sechskies leaders started laughing.
“Oh my gosh! Look at him!” yelled Kyung Hee and pointed
to Sung Hoon on the T.V. screen.
“Look at that stupid smile and that perverted laugh. Kekeke…”
Kyung Hee made a poor impression of Sung Hoon’s laugh and
it made me laugh.
‘Geez’, I thought.
‘Sung Hoon would kill her if he knew she made fun of his
trademark smile’. The show ended a little too soon for me
but Ji Won did say he would be visiting many hotels and the hotel
I'm working for is the biggest one of them all. He has to come
here. I went back to work and waited for him to come.
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Quotes)
Part 18
Ji Won entered the main doors of the Nam Hotel and
headed towards the lobby. He let out a sigh. Being
in a hotel brought a lot of memories back to him.
He remembered how he would take Mina to the hotels
to trash it or slide down the long stairway banisters.
But those carefree days are over. His only love had
died and he no longer has the heart to love anyone
else.
Ever since the news of Mina’s death, Ji Won
began to develop a passion for anything he thinks
is related to her. The things include stuff like her
hairbrush, the same type of lip gloss she uses, her
little respirator, etc. There were times when he had
to give her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation if there's
no respirator around. Ji Won smiled as he remembered
that she had told him that she gave him her first
kiss. Mina never went out with any guys so it made
him really happy but he also found it very strange.
He didn’t want to give her any ideas about dating
other guys so he never asked.
Ji Won had changed his name to Matthew. It’s to symbolize
that Ji Won died with Mina and Matthew replaced him.
He chose the name Matthew because of Mina’s
initial ‘M’ and if anyone asked, the ‘M’
represents Matthew. Sung Hoon wanted to change his
name to Ricky but Ji Won wouldn’t let him. Ji
Won only allowed him to change it if it had the letter
‘M’ so Sung Hoon ended up changing it
to Mickey instead.
“Hey hyung! Over here!” shouted Sung
Hoon. Ji Won looked over at his five friends. He walked
over to them and was surprised at what he saw.
“What the hell is this?” he asked angrily.
Every single one of them had a girl in each arms.
“What do you guys think you’re doing?”
he asked as he strode over to them.
“Come on hyung,” said Jae Duc.
“Lighten up.”
“Yeah,” said Jae Jin.
“We worked hard all day and now let’s
have a little fun.” Ji Won rolled his eyes and
then he saw two girls wrap their arms around him.
He smiled. “Yeah, I guess.”
“Alright!” they all shouted. They like
it when Ji Won is in a good mood.
From where I was standing, I felt as though someone had stabbed
me with a knife. Ji Won looked so happy with those 2 girls sitting
on both sides of his lap. I stared at my reflection in the hotel
mirror. Big, glassy eyes, pale skin and waist-length black hair.
I looked kind of like a ghost. 'Not much to look at,' I thought
sighing sadly. Then I felt a tap on my shoulder and I slowly turned
around.
What I Did For Love
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