What I Did For Love Val
Part 21 to 22

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Part 21

Ji Won walked down the aisle looking at the 5 new candidates. He nodded his head as he studied them.
“Pretty good,” he said to them.
“Alright,” he clapped his hands for attention.
“All of you know how it’s done. Jae Jin and Jae Duc will jump on each of you. If you’re still standing after 5 minutes, then welcome to Sechskies.”
Only 2 of the 5 guys lasted the beating. “Okay,” said Sung Hoon. The two newest members to join are...“
“Wait!” a voice shouted, interrupting Sung Hoon. Everyone looked over to see who it is. Ji Won stared at the young boy who was walking towards them.
‘What the hell? Damn! This kid looks like Mina!’ he thought.
‘I must be losing it. How come I keep seeing her today?’ Sung Hoon looked at the new boy curiously.
“Yes? What do you want little man?”

I looked at Sung Hoon.
‘Gosh, he developed an attitude’, I thought. I took a deep breath. This is it.
“I want to join SechsKies.” A guy I recognized as Jang Su Won busted out laughing. He placed his hand on top of my head.
“You? How old are you boy? 15? 16? And how tall are you now? 5’?” I moved his hand away for him.
“No. I’m 18 and I’m not 5’, I’m 5’3.” That remark made all the other members except Ji Won laugh. I looked at him curiously and realized he was checking me out.
‘Oh no’, I thought.
‘Please don’t recognize me’. Ji Won held up his hand for the others to stop laughing.
“Hey, if he wants a chance, then we’ll give it to him.” Then he turned to face me. I felt my heart thumping loud and prayed he couldn’t hear it. He placed his hand on my shoulder. Dang, he smells good, I thought as I tried to suppress a smile.
“Look kid,” said Ji Won to me.
“You have to be jumped on to join. These 2 guys (pointing at Jae Jin and Jae Duc) will kick the crap out of you for 5 minutes. If you’re still standing, you’re in.” I nodded my head. I knew I had to last because I’m doing it for Ji Won. I stood there as Jae Duc and Jae Jin began to hit me. Jae Jin threw the first punch and it gave me instant pain. He’s even stronger than my stepmom, I thought. Jae Duc kicked me and I was knocked to the ground but I kept pulling myself up. Ji Won looked at the helpless boy who was struggling to stand up. He doesn’t understand why but when he looks at the boy, images of Mina replaced him. Right now in his eyes, it looked like it was Mina being beaten up by Jae Jin and Jae Duc. He couldn’t help it.
“Stay down!” he yelled to the boy. Everyone stared at Ji Won. Both Jae Jin and Jae Duc stopped hitting the boy because they were surprised that Ji Won was being nice out of nowhere.

I heard Ji Won yelling for me to stay down. My ears listened but my legs wouldn’t. I refused to stay down. No matter how many times they hit me or how hard, I managed to get up. Finally 5 minutes was over and I was still standing.

“Am I in?” I asked in a weak voice. I saw Ji Won staring at me with a surprised expression.
“Yes, you’re in.” he said patting my shoulder. I smiled and fainted into his arms.

Ji Won held the boy in surprise. He realized the boy had fainted. Usually he would let go if someone fainted on him, but this time he held on tight. The other Sechskies members and the 2 new recruits looked at Ji Won in a strange manner.
“Uh, hyung,” said Sung Hoon, as he patted Ji Won on the shoulder.
“What?” asked Ji Won, as he continued holding the boy.
“What should we do about the new recruits?”
“Give them instructions and show them to their rooms. We’ll have a meeting tomorrow.”
“Okay.” They all left but once in a while, they all would glance back looking at Ji Won, who was carrying the boy in the other direction.

Part 22

Slowly I began to regain my consciousness and I woke up. I looked around and realized I was in the biggest room in the Nam Hotel, The Presidential Suite.
“What am I doing in here?” I asked myself. Then suddenly the chair in front of me spun around. Ji Won was sitting in it. I stared at him with wide eyes. I started to panic because I was all alone with him in the room.

Ji Won gave me a sideways glance.
“You okay?” he asked. I nodded my head. Ji Won got up out of his seat and walked towards me. He sat down on the bed next to me and looked at me straight in the eyes.
“So what’s your name?” he asked.
“Mi-“ I began but instantly cut myself off.
‘Stupid, I thought to myself. You almost said your real name!’ I saw Ji Won’s eyes grow wide.
“What did you say your name was?”
“Min-Sung,” I answered him quickly.
“Oh,” he said and backed away from me. Ji Won stood up and walked towards the window, looking outside. He knew the new recruit was a boy but somewhere inside him wished Min Sung would say his name was Mina. He let out a sigh.
“There’s a meeting tomorrow. Be there okay?”

I looked at Ji Won with his back facing me. It had only been 2 years but I felt as though I couldn’t read what was going through his mind anymore. I let out a sigh myself.
“Ji Won, where do we meet later tomorrow?” Hearing his real name made Ji Won suddenly look up. He ran over to where Min Sung was sitting and grabbed him by his shoulders.
“How do you know my real Korean name? No one knows me by that. Everyone calls me Matthew.”

Oh no, I thought. I had completely forgotten that Ji Won had changed his name to Matthew but I thought fast.
“I didn’t know your name is Ji Won. All I said was, ‘Gee, wanna go out later tomorrow?’" I felt Ji Won’s grip on me loosen. He had bought the story. When he was not looking, I let out a sigh of relief.

‘I’m losing it,’ thought Ji Won.
“We’ll meet in the main dining room tomorrow,” Ji Won told Min Sung. He nodded his head and left. Ji Won walked out to the balcony and looked up at the sky.
“I love you Mina, that’s why it hurts so much that you’re not here.”

But the real Mina had left before she could have heard those words

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