The Truth and the true reasons why

Dan-bi took slow steps after Min-Ji as they entered the ward. The first thing they saw was a slightly older lady spoon-feeding Yo-Han. Dan-bi shook her head and blink the hallucination away only to realize its reality. Surely this woman is not Min Ju-Eun, and aside from his mother, herself, that Kim Myung-Hee, and maybe Yeo-Na, no other lady is close to Yo-Han. Who then is this lady. She can't be an ordinary caretaker, Yo-Han will never allow a stranger to spoon-feed him like that. What is the relationship between them? Has he found a replacement for Yeo-Na immediately after the accident already? Is Yo-Han that despicable? Well, she could only care little about that, it's Yeo-Na's loss. But Dan-bi could not avoid getting jealous. She has never had such a romantic scene with Yo-Han before. She thought she is his every 'first' but that isn't true. If Yo-Han had already found a replacement, why then did she hurry out here to check on him when she heard of his accident? Not more than 12hours ago, she walked out on him at the banquet but she could not keep acting unconcerned when she heard of his accident. Didn't she swear to take him back? How will she do that if he had already long since forgotten about her?. Her eyes became teary immediately, she sniffed and turned on her heels immediately, heading for the door.

Choi Min-Ji was smart enough to notice the misunderstanding and immediately grabbed Dan-bi's hand. At this moment, Min-Ji wished she could use telepathy to explain the situation to Dan-bi, this is when such skill is needed. No matter how Min-Ji tried, Dan-bi's anger overshadowed her sense. She snatched her hands from Min-Ji's and headed for the door.

These actions of theirs had caught Yo-Han's attention but he only watched the interaction without a word but his throat turned bitter as he remembered his dreams. Or maybe not a dream. He realized something in the middle of the night. He was still unconscious but a part of his memory that kept confusing him became clear. He turned to Soo-Jin and asked. "Aunt, is that her? The one from my memories?"

Soo-Jin nodded and wanted to state her name when the door to the room yanked open. Dan-bi was also at the entrance when Kim Do-Joon stepped into the room. His movement was too fast that he collided with Dan-bi. He ignored Dan-bi who was holding her forehead due to the pain she suffered from the collision after jerking backward. Kim Do-Joon upon seeing his aunt Park Soo-Jin bowed in greeting. "Aunt Soo-Jin, you are here. His face then panned to the side of the room to reveal Yo-Han. Seeing Yo-Han right there and then was a bit of shock. 'Is this who Dan-bi came to visit? Oh, and what's with Aunt Soo-Jin spoon-feeding Yo-Han? Something is definitely off.' he wanted to ask but before the words came out of his mouth, an angry lady threw a punch at his stomach.

"Fool, next time, you apologize when you hit someone." Panting heavily, Dan-Bi who has lost her cool pointed at him as he was holding the part of his stomach where she just delivered a punch, she didn't mind one bit. She hissed and scream the next words that left the room in pin-drop silence afterward. "So typical of you Kim brothers. Why do you always have to hurt me, first it's my feelings and now my entirety..." She then burst into tears, after a short while, she grabbed the doorknob and yanked the door open.

It took Kim Do-Joon only a few seconds to grab onto her words. He was naturally smart therefore he was able to understand just by that sentence. At first, he tried to remember what got between Kim Do-Hyun and Dan-bi but he realized they barely had any encounter. There was no way Kim Do-Hyun would have hurt her. The hurt that made her cry wasn't some ordinary physical pain, he understood that. Talk of someone who had hurt her so much Kim Do-Joon knew certainly who it was. He tried not to think in that direction but it's strange, isn't it? For his aunt to be treating Yo-Han like she used to treat Kim Myung-Hee whenever the lad fell sick? There must be some closeness, some ties, and some secret indeed.

Kim Do-Joon immediately left the room. "Do-Joon, Do-Joon", Soo-Jin tried calling after him but he didn't even act as though he heard her at all. He followed after Dan-bi and pulled her back into the room. With all seriousness, he forgot how tender he had always acted towards Dan-bi, he yelled at her, "Repeat your words. Repeat those words. "

Already Soo-Jin, Min-Ji, and Yo-Han realized what had happened but Dan-bi still didn't know what she had done. Yo-Han shook his head and turned to Choi Min-Ji who directed a sorry look at him. Soo-Jin on the other hand, set aside the tray of food and walked to Kim Do-Joon and said, "It's okay Do-Joon, leave the lady alone, you have frustrated her enough." But her words didn't get to Do-Joon at all. He yelled at Dan-bi one more time. "I said to repeat what you said earlier. What do you mean‽" Seeing his bloodshot eyes, Dan-bi finally realized that something is wrong. She paused her tears and glanced at Kim Do-Joon who did not stop glaring at her as if that will push the words out of her.

Dan-bi slowly recalled her statement. Upon realizing the situation, she immediately covered her mouth and her eyes bulged out as if they will fall out of the socket. She immediately turned to Min-Ji for help but what can Min-Ji do? She just shook her head at Dan-bi. 'You let your anger get at you, you have ruined a lot of things. You just put the man you love in a tough spot.' As if telepathy was her native language, Dan-bi understood clearly what Min-Ji meant this time around. She definitely knows what trouble she has caused for Yo-Han. Now the Kim family will be in chaos, Yo-Han will become the Kim family's target and Min Ju-Eun will suffer too.

Dan-bi shook her head back and forth at Kim Do-Joon as if trying to convince him, she could not help but glance at Yo-Han. Their eyes met but he only smiled and turned away from her. That smile of his was that rumored ingenuine smile she had heard about. This will be her first time seeing it. It was obvious that he doesn't mean that smile at all. 'What have I done?' She questioned herself. She was shocked when she heard Kim Do-Joon's next words, "Thank you, now let me make a confirmation." He then approached Park Soo-Jin and stopped only a few steps in front of her. "Is it true? Aunt Soo-Jin, what Ms. Choi said, is it true?" This time the way he referred to Dan-Bi turned formal.

Soo-Jin remained silent for a while, every excuse she tried to think of did not seem potent enough to convince Kim Do-Joon. She knows about his high IQ, he must have already discovered something but she still can't risk selling out Kim Hyun-Jun, and Min Ju-Eun like that. Even her's and Yo-Han's revenge might be affected greatly. What should she do?. She noticed that she hadn't said anything for a while and hadn't tried to convince Do-Joon already. "Huh?, Ehm, what are you talking about?...ehhhh, oh was she not ranting about you and Kim Do-Hyun just now? It's between you three how would I know?"

Kim Do-Joon yelled at Soo-Jin and said, " Stop pretending not to know what I am talking about!!!... Tell me the truth now!!!"

"Hey, stop yelling!" Yo-Han interrupted. He sat up from his relaxed position on the bed and said to Kim Do-Joon. "Your brother is lying here and you're not even considerate about his condition, I am not angry about that, we hardly know each other. Yelling at my aunt is what will piss me off. Yes, we are brothers, that's what you want to confirm, right? Now that you know, you better treat me as your Hyung[1] from now on." Yo-Han confessed and turned to look at Dan-bi who was staring mindlessly at him. Though he got a little bit angry at her, he still felt sorry for what he had done to her in the past months. He didn't like to see the tears rolling down her face at the moment, she must be feeling guilty about all this. He tore away his gaze from her and tucked himself under the blanket. "Doctor Choi, please I want to be alone now. I need some rest." He said.

Only now did Choi Min-Ji remember her duty. She hastened and directed the fuming Kim Do-Joon, Choi Dan-bi, and Soo-Jin out of the room. Immediately they all got out of the room. Kim Do-Joon glanced back at the ward and tsked with a smirk, "Hyung? You must be joking?" He then headed for the elevator. He needed to look for that old man, he wants an explanation because it all sounds like a fable to him. Soo-Jin sighed as she watched Kim Do-Joon storm off. She turned to Min-Ji and asked as they walked away from the ward, "Doctor Choi, this must be your sister, right?" She turned to Dan-bi after receiving a nod from Min-Ji. "Dan-bi, you were a little bit rash back then but don't worry, Yo-Han won't blame you for anything, okay? he already took responsibility. You know what? you should visit him more often, he needs his friends to be with him at this moment, isn't that true Doctor Choi?"

"Ha, yes, that's true, I will give a full report of his condition when we get to my office."

After a short walk, they arrived at Choi Min-Ji's office. Choi Min-Ji drew out a folder from a stack and returned to her seat where she sat opposite Dan-Bi and Soo-Jin and then started explaining Yo-Han's condition. "Two months ago, Ms. Min reported to me that aside Yo-Han's insomnia and persistent nightmares whenever he tried to fall asleep, he has constantly been confusing the present with his past. She reported that there was a time when he notified his secretaries that he would be heading out for lunch but he headed for Seul-Gi High school and had his lunch at the cafeteria not once nor twice but frequently, he even handpicked a particular spot and chased away every kid who tried to seat at the table. Ms. Min was bothered that he had developed some serious mental illness of some sort or why will he return to his high school to eat at the cafeteria every lunchtime. Did his brain get reversed or what? Her worries lead to a series of research into Yo-Han's case and after some observations, the other neurologists and I realized that it is just an issue of memory alterations. He probably is confused about a lot of his memories and was just trying to return to some key moments in his past to find some clarity, that's the only reasonable explanation for why he went back to Seul-gi. Yeah, and even sometimes, the workaholic would go out to sight-see, same location, every now and then. There is only the explanation which is that he is trying to clear his confusion by returning to places where he made some memories. It's because of that confusion that he had mistaken Guk Yeo-Na for you Dan-Bi."

Dan-Bi nodded. Of course, she already knew about this since her sister already explained Yo-Han's case to her a while back, giving her the hope that once he gets back to his right mind, things will return to how they used to be. But she had craved for that time to come long enough that she had become frustrated from waiting. It was why she acted the way she did at the banquet last night, and it was also the reason for bringing up the "Freedom" art project with Yo-Han. If he remembered that project they did together which was a remarkable period at least for her, it was during that period that she became absolutely smitten by him and surely he must have felt the same. If he can at least remember vividly, then he should be able to remember her too. That's what she was after. This Yo-Han's condition was still hidden to a lot of people. Only Choi Min-Ji, Dan-bi, Min Ju-Eun, Kim Hyun-Jun, and Soo-Jin knew of this.

Min-Ji continued, "We speculate that his memory alterations were a consequence of the torture he went through in Country P. It was just mere speculation until yesterday when after suffering from a stab and becoming unconscious, his memory was altered back a slight bit. In his partially conscious state, he kept muttering the words 'Elixir, don't let go...' every once in a while until he completely gained consciousness. Surprisingly, the first person he asked about when he woke up was you." Min-Ji referred to Dan-Bi and continued her explanation. "He went through a therapeutic session and some examinations very early this morning after regaining consciousness and the results show that he had lost some chunks of his memories meaning he has forgotten some of the happenings from his past. We conclude that his mind cleared away some bitter memories in exchange for a few happy ones and as a result of this, the initial alterations made to his memory were undone. He gave up a lot of his memory just to correct this alteration but of course, it happened subconsciously." Choi Min-Ji smiled at Choi Dan-Bi assuredly. "Don't worry, there is a high chance of him recovering those memories, that's if the people who spent the past with him stay around him and help him recover. It is brought to my knowledge that he didn't have any friends at the early stages of his life and that aside from Min Ju-Eun who lived with him and took care of him, he had no one else. After returning to Country S, you Dan-Bi are the only friend he had who knows more about him. I spoke to Madam Min this morning about this and she would appreciate it if you would help Yo-Han recover his memories."

[1] Hyung - A male's elder brother.