7. For All This Time.

"Jung Hoo Sik, what exactly happened to your younger cousin that he's getting so wild now?" asked Aunt Hoo Sik even as the man had just come down the first stair from the second floor.

"Auntie, I don't know," replied Hoo Sik, slightly running away from his responsibilities because he didn't want to get into trouble with Tae Woo at the office and also at home meeting his aunt, Tae Woo's mother at this time.

"How can you not know when you're on the same floor at work, Jung Hoo Sik?" Tae Woo's mother raises her voice slightly, she did it on purpose because Hoo Sik is the only person who can manipulate her existence and she can get answers to anything Tae Woo does for information.

"Auntie, not everything Kim Tae Woo does I know. He was closed for a long time, when I came and started living at aunt's house, Kim Tae Woo's son didn't open up to me either. How can I know what aunt's son is doing when I can only partially know when I'm trying to be a stalker?" That's one long sentence that Jung Hoo Sik deliberately said from the first rung of the second floor to the bottom of the last stair of the first floor.

"Auntie can only believe in you, no one else," replied Aunt Hoo Sik making the man only depressed by what happened. "Should I have breakfast with an aunt like yesterday? I can't, aunt?" Jung Hoo Sik looks very unable to do the same breakfast session as yesterday for the same reason.

"Why do you keep disappointing auntie Hoo Sik. Don't follow your ego, don't do what you find fun to follow. You're the only hope, auntie."

"Have breakfast with an aunt, Hoo Sik." Tae Woo's mother looks pushy, the man is thinking about what he's doing. It's his fault, is Hoo Sik now the same sycophant as what Tae Woo told him, or even more so.

Jung Hoo Sik, he's quite a grown man. He is twenty-eight years old and lives with his mother's family. Jung Hoo Sik got the Jung family surname because his father had the surname of his descendants.

Jung.

In the end, Hoo Sik relented, the man chose to walk to the dining table and pulled up his chair to sit in front of his cousin's mother.

"Glad you obeyed aunt, Hoo Sik." There is a feeling that is very difficult to explain now, a man, whose position is always wrong all the time, who is always blamed on both sides, following Tae Woo he is wrong, and following his aunt, he is also wrong.

Jung Hoo Sik, that man is him. "I'm not doing this for breakfast, I just want to talk auntie." Tae Woo's mother can only roll her eyes lazily, the man who is now going awry also looks a little depressed from all different sides.

"You mean?" Tae Woo's mother asked because she couldn't figure out what her older brother's son was saying.

"Auntie, I know you're good to me. I'm already very grateful when you give me the same love that you gave to Kim Tae Woo."

"I'm not saying this because I don't mind, can I give aunt a little opinion because of aunt's relationship with Kim Tae Woo too?"

"Auntie, this is wrong." The man immediately said whatever he wanted this time, he was already very angry with what had happened a long time ago.

"Do you want to discuss how auntie treats you by treating Kim Tae Woo? Don't repeat it, Hoo Sik." In fact, before Hoo Sik spoke his voice the man chose to stay where he was when he found out what was going on.

"Auntie, I don't want to be judged badly by Kim Tae Woo again." Hoo Sik even gave the same excuse for what he was getting late.

Kim Tae Woo is not wrong, he has the same feeling because the man was in trouble while doing what his aunt asked him to do.

"Then? You're supporting your younger cousin's brother doing something wrong? Hoo Sik, you're auntie's only hope. Your uncle can't help aunty, he is busy with his work, please help aunty Hoo Sik." Tae Woo's mother talks to Hoo Sik with a very pleading face, she asks Hoo Sik to remain the one person he can trust to get information about the boy -the boy.

"Auntie, isn't there anyone but me?" asked Hoo Sik a little frustrated by what he did to his younger brother.

If Hoo Sik is tormented, even that man knows the fate of Kim Tae Woo who is more tormented than himself.

"Yes, but she can't do auntie's work for now." Hoo Sik looked even more depressed, he backed his chair and started to stand up.

"Auntie I'm sorry, I have work to attend to. Sorry to leave you with all the breakfast."

"I'm leaving first, aunt." Hoo Sik walked away from the dining table to quickly go to the office where he worked this time.

"Jung Hoo Sik!" Tae Woo's mother shouts asking attention to her older sister's child, unfortunately, the man chooses to ignore it and walks away from his aunt's big house because he doesn't want to get into more serious problems than this.

At least this time Jung Hoo Sik can breathe a sigh of relief, he's free from breakfast with his mother and Kim Tae Woo isn't so angry about what he just did.

"I can only breathe a sigh of relief seeing my efforts," said Hol Sik encouraging himself with his achievement of running away from his aunt. "I hope today there won't be a big fight with Kim Tae Woo from last night."

At seven in the morning, the man surnamed the Jung family left early always an hour before work hours just to do the tasks that Kim Tae Woo was supposed to do. Even Hoo Sik had to try to persuade his younger cousin after his fight last night.

Although now both of them are not in good condition Hoo Sik has to normalize it after Tae Woo comes home from the cafe where he likes to relax there.

After almost twenty minutes of walking, Jung Hoo Sik finally arrived at the head office belonging to his maternal grandfather. He saw how quiet the office was even though several employees came in the morning. "Good night, sir." Hoo Sik smiled a little, he nodded his head as soon as security greeted him.

"Is Kim Tae Woo here, this morning?" The man who was asked only answered with a shake of his head. "Master Kim Tae Woo hasn't come this morning, sir." The man chose to go straight into the office without slowing down his time.

"Where is she." On the way to Hoo Sik's room, the man was muttering a lot. From his journey to the floor of his room to work Hoo Sik kept on seeing how much the last change he purposely came home at eleven o'clock at night.

Has just opened his younger cousin's study, Hoo Sik is completely overwhelmed by the well-organized workspace with the text written beautifully on his desk.

[I know today you will be angry, I purposely wrote it at night without knowing what will happen tonight explained in the morning and this morning.

Bro Hoo Sik, I know your life has been very difficult, especially when you live in my house and are sued by my mother for all kinds of things.

I don't know, Bro. It's so painful, endlessly suffocating. I don't know if all of this will end, please don't come to the cafe where I charge mine. I need something from there, don't follow me, don't ask Nam Gi too what I did there with his girlfriend.

Bro, I don't know how this matter will end. I just wanted to say that you will continue to be attached to my mother if you don't rebel.

It's so hard to explain, I know that. But you'll be more and more immobile the longer you go on like this. I'm sorry Bro, I'm too tired to understand.

I don't know whether to be happy or sad, I hate the fact that it is. But I have to live to find my happiness. Please support my decision, Kim Tae Woo who always troubles you.]

Jung Hoo Sik was overwhelmed by the message written on the note where Kim Tae Woo intentionally left it to him. This is too sweet, he failed and couldn't. But how can a Tae Woo be able to write such a sweet and warm message to him even when the two of them fought this morning?

It would be hard to explain how Tae Woo would forgive this morning's troubles, but seeing how Tae Woo was deliberately apologizing to him Hoo Sik felt so weak.

No matter how heavy and as many problems as Hoo Sik has been so far, it all feels so relieved when Kim Tae Woo says he's sincerely sorry. Hoo Sik was moved, he was so weak to get it.

"How can a man as cold as Kim Tae Woo be able to write a message as beautiful as this," said Hoo Sik wondering with just what he got today. His eyes looked the other way as he needed the man who owned the note to confirm.

"Is this note for me?" Hoo Sik asked himself because he didn't find Tae Woo in his room. His hand took the cell phone from the right pocket of his pants to get clarity on everything he got this morning.

The first connection was not picked up, the man was still waiting until the third call Tae Woo could pick it up.

"Yes?" Tae Woo asked, answering in a very hoarse voice. "You're not awake yet?" asked Hoo Sik realizing there was a big change between the usual Kim Tae Woo and Kim Tae Woo today.

"I woke up because of your call, what's wrong?" Tae Woo asked still a little sleepy because he just got to sleep not long after this call was connected.

"Did you write me a note?" asked Hoo Sik directly, Tae Woo who got the question also answered it quickly. "Have you read it?" Tae Woo asked back.

"Yes."

"That's for you from me, Bro. Thank you for all this time." Anyone would be surprised, including Jung Hoo Sik who was still standing with the phone line cut off.