CHAPTER 15
Chapter#15: New Life part. 1
[3rd Person's P.O.V.]
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A few weeks have also passed since waking up from a three-month comatose state—the teenager known for being a calm and dependable child—none other than Jacob Seo; seems to be not affected by the death of his mother
The situation that the family had faced, over the past three months has been difficult for everyone—especially to their father—who solely bore the pain and grief of transporting their mother to it's final resting place. Although the children woke up, the police are still investigating the incident.
The seemingly small change in the children's behavior is remarkable—perhaps because of the trauma of what happened—but the change that happened to young Jacob was very different. He does sometimes acts as a different person in som days, and sometimes he changes his mood constantly every hour. He was experiencing all those but he was quickly forgetting every thing he was doing.
A week ago, the children were allowed to get out of the hospital. And young Jacob seemed to be a free dog, because he can't be seen anywhere by nightfall. His father thought, perhaps his son was rebelling because of the sudden loss of their mother. He also noticed that when they talk it seemed like someone else—not Jacob—was facing him. Changes in Jacob's attitude was really noticeable, because in the past when Manuel ordered some tasks to Jacob he will urgently put an effort to do it but right now he seems to be unmotivated; but the changes in Jacob seems to be a blessing in disguise because they seemed to be closer than before. There was this fatherly bond that Manuel Seo can feel. Manuel doesn't know now if he will enjoy the change in his son's way of interacting.
"Let's go!" Jacob can be seen running into a bar with wide smiles on his lips. He is unlikely to be stopped at the entrance, even without an ID because of it's slim yet masculine body. Jacob's curly curtains haircut was replaced by curtain fringe haircut. It gave him a strong sex appeal that made the young Jacob even more handsome.
He became that handsome yet masculine guy who was already attending college, even though he was only sixteen years old. Perhaps, his tall and slightly muscular physique added to reason to gain an entry to that bar.
"Hey? Are you sure about this? I know you don't like bitches, Dude," his friend said as he scratched his head.
"Hey! Don't be like that. I just like to enjoy! Let's party," he said and pulled the friend in the loud, full of colorful lights and lively dancefloor.
"Awful! You're much stranger today, Jacob!" his friend shouted while dancing.
The truth was, he only met his friend on the day they were discharged in the hospital. This is his friend, Steven whom he saw in the hospital canteen the day; that he and his sister HaeSoo was allowed to go home. Steven is already at the age of twenty-one. He befriended him because he felt a different feeling that they will have a great bond of friendship.
"WHAT DID YOU SAID? I couldn't hear it because of the loud music," Jacob shouted back to Steven.
The music on the dance floor was deafening, so Steven had to put his face near Jacob's ear and then speak.
"I SAID, YOU'RE MORE STRANGER TODAY JACOB! THE THOUGHT THAT YOU WERE THIS WILD HAD NOT COME TO MY MIND. IT'S NOT EVEN OBVIOUS BY YOUR LOOKS ALONE, THAT YOU WERE A PARTY-PERSON!" he said with a smile on his lips but he was shocked when Jacob suddenly looked at him very serious. Jacob turned to look at him and put his hand on his shoulder then tightened his grip a little, but for a few seconds Jacob suddenly smiled at him timidly.
"DUDE! WE AREN'T DRINKING YET BUT YOU SEEM TO BE DRUNK AND UNCONSCIOUSLY FORGOT MY NAME! MINHYUN—MY NAME—NOT JACOB! JACOB IS QUITE FAR FROM MIN.HYUN.SEO, DUDE," Jacob said as he shouted at him, unable to use his usual speaking voice because of the powerful music on the dancefloor.
Steven frowned and stared at Jacob. "BUT LAST TIME, I ASKED I ASKED THE NURSE ABOUT YOUR NAME— SHE SAID YOUR NAME WAS JACOB SEO!" Steven replied to him while dancing.
"THE NURSE MAY HAVE MISTAKENLY THOUGHT OF ME AS ANOTHER PERSON," Jacob exclaimed while laughing.
Steven stared at Jacob for a moment, trying to remember what happened back at the hospital...
"You might want some yogurt?" Steven was surprised when someone suddenly placed a yogurt on his tray.
Didn't this person see that he was still eating or why didn't he just apologize to him?—He just interrupted him while eating ramen, inside the hospital canteen.
Steven stared at the man in front of him. He is tall, has a fairly muscular physique, black curly curtains haircut, expressive beautiful eyes and a handsome face that was noticeable—he also has those visible marks of eye glasses on his facial skin. steven gueess that this guy was wearing glasses for a long time but has removed it just this while.
"Thank you," Steven said sparingly and resumed his meal.
"Today was the day that I'm leaving this hospital. Maybe you want to be my friend. Just get my contact number from the nurse ward. They know me well," said the young man in front of him. The young man smiled broadly as his beautiful set of teeth peek in through those red lips and the small dimples on his cheek appeared.
"Okay," he said timidly as he felt his stomach cramping. He has diarrhea at the wrong time. It's embarrassing that he's still talking to someone as his stomach starts to cramp.
"You, when will you be discharged here?" the young man asked him.
"O-one more day——Let me take the restroom first—You can stay here while waiting for me or you can j-just l-leave," Steven said in a panick voice and went straight to the restroom leaving his new friend alone.
He quickly felt relieved as he let out his stomach resentment. He hurriedly returned to his table but he saw the young man was about to get out of the canteen entrance.
He immediately approached a nurse and pointed at the young man that was about to come out alone at the entrance of the canteen.
"Nurse! Nurse! What's that patient's name? Just coming out of the canteen? He gave me yogurt. Here is it," Steven said and smiled at the nurse, showing the yogurt given to him.
"Ohh. That young guy? He is the handsome son of that perfume company's CEO. That patient's name was Jacob Seo; I heard that today, he and his sister will be discharged?" the nurse said pointing at the young man they saw.
"Ahh! So, his name is Jacob Seo. He said earlier—when he gave me the yogurt—that if I wanted him to be my friend. I should just ask the nurses his name and contact number," said Steven, who was still looking where Jacob was going.
"Okay go ahead, give me your room number and later I'll drop by your room to give you his contact number," the nurse said and smiled at Steven.
"HEY STEVEN! LET'S GO DRINK! I SAW MANY BEAUTIFUL FACES RIGHT THERE!" Steven blinked in shock and came back to reality when Jacob tapped his shoulders to drink at the bar counter.
He let Jacob walk up there first as he was confusingly staring back behind him. Did the nurse mistaken tell him Jacob's name? But why would that nurse made some mistake in giving him a name—if that person's father has a well-known and successful image in the society? That thing was really weird.
Steven just followed Jacob—correction—he just followed his friend, whose name was said to be Minhyun... MINHYUN SEO...
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"Minhyun! Let's go home. You're already drunk. You're still a minor, I can't believe I agreed for you to get here," Steven said as he caressed his friend's back inside the restroom
Minhyun vomits incessantly. Even though it stinks, Steven puts up with it because he is responsible and obliged to be with this one because Minhyun was still a minor.
"Ha! I'm fine! I'm not drunk. My stomach was just upset. Look, I can still walk straight. And who told you I will go home? I won't go home if I still haven't kissed some ladies here! I guess you know that!" he said and then touched Steven's slightly pointed nose.
"By the way, my nose is pointed and more pretty than yours. Who is your plastic surgeon, tell him to resign already! Just kidding dude, you should see your face! It's epic," he said and laughed out loud as he exited the restroom.
Steven took a deep breath. It is quite difficult for him, it seems like he was baby sitting a naughty and stubborn child. He seems to be regretting that he even asked the nurse for Minhyun's contact number. It seem to be that he did a wrong and hasty move; but if it wasn't for the fact that he saw his sister on the internet, he wouldn't continue to be friends with him. He really like his sister a lot. But one time, he went to Minhyun's house and that sister of him just threw Steven a poker face. He was taken a back when she did that. But for him, it's okay if ruggedness was always coming from that pretty face, he will really love it.
"Hey? Aren't you coming? I guess you're the one who's drunk!" Minhyun shouted and peeked at Steven inside the Restroom.
"YES, WAIT! I'm coming! This kid was such in a hurry!" He shook his head and said while smiling.
Steven thought he was done vomiting but he was surprised when Minhyun hit him and went inside again.
"Just wait! I feel nauseous again. I think I ate something I didn't like," he said in a loud voice.
"Tsk, Tsk, Tsk. Now, I know that your alcohol tolerance is weak. Next time, I won't let you drink. That's when, there's more to come—because I don't want to babysit in the bar anymore!" Steven said with a mixture of annoyance and laughter at Minhyun's current appearance. He was hugging the toilet as Steven started stroking his back to regain Minhyun's senses.
"You stink so much, dude!" Minhyun said loudly and waved Steven's hand behind his back.
"You're the one who stinks so much! Who was the person vomiting and hugging the toilet right now? Is it Me?" Steven said while laughing as he continued to rub Minhyun's back.
"Hah! It was me~!" Minhyun was stunned for a moment when he noticed that he was the one who was vomiting and hugged the toilet then after a few seconds he laughed out loud.
"What a crazy kid! Oh! Such a waste, I don't have a phone here with me. I can't video how funny you are when drunk. Next time, don't get drunk like this or else I will really take a video of you then send it to your dad," said Steven.
Minhyun just nodded and he suddenly fainted. Steven immediately catched Minhyun's head and called some hired driver to take him home. He just handed over to the driver a paper—where the address of Minhyun's house was written.
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