Drunken night

#Chang Pov#

The cold night wind was forcing me to get closer and closer .

As I entered into the the garden I was lost in another world, the beautiful pattern garden with different flowers lit up in the moonlight and the flowers are preparing to be more lovely for the fireflies to admire. And at the end of the alluring tiny road leads to the gazebo .

She's sleeping!?

In here? In..the..gazebo?

At this shitty weather?

Thank god , at least she's wearing a sweater.

As closer I get, the closer I noticed something strange.

She's resting her head on the metallic table , An empty vodka bottle on the floor and rolling the bottle with her sneakers ,not fully awake, muttering something..

''I...I....not .....''

''Just ....bad...just ..bad''

'She's having really bad day '

A blink of an eye I saw a different person. She's not the person I met at the shop , for a mere seconds I thought it wasn't even her .

I approached at her closely, noticed she's had a bandaged forehead .

What happened to her !?

Drinking? Bandaged?

"Miss? Are you ok? " I tapped her shoulder .

She springs up instantly from the chair and moved the bottle from the site with a back kick with her foot.

''No s..ir , I waas n..not drink..king ''

I got confused

Sir!?

Ok then let's just go with the play ,shall we ?

"I saw the bottle miss, and you're drunk ''

''That's ridicu.l..ous'' she said smiling.

I moved around the gazebo and picked up the bottle and swings in front of her face .

Her face turned red and sat on her chair giving up .

''Ok, you gottt me! , Im so so so....sorry

The..re wont be next ti...me , ok ''

Well she's 21 , she can drink whenever she want , but who's restricting her ?

I took a seat beside her

Thank goodness, she didn't recognize me , uh! how can she? , one - she's drunk, two - i'm wearing a mask, three - I don't know whats gonna happen next!

And...

Where the fuck she got that injuries!!!

Chang try to keep it cool.

''I forgot , when is the last time I catch you drinking like this?''

She started laughing.

She got a cute laugh , I never seen her laugh like that for a long time .

''You.you..for..got already!?

'' You got ...me me thi..s same.. place.... this same.. time... same day.. I. guess.. last month..., and you're say..ing you forgo..tten al..ready officer!? "

Oh , that's strange.

"Even if you are drunk, you have a good memory''

''And.. y..you're n..not drunk , but have terrible... memory , or a..are you...drunk too ?"

''No , well will you care to explain whats the cause of your injury?, should I take you to the hospital? " I asked in concern

"Oh , what in..jury?" She asked pouting at me

I pointed at her head and she copied the way I did and she pointed at her own head and that reveal her hands , which were covered with bandages too.

I took her hand in mine carefully

''And ..this ? What happened? , lets go to the hospital '' I gently pulled her to me

She stopped me and now she pointed her other hand on the bandaged hand ..

She opened her mouth to say something but nothing came , she shook her head and pulled her hand away .

''Hey..I don't want ...to..go to...hospital. ..I treated.. them...already... ..and You.. can.. tell.. me not ...to drink but ...I can't tell you what ..happened... ,ok!?

Im sure .... you... will tell... my brother. So No!!!. , its... not happening .

"And why would I tell him ? ''

''You're so so .....terribly terrible...at memory, don't..... you remember!?

If you found me... drinking again... you will .....tell my dear brother about it ,to ruin everything.... He's gonna back mail me ..he's actually waiting for a chance.. to tell ma !!!''

''I still don't... get it !!

How.... a stupid guy like.... my brother gets a really good friend.... like you ,but... bad at memory.''she said chuckle herself''she added .

''He's just protecting you , that's what brothers do''

''Protect!? , my ass!!!! '' Jan shouted

''Anyway you're not... going to tell him , right!?" She asked

I looked at her , not knowing where this is leading

''I will give you some fresh buckwheat flowerssssss form my shop'' stretching the 'flowers' word too much in a cute way.

Now im confused

"Huh!?" I questioned,Totally confused

"Well , I will give..... it for freeeee this time, give it to ...eun tak noona''

" bribing is not good ''

''Come on , She lovesss ....when you give those to her, doesn't she,?

She waited for my answer , I don't know what to say

"How about this , I will purchase all the buckwheat flowers you have for affordable price., but you promise me to drink one peg next time and also explain the injuries'' I said

She covered her mouth in surprise

"Really?, and don't you know how much.....it costs "

"I know, and I also know that you're going to stock it too much of them ''

"Wowwwww your love for her is endless.... , just like the..... buckwheat flowers, its meant for lovers ''

I look her in the eyes , dark orbs which to hurtful to look through , she's dead inside but still thinks she's living the happiest one here.

I wish I can make her mine .

Give shoulder to lean .

But I don't know how to make it happen.

Im afraid im going to hurt her.

''Stop that ....dead stare '' Jan whined

God! How long I stare at her!?

I turn my face away and stare at her eyes again

'' promise to take care of your health?'' I asked

She nodded yes

"So care to explain? The injuries ?"

''Fine! ''She replied and stood up went inside the house making me confuse again .

She went to sleep or something?.

Well she's drunk..

Few minutes she came back with a scarf tied around her neck and face covered with a mask. She walked towards me through the garden.

The scene in front of me was breathless

What kind of magic is this ?

''Lets take a walk ,I'll explain ''

Omg , how lucky !!

What did I do to gets this lucky!

''Hello !! You coming or not? "She waved her hands in front of my face

Shit !, for how long I kept my breath for looking at her eyes.

''Yeah , if it makes you feel good'' I replied

We both walked towards the gate and she stop at her tracks

''Fuck ! I need keys to unlock it ''she cursed

Oh sweetie , whats the use of key when there's no lock .

''Ok ,Im too lazy to go back in the house for the keys , so follow my lead''

Before I could say anything , she already started to climb over the gate without even looking if its lock or not.

I pulled her back and caught her in my arms like I was back hugging her .

Too close too close

Red blood alert Chang!!!!!!

I turned her around and saw her baffled eyes .

"Why on earth you...'' She started

"The gates aren't locked to open it ." I cut her off her sentence

She then closely inspect the gate and I saw her eyes expressing embarrassing emotions

''Stop staring, im not that drunk '' Jan said

''Whatever you say '' I smiled

The street was empty , just street lights , wind and moon , its just commoners neighborhood and everyone might be tired from the day and getting ready for another .

We walked as she said everything happened in the day ,her words became clear as crystal, no drunken words . I sneaked a glance at her , she's not crying or anything, she was emotionless.

She talks to me like I was not there , it was like she was talking to herself . But I can say she's relieved some how sharing it , I was relieved that she was drunk to say it out or she won't

''Wow ! That's a really long walk we took '' she said surprised looking around .

I snapped out , we reached the bridge of tiny river where two neighborhood of commoners connect.

Wow

With you I can't track time .

And that's amazing...

We walked and stop at the middle of the empty bridge.

'' You know, I really love this bridge ''

She said her eyes with admiring the sliver reflection of the moon on the river .

''Why is that ?" I looked down at our own reflection in the river and don't want to look her in the eye

She's so close ..

Don't do anything stupid..

She thinks she's your brothers friend ,

Remember Chang .!!!

''Well, The burbling and the smell of the river reminds me of busan ''she said

Busan!? , what!?

''Busan?" I questioned her to get more info .

"Yeah , my family was there at first , I was born there , I came here in Seoul in my high school and my brother in college because...my..fathers business''

Busan!?, really?

Im so excited, we are from same place!?,

No wayyyyyy...

"So..your father is from busan?" I was trying to dig deeper.

"Yeah , he is and mom from Ilsan ,both came to Seoul for studies and both were coworkers at a cafe , fell in love , but their parents were against it because of the different places and they got eloped,married and had brother and me in busan and moved here because of father's business''

"Whenever im here standing in this bridge I feel like im small again , but when I left there , I left my half of my everything, my mind ,my soul,myself''

She said.

I can sense she was holding back her tears, not spilling it as hard as she can.

"Well its all in the past, I left it '' she spoke, after a minute, taking few breaths

"But I can't believe it " she whined

''What?" I asked

''My brother haven't told you about this ?"

''He did , but not much , guess he's too finds it difficult '' I said.

She hummed , and silence filled again, just the burbling of the river.

''Hey , we should go back.. It's getting co..

When I turned to her she was resting her head on her hand , elbows on the bridge handle .

Seriously, you can sleep anywhere!?

I found myself chuckling .

I give her my shoulder to rest and half of the way we walked slowly as ever covering my coat with her and just walking , The night is beautiful , she was drunk, but Im going to be drunken with this beautiful memories

we created together for first time .

I reached her front door and opened slowly not wanting to wake her dad

By that time she barely can walk , but I took her in my arms she nuzzled her head in my chest for warmth and my stomach was filled with too many butterflies .

I took her in my arms !!!!!

That felt something!!!

I found her bed and covered her very well with blanket ,tucked her well and I realise this was most difficult part to me now , saying goodbye

I sat on the edge of the bed and stroked her hair , she was sleeping soundly. But something hurts inside me .

'' Jan , I promise I will be with your side . Just give me some time , I will come for you , but I hope you will be here .'' I whispered

I leaned and went for a kiss on her lips

Chang , don't steal her kiss now!!

Get it from her when she's fully aware of it !!

She too deserve to know the kiss , right!?

After arguing myself for a while , I thought not to do it cause for the best,

I kissed goodnight on her forehead on her wound and her wounded hands.

Her sliver plain ring was still there ,she still wear it above her wound , I wonder whats so special about it .

The ring was not fitted properly , it was loosen .

I took it slowly to put it another finger which is not wounded and it surprised me .

Wow , she miss it that much .

Inside the ring 'Busan' is writen in it beautifully ..

Well, I kept seeing this ring since the day one I saw you ..

We will visit there one day. I promise .

Wait for it ..

I looked at her one more time and thought of something,

I bet she won't remember fully what happened tonight when she wake tomorrow.

Lets confused you a little, shall I ?

I took out the card she wrote when I brought her flowers form the shop , the first I talked with her , its still with me ,

'For You' the card says

# flashback #

I can even buy this whole shop flowers

just for you..

for you..

"For you.. "

"I'm sorry,what? "

shit!!!! I said it out loud!!!!

"well I me-mean ... write 'for you' in the card "

#flashback ended #

I smiled remembering the night that I can't even control my own mouth.

I kept the card on the table beside her bed and left .

I walked though the night acompained by the stars and the moon , but drown in thoughts mixed with happiness and pain together ,the feeling that I thought it won't exist in the world , and one proved me wrong.

Wow .. Shit!! Jan you make me lost in time .

Did I reached my apparment within minutes or half an hour ?

The guard looked surprised but I kept my finger in front of my mouth and told him to no talk about it ,and he got it .

I looked over my apparment and saw lights where still on.

Shit !!! Im doomed...

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Authors notes ...

Nothing is gonna stop me anyway , I'll keep writing and improve myself.

I really want to show you the story I have in my mind but I know its gonna take time .

And yes l love the drama Goblin😉

Tons of Love....❤️

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