Mysteries Solved

"What is it Ji Hoon?" I asked as soon as I plopped down on his comfy bed.

"Nothing, didn't you say you want to know about me"

I nodded

"So as it's already getting late and my noona is such a chatterbox so I called you here to quickly unravel everything about me"

"Oh I see" I can't wait to hear from him.

He scratched his scalp and said "Aah! I don't know from where to start"

"It's okay, I'll just ask something and all you'll have to do is reply"

"Sounds good" he agreed

"The biggest question, why were you so badly injured that day at the hospital and that night when my mum caught us hugging?"

"Umm.. I don't know how to start for this too.." he thought for a while then sighed and said "Okay, I'll just commence from the very beginning"

I nodded and he sat right beside me.

"I'll start with my mom and dad, to give you a more clear idea let me show you something" he quickly took out a photograph from one of his novels and handed over to me.

I was astounded when my eyes fell on the lady in the photograph, "How can someone so beautiful exist?" I wondered.

Her face looks smaller than my fist and her long hair adorning her charm. Now I know from where Ji Hoon and his sister got their godly looks from.

She'd be more exquisite if she'd smiled. I wonder why is she pissed off in the pic.

"Your parents?" I asked just be clear.

Ji Hoon nodded and said "Uhm.. as you can see my mom is so beautiful according to Korean beauty standard while my dad...to put it kindly, he was plain looking guy"

The way he has used past tense for his dad and present for his mom, what does it mean "Where are they?" I asked in a soft voice.

"I'll come to you, let me tell you from the begining"

I nodded

"My dad always loved pretty things and that's why he fell in love with my mom at first sight, I don't know if my mom ever loved him and I don't even know the reason why she married him, but one thing that I know for sure is that my mum is a materialistic person, she loves money" I kept my palm on his shoulder as it must have been hard for him to talk about these things.

"But the most surprising fact is that my dad was financially struggling at that time"

"Then does it mean that she really loved him?" I asked

"That's what my dad thought but the reality was not like this. Actually my mom knew that my dad was really hard working and he would definitely become successful one day and not to forget love, my mum also knew that no one would ever love her like my dad, my dad was ready to give up anything for her, he was whipped for her, he was putty in her hands. And then one day fortunately, my dad's business blew up and from a small clothing store to Korea's biggest mall. That's what my dad achieved just for mom. It was all one sided mom never did anything for him, instead she cursed him for not being good enough, she was never satisfied and always craved for more and more." his voice trailed off, so I squeezed his shoulder to show that I am here for him.

"One day I asked my dad, why is he carrying on with this toxic, one sided love, you'll be surprised to hear what he said. He said it's not one sided she give me her looks to adore at and not to forget she gifted me with you and your noona. And that was the moment when I started detesting outer beauty."

"My dad was always busy with his work to achieve more and more success just for my mom and my mom never cared about her children, we were just a burden for her and she did treat us like some gift for my father. So I had my noona only, to play with but she also left me when I was five years old. She went to States for her studies at the age of nine, there she lived with my aunt In Na. And after that I really became lonely. In school children used to like my face and maybe because of my looks that I looked unapproachable to them and consequently I became lonelier"

I don't know what's wrong with this world, they neglect someone who is pretty and also neglect someone who is ugly. We did share the same fate.

"I never got to experience what was family time or anything that mostly everyone on this planet experiences, but still I got used to with it and accepted my fate but time was not in my favour and my dad died when I was seven years old"

"What!? How!" I shrieked out, I wasn't expecting this.

"He was murdered"

"Wait what? How!" I stood up as I exclaimed.