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Chapter 21 Visitor

It's been three days since the last time Iseul visited Ji Hoon at the hospital. Starting from that day, she had decided not to visit or see him again outside of a business relationship. She is also busy preparing for her engagement with Woo Bin; they have to order an engagement ring, make some reservations for the venue, and prepare the invitations. 
 
They haven't told their teammates about the engagement because they want to make sure that everything is ready and going well before announcing the party that involves them to everyone.
 
Iseul has been promoted from her position because of her great work, and now she has her own office. Her office is right next to Woo Bin's room and is still in the same room as the previous team's office but is more private.
 
            The woman is now busy in front of her computer doing some work. In the middle of her search, she accidentally read the title of an article about Ji Hoon's condition after the accident. Curious about the news, she opened the link and read the article. She knew Ji Hoon had just left the hospital yesterday with Yoon Hee. 
 
The article said that Ji Hoon has slowly recovered and will soon return to his stage. After she read the article, she immediately connected to another article, which said that Ji Hoon and Hyo Ri were allegedly in a relationship. There were paparazzi who caught Hyo Ri visiting his hospital several times, and it made everyone suspicious about their relationship. Iseul frowned when she read the article; she knew about their relationship before she read their gossip, but she still felt uncomfortable reading the article about them.
 
          "aissh.. Iseul-ah, stop it. You're getting engaged soon; you're someone's fiancee now. "And that guy is someone else's boyfriend too!" said Iseul, shouting herself. Fortunately, she was alone in the office, so she was not afraid that someone else would listen to her.
 
"Song Iseul-ssi... Kim Ji Hoon-ssi is here looking for you," said an employee who showed up to tell Iseul.
 
         "ne? "Why is he here?" Iseul was surprised. She was actually excited to meet the guy soon, but after what she read in the article, she didn't want to meet him even if it was about their "business" now.
 
"She said that you told him to come here to find out his size for your costume design before," the employee said again.
 
"Aah...." said Iseul, beginning to remember.
 
"Alright, tell my assistant to do that; I'm busy right now." Iseul said The employee nodded and bowed to Iseul, preparing himself to tell Ji Hoon about what the chief designer had said.
 
When the employee left, Iseul stared at her computer screen and looked at the article again. She closes the article window and tries to focus on continuing her work. She tries to drag her mind away from thinking about Ji Hoon or about the article anymore. But her concentration was lost when she heard a knock on her door again.
 
          "Song Iseul-ssi, I'm sorry for bothering you again."said the same employee again.
 
"What's the problem?" Iseul asked the employee
 
"I have told Kim Jong-un about what you said before, but he said he did not want to allow everyone to work with him except you, and he also said he wanted to meet you in person," the employee said.
 
"I've told you that I have a lot of things to do; I won't be able to meet him," Iseul said, starting to get annoyed.
 
"About that... he said he would wait until you finish your work," explained the employee, who then left Iseul's room.
 
Iseul blew her front hair and frowned; she was being serious about not going to see him again. She tries her best to keep her heart completely over him as she decides to move on, and she also decides to get engaged to another man soon. 
 
"Okay, he said he wants to wait for me until I finish my job, right?" "Let's make him wait until this day is over," Iseul said to herself, refocusing on her work.
 
She plans to do her job as long as possible so she can make excuses not to meet with Ji Hoon. She managed to focus for three seconds, but after that, she finally stood up from her seat and couldn't help but make Ji Hoon keep waiting for her. She went to the design room, and when she entered the room, she saw that the man had been waiting for her patiently and was sitting on the sofa. He turned toward the door when he knew Iseul had entered the room.
 
"Long time no see..." said Ji Hoon, smiling and standing to greet her. 
 
All of Iseul's annoyance completely disappeared when she saw Ji Hoon's smile. She looked at the man's face and realized that the man had become thinner. She walked quickly up to Ji Hoon and stood in front of him.
 
"How's your condition?" You okay?" Iseul can't hide her worries anymore.
 
"Feel better," Ji Hoon replied while smiling. 
 
He looked into Iseul's eyes and felt addicted to her big eyes. He missed her very much and continued to hope to meet her in person soon, but the woman never returned to visit him. In the end, Ji Hoon and Iseul just stared at each other silently while standing facing each other.
 
"Alright, let's find your size quickly so that I can return to my work immediately," said Iseul, turning her head and looking for the meter roll to find out Ji Hoon's size.
 
Iseul began to measure the size of Ji Hoon's shoulder and then the size of his arm. When she had to measure the size of his chest, she hesitated for a while then wrapped her hands awkwardly around Ji Hoon's back. The man kept staring at Iseul from the first movement she made around his body, and when he felt the woman getting closer to him and felt her arms hugging his body, he immediately thumped and held his breath. Both of their heartbeats increased with less distance between them. Iseul's head almost leaned against Ji Hoon's chest as she tried to get into the right position to get his size.
 
"Iseul-ah... ", call Ji Hoon gently to the woman. Iseul pulled her head back and casually read his size without answering the man.
 
"May I ask you something?"Ji Hoon asked later.
 
"what?" Iseul tried to keep focusing on measuring Ji Hoon's body size.
 
"Did you come to visit me on the day I just woke up?" ask Ji Hoon again.
 
"Ne... I came to visit you with everyone, but because I have other sudden affairs, I can't meet you," Iseul said. 
 
She actually remembers how she felt when she had a nightmare about the guy and how she felt so relieved when she found out that the guy was alive, but she also remembers how Ji Hoon looked so happy with his girlfriend in the patient's room.
 
       "anniyo... I mean, did you come before I woke up? "Early in the morning," said Ji Hoon, curiously looking at Iseul closely. 
 
          "wa..wae?" Iseul was surprised. She looked at the man's face with a nervous feeling. 
 
She couldn't admit that she visited him early in the morning to make sure that he was okay, right? She couldn't tell him that she was so worried that she just ran up to him wearing only pajamas; she couldn't admit that she came and told him about her deepest feelings.
 
"Anniyo... Keunyang, I feel like I hear your voice while sleeping," Ji Hoon said uncertainly.
 
            "jinja? "What did I say?" Iseul asked frantically; she was so afraid that the man might hear her confession. Ji Hoon seemed hesitant to answer her question and seemed to be thinking of something; he remembered the voice he had heard at the time.
 
"Don't go, Oppa, please get up soon and get well soon. I can't imagine that you really leave me, Nan, Saranghaeyo Oppa, therefore, Please don't go, never. "Kajima Ji Hoon oppa, Nan nomu saranghamnida." It was the voice he heard last time. He also felt her soft and sweet lips kissing him. He felt that the voice was the reason that made him suddenly wake up, and he really knew the voice—it was Iseul's voice.
 
"anniyo... maybe I was just dreaming," Ji Hoon said in the end. 
 
Somehow he felt so awkward telling Iseul about all of that; he just wasn't sure if he actually heard that voice or if it was just his mere imagination. Iseul holds a sigh of relief when Ji Hoon says that; she then pulls out her meter scroll and returns it to its place.
 
"Alright, we're done. You can go now." Iseul turned around and was ready to go, but she stopped her steps when she saw that Ji Hoon suddenly appeared in pain while touching his back.
 
Ji Hoon returned to feeling severe back pain again after the accident and often felt that suddenly there was a very severe pain that appeared and almost killed him. When the pain returned, he sometimes couldn't even move his entire body. As now, he felt a lot of pain in his back. He tried to ease the pain by holding his back tightly with his hands, but it couldn't work. He then dropped his knee on the floor and frowned to endure the pain. 
 
         "oppa!"Iseul shouted frantically and ran towards Ji Hoon; she knelt in front of him and touched his arm.
 
          "oppa... "What's the matter? Why are you suddenly in pain?" Ask Iseul to stop being worried while holding Ji Hoon's arm. After listening to her worried voice, Ji Hoon couldn't help but smile instead.
 
          "why? Why are you suddenly smiling? "Are you playing with me?" Iseul asked confusedly.
 
"You just did... calling me... oppa... finally." Ji Hoon's words were barely audible as he endured his pain.
 
"Is it very sick?" "I'll call an ambulance right now," said Iseul, standing up and wanting to call for help, but Ji Hoon held her hand and stopped her.
 
           "it's okay... "I'll be fine after putting some hot compresses on and laying my body down," said Ji Hoon.
 
"Stay with me. I'm begging you. ", the man added later. 
 
Iseul returned to his side and knelt down again before him. She then wrapped her right hand around Ji Hoon's waist, trying to support him and help the man lie down on the couch. Iseul makes Ji Hoon lie down on the couch in a prone position. The man bit his lower lip, enduring the pain that struck his back.
 
            "what should I do? "Are you sure you won't call an ambulance?" Ask Iseul again. She pulled Ji Hoon's hand and held it tightly, and the man clasped her hand. 
 
"It's okay, Gwenchana," said Ji Hoon.
 
Iseul then decides to sit on the couch and undress Ji Hoon, then massage his back gently to ease his pain. The man was surprised when he found out that Iseul was massaging his bare back, but he also felt happy and couldn't hide his smile because he felt the woman's concern for him. She massaged his back with her right hand while her left hand kept holding Ji Hoon's hand.
 
"Can't you postpone your concert later this month?" You even just left the hospital, and your condition isn't really good? "You should postpone it for your own sake," Iseul said as she continued to massage him.
 
"I... I can't... "I don't want to upset my fans; they've been waiting for me all the time," Ji Hoon said.
 
"Are your fans more important than yourself?" "You also have to take care of your own body, oppa." Iseul said it again.
 
"They are the people who made me where I am now; without them, I would not be able to be who I am or be where I am," explained Ji Hoon.
 
          "For God's Sake! Why do you care so much about such a thing? Do you think others will like you more if you keep forcing yourself to do whatever your fans want? "You're a human too; you have your own life; please stop caring too much about others and take care of yourself; can't you do that?" Iseul shouted angrily; she was very worried about the man's condition, and she didn't want to know if it got worse.
 
            "Iseul-ah... "Are you maybe worried about me?" asked Ji Hoon, who chuckled. 
 
Even though his back felt like it was going to kill him, spending time like this with Iseul was really precious to him, so if he had to feel this pain to keep Iseul worried and thinking about him that way, he was willing to keep this pain for a long time.
 
             "I'm not worried! "I'm just tired of you; I'm tired of your stubbornness!" denied Iseul, trying to hide her worries.
 
"Thank you," said Ji Hoon, smiling. Iseul just silently listened to his words. She then continued to massage him silently.
 
           "I'm sorry...."Iseul said then, after being silent for a few minutes.
 
"If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have experienced this suffering; you were in pain because of the accident; because of me... I'm sorry...."Iseul said at the end with her teary eyes. She felt so guilty toward Ji Hoon; she was the one who made the man suffer like this.
 
"It's not your fault; it's okay. Don't feel guilty to me; I beg you," said Ji Hoon softly. Iseul let her tears fall quietly, then rubbed her face to wipe away those tears.
 
"Thank you, Oppa... for saving me, and I'm sorry... for not being able to thank you sooner... but please, don't do anything like this again... don't hurt yourself and make yourself suffer like this... I'm begging you. ", said Iseul, who couldn't hide her trembling voice. Ji Hoon was stunned when he heard her cracking voice. He then got up and sat down facing the designer.
 
"Hey, it's okay," said Ji Hoon, holding Iseul's arm.
 
"Why did you wake up?" "Don't you still feel pain?" Iseul was worried.
 
"I feel better, thank you," said Ji Hoon, smiling. Iseul nodded and smiled back at the man.
 
Ji Hoon looked at Iseul's beautiful face closely, then raised his hand and stroked the woman's hair with tenderness. He had already decided it by now; he decided to no longer restrain himself anymore. He decided to no longer hide his feelings in his heart, which he had lied to himself about for years.
 
After seeing Iseul with Gary the last time and having the feeling of losing her come back, he decides that he doesn't want to lose his chance with Iseul again. He didn't want to hold back anymore.
 
Ji Hoon then caresses Iseul's cheek, while the woman just freezes in her position, looking at Ji Hoon's warm eyes. The man pulled Iseul's face and approached her. He kept looking into her eyes and finally closed his eyes when their faces were only an inch apart.
 
In a few moments, the man's lips have become at odds with those of the designer. Ji Hoon kisses Iseul gently; he wants to show his hidden feelings now. He wanted to tell her that he loved her through the kiss he gave her. Ji Hoon raised both of his hands and pushed Iseul's face closer to deepen their kiss; he was unwilling to let her go again.
 
Iseul was so surprised by his sudden kiss that she could feel butterflies filling her stomach and her heart pounding barely. His soft lips managed to anesthetize the woman's mind; she could not remember anything and could not do anything except kiss him back.
 
 

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