Ignites

Ignites
See You Chagiya (Nineteen)



            Enzo cries in his grandmother's arms as the crate carrying Yuka's corpse has arrived at Ms Im's house. All of Yuka's agents and close relatives are crying over Yuka's sudden and tragic departure.


In a corner of the room that looks lonely, Haejun is daydreaming while imagining various beautiful memories that he has carved with Yuka. Starting from their unusual introductions to their tumultuous approach and home life that was not always sweet, but left a deep impression on Lee Haejun. Yuka is everything to him. Although Yuka is not her first love, but Yuka is her last love and the mother of her child. Yuka is his true love. If Yuka left, then what would she do? He is not sure he can raise Enzo himself and run his difficult days without Yuka present.


            Suddenly a gentle pat landed on Haejun's shoulder and made Haejun look back with his own eyes. Beside him now stands the president with a black tuxedo stellan that shows his condolences. The old man sat next to Haejun and looked at Haejun deeply, full of regret. Indirectly, all this is because of his mistake. He gave Haejun that special mission even though he knew that Haejun had a family. Now what happened to him first also happened to Haejun. They both have lost the most meaningful female figure in their lives due to a very terrible mission.


            “I'm so sorry for the passing of your wife.” said president Park Boyoung slowly. Haejun glanced at the president and just nodded his head slowly in response to yes.


            “Sorry, I have not successfully completed that mission. Maybe tomorrow the council of generals will start deciding to give a sentence for the offence I have committed. So I probably couldn't complete that mission. My rank as captain will be revoked as soon as the general council is complete


close it.” Haejun said softly and looks lifeless. President Park looked at Haejun concerned as he patted the young man's shoulder slowly. He thought Haejun didn't deserve that. His wife's death was already the toughest punishment for him. If Haejun had to be expelled from the ranks of intel, it felt like it would further aggravate the pain that plagued Haejun. He must do something to keep Haejun in his position even though Haejun has indeed violated the very forbidden headquarters regulations.


            “I'll talk to your father and the other council generals so they don't punish you. You don't deserve that, your own wife's death has been a heavy blow. I don't want you to get any worse for losing your post at headquarters. I know you're a man of high competence, not because of your will. If you were that guy


incompetence, maybe since long your marriage relationship with Miss Im has been known. But all this time you've always shown good competence. You have to be patient, son, I know how you feel right now. You must not be discouraged by having lost your wife, you must think about how Enzo's fate is because he currently only has you as his protector. In any case Enzo should stay alive well even though he has lost his mother.” advice president Park wise. Haejun only nodded at a glance while smiling bitterly at the president. What the president said is true, but it's not easy to do. Living the days without Yuka, it would definitely feel like hell for her. Full of pain and pain!


            “Daddy..”.


            Enzo suddenly ran towards Haejun and directly hugged Haejun's body tightly. From a distance Haejun can see his eomma and eommonim are hugging each other while shedding their grief over Yuka's passing. Apparently the eomma had arrived from Nami island after this morning he contacted his eomma with all the sad feelings that plagued him if Yuka had died. He did not believe all this and thought it was a nightmare. But no matter how hard he tries to deny all this, he continues to be faced with the painful fact that he has indeed lost Yuka


for eternity. The wooden crate that is currently in the living room of Madame Im is a silent witness to Yuka's death which is indeed true.


            “What's up? Why yell and cry?” haejun asked gently to Enzo. Seeing Enzo who was currently staring at him tearfully, made him remember Yuka. Enzo inherits Yuka's round eyes. And those teary eyes reminded Haejun of Yuka as the woman wept in memory of her dead father.


            “Enzo... hiks hiks, want mommy. Why mommy tid.. hiks dur. and do not want to get out of the box. hiks hiks.” said Enzo stammering. President Park rubs Enzo's head gently and he feels remorse for ruining the life of an innocent child like Enzo.


            “It's okay, let mommy sleep in there, because mommy is tired. Mommy is now with the harabeoji up there, looking at Enzo from a distance while smiling sweetly. Mommy loves Enzo so much, so Enzo can't cry.”


            Haejun looked up his head full of pain while holding back the tears that would soon drip from his eyelids. He really wants to cry now! He wanted to cry like Enzo without caring about anyone else who might taste him a whiny man.


            “But Enzo wants mommy, Enzo hasn't had dinner with mommy and daddy, even though Enzo had everything ready yesterday. Mommy was supposed to come home with daddy for dinner last night, why mommy went with harabeoji!” enzo shouted roaring in Haejun's arms. Haejun lifted Enzo up on his lap and hugged the little boy tightly. He does not know when Enzo will understand and accept Yuka's departure. But he swears to her that he will always be there to replace Yuka in Enzo's life. He will play the role of a real parent to Enzo. He will never leave Enzo again, from now on Enzo will stay with him. In the house they were supposed to live in together.


            “Enzo, from now on you will stay with daddy. We will unite and live this life together, without your mommy present at our side. And be the strength for the future daddy.” whispered Haejun raucous in Enzo's ears while still hugging Enzo with melted tears that are now increasingly rushing to flood his pale face.


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            Meanwhile Yeri, Minzi, Lay, Sehun, and Myungso were gathered together in the Im family living room while staring at Yuka's wooden crate with nanar. Since last night Yeri has been crying incessantly because Yuka is her favorite senior. She had always aspired to be like Yuka, and Yuka was her role model. Now he has lost that role model forever. And he doesn't know what will happen to him later if Yuka is no longer there to guide him in various tasks. For her Yuka was already like a mother, and she had lost the figure of a mother who had always guided her all along.


            “Already Yeri, please let the departure of senior Im, he was happy there, you do not constantly cry like that.” comfort Minzi soothe. But instead of stopping crying, Yeri was even more crying because she remembered the first time she knew Yuka. He was a new agent who knew nothing. Then suddenly Yuka comes into his life as a senior counselor who always teaches him to be a reliable intel patiently. And from then on their relationship grew closer like a brother and sister because sometimes Yuka likes to give wise advice for her good. He's not ready to lose Yuka.


            “Stop crying, not only are you feeling sad, we feel that way too


same as how you feel. Instead I felt a deeper pain because I had just been heartbroken by Captain Lee, and now I have to accept the harsh reality if I have lost senior Im for all eternity.” said Sehun with a slightly raised tone. Yeri then hugged Sehun tightly and spilled all her tears on Sehun's shoulders. What Sehun said was indeed true if they were currently grieving over the terrible death of senior Im.


            “Sorry, but I'm really sad about all this reality. Senior Im does not deserve to go in such a condition. Senior Im should have gotten better because she is a good woman. Poor Enzo and captain Lee, they must be very sad over the passing of senior Im.”


            Minzipun hugged Yeri while sobbing softly on Yeri's shoulder. He lost it just as much as Yeri. After all Yuka was a senior figure who had made her as a great agent as she was today. She used to be a shy woman and was very difficult to get along with other people she had just known. But Yuka


suddenly came and reached out his hand in a friendly manner to become his first friend. Then Yuka introduced him to Yeri and his other colleagues until now he has a team and close friends who really understand him.


            All those who were gathered in the living room were agents who were already Yuka


think like his own family until their relationship is so close. So that his sudden departure so tormented them and left a pain so deep in their hearts. Yuka is everything to them. Yuka is not only a senior to them, but Yuka is their mother, best friend, and mentor.


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            “Yuka.”


            Haejun stared at the picture of Yuka wearing a knee-length blue dress in the living room of his house. It's been five hours since Yuka was buried next to her father's grave, and Haejun still can't accept Yuka's departure. He still feels that Yuka is around him and is on a mission with him.


But in reality the figure is just his wishful thinking. Yuka was not real, and the woman was no longer beside her. He's alone now. He is alone without Yuka as a reinforcement and complement to his life.


            “Yuka I missed you.” said Haejun softly while recalling his past with Yuka four and a half years ago when Yuka for the first time shouted excitedly at him while hugging him tightly when he had just walked into the house. And he felt like it had just happened yesterday.


Flashbacks


            “Yuka I'm home.”


            Haejun went into his house tired and his face wrinkled. Today just completed a murder mission that happened in a luxury apartment in Gangnam area, and this mission really drained his energy because the killer turned out to be so devious and clever in playing his plans.


            “Oppa!!”


            Suddenly amidst the exhaustion that had engulfed Haejun, Yuka emerged from the direction of the kitchen while jumping towards him and hugging him tightly. The woman shouted at the side of her face so loudly that she had to tilt her head to the side to avoid the shrill sound of her ear-splitting wife.


            “What's up, why scream?” asked Haejun riled. Yuka was still in Haejun's arms shaking Haejun's body so many times that Haejun felt that his current body would completely fall because of Yuka's actions.


            “Yuka, you're making me sicker. Get your hands off my shoulders.”


            By slightly forcing Haejun to remove the wiggly fingers from his shoulder and pushing Yuka slightly back so that he could see the face of his wife more clearly that was sinking deep a euphoria, I don't know what.


            “Oppa I'm pregnant! I'm pregnant oppa!” yuka said excitedly while jumping around like a child. Haejun had a look of surprise and immediately stopped Yuka who was jumping up and down in front of him.


            “I've tried it with two testpacks. This, instead of both of them giving rise to two red lines.”


            “You've only tried it twice, you haven't tried it for the third time. What if both testpacks are wrong?”


            Yuka frowned in front of Haejun and immediately left Haejun alone in the front room because her husband was really too annoying.


            Yuka crossed her hands in front of her chest and decided to watch a tv show for a moment in the living room to relieve her sense of regret for Haejun. Though he wanted to see Haejun's reaction like his next door neighbor who immediately kissed his wife's forehead softly full of feelings when his wife was pregnant. But it turns out Haejun is not that type of man. Haejun was the type of man who was only spirit when making it, but was not too excited by the results. It sucks!


            “Hey, why did you just leave me? You angry?”


            It felt like Yuka wanted to curse at Haejun right now as well because her husband was really stupid with his question that sounded annoying. Of course he was angry at the moment, but the man foolishly asked him. It really feels like he wants to explode right now.


            “Why does oppa look unhappy when she hears about my pregnancy? What oppa do not like if soon we will have a cute child?” tanya Yuka pouted.


            “Not so, I just want to make sure if you're really pregnant. The testpack may be wrong. As long as you haven't checked into the hospital, you haven't been shown to be pregnant. Tomorrow before going to headquarters, we go to the obstetrician.” break up Haejun absolute. But Yuka was still pouting because of Haejun


she blatantly said that she doubted her pregnancy. She is very sure she is pregnant now. Ck, her husband is different.


            “As for oppa, whereas I expect oppa to react more happily. But never mind, it doesn't matter now. Better oppa eat immediately. I have prepared dinner for oppa in the kitchen.” said Yuka ketus and immediately stepped away leaving Haejun who was only able to grunt his breath slowly. Though he didn't mean it, he just wanted to make sure of everything first before shouting like crazy. He did not want to be like his cousin who immediately contacted everyone when his wife showed him the testpack he tried. But after checking with the gynecologist it turns out his wife is not pregnant, is not it very embarrassing? Therefore he did not want to fate the same as his cousin. He just wanted everything to be clear, and after that maybe he could scream like crazy all day because his wife was pregnant.


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            The next day after checking in with the gynecologist, Yuka unceasingly smiled happily in the car because the doctor had confirmed that she was indeed pregnant. The doctor said that Yuka's gestational age had entered three weeks. And the doctor also advised her that she should not be too tired because the early age of pregnancy under eight weeks is very susceptible to miscarriage.


            “It's up, you don't want to go down?” ask Haejun suddenly spoils the pleasure of Yuka who is imagining her growing baby in her womb. The woman glances at Haejun and just gets out of the car without caring about Haejun who is still in his place to wait for Yuka, but Yuka has left him first.


            “Ck, women are indeed confusing creatures.” decak Haejun was upset and immediately got out of his car. He immediately followed Yuka's steps which had been far enough to leave him and now the woman had entered the elevator while sticking out her tongue.


            “See you oppa.”


            And along with that the elevator door that Yuka was riding on closed, leaving Haejun alone in the basement with a cocky feeling because today his wife continues to test her patience with her childish behavior. With a huff he decided to wait for the elevator door to open while knocking his hand against the wall bored.


Ting


            Haejun breathed a sigh of relief as the clink of the elevator finally rang and the elevator door had now opened slowly.


            “Good morning captain.”


            Haejun nodded his head slightly at Cha Yeonsang who greeted him kindly. The man then emphasized the figure of Haejun's room before the elevator door in front of them was tightly shut.


            “How is the captain's job lately, does the captain get special missions again?” yeonsang asked breaking the silent atmosphere between them. Haejun turned a glance towards Yeonsang while calling out lazily.


            “My work lately has not been too heavy, but I still have a case to investigate board members suspected of being corrupt.” Answer Haejun as he is. Yeonsang nodded his head in understanding and he was about to ask Haejun again, but the elevator door suddenly opened and forced him to immediately exit the elevator.


            From a distance Haejun saw Yuka was talking to her comrade from another division. Haejun had guessed that Yuka would help her partner to carry a pile of maps that looked heavy.


            Mistress should not be too tired, because the age of the womb of the mistress is still very vulnerable...


           “Captain me excuse me.”


            “Wait.”


            Suddenly Haejun stopped Yeonsang's footsteps and made the mid-twentieth young man turn around.


            “What's the captain?”


            “Please help Chaerin to bring her heavy maps, Yuka has to go right to


meeting room with me.” said Haejun reasoned. Yeonsang nodded in understanding and immediately walked ahead of Haejun to ask for Chaerin's map which was currently in Yuka's hands.


            “Give me all those maps, I'll take them with Chaerin.”


            “Eh, are you seriously Yeonsang ssi?” yuka asked slightly surprised as Yeonsang had taken the pile of maps that were in his hands. Yuka let Yeonsang pick up the map while waving her hand at Chaerin.


            “See you soon, good luck.” Yuka told Chaerin who will meet with the general council.


            “You left me.”


            Suddenly Haejun was already standing next to her while crying out flatly. Yuka looked at Haejun lazily while crossing her arms in front of her chest, but she suddenly remembered something.


            “Oppa deliberately told Yeonsang to bring the maps?”


            “No.” Haejun replied briefly and immediately stepped away leaving Yuka who was smiling meaningfully behind her husband's strapping body.


            “I know it's you captain Lee Haejun.” shouted Yuka loudly with a sweet smile that imprinted clearly on her face. Haejun only smiled half and immediately entered his comfortable room.


Flashback end