Ignites
See You Chagiya (Twenty)
Haejun closed his eyes painfully as he recalled the memories of four and a half years ago when Yuka was pregnant. He is not the type of man who is full of romance, he can only show his affection
through attitude. And gradually Yuka understands his nature until Yuka never expected him to be a romantic guy after knowing his true identity.
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Shaking the phone in his pants pocket made Haejun aware of the real world that he had long ignored. Wiping the pool of tears welling up in his eye patch, Haejun began to pick up the phone call while pounding softly to normalize his slightly hoarse voice.
“Halo..”
“Hae, when will you come to headquarters?”
Mr. Lee's voice was soft with caution. He knew his son was going through a difficult time that was too painful to go through.
“I don't know appa, please give me time. After everything improves, I will immediately go to headquarters.” Haejun said without interest. Right now even he did not know how long he would leave the headquarters as he still felt it was hard to go to the headquarters. Moreover, there are so many memories with Yuka that will make her more devastated with her sadness that she can not express with words and tears.
“Besok appa will be meeting with the general council...”.
“I don't care about the general council appa. Even I'd be willing if my post as captain was removed, I don't care!”
Mr. Lee was silent for a moment with his son's reply. Right now his son is in a mess and he feels wrong for saying it in an inappropriate atmosphere. He should have let Haejun alone until things improved and his son was able to run his life back without Yuka by his side.
“I'm sorry appa Hae, appa didn't mean to add to the burden of your mind. Then what about you now, are you going to be home all day without doing anything?”
“Tomorrow I will pick up Enzo, from now on he will stay with me. Because it turns out that my decision to keep Enzo out of my life and the dangerous Yuka was not the right one. Precisely now I regretted my decision because now that Yuka had left, Enzo did not have many memories with Yuka. Now I want Enzo to stay with me so he has a lot of memories with me. To hell with the many enemies that will endanger his life, but if later I go after Yuka, he will have many memories with me, his daddy.”
Mr. Lee subconsciously rubbed the corner of his eyes that were starting to water. Imagining his son who had been tough and now had to be a fragile man because the loss of his wife made Mr. Lee sad. In fact, he was also very regretful about how his daughter-in-law went which was quite sad. Yuka should have gotten a decent ending, not a very bad ending because of the enemy's hatred. After this he may tighten the agent screening system so that no more traitors infiltrate the headquarters to destroy the durability of the headquarters like yesterday.
“I'm sorry appa Hae, appa also sorry for Yuka's departure which was very terrible. Appa and the general council will try to tighten the security of the headquarters so that no more traitors infiltrate the headquarters. And appa promises to help you catch Park Jaejong.”
“Thank you appa, this is not wrong appa. Then I'll hang up. There are a few things I have to do now.”
Haejun soon ended his phone call with his father after Mr. Lee allowed him to hang up. He then walks to his room to rest his chaotic thoughts due to Yuka's death. But just as he arrived at the doorway and wanted to enter his room, Yuka's shadow constantly haunted him and made him undo his intention to enter the room. It felt like he was still seeing Yuka smiling on the bed while getting ready for bed.
“Arghhhh!!”
Haejun ruffles his hair in frustration and chooses to get out of his house so that Yuka's shadow doesn't continue to haunt him. He's fed up! He does not want to be constantly haunted by the sadness of Yuka's departure because it makes him weak. He wants to quickly forget about Yuka and the terrible shadow of Yuka's death.
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The stomping sound of music filled Haejun's auditory senses ever since he decided to step inside the club and drink to his fullest extent to forget his sadness about Yuka. Haejun had asked the bartender ten times to give him a scotch so that he would get drunk and no longer imagine Yuka waiting for him at home with anxious feelings. Now Haejun has begun to feel the effects of scotch that has affected his mind until now his head feels dizzy and turns around. In an unclear voice, Haejun asked the bartender to give him another scotch. To hell with his drunken state, all he wanted today was to let go of Yuka's painful shadow.
“Give me one more sloki.” Pinta Haejun with an indistinct voice. Along with that Haejun's head fell drooping on the table because of the scotch effect that began to work on his body that felt light. Haejun fell asleep while imagining Yuka's smiling face in his head.
Flashbacks
Haejun was walking alone inside the hallway of his headquarters when he heard the voices of the women gossiping about Yuka in front of him.
“Do you know where Im Yuka is now? I haven't seen him in base.” in a long time
“You do not know if Yuka took a leave of absence six months ago because she will continue her studies abroad?”
Haejun saw one of the women who had asked shook his head. The woman seemed so interested in the topic of Yuka's departure from the headquarters.
“Really? Why do I never know? It's only fitting that captain Lee has always been seen alone. Do you think Yuka was deliberately tempting captain Lee so that the handsome man would always stick to her? Surely Yuka had used her body to make Captain Lee continuously stay by her side.”
Haejun clenched his hands in annoyance when he heard his wife's name being ridiculed by another woman. Moreover, the woman dared to accuse his wife of teasing him. He should teach that woman a lesson!
“Entahlah, but Yuka is indeed beautiful, it is appropriate if captain Lee likes her.” defend one of the women who are in the small gathering. Haejun decided to stay longer, in order to eavesdrop on the women's conversation in the hallway of the quiet headquarters. It felt like he wanted to find out how popular Yuka had been all this time inside the headquarters.
“But I guess it was Yuka who had teased captain Lee, because captain Lee was a very cold man. How could such a cold man possibly melt without being fished first. Do you know if Captain Lee is the type of man who is difficult, even according to the news circulating former lover of Captain Lee so far famous beautiful-beautiful. Do you know a Korean super model named Kim Sujin, she is one of the former lovers of captain Lee.”
“Hah, really? That gorgeous super model is Captain Lee's ex-girlfriend? I really never knew the news.”
Haejun listened to all the words of those women with an unusually large feeling of annoyance in his heart. How could the woman know if she had ever been in a relationship with Sujin? But that was before, long before Sujin became a super model and she still pursued a career in the catwalk world. But it felt like it was a long time ago, even he had forgotten Sujin. And he gets annoyed if they compare Yuka with Sujin, because in fact Yuka is better at everything than Sujin. They are just too envious of Yuka that they use the name of her former lover who is a super model to bring Yuka down.
“Ck, you must have never listened to Sujin's interview on television. But never mind, it doesn't matter. Now it's time for us to approach Captain Lee because he's on his own. Hadn't we been unable to get close to him because Im Yuka had always been around him, let alone to get into captain Lee's team was very difficult. Look at all the team members led by captain Lee, all of them agents who have a great working history. But I doubt Yuka's position, because since long ago she continued to stick to captain Lee like a mushroom attached to a stone.”
Some of the women who heard the nyinyir woman's babble immediately laughed loudly when they heard the woman's sneer that sounded so satisfied to mock Yuka. But Haejun was already hot with all the unpleasant talk. It seemed like it was time to get out of his hiding place and give a lesson to them.
“EEhem.”
Haejun cleared his throat slowly while walking calmly towards the group of women. Looking at Captain Lee who was walking towards them, the faces of the women instantly turned pale. They start to look wrong and want to leave the place immediately, but Haejun has already walked towards them, so they are only able to peck in place without being able to go anywhere.
“What are you doing here? Don't you have any other job besides gossiping to your colleagues?” asked Haejun flatly full of satire. Kim Nana who was a gossip spreader immediately froze in place without daring to look at Haejun's face. Even the woman seemed to tremble when Haejun's shoes stopped right in front of her feet.
“Kim Nana, you better fix your personality before you dream to be with me because I have a very high female standard.”
After saying that Haejun immediately left the gang of gossiping women with a satisfied smile on his face. After this the woman will definitely not dare to gossip about Yuka again with her gang because she has given a lesson for her annoying nyinyir attitude.
-00-
That evening Haejun was still at the headquarters to complete his unresolved tasks. Suddenly he felt so missed his wife who had been since six months ago decided to live with his mother in Nami because she was pregnant. Now Yuka is waiting for the moment of her birth in Nami with her mother and also her mother-in-law who is also going to Nami to follow Yuka to help Yuka during childbirth later.
“Halo.”
Haejun smiled brightly as Yuka picked up her late-night phone call. Though he thought Yuka would not lift it because three days ago Yuka said that lately she often felt tired and her sleep time was also faster than usual.
“Oppa.. What's calling me this late?” asked Yuka with a slightly hoarse voice. Now Haejun is convinced that Yuka is actually asleep, but he wakes up because of his call.
“What does oppa want from me, hmm?”
“I want you back to Seoul, I'm lonely.” Haejun said honestly. The man slightly straightened his legs on the sofa while smiling strangely like a teenager in a kasmaran. If only his men knew what his true attitude was, perhaps they would not feel disinclined at him anymore.
“Ck, be patient oppa. After I give birth, I will return to Seoul. By the way will oppa come to accompany me during the labor process? Lately I have often felt small contractions, maybe soon our child will be born.”
Suddenly Haejun caught a sad tone in Yuka's speech. Indeed, since six months ago, he only once went to Nami, even then when he drove Yuka to his eomma house. The rest he had never visited Yuka again in Nami because he was so busy with the many cases that entered the headquarters. He felt so guilty towards Yuka right now. It should be during pregnancy that the expectant mother gets the full support of her husband, but Yuka never demands it from him at all. Just this time Yuka expressed her heart's desire for him to come during the delivery process later.
“Sorry, I've been very busy for six months. I'll try to come to Nami as soon as possible. How are you doing? Do you still feel pain and aches?” asked Haejun attentively. Yuka involuntarily nodded while holding her waist which would feel aching when she woke up. But clearly
Haejun would not see a nod of his head, because of their great distance apart from the ocean.
“Yah.. aches are indeed common in pregnant women, so it is certain I still feel it until now. It's getting worse since my gestational age. But oppa calmed down, eomma and eommonim had given me anti-achy gel, so my waist was not too painful. What about oppa? Oppa must not be well maintained there.” said Yuka while giggling amusedly. She could not imagine what her husband would look like now because Haejun had not been willing to make a video call with her. She tells him that she wants to surprise him, and that makes Yuka so curious that she wants to see her husband soon.
“You have to see it for yourself later.” said the mysterious Haejun. The man involuntarily touched his chin which had now been overgrown with fine hairs that were a little long because since Yuka went to Nami he had never shaved. Usually Yuka who shreds her shell when she is sleeping or when she is relaxing at home. And now that Yuka was in Nami, she was lazy to do it. He just wants Yuka to do it for him.
“Ck, you make me even more curious oppa! Just watch out if it turns out that you are getting ugly, I will look for another more handsome man here.” seduced Yuka with her loud laughter.
“If you dare to glance at another man there, I will also look for a beautiful woman here. Do you remember who my ex-boyfriend was before I married you? They will surely gladly accept me back.”
“Oh.. So you want to get back with that super model Sujin? Go ahead, but I won't let you see my son. You shitty guy!”
Now it was Yuka who was angry at Haejun's temptation. Though the intention of his heart he wanted to heat up Haejun, but instead he himself felt hot with the topic around his ex-husband who was not playing games.
“Because of you, you won't be able to win from me.”
Haejun laughed out loud while imagining his wife's adorable sullen face. Ahhe.. Yuka increasingly makes him want to fly to Nami immediately.
“Oppa sucks! Then good night, I'm already sleepy.”
Yuka hung up the phone call unilaterally without waiting for Haejun to give her answer. But Haejun immediately opened an application on his phone to book a plane ticket because he decided to go to Nami the next morning. His premonition says that Yuka will soon give birth soon, and he does not want to be a cruel husband because he does not wait for his wife to fight for the birth of their child that he has been waiting for all this time.
“Yuka wait for me. I'll give you a surprise.”
Flashback end
The frenetic sound of music still sounded so noisy inside the club, but it did not bother Haejun at all from his beautiful dreams about Yuka. Instead, the man continued to rumble several times while calling out Yuka's name in his sleep.
A woman who had been sitting next to him began to feel annoyed by Haejun's unclear ways. The woman ventured to wake the man up so that he would at least go home instead of having to sleep in such an uncomfortable state. But when he was standing right in front of Haejun's body, the woman was surprised by Haejun's presence in the club.
“Lee Haejun!”
Jaekyung shook Haejun's body slowly, but there was absolutely no reaction from Haejun. Even Haejun seemed to not feel the shock on his shoulder which was actually quite loud.
“Do you know him? He looks so fucked up since coming here two hours ago.”
The bartender shouted softly at Jaekyung while glancing at Haejun's peaceful sleeping face on the bar table.
“He is my app friend's son. Did he tell you his problem?”
“No, he just came and kept asking for scotch until he fell asleep like that. Maybe he has a very big problem and wants to forget it so he decided to drink scotch as much as drunk.” explained the bartender was detailed. Jaekyun nodded in understanding and started reaching into Haejun's pants pocket to retrieve Haejun's wallet. He believes he can find Haejun's address on Haejun's identification card so he can drive Haejun home.
“Lee Haejun let's go home.”
Jaekyung began to lift Haejun's body slowly when he had already found Haejun's home address. Assisted by the bartender who had accompanied him since, Jaekyung was finally able to put Haejun into his car.
“Huh, thank you very much for the help.” said Jaekyung kindly to the bartender who helped him. The bartender gave his thumbs up and immediately closed the door of Jaekyung's car when everything was done. Jaekyungpun opened a little glass car and just waved to honor the new bartender.
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With a staggering step Jaekyung pulled Haejun's body into his house. A security guard granted access to Haejun's house when Jaekyung confessed that he was a friend of Haejun's who wanted to drive home because Haejun was drunk.
“Ughh. You are so heavy Lee Haejun ssi. Must be your muscles that make your body heavy.” Jaekyung grumbled while dragging Haejun's unconscious heavy body. Jaekyung also saw a room closest to the main door, and without a second thought Jaekyung immediately entered Haejun into the room because he was unable to drag Haejun's body any longer. But suddenly his steps came to a halt when he heard Haejun's slightly vague, yet vague speech he could still hear.
“Yuka.. Yuka, come back.”
“Yuka?” muttered Jaekyung confused. But he decided not to bother him because he wanted to immediately bring Haejun into the room, because he was not strong enough to hold Haejun's heavy body.
Bruck
Jaekyung threw Haejun's body into the bed and immediately took off Haejun's shoes and covered Haejun so that the man would not get cold.
Before Jaekyung left Haejun, Jaekyung briefly looked at Haejun's deeply asleep face in front of her.
“You look more handsome while sleeping Haejun ssi. Good night.”
Jaekyung closed the door to Haejun's room slowly and immediately walked out to go back to her own home. But while in the living room, Jaekyung was stunned by the many family photos Haejun had posted there. He also felt called to see the photo one by one because he had not seen it since
the photos were due to being too busy dragging Haejun's body.
“Isn't this woman the intel that this afternoon was rumored to have died in an accident while on duty? So. so this woman is Lee Haejun's wife?”
Jaekyung covered her mouth in disbelief as she looked at all the photos of Haejun with his little family hanging on top of the wall. There Jaekyung can see a picture of Haejun's wedding as well as a picture of Haejun holding a baby with Yuka. Then Jaekyung also found a large photo that read Lee Enzo under his frame. With great admiration Jaekyung observed the photos one by one while making a deep thought.
Can I take this woman's place to be a wife and mother?
