Chapter 3: Remember Me (Part 5)
Din was just laying there. Tae Hyun popped up from the bench and looked over at her. He noticed she was unconscious. Maybe Din was faking it just for attention. Tae Hyun went over and kicked him.
“Get up! Don’t try and fake this. When I told you to leave I really meant it”. There was silence. He was getting worried. He looked over at her again and smiled. “So that’s how you wanna play huh.” He ran over to get some water and poured it on her. But nothing happened. He reached over and realized that Din has indeed fainted. He tried to shake her but she still didn’t wake up. He was really worried so he carried her and laid her on the couch. He was going crazy trying to figure out what to do. He felt her forehead and realized that she had a high fever from staying out in the hot sun all day. It was his first time taking care of someone like this so he only knew that he had to give Din some medicine. Her clothes were soaking wet so it would probably be better if he changed her.
After giving her some medicine he hesitated as he had to take Din’s clothes off. This is his chance to find out if he really was gay. He couldn’t stand it. He didn’t want to find out. Tae Hyun sat there for a while debating on whether or not he should change Din’s clothes. He turns to look at her. She was really sick and it was his fault. All she wanted was to know why he’d kick her out. He couldn’t tell her…well he didn’t want to tell her.
“You have to do this…You can do this! It’s your fault she’s sick and wet!” he yelled at himself while staring at her.
Tae Hyun brought his clothes to change her into. He went to unbutton her shirt. For some reason it felt very wrong to him. He unbuttoned all the way and counted to three. He opened her shirt quickly. He was shocked to see what he saw!!!
“Wa…wa….WHAT THE HELL IS THIS? Why is his chest all wrapped up? IS HE HURT?” He got up to think. He walked around the couch two times. “Who would wrap himself up like that? What if…What if he was a she? Nah that’s impossible…or is he?” Tae Hyun decided to unwrap the bandages around her chest. He couldn’t believe his eyes as he saw that she indeed was a WOMAN. “D D Din is a she?!!! H How can this be? Am I dreaming? WHAT?!”
He was too shocked to be mad at her. He decided to change her without looking as well as putting the bandages back on. He sat there staring at her for a long time. With a smile on his face he had a plan.
“You think you can have all the fun? Just watch…”
Tae Hyun went to do a little investigation in her room. He looked through everything and it came out true. He found girl clothes, shoes, underwear, bra and even pads! How did he miss this? The things she did and the way she acted should’ve been clear to him. He just smiled to himself.
After washing and drying the clothes she had on he went ahead and changed her back into them so she wouldn’t notice any changes. He was sure that she would be all better in the morning. He was still worried so he stayed up all night to take care of her.
“Ugh…”, Dao puts her hand on her forehead as she tries to open her eyes. Everything was a bit blurry but she managed to look around. She tried to get up bit realized something was holding her down. Off to the side she sees Tae Hyun’s head leaning on her arm. She stared at him and smiled. He woke up and saw her staring at him. “What’s wrong? Is there something on my face?” She realizes herself, “Oh no no”. He gets up and touches her forehead and he grabs her face with both hands. He just stares at her. She was confused. “Um…Is there something wrong with my face? Why why are you staring at me like that?” He gave her a smirk. “Hmm…”, he turns her face left and right. “You know…for a guy with a face like yours I think you can pass for a girl too”. Her eyes widen. “Oh um no, how is that possible. I’m a guy haha. How could one possibly think I’m a girl, haha…”. He smiles at her and walks away. “Since you’re up you should get back to work”. She gets up and looks at him walking towards the stairs. “Huh? So you’re not mad anymore?” He stops and turns towards her, he crossed his arms, “Hmmm. No why are you disappointed?”
“ No No sir!” She quickly gets up and runs towards the kitchen to get breakfast started. She decided to make some porridge. Dao stood in the kitchen thinking about what happened yesterday. All she could remember was getting kicked out of the house and yelling at him from outside. She finished up and it was time to go get laundry. She went up to his room and noticed that he was still in the shower so she just hurriedly grabbed some of his clothing. While doing so she noticed someone behind her. As she turned around he was standing right there. He was still dripping wet because he just got out and had only a towel on. She dropped the basket in shock. She turned around and covered her eyes. He had a big smile on his face. “What’s wrong? It’s just me”.
With her hands over her eyes, “I I know it’s you but why must you come out with just a towel on?! What if your towel falls off or something!” He laughs, “So… there’s nothing wrong with that. It’s my room. Heck I can even walk around naked if I wanted to”.
“NO!” She turns to yell at him. But she turns back. “You should know that you’re not alone in this house. I’m here too”.
Of course I know that. I also know that I’m a guy...and YOU’RE a guy…am I right? She hesitantly answers him. “Of course I’m a guy. Why wouldn’t I be a guy?”
“Ok then. You shouldn’t even care. We both have the same things. There’s no need to be shy right?” He said as he walked closer towards her.
“Hehe yeah. We we do”, she says with her back still towards him.
“Ok then”. He grabbed her hand and pulled her to the restroom and starts to take her clothes off.
“HEY! What are you trying to do?!”, she held onto her shirt.
“What? I was thinking that we should, you know…take a shower together. I forgot that you haven’t even showered since yesterday”. He smelled her and made a disgusted face. “So come on”. He pulled on her shirt.
She tries to push him away. “Stop! I don’t want to shower with you. I like showering by myself”. He still insisted. “No, It’ll be faster this way. What are you scared of? We’re both guys”.
“I know but but”, her face had a worried expression.
“ But what?” he said.
“I have so much chores to do and I…”
“Who’s the boss here? He said as he grabbed onto her shirt. She looks at him. “I said its ok. So hurry up and take your clothes off. It’s an order!” He stood there smiling. She was so scared. He was just staring. She pulled her shirt up a bit and he was about to take his towel off. She ran towards the door and made it out. She ran all the way to her room.
She locked the door in case he followed her. “What? Shower together?” Flashbacks were running through her head. She smiled a bit but realized he was being so close and touchy with her. It wasn’t something two guy friends would do. “Is he...is he gay?” She was worried. “What if he was confused because he liked a guys and not girls! So he’s not a player? But he’s gay?!”
Dao decided that she should observe him for a bit before coming to a conclusion. While doing chores around the house he just sat around watching her. As she was vacuuming he kept staring at her. Every time she looked at him he would smile at her. “Din! Could I please get me some water?” She stopped and looked at him and then looked at the refrigerator. They weren’t that far from each other. All he had to do was get up and get it himself. She was cleaning the windows. She went to the kitchen and fetched him his water. She handed it to him and he grabbed her hand. “Thanks for the water”. He gave her a warm smile. She pulled her hands away. “Yo… your welcome”. While Dao was preparing dinner he went to stand right behind her. She was startled because she could feel his breath on her neck. She asked if he needed something but he said he just wanted to watch her cook. She really didn’t like how things were going.
After her shower Dao went back into her room and closed the door. “Did you have a nice shower?”
She was startled. “What are you doing in my room?!” He was laying there looking at the ceiling. “Oh I was just waiting for you. I was kinda missing you for a bit. Your shower was such a long one. That must’ve meant you had a great one. You should’ve invited me too”. He said with a smirk.
She was holding onto her shirt. “I I told you that I liked showers by myself”. She started to get speechless. “Could you get out now so I could rest!” He gets up from the bed and walks towards her. She backs up as he walks closer. She hits dead end as her back is stopped at the door. “Wh what are you doing?! I I’m a guy and you’re a guy. You’re not supposed to do this”. He stares at her. Their faces are so close they could feel each other’s breaths. Her eyes were closed and he whispered into her ears. “What if I like guys? Then doing this wouldn’t be wrong right?”
Dao opened her eyes as she heard his shocking words. He came in closer to kiss her but before he did she said “NO! I mean yes its wrong… because I’m not-,” she stopped herself. He looked at her. “What? Because you’re not what? Because you’re not a gu-”
“Because I’m not ok with it”. She opened the door and pushed him out. “Goodnight!” She leaned on her door after she locked it. She let out a big sigh. “That was too much. He did admit it! He likes guys! OMG now he’ll be even more pissed to know I’m a girl. Argh”. She went towards her bed and fell flat on it. “What is this?” In her heart she felt disappointed. She was sad.
Dao woke up a bit late the next day because she couldn’t sleep. She quickly got up and did everything. While going up to Tae Hyun’s room she was hesitant. She was scared he might pull something, but when she opened his door he was still in bed. She quietly walked up to him and gave him a little tap. “Um Boss…Boss”. He didn’t budge. She knew he was just playing around so she decided to push him hard. “Please get up! You need to go over to your parents today!” She tried everything she could. She got tired so she just sat on his bed. He took that chance to get a hold of her and pulled her down onto the bed with him. They were both laying there together but his arms were tightly wrapped around her. “Let me go! What are you doing?”
“What does it look like?”, he said. She was pushing him away but it was hard because he was holding her tightly. He had a big smile on his face. “Thanks for this warming wake up call”. She looked at him with a mad face. “You’re up now so could you please let me go? PLEASE. I don’t like this”.
“But I do”. He said looking into her eyes. She was happy but then she remembered that he liked guys not girls.
He told her that he wanted her to go with him today. She quickly answers “No. I I can’t”.
“Why? You’re not busy. What else do you have to do?”
Dao told him that she wanted to go visit her parents because she really missed them.
“Oh really? Then I’ll go too!” he said because he really wanted to visit her parents and find out where she lived.
She quickly answered “No. You’re busy you should just go visit your parents”. He held her tightly. “What is it that you want? Did you want to join me on visiting my parents or did you want me to join you on visiting yours?” She refused to both of his suggestions. “Well you have to pick one. No matter what it has got to be one of these choices”. She thought to herself. “I’m supposed to be at your house today as Dao anyways. How am I supposed to go as Din? But I guess it’s better than letting him visit my parents or else he’d find out the truth”.
“What’s your answer?” He leaned in closer to give her a kiss. “OK OK! I’ll go with you”, she quickly pushed him off and got up. “You can go shower now!”
He lets out a little laugh. “See now that was easy right? He looked at her and big his lower lip. “Did you want to shower with me?” He said with a smirk.
“No!” She stormed out of the room. “Haha. Din you want to keep this up then I’ll just have my fun with you”. He got up to take a shower.
They were about to leave when she faked being sick. She almost fainted. “Oh my head. I feel so bad right now”. He got a hold of her. “What’s wrong?”
She closed her eyes, “Oh I I just feel a bit sick. There’s nothing to worry about let’s get going”.
He stopped her, “No, if you feel this bad then I want you to rest. You don’t have to go anymore. I won’t go anymore. We’ll just stay home and I’ll tell my parents I’ll go tomorrow or something”.
She quickly said “NO! Um no. It’s ok, let’s just go. Please don’t make me feel responsible for you missing an important meeting with your parents. She quickly mad a sad face. He looked at her. “No its ok. You just stay home then. I’ll go and you stay home and rest”. He carried her onto her bed. She felt awkward. “Um thanks. You should go now”. He rubbed her head. “I’ll be back so get some rest”. She gave him a small smile.
After he left she made sure he was totally gone. She quickly got up, got dressed and then headed out to her parent’s house. They were off to the Park’s mansion.
Tae Hyun quickly gave his mother a hug. “So what is this all about? Why did you call an important meeting today?” His father gave him a pat on the back. “Well son, we wanted today to be the day that you and Dao officially get engaged”. Tae Hyun was shocked to hear what his father just told him. He totally forgot about Dao. The one whom he started to have feelings for, his dream girl. He was worried; he didn’t want to hurt her feelings. His father saw his expression. “What’s wrong? You don’t look too happy to hear the news”.
Dao and her parents arrived. “What news?” Dao said with a smile. Tae Hyun looked at her with a small smile. He pulled her out to the back yard so they could talk. “What’s wrong? You look stressed out. If it’s not too much, you could maybe tell me about it?”
He grabbed her hand and looked at her for a while. She smiled. “What’s wrong? Is there something on my face?” He smiled. “Why is it that you’re always smiling? You can cheer anyone up with just your smile”.
She smiled even more. “It’s because I don’t like to see anyone sad just as how you are now”. Tae Hyun glanced towards the ground. There was silence.
“How do you feel?” he said without looking at her.
“How do I feel about what?”
He rubbed her hand and looked at her. “About us?” She gave him a big smile. “I feel the same way you feel”. The smile was gone from his face. She looked at him with a confused expression. “Unless…you feel something different?” He just looked at her.
The parents called them back inside. Dao’s parents were already informed about the news. His parents announced that they wanted Tae Hyun and Dao to get engaged. Dao shyly smiled. Tae Hyun got up. “I can’t!” He said loudly with a serious face. He was only looking at Dao. She was no longer smiling anymore. He walked towards her. She stood up. “I’m sorry”, he said. She looked at him and in a serious tone she said, “Is there someone else?”
Tae Hyun paused for a bit. “Yes, there is. His name is Din”. She was shocked. Before he could say anything else she ran out. His parents were shocked. Tae Hyun explained how sorry he was. Dao’s parents were shocked but they weren’t expecting the whole engagement to happen because how could they expect their daughter to marry into a perfect family like this. Before his parents could yell at him he told them that it was a she and not a he. He told them that he loved her. His parents didn’t know what to say. They were still disappointed as they thought Tae Hyun and Dao were going good. Tae Hyun’s parents were too ashamed and embarrassed to talk to Dao’s parents. All they could do was apologize for everything and the pain they’ve cause their daughter.
Dao was already back at his house. She started to cry. Everything has came out. He indeed was gay. He didn’t like girls…he didn’t like her. She was disappointed because she already fell in love with him. Now she wished she didn’t come to this place or meet him. She should’ve kept her distance. Dao decided that she had to let him know once and for all. She didn’t want to hurt him like that but it would be for the best.
Tae Hyun came home so she hurriedly got into bed and pretended to be sleeping. He sat right beside her on her bed. He caressed her hair and watched her sleeping. He didn’t want to leave so he sat right by her bed just like when she was sick. After turning off the lights both were just thinking about each other. Her tears were flowing down onto her cheeks. He was just staring into the darkness. He tried calling Dao so many times but her phone was off. Dao who was lying on the bed saw the light from his cell phone and she knew he was trying to call her. She held onto her cell phone tightly.
The next day Dao woke up and saw that Tae Hyun was gone. She got up to see if he was sleeping in his room but he wasn’t there. She assumed that he was already out for the day. Dao went into the kitchen and saw that he made her porridge. He left a message. “Eat this all and Get better! If you want to go visit your parents then you could. I will be back tonight”. She smiled at his note. She was tired of everything and missed her parents so she decided to go spend the day with them. Then tonight she’d come back to tell him the truth.
Her parents were so worried for her because she didn’t answer her phone. They missed her a lot and they did the best they could in comforting her. Dao just smiled and said she was fine. She wasn’t expecting much with the relationship anyways. Even so, her tears were flowing. Her mother held her in her arms as her father patted her head. “It’s alright…you’ll find someone who is right for you, someone who will love you just as much as we do. Just cry all your pain away.”
After a while she felt better. She cooked lunch with her parents. They didn’t want her to do anything but she insisted because she missed them. Dao told them that she would come back home and that she just needed to go back and clear things up at work.
Dao went back and the whole house was dark. She made sure that the taxi waited for her because she just wanted to tell him the truth and leave. But he wasn’t home yet. Today was the day she was going to tell him everything. She was nervous but she knew she had to do it. When she opened the front door she saw candles and rose pedals leading her to the backyard. Dao walked out and saw him standing there with his back towards her. She walked up towards him. Tae Hyun turned around and smiled. He handed her a rose. She smiled and took the rose. “What is this about?”
He held her hand and got onto his knees. He held out a ring. She was shocked. She turned around. He got up. “What’s wrong?”
“Why are you doing this?” She said. He looked at her back. “Because…I love you”.
Dao was shocked. He confessed. She didn’t turn around. He went to stand face to face with her. “Why? Don’t you feel the same way?” She didn’t look at him. “Your silent…that means you do feel something”. She looked up at him. “I don’t! I feel nothing for you. I can’t feel anything for you. I’m not what you think I am!”
He grabbed her shoulders. “Then what are you?! Tell me. Is there something I should know?!” She had tears in her eyes. She wanted to tell him but she didn’t want to hurt him. He really loved Din. The tears rolled down her eyes and she pushed him away and ran off. He ran after her but she quickly got onto the taxi and left. It started to rain. “Why won’t you tell me the truth?”
A week has passed and there were still no signs of Din. Tae Hyun wasn’t able to do anything. All he did was stay home in case Din was to come back. He needed to clear things. He didn’t want it to end up like this. He didn’t understand her. Why won’t she admit that and tell him that she is a girl. Maybe it was karma. He broke Dao’s heart and now Din broke his heart.
There was a knock at his door. It was Fah. He wondered why she’d come to his house. He never told her where he lived. She came in and they chatted for a bit. He asked her why she came over and how did she know where he lived. She ignored his questions and looked around. “So…Where is Dao?”
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Sorry guys. It took a while to update again. There is one last part to this chapter and I will post it tomorrow. Thanks for reading guys! I hope the story isn't getting boring. There's a long way to go haha.