The Youth Symphony

CHAPTER 4

Heeyoung holds the Polaroid that she found on her bedroom floor. She recalled everything about how the Polaroid was with her. Suddenly, she could remember the moment when she bumped into someone on the night she was found unconscious by her brother. She tried to catch the air, and she remembered that the moment in which she met Hyunsik was not true at all. All she did was zone out on the bench where Hyunsik and she sat last time. Heeyoung tried to come to her senses, but the headache was worse than before, so she ran to her bedroom to grab her medicine. She took out three pills and swallowed them before drinking the water that was placed on her bedside table. Heeyoung released a relief sigh as she handled the tough situation on her own.

"What's going on with me? What's with the memory?" Heeyoung mumbled to herself. She was in a feeling that really confused her.

Why did she do that on that night? Knowing that her boyfriend wasn't there but she still felt he was still here, she embraced her petite and lonely frame. Her tears slowly fell from her eyes, her vision slowly went black, and the dreams appeared again and again.

"Heeyoung?" She heard someone call her name. She timidly gets herself to her senses when the drugs have already mastered her body. For now, her room was like a jiggly jelly... She's in hallucination mode. She knows it. Its been the d**g's effects since the first time she took it. She can't recall why she had to take these drugs, even though she didn't have any serious illnesses. She failed to make herself conscious her vision goes black again.

"No! Don't kill her! Please don't kill her! She's still a child; kill me instead!" Mrs Jung shouting. She's desperately begging the woman who's in front of her not to kill the little girl. She slowly crawled towards the middle-aged lady.

"This kid has to be gone in this world! Because of her, I lose my child." The woman shouted at Mrs. Jung as she threw an unsatisfied feeling towards the little girl. The pistols were totally aimed at the little girl.

"No! It's not her fault! She's still a child. You killed your son." The woman scoffed. "You're the one who made this trouble, Yeji..." The woman seems unbothered by those statements. With all the blood that covered her body, Mrs. Jung tried to approach the woman to stop all the mess. She tried to stand, but the woman slowly backed up her step to avoid Mrs. Jung. "The fact that he is not your son, you just take care of him." The woman shakes her head aggressively and doesn't want to admit the truth. The sorrow in her eyes told everything.Mrs. Jung never gave up on approaching her. " Yeji,please..." Mrs. Jung softly called out her name, and suddenly the pistol fell to the floor, and the woman realised the mess she had made.She quickly got Mrs. Jung, regretting the wound on her b****y body. Yeji was terrified at what she had done.

"Why did you have to help me even though I was cruel to your family?" Mrs. Jung smiles weakly, unwillingly answering her question with all her might. "I just want my son to never experience this kind of sh*t." Never in his life," Yeji cried. Mrs. Jung slowly wrapped her body around her and embraced her as she tried to comfort her sister, who made the mess. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I was too selfish. I miss him so much... I..." The words were left hanging as the knife went deep through her body. Her mouth starts to spill a lot of blood. The tears were slowly falling from Yeji's eyes while she held the knife in her body. Yeji was dumbfounded and in pain. Mrs. Jung was crying, and suddenly she slightly laughed at Yeji, who was struggling for her last moment.

"I'm sorry, Yeji... This is for the good you did to our family, and never mind, I will kill this little girl by myself, but not today." Mrs. Jumg sarcastically laughed and stabbed Yeji over and over.

"Heeyoung..." The soft and familiar voices echoing her room.

"Owh... Jihye...." She slowly response as she still in hallunication mode.

"Hey! Wake up don't make us terrified. What happened to you? Who's Yeji?" Jihye nonstop asking her. Worried as she saw Heeyoung like the drugs addict.

"Give this to her." Hyunseung lend a glass of waarm tea that contained some medical. Jihye hesitated to take the glass, unwillingly feeling the effect of the medicine. "Believe me. I always have this when this situation happens to me too." Without a word, she fed the water with a little syringe that also came with the water for the convinient used as Jihye was struggling try to fed Heeyoung the drink. After having a few of drops, Heeyoung seems relax than before and slowly open her eyes. Jihye release a relief sigh as Heeyoung slowly come to her sense and wake up. Heeyoung hold her head as the headache still left behind.

"Jihye, Hyunseung, why are you both in my room?" Jihye slapped Heeyoung's arm as she was pissed off at that question.

"We're worrying about you, silly! We saw you holding a knife and stabbing the teddy bear like you're the real assassin, you know!" Jihye explained. The details shook Heeyoung. Did she go so far?

"That dream is coming again, but this time it's more thrilling than the others. I'm scared for no reason right now." Heeyoung responded. Jihye hugged her while patting her back with care. Jihye does not understand her as she has always had the same dreams since they first met, and she feels like the dreams were a curse on Heeyoung, but Hyunseung mentioned he's also experienced the same thing as Heeyoung.

"Hey! Get up you weak! We just bought a delicious fried chicken to enjoy!" Jinyoung suddenly appeared out of nowhere and teased Heeyoung. His teasing was not meant to cause Heeyoung more stress, but he didn't want his poor cousin to think too much about the dreams. In other people's eyes, it may be rude for them to tease the person who's just experienced the series nightmare, but he knows Heeyoung better than anyone, even when it comes to Hyunsik. Heeyoung smiled in bitterness and made a way to get her meal. Jinyoung proudly smiled for her. "I know you're strong, Princess."

After sending Jihye home, Heeyoung and Jinyoung stop over at the convenience store to buy some snacks to enjoy the weekend night. Jinyoung dragged Heeyoung as Heeyoung promised to pay for all the snacks. Without looking at the price tag or label, Jinyoung simply put the snacks in the shopping basket. Heeyoung heartily laughed when Jinyoung said they must have enjoyed the night and forgotten what happened just now. At some points, Heeyoung was really annoyed by his annoying character, but she's still grateful that Jinyoung was the one who always stood by her whenever she had a tough time. Yes, they're closed since they're in diapers. Suddenly, the character of the boy in her dreams was changed to him. It might be possible if Jinyoung knew everything, but why do they have to hide it? It is necessary, or there must be a plot twist.

"Are you still thinking about that dream again? I told you not! Give me your card; I want to pay for the snacks!" Without hesitation, Heeyoung gives her card to Jinyoung to make a payment. Her eyes were wide when she saw two baskets on the cashier. She gasped in disbelief at what she saw.

"My money..."

"Owh, come on. You're richer than me..."

Hyunseung recalled the traumatised moment when he saw Heeyoung aggressively stab the teddy bear when he entered the house. How worst the nightmare she had until she behaved like a cruel assailant towards the cute teddy bear! He looks at the totally damaged teddy bear and a pendrive that fell. A pendrive in the teddy bear? He took the pendrive and saw the name Hyunsik on it. The pendrive seems familiar to him, and he's sure it's one of the points to reveal what's going on. His thoughts were interrupted by the bickering noises from outside the house. They're here. Hyunseung quickly kept the pendrive in his pocket, cleaned up the mess, and then acted like nothing happened while watching a drama. The beeping sounds of the locking system are detected, indicating they are entering the house.

"I told you not to buy too much natto, and who else wants to finish it since I hate it? Owh Hyunseung..." Hyunseung slowly waves his hand at them. "Why are you still awake?"

"I'm not sleepy yet, and the drama was so good to enjoy." He responded. Jinyoung squeals with excitement all of a sudden. Heeyoung threw a weird stare at him.

"Seems like we have a target to enjoy the natto..." Heeyoung pinched his arm.

"Hey, do you want to join us for some late-night snacks since we also didn't feel sleepy yet?" Heeyoung offers Hyunseung the chance to join them. Hyunseung rapidly nodded his head as an answer.

"Yahoo... we can enjoy the cola as we know we are all not in that age range to enjoy alcohol." Heeyoung rolled her eyes at Jinyoung's random humour. Hyunseung should smile and help them prepare the snacks together.

"Were you fans of natto?" Hyunseung asked as he realised there were five of them on the table.

"It's Jinyoung's. I hate it so much." Hyunseung secretly laughed at her. Because of the natto, she's fighting with Jinyoung, but the guy didn't bother at all, and he's happily enjoying the natto.

"Why not?" Heeyoung gives a death stare. "It's better when you enjoy it with the hot rice." He added and opened one natto to enjoy with Jinyoung.

"You two remind me of Hyunsik, you know. You're forcing me to love the smelly natto." She complained, but at the same time she realised the similarity between Hyunseung and Hyunsik. They both like natto and recommend the method for enjoying it. That made Heeyoung wonder who he is. Who's the person who ordered him to stay with her? Suddenly, she's remembered that Jihye said Hyunseung also experienced the same things. Well, is this the guidance for revealing anything? She stares at him until she makes herself blush. "Thanks for saving me just now." Hyunseung raised an eyebrow at the sudden 'thanks.

"It's nothing to thank for," he insisted.

"Ouch!" Heeyoung accidentally injured her finger with the hot water while pouring into a ramen cup. Hyunseung was panicking and brought her to the sink to wash her hands with cold water. The action makes Heeyoung blush even more for no reason. They make eye contact.

"Hey! You two just filming a romantic drama or what?" The loving scene was interrupted by Jinyoung, who was forced to watch the unexpected scene. Heeyoung quickly gets her ramen and enjoys it with Jinyoung. Hyunseung felt his heartbeats beating so fast.

"Wow! " "What's that feeling?"

"Hey! Did you decide to stand there while enjoying your heartbeat?" The question makes Hyunseung blush even more, and it makes him want to get his ramen to join them.

"Love will be cruel sometimes when it comes to their priorities,"

"Enjoy every youth that was left for you."