Chapter 12 : Remember This Day
Seohyun closed her notebook and stuffed it into her school bag. Her calculus teacher was still talking but she already lost interest in her school. She dropped her head on her desk, sighing. Seohyun was worried about Mother, she refused to go from the orphanage even though Seohyun's parents had agreed to take her and the children in their house.
Then she was worried about Jessica. No words from her yet and this already been the third day she was gone. They already asked the police and the
police didn't much of a help.
Mother pressed the police with questions about the people who came to the orphanage. The police only said that they were a special unit under the
world government and refused to say more. That was what makes Mother even more furious.
The school bell rang and the students rushed out of the classroom. Seohyun ignored everyone that greeted her, throwing a small insincere smile only.
She was too depressed.
She groggily walked to the school gate and found someone familiar; Yoona was at the school gate, on the phone and facing the other way.
"Unnie?" Seohyun asked.
Yoona turned around and quickly hung up her phone, "oh, Hyunnie!"
"Hey," Seohyun smiled. The first smile she did today.
"You were not supposed to find me, I'm here to surprised you!" Yoona sighed.
Seohyun smiled, "surprised me?"
"Yeah, I'm going to take you somewhere today."
"Where?"
"Just follow me."
**
Seohyun stood in front of a tower. Her mouth was wide open.
"Remember that you said you want to do something dangerous to me a while ago?" asked Yoona.
"Yes, but?," Seohyun saw a person jumped from the tower with strap on his body. He bounced when he reached the bottom and swaying in the air.
"Let's do bungee!" Yoona pulled Seohyun's hand, dragging her to the tower.
"Wait! Unnie!"
The tower was 45 metres high, stood high and mighty above a lake. Yoona pushed Seohyun to the elevator.
"Unnie, Unnie, really? I can't do this, I can't even move my legs," Seohyun crouched inside the elevator.
"Ow, come on, this would be fun," Yoona chirped.
"No, no? I think I'm gonna pass out," Seohyun began to feel dizzy.
The elevator dinged, they reached the top. There were five instructors at the top of the tower. They politely bowed at Yoona and Seohyun.
"Let's go," Yoona pulled on Seohyun's hand lightly. She led her to the platform.
Seohyun held on to Yoona's hand when she walked the iron platform. The wind was blowing so hard, and the platform seemed to be moved a bit by it.
"Unnie, Unnie, Unnie, I'm spinning," Seohyun fell on her knees.
"No, you're not," Yoona laughed, "let's do this one step at a time. First, let's get you strapped."
Seohyun was like a zombie. She was not moving when the instructors strapped the bungee cord at her.
"Omo? I still want to see the Eiffel tower? I want to go to Venice? I want to get married. Who will feed my Keroro dolls and talks to them at night? Will I
go to heaven or hell today?"
"Stop talking like you're going to die!" Yoona scolded her.
Yoona held her hand and stood in front of the platform.
"Unnie, seriously? I'm gonna die," Seohyun kept complaining.
"Don't die now, at least die after jumping. So you won't have any regret," Yoona smiled, her eyes were determined.
"So we're gonna die!?" Seohyun screamed.
"No we're not!"
"Omoo? I'm blind, I can't see anything! Have I gone blind!?" Seohyun screamed again.
"No! Your eyes are closed!"
"Unnie! Mianhe? what have I done to you to make you so angry and punish me?" Seohyun hugged her own knees.
Yoona crouched and whispered to Seohyun's ear, "do you trust me?"
"I do but I really think that you are going to kill me this time."
"Listen, when we're done jumping you're going to ask for more. We're gonna do this together, okay?"
Seohyun didn't say anything, too scared.
"How about running?"
"Yes, I like that very much. Let's go run. I can go all day," Seohyun jumped up.
"No, I mean we run and jump."
Seohyun fell to her knees again, "reallyyy?"
"Yeah. You won't feel a thing. Let's go!" Yoona pulled Seohyun up.
"Yes, because I would be dead then."
Yoona flicked Seohyun's forehead, "hang on to me."
"Oh, don't worry. I won't let go."
An instructor at the end of the platform raised his thumb, asking if they were ready yet. Yoona nodded.
"Okay, I'm going to start counting down. Five! Four!"
"Omo!" Seohyun closed her eyes.
"Three!"
"You will love it!"
"Two!"
"Unnie! I hate you!"
"One!"
"Hiyaaa!" Yoona pulled Seohyun running to the end of the platform. She kicked hard at it and sent them flying. Everything was blurry, only flashes of
colours ran through their eyes. Seohyun felt her heart stopped and the wind rushed to her body strongly. She hugged Yoona and screamed.
When they reached the end of the cord and they bounced back by it, Seohyun's fears went away and she laughed crazily. Yoona smiled, she did it.
**
Seohyun sat down on a grass at the park near the lake. She looked up to the tower.
"I can't believe you made me jump from up there, Unnie," she smiled.
Yoona was sitting next to her. "I told you, you won't regret it."
"Unnie, I've been meaning to ask you about what you said in my house the other day," Seohyun leaned her head on Yoona's shoulder.
"What?"
"Why were you apologizing?"
Yoona sighed. Seohyun didn't forget about that yet.
"It was nothing. I'm just sorry I can't be with you back then."
Seohyun looked deeply into Yoona's eyes. She knew Yoona was lying.
"Unnie?," Seohyun whispered, "you don't trust me?"
"Why'd you said that?" Yoona looked away.
"Because you're not telling the truth."
Yoona fell silent.
"Believe me, Seohyunnie," Yoona caressed the younger girl's hair, "I'm telling the truth. I kept my promise of keeping you alive after jumping, right?"
Seohyun took a deep breath, she chuckled.
"There," Yoona said.
"What?"
"Your smile. You seem so frustrated lately."
"Hm, I am?," Seohyun thought back to the night she was at the orphanage.
"I can't make the memory of the orphanage go away but? I hope when you think about that you'll also think of today, so you can smile like this again."
Seohyun smiled. "I'll remember this day."
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