Chapter 125 - By the Han River

"Why am I crying?! Sniff Sniff! Because it's SO GOOD to be recognized by someone you admire!" Eun Ha was feeling very emotional, she just didn't know if it was natural. But tears flowed down her face like a flood, at the older fairy's embarrassed and worried expression! "Why, Jung ... Isn't that what you came for?"

"I was AFRAID! Afraid to be wrong!"

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Jun Hyeon saw Ye Rim leaning against a door at the end of the hall,

"I don't believe this! What is she doing? Listening behind the door?!" it was shocking and, at the same time, hilarious. He let himself be seen as he approached. Ye Rim just motioned for him not to make a noise. 'She's really shameless!'

The doctor came up to the singer, taking her arm gently and showing that they should leave, even while obeying his request not to make a noise,

'LET'S GO!' he mouthed and gestured, but she also denied it with gestures. And she motioned for him to stand beside her. Without knowing what it was all about, Jun Hyeon stayed, after all it could be important. And so, Dr. Kim also started to hear the conversation on the other side of the door, without believing he was doing it.

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"This has never happened to me before, Professor Shin! Did you hear what he said? He recognized me, and he recognized my clothes on you, too! He praised me openly. After years of trying to score and be recognized, I'm finally close! I didn't know it would be so good!"

"But you know you're a good stylist, Jung."

"Being good and being successful don't always go together, Professor. You know it. This has always happened to Ye Rim. People always recognize her talent and charisma, immediately. But it had never happened to me," the fairy burst out, "It feels good, this warmness here in the chest! And at the same time, so scary! Because it seems that when I reach out to take it, I will wake up from my dream!" 

"Aissh, you are always so dramatic! Look at you, sobbing like a child!" the Hunter looked her in the eye, and used his own sleeve to dry her eyes and clean the blurred makeup. "You are very close to having what you want."

"And I'm scared! As scared as Ye Rim! When things are about to happen and fall apart like a house of cards, for her! It can happen to me too! And in my case, I know I deserve it, because I… I deserve it! I am an envious and mean friend to her!"

"Envious? Mean? You are being cruel to yourself Jung," said the Hunter, shaking his head in denial. But Eun Ha couldn't stop, just let out the bitterness that clutched her chest,

"Yes! Everyone loves Ye Rim and sometimes I feel jealous of it. I like her as if she were my sister, but sometimes I feel in her shadow. I know it was me who chose this and that she's not to blame. Instead! Ye Rim always supports me and fights for me, and I shouldn't have those feelings! And… the things I do! Sometimes I feel like I'm carrying a burden! I don't want to live her life! I also want to have a life of my own! I also have dreams, I really want to chase my dreams! I don't want to do this anymore! I don't want to!"

"Sshhhh! Calm down, calm down ... It's okay, it's okay ... Cry it out. It's okay," Shin touched her shoulders and brought her to him, in a tight hug. Eun Ha buried her face in his chest, hugged him back, feeling her horns prick him. But the Hunter didn't complain the least.

"BWAAAAAAAAAHHH!"

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Ye Rim didn't understand why Eun Ha was saying those things, nor why her unnie considered herself envious and mean. When all her unnie had done so far was to help and support her. The singer raised her arm to knock on the door, to stop Eun Ha's crying and console her, but Jun Hyeon stopped her by shaking his head.

She felt desolate, and with tears in her eyes. 'So this is how Eun Ha feels? Do I do so badly for my unnie? Am I selfish and haven't I seen anything that hurts her?' these doubts plagued her when Dr. Kim took her away. 

Involved with her own thoughts and doubts, she realized that they left the party, but Ye Rim really needed some time away from the festive and futile atmosphere, and they could always come back later. The valet brought the car quickly and she got in without thinking too much. Only that it was good to get out of that noisy and light-filled ballroom for a moment.

"Where are we going?" Ye Rim asked after a moment, wondering if she had done the right thing to leave Eun Ha with the French Professor Shin. But of course, her unnie trusted him and he was being kind to her. Was it a romance?

"Let's go for a walk by the river," said Jun Hyeon, while driving in silence. She was grateful for that. This silence was necessary so she could put her thoughts in their places.

When they were already walking along the Han River, Ye Rim couldn't help feeling like the heroine of a romance. There she was, standing next to a beautiful man, both in evening clothes, walking in silence and just enjoying the moment and the beauty of the night.

"She'll be fine, won't she? Should I call her?"

"I think you shouldn't. I think they hugged, don't you think? In that moment of silence, I mean?" the doctor asked. Ye Rim smiled.

"I think so. He'd have been nice if he had hugged her, I think," they looked at each other again, nodding. And they laughed about it together.

"Ye Rim, I think you two need time to think. You are very close friends, and your lives can sometimes get confused. I don't think what she said reflects the truth or the dynamics of your friendship, but rather a feeling of comparison that has emerged today, or recently. Don't worry too much about it," said Jun Hyeon. The singer looked at him, impressed for a moment.

"It is good to have a male friend, for a change. Different perspectives," she confessed.

"Hey! And what did you say before?" he responded with false indignation.

"I said that I believe that men and women can be friends. Not that I had a close friend who was a man!" she laughed, realizing her flawed act.

"I understand. I know your unnie is irreplaceable. My sister was my best friend too. Aside from her, I never had this 'camaraderie' and sincerity with a woman, who we have exercised lately, you and me. But…"

"I can't help buworry aboutth Eun Ha, Opp"," she interrupted, saying things that came to mind, not realizing that he had not finished it. "She's been seeing this guy now, and she's been very differentShe's been actinged in a covert manner. But ... After the things I heard today ... How am I going to confront it? She's having a hard time to! "

"Uhum," the vague answer made her turn to Dr. Kim,

"Oppa, what would you do in my place?"

He sighed, getting closer. Ye Rim knew he was invading his personal space, but she didn't care.

THE DEEP DIVE, DIFFERENT FROM THAT…

"Well," he made an exaggerated thoughtful expression looking at the starry sky, succeedingly making her laugh, "If it were with my sister, I would have to check carefully that I wasn't being a super jealous brother, and hindering a possible beautiful romance. Don't you think?" Jun Hyeon stopped and his fingers lightly brushed Ye Rim's, making her stop too.

THE DEEP DIVING, DIFFERENT FROM THAT SUMMER…

"A beautiful romance?" Ye Rim felt that there was a provocative hint in the doctor's words, and she felt her heart beat faster.

Jun Hyeon raised his hand and brushed her hair away, pretending the breeze had messed it up. 'Why are my toes preparing to stand on tiptoes, anxiously waiting for ...' she questioned herself.

THE DEEP, DIFFERENT DIVE ...

He sighed, and Ye Rim imitated his gesture. They stared at each other and saw each other's eyes shine.

It was a magical moment, both of them knew it. They felt the excitement and anticipation of the next moment.

But Jun Hyeon turned his face, to Ye Rim's surprise and confusion,

"Are you listening to this song?"

"This sad song?"

"Yes. This damn sad so…" he broke off when Ye Rim was still shocked by the sudden change in the mood. Jun Hyeon bent down and grabbed a cell phone with headphones, left on the rail that bordered the river.

"Omo, someone forgot their cell phone here ..." she said, but immediately noticed the error in her reasoning. They didn't have to look far to find the abandoned pair of women's shoes. Now they knew where to look. Dr. Kim jumped over the side to inspect the river banks closest to the objects.

The magical moment was replaced by terror when Ye Rim saw, floating in the water, a female body with face down.