Next Morning…
May 1, 1999
Ji Won began to stir. He woke up finding Min Sung
holding onto him tightly. Ji Won widened his eyes
and gently unraveled Min Sung’s arms and legs
off of him.
The guys already called Min Sung gay and he didn’t
want them to think he’s gay too. He sat up
and saw 5 of the SechsKies leaders lying on the
floor.
Then Sung Hoon began to wake up. He sat up and looked
around. “Gross! How the hell did I end up
down here?” Ji Won shrugged his shoulders.
Then Jae Duc woke up. “Damn, my butt hurts.
It feels like someone kicked it last night.”
Then one by one everyone woke up.
“P.U.!,” yelled Jae Jin. “This
floor stinks!” Everyone started laughing.
“Sorry you guys,” said Ji Won laughing.
“I must have done a 360 and kicked you all
off.”
“How come you didn’t fall off Min Sung?”
asked Ji Yong.
Uh, oh, I thought. “I did,” I answered
him. “But I got back up and went to sleep
on the bed again.”
“Really?” asked Su Won. “I didn’t
even know. I just went right on sleeping.”
Ji Won began to study Min Sung. It was weird but
somehow Ji Won had a feeling that Min Sung knew
he does a 360 in his sleep. ‘But that’s
impossible,’ he thought to himself. ‘Only
Mina knows that and why didn’t Min Sung say
anything about me kicking him?’ Ji Won didn’t
know what was going on with Min Sung but he knew
he had to find out. We all got up and ready to leave
the room. The coast seemed clear so we walked out
unarmed. Big mistake. There was an ambush waiting
for us.
“Disperse!” yelled Ji Won and we all
ran our separate ways.
Black Dragons chased after each one of us. I lost
the Black Dragon member that was chasing me but
I didn’t want to go back the hotel room without
Ji Won so I turned back to get him.
When I found Ji Won, he was backed up against the
wall by a Black Dragon. It was the leader, Tae Won.
He was telling Ji Won to bow down and beg for mercy
but Ji Won ended up spitting in his face. Tae Won
got angry and pulled the knife back to stab Ji Won
in his throat.
I ran as fast as I could and knocked Tae Won down.
He dropped the knife and fell to the floor with
me. As he fell, he used the handled of the knife
to knock Ji Won unconscious. Tae Won got up glaring
at me.
“Do you know whom you’re messing with?”
he asked me angrily.
I glared at him back unflinching. “I’ll
make you pay for hurting Ji Won.”
“Oh you must be the gay SechsKies member I’ve
heard so much about,” said Tae Won laughing.
“You’re afraid your faggot leader would
die leaving you alone?”
That made me really angry. I didn’t care that
he called me gay but calling Ji Won a faggot ticked
me off. Since he was distracted, I grabbed the hand
he was holding the sword with, and made him stab
himself. He cried out in shock and pain. He pulled
knife out of him.
Tae Won pushed me away and cuts me in the knee with
his knife. I fell down and saw him raise the knife
above my head. I was going to die.
Then suddenly a voice screamed out, “Gang
Rape!”
It made Tae Won run off. I looked over to see who
it was. It was Kyung Hee screaming for the cops.
I saw her looking at me sighing and walked away.
“Kyung Hee!” I screamed for her.
Kyung Hee looked at me strangely as she approached
me. “Do I know you?”
I nodded my head and motioned for her to come near
me. When she did, I whispered in her ear, “It’s
me, Mina.”
“Mina? But you’re a guy!” she
yelled back at me.
“Look at me closely.”
When she did, her eyes widened as she grabbed a
hold of me. “Mina, it is you!” I turned
her back to face me. “Please help me bring
Ji Won back to the hotel.” Kyung Hee made
a face of disgust.
“What are you doing with the SechsKies leader
and why are you dressed like a guy?”
“I’ll explain later,” I told her.
We both put Ji Won’s arms around us as we
carried him back. Along the way we found Sung Hoon
unconscious on the ground, bleeding. I set Ji Won
down gently and lifted Sung Hoon up.
“Sung Hoon!” I said, shaking him. He
was hurt badly. “Kyung Hee, please do me a
favor. You carry Sung Hoon while I carry Ji Won.”
Kyung Hee looked at me reluctantly but then nodded.
I lifted Ji Won onto my back and carried him back
to the Nam Hotel. My leg was still bleeding from
the cut and I was limping.
“Mina, can you carry him?” Kyung Hee
asked me, concerned.“I’ll be fine,”
I answered her as we made it back.
Part 28
I took Ji Won back to his room while Kyung Hee
took Sung Hoon back to his. I washed Ji Won’s
cuts and nursed his wounds. When he was bandaged,
I sat down on the chair next to his bed.
Then suddenly, I couldn’t breathe. One of
my attacks is coming on and I didn’t have
my respirator with me. My heart was aching so painfully
that I was gasping in pain. But then I remembered
Ji Won had a respirator. I searched his pockets
and sure enough, there it was. I started pumping
it quickly and air entered my lungs.
My vision cleared and I began to breathe easier.
Then I put it back into his pocket. My touch made
Ji Won stir. He began to wake up. He looked at me.
“Min Sung?” he asked weakly.
I nodded my head. “Yes, it’s me hyung.”
Ji Won lifted himself up. “Where am I?”
“We’re back at our hotel.”
“Oh,” Ji Won said as he looked at my
leg. “What happened to your knee?”
I looked down at it. It was bleeding through my
pants. “It’s nothing hyung. I’ll
be okay in a few days.”
“Did Tae Won do this to you?”
I nodded my head.
Ji Won pounded his fist on his desk. “Damn
him! I’ll get him back.”
“It’s okay hyung,” I said calming
him down.
“By the way,” he asked me suddenly,
“how did you end up finding me? Weren’t
you supposed to come back here by yourself?”
His question hit me by surprise. I answered him
truthfully. “I came back to look for you because
I was worried you might be in danger.” I saw
Ji Won look at me awkwardly and inched himself away
from me. ‘He thinks I’m gay’,
I thought.
“Uh, thanks for coming back to save me then,”
Ji Won said to Min Sung awkwardly. Min Sung nodded
and left his room. Ji Won lets out a sigh. He loved
Min Sung as a friend and definitely nothing more.
He didn’t want Min Sung to have any thoughts.
Instinctively Ji Won reached into his pocket to
check to see if his respirator was still there.
It was but it was different. Ji Won stared at it
with wide eyes. His once filled respirator was now
only half full with air.
Someone had been using it.
