When Your Pain Becomes Mine

Chapter 48: Chapter 48.

 

Gyeonhui looked back and could see her running towards him while breathing heavily.

“Now I know why my back hurts so bad…” Gyeonhui approached Sun with an angry face. “I told you to stay still…”

“Are you okay?”

Eunwoo stepped up and examined her. Gyeonhui pushed back and hesitated to move forward towards her.

“Sun, you really don’t’ look well.”

“Oh, no. It’s okay, I’m fine.” She smiled at him again.

Unlike Gyeonhui, who was angry at her, Eunwoo examined her to see if she was okay.

She used to get scared and frustrated in front of Gyeonhui whenever he was mad at her, but now she was smiling at Eunwoo.

Gyeonhui, in shock, looked at the two of them without saying anything.

“I’m sure we’ll find the place sooner if all three of us do it together. Hahaha.” Sun smiled awkwardly and turned away.

“Then, let’s look for the place together.”

Eunwoo walked away without stopping her anymore. She turned her head from Gyeonhui after looking at him for a moment and followed Eunwoo.

“Let me know if you’re feeling anything, okay?”

“Yes, but I’ll be fine. Don’t worry.”

The two of them walked in front of Gyeonhui, and he heard their conversation.

‘Don’t laugh, Sun. I know you can’t even straighten your back because of the pain.’, Gyeonhui could feel her pain more than anyone else, and he clenched his molars tightly.

‘But why… are you pretending to be okay, why?’

As Gyeonhui looked back at her, a part of his heart had felt touched.

At the same time, the photos and folder titles on the photo storage website came to his mind.

Their anniversaries mostly fell in her period, but she always smiled like she wasn’t enduring any pain.

He sighed for a long time while looking at the sky. Then, because of a sudden pain on his back, his face distorted immediately.

“Oh… My back.”

Gyeonhui looked up and noticed her climbing the small staircases.

He slowly began to chase her back with a firm expression.

***

A pavilion located in the park.

While Ari and Eunyoung were opening the lunch boxes, the others were playing with Labong.

“Hey, Labong.”

As Sun threw the ball far away, Labong ran towards it and returned to her once he got the ball.

“Yapyapyap!”

Labong raised his voice and barked since he was excited about walking for the first time in a while.

“I wonder why puppies love to play ball so much?” Sun asked curiously.

“Because their hunting instincts still remain in their bodies. In fact, rather than the ball, every moving object in itself is more interesting for them. The same goes for biting. Dogs have the habit of hunting and bringing their prey to their home or owner.”

“Oh…” Sun nodded.

“If you throw a ball, of course, dogs would take it. That’s what they do. No other reasons.” Gyeonhui intervened as he listened to them.

“Well, why don’t you throw a ball, too, Mr. Woo?”

Eunwoo smiled and gave the ball to Gyeonhui.

Gyeonhui took the ball and threw it away like it was no big deal, but Labong turned his head and was just looking at the ball vacantly. He didn’t chase it at all.

“What, what? Why don’t you go and get the ball that I threw?” Gyeonhui asked, a little embarrassed.

“Well, that’s because, for Labong, Mr. Woo’s rank in the pack is lower than Labong himself.”

“Oh, so Labong is ignoring him, huh?”

Ojae, who watching from the side, said tactlessly. Gyeonhui looked at him with sultry eyes.

“I’ll go that way to help them out…”

In hindsight, Ojae was aware of Gyeonhui’s eyes and hurried away toward the pavilion.

Gyeonhui threw the ball once again while clenching his molars.

However, Labong still showed no interest in the ball.

“Go get the ball. Get it!”

Gyeonhui cried several times, but Labong just looked at the ball apathetically and went to Sun shortly.

“It’s time to eat, please come!”

They then heard Ari’s voice from the pavilion.

“Let’s go, Dr. Park.

Sun turned her body like she had been waiting for it since the very beginning, and Eunwoo followed her.

“Haa… Really.”

He cried out, for he couldn’t contain his anger anymore.

He had no choice but to pick up the ball himself.

***

The people who sat in the pavilion were eating their lunch.

“This is so great, isn’t it?” Ojae picked up the fried tofu rice ball and said with admiration.

“Do you really want to eat that now?” Gyeonhui was still grumpy and asked Ojae.

“It’s great that they have to share theirs with us. You have to eat it when you’re given food.”

Ojae put the rice ball in his mouth without concern.

“You don’t care about anything but food, do you?”

Gyeonhui roughly pounded the chopsticks down.

Meanwhile, Ojae moved his hips a few times toward the kids’ fan people.

“Did you make this all by yourself?”

Ojae asked while holding a piece of the rice ball.

“No. I bought them from a store.” Eunyoung responded carelessly.

“That’s a lie. She made them all by herself in the morning.” Ari intervened tactlessly.

Eunyoung rebuked Ari. She moved her gaze back to the lunch boxes.

“Heh Heh. It’s really delicious.” Ojae nodded in admiration and looked at Eunyoung’s face.

“Really?”

Gyeonhui noticed the meaning of Ojae’s gaze at her, and Gyeonhui stabbed him with his elbow from the side.

“It hasn’t been a while since you broke up. Stop it.”

“Hmm. I didn’t do anything.”

Ojae coughed awkwardly and shifted his gaze. However, his gaze continued to turn to Eunyoung.

“This rice is really delicious, so of course, it made her look pretty too…”

Ojae put the rice ball in his mouth after looking at it for a long time as if he didn’t want the taste to disappear in his mouth. He chewed them as slowly as he could.

Gyeonhui stared Ojae and turned his attention to Sun.

“Sun, if you’ve finished eating, shall we go for a walk to digest our food?” Eunwoo asked.

“Sure, that sounds good.”

It was outrageous for Gyeonhui to see her accepting it without consideration.

‘… Is she doing it on purpose?

Gyeonhui gritted his teeth while watching her behavior as she showed off to him.

“Well, let’s leave if everyone is done eating.”

Sun and Eunwoo stopped upon hearing Gyeonhui’s word.

“Already? We still have some time left.” Eunyoung confirmed the time and expressed her displeasure.

“We do have time, but we have to go ahead and get ready for the campaign.” He looked at Sun and Eunwoo while spitting out his words in disgust. “I’m glad that I tagged along.”

He turned and went toward the parking lot.

Sun sighed at his incomprehensible actions, but Eunwoo smiled like he was amused.

“I really would like to smack his face… that jerk… Hah…” Eunyoung seemed very dissatisfied.

Ari was still watching Ojae and thrust Eunyoung’s side using her elbow.

“Hey, boss, stop it.”

Eunyoung looked at Ojae and reluctantly closed her mouth.

“No, That’s fine. I even think that often too.”

Ojae hurriedly organized the lunch boxes that he had eaten with a smile before running toward Gyeonhui.

“What the hell is wrong with him too?” Eunyoung scowled.

“Is he interested in you?”

“Are you kidding me?”

Ari quickly closed her mouth at Eunyoung’s scolding.