Silver Night

Chapter 1 : The Silver Night

It's been a while since I have been in Korea, to be exact 16 years have passed, my dad, Ran Iseul, known as Cody throughout Korea, always used to tell me to come back, I was quite aware of the reason why he insited on that, it was because of my wedding arrangement with Kim Jun-Seo

Kim Jun-Seo was my father's right hand and the son of Kim Yeong aka Jake, my father's business partner, Jun-Seo was also a dear friend, he studied at the same university as me, the University of California, Berkley, about 3 and half years ago.

Eventually knowing him, made me think that Dad's proposition wasn't that bad, I was already 26 years old, with no plan of getting married or whatsoever, it was better than going on blind dates my Mom was arranging back in America.

So I made the decision to get married to Jun, ah I mean Jun-Seo, it's a habbit of mine to call him that.

As I walked through the airport gates, I felt a familiar atmosphere, it instantly made me feel safe in its arms.

I saw a man standing with a board in his hands, I couldn't quite read it as it was upside down, so I tilted my head to read it, there it said Arora, of course there had to be a spelling mistake.

Anyways I walked past the man with the board and headed straight to the car parked beside him, the man immediately ran to the car nervously and asked me :

'Aulola geuliwohasinayo'
Are you miss Aurora

I looked at him for a few seconds, trying to understand what he said judging by his expressions, I replied :

'Ne'
Yes

Before I could ask him his name he got into the driving seat and started driving.

Seoul had changed alot, it was more advanced, with numerous billboards, with the rise of the 'Halluyawave', and the emerging success of Korean entertainment.

I glanced at the cars on the road, as I stared at the buildings, I started to feel sleepy, as if someone was singing a lullaby to me.

It was quite late at night, and the flight from California to Seoul was long, I closed my eyes steadily.

As I heard an ambulance passing by, I took one breathe, and there it was, I could see the patient in the ambulance, he was breathing heavily, wounded, I put my hand on his tattooed chest with a butterfly, his arm tattooed with the petals of the Sakura tree, he turned his head to look at me with his faint brown eyes, he could see me, he raised his fingers drenched in blood to point at me, so I raised my hand to touch his white blond hair, as I penetrated into his body.

I saw how he got wounded, stabbed by a man with black eyes, and hair, he was tall, and strongly build, as he stabbed him he screamed,
'How dare you, How dare you do this', I went a bit further in his memories and saw them playing together, smiling, how could he stab the person he loved so much as a child, I thought.

As I was travelling in his memories, I heard a muffled voice, calling out for me.

'Aurora'

'Aurora wake up!'

I opened my eyes to find my Dad, pulling my arm, and waking me up, I slowly got up from the seat, still feeling heavy from the burden of a man being stabbed by a close acquaintance.

'Dad' I said looking at him.

'Aurora, my dear how are you, you must be very tired go get a shower, and rest as much as you want'

'I am sorry, Dad, I just feel a bit lost, and tired, thank you for understanding, see you tomorrow'

I left quickly the car, and got to my hotel room, I took a cold shower to prevent these thoughts from entering my mind, and put on a silky bathrobe, as I fell on the soft bed, I could see all of Seoul from here.