CHAPTER 2************
After that weird episode, Manager Kim and I left the recording building. We went to this neighbouring park and we sat on a bench.
'You know you sound exactly like your brother? It was so freaky."
"Really? Whatever. Im never doing anything like that again." I shook my head. I could finally leave all this behind. I didn't know or wanted to care if Cody wanted to stay and continue to be a spy.
"You arent? But Cody won't be back so fast. He's still recovering." Manager Kim said.
'Wait wait wait.' I held up a hand. 'Not back so fast? But President said it was ...mild.' I narrowed my eyes. 'How mild is his mild?'
'Well he should be fine in about a month or two.' Manager Kim said.
'That son of a-' i curled my hand into a fist. 'No. Im leaving. Im going around the world. Nothing, not even this is going to stop me.'
I stood up. 'Lets go back.'
'You really aren't going to continue? Just because President lied a little?' Everyone knew the President liked to blackmail and lie if it might get him what he wants.
Manager Kim ran after me. 'You could bring down a smuggler! If you don't want that, then do it for your brother. Or for me. President and Khris will kill me!'
'Khris? Who's Khris?' I asked, not bothering to stop in my tracks.
'Manager of A.N.JELL. Please, won't you reconsider? There's a press conference in two days. Why did you come today if you didn't plan to stay on?'
'Good question. When you find out. tell me, kay?' I said.
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(the next day)
I picked up my bag and luggage. They contained everything I possesed. President An almost burst when I told him blackmail wouldn't do this time. I was going to Japan; I had always wanted to go to Japan. Then I was going to stay in Europe and continue the rest of my life there. I hadn't talked to my brother at all. President refused to give me his contacts since I was leaving.
I didn't care. Even that wasn't going to make me stay. To me, I had suffered enough. President An had picked us from the orphanage at 12 and made us all sorts of fake promises. I had always wondered why the government would let such a corrupt preson run a spy agency. It was beyiond my imagination.
I left the spy headquarters. President An refused to see me, instead sending me memos through a courier. Whatever. I was not going to care about his moods any longer. I am free.
I checked in the airport and passed customs.
I walked down a corridor, checkiing my bag had everything. I didn't plan to go back anymore after I left the country.
I rounded a corner and ran headfirst into someone, dropping my passport which I held in my hand. 'Ow shit!' I exclaimed and glared at the person.
My eyes widened as I recognised Tyson. He didn't recognise me did he? I wore a wig yesterday. And besides, the fuck are they doing here?
I wasn't going to stick around and hear the answer. I bent down and randomly grabbed my passport off the ground and hightailed it out of there before he said something.
'Hey miss! You-' I heard him call before i ran out of earshot. I didn't know why my heart sped up whenever I met him. It just wasn't natural. Annoying dude.
I looked down at my passport. I had to get to the gate. But besides my passport, I also held an MP3 player. And my ticket... my ticket... I flipped throuigh my passport. No siogn of it. Crap.
I sighed and looked around. Why oh why did I run away. This sucked. My flight was in an half an hour. And obviously I couldn't board without a ticket.
I walked aimlessly around, hoping to spot Tyson somewhere. Even though I had no idea how I was going to approach him, I had to do something.
---half an hour later----
I was hiding behind a pillar, looking at Tyson. I had finally found him. And I had to board now. I narrowed my eyes at him.
He was holding my ticket loosely in one hand. I just had to run up and grab it, and since his back was facing me, just continue running in that direction.
I started running. Unfortunately, things only happen your own way in your imagination. I realised that the other two guys in A.N.JELL were walking towards Tyson.
For some reason, I chickened out and ran back to the pillar. I hid behind there and stared miserably at the three guys.
My courage was gone. So I just stood there and watched my ticket out of the friggin country slowly went to another gate.
I sat on one of those chairs where you can sit and watch the planes take off. I didn't know what to do. I didn't have enough money on me to get me another ticket to Japan, and I didn't fancy going back to headquarters. I didn't belong there and I had already handed in my security pass, so I would most likely be refused access. Besides there was no one there who would help me.
I looked out the viewing gallery and watched a plane go down the runway. I have such rotten luck. I thought things like this only happened in dramas. Its not like my whole life is a freaking drama.
The plane took off into the sky. I watched it go, along with my hopes. I really didn't know what to do. Maybe I wasn't meant to go Japan in this lifetime. I sighed.
I looked down and realised I still had Tyson's MP3 player. I also hadn't managed to return it to him. I really couldn't bothered about that again. What rotten luck would make me run into that stupid guy and his band again?
I stared at the MP3 player in my hands. I wasn't really into music so I had never really payd any attention to music or bands whatsoever. Was A.N.JELL as good as everyone thought anyway? I unwound the earpieces and stuck them into my ears, pressing play.
'Thinking "This girl doesn't have a person she likes"'
It was a ballad-ish song; nice and slow.
'I simply stay by her side like this
Because this is a love where I'm happy to be giving'
It was Tyson's ballad. His voice was gorgeous-smooth and pleasing to the ear. I closed my eyes to enjoy the rest of the song. They were really that good. Sigh.
'I don't expect anything in return
A place from where I can reach her any time she holds out her hand
A place from where I can visit her any time she calls for me
I'll stay there without changing
Because I love her...'
[song lyrics from Park Sang Woo-Because I'm a fool {He's Beautiful OST}]
The song was obviously for a fool in love. But for that same weird reason that was making me do weird stuff lately made me think of my brother. The song sort-of-ish described us. We were always there for each other unless we were on missions, even on missions we were sent on together.
Which brought me back to what happened yesterday. I closed my eyes. I knew what I had to do. But I didn;t know if I was going to regret it. It was going to be too late to back out after this.
