Chapter 56 - Only Your Friend

"What?" Song Ji Hun was not affected and indifferently looked at him.

"Don't you dare covet what's mine" Ian warned him not caring about others.

"What's yours?" Song Ji Hun asked with a faint smile on his lips.

Ian was speechless as he didn't know what to say. He was not sure why he was so angry, he wanted to say Kiaraa is his best friend and Song Ji Hun should not covet her but it didn't feel appropriate to say so.

"They must be talking about school" Sa Da-Hye, Ian's mother assumed and so elders didn't bother themselves.

Kiaraa didn't care about what's going on as her attention was still on the food as she was very hungry.

She is a big foodie and at times she immerses so much into it, she doesn't care about other stuff.

"What's yours Ian that I am coveting?" Song Ji Hun again asked him.

"Stay away from my people" Ian could only say this as he was not sure why he was so agitated.

"What do you mean by your people?" Song Ji Hun pretended like he didn't understand what Ian meant.

Ian was not sure what he was feeling and what he should say to Song Ji Hun.

"Excuse me" He left from there.

"You killed his appetite" Song Ji Hwan complained looking at his brother, who clearly didn't regret what he did.

Song Ji Hun looked at Kiaraa only to see her savouring the dish she was eating giving no fucks about her surroundings.

Kiaraa didn't even realize Ian left from there.

After they had lunch, Kiaraa was about to head back to the coin room with Song Ji Hun, when Ian stopped her.

"Kiaraa, we need to talk" he seriously said.

"Sure" Kiaraa agreed and looked at Song Ji Hun, "I'll meet you in the coin room" she informed.

Song Ji Hun just nodded his head and went straight to the coin room. He was sure Kiaraa is a strong girl who can handle Ian well and does not need him.

"Yeah?" Kiaraa looked at Ian, after they entered a calm open space.

"What is going on Kiaraa?" Ian didn't hide his anger.

"What do you mean?" she had some idea that Ian is upset seeing her with Song Ji Hun but she didn't care about it.

"I asked you to not spend time with Song Ji Hun, can't you do one thing I asked for?"

"Ian, what do you think I had been doing in that coin room?" Kiaraa questioned him instead.

"Chit-chatting with Song Ji Hun, maybe" Ian gritted his teeth.

"Ian, if that's what I want to do then why would I stay in the coin room for two hours?" Kiaraa's frustration was not hidden from him.

"Kiaraa, I asked you to not spend time with Song Ji Hun, why are you still with him?" Ian ignored her question and shouted at her.

"Who are you to tell me what I should or should not do?" Kiaraa was triggered by his high volume.

"Didn't we already go through this, Kiaraa? I too ignore Aera for you, so can't you do the same for me?" Ian put this logic forward.

"Ian, I was just checking his collection, we didn't even talk much" Kiaraa explained and added, "Look Ian, I thought about what you said and I concluded, this is my life and I will do what I want to do. I like historical coins and he has an amazing collection, so when he offered, I went to see it. What's the big deal about it?"

"Kiaraa, his intentions are not good"

"Ian, let me decide whose intentions are what, don't decide for me" Kiaraa firmly said.

"Kiaraa, what happened to you suddenly?" 

"Ian, I know you don't like him and I too won't be spending a lot of time with him but that doesn't mean I won't interact with him at all. We are all family friends and coming across one another is inevitable. I will talk to him when I feel like. As your friend, the least I can do for you is not be too close to him as I anyway am not interested in being his friend. Since, it is something I don't mind, I'll stay away from him. I won't do stuff only for your sake if I don't agree with it. Am I clear?"

"Hmm, but you sound weird" Ian voiced his thought.

"I am a strong and independent girl I will only do what I want to not what you want" Kiaraa was deeply affected by Song Ji Hun's earlier words and repeated the same.

"You are a strong girl, Kiaraa. Do whatever you want" Song Ji Hwan who just arrived there and heard her last statement agreed with her.

"What happened to you suddenly?" Ian was still confused and kept looking at Kiaraa.

"Ian, stop stretching it. Song Ji Hun's coin collection is interesting, let's check it out too." Song Ji Hwan suggested.

Ian calmed down as he too would be with Kiaraa so he agreed and the three people went to the coin room.

Song Ji Hun was not surprised to see others join them as he expected it.

Ian couldn't help but be impressed by the arrangement, it really looked like a mini-museum.

"I had no idea you are really passionate about coins" Ian commented.

"You don't have any idea about my other passions, so it is understandable" Song Ji Hun coldly responded.

'Hyung, control' Song Ji Hwan thought, wanting to stop his brother from talking.

"Well, I would be interested in knowing what other things you are passionate about." Ian tried to see through this guy.

"Not just things, human-beings too make me feel passionate about them" Song Ji Hun lifted one corner of his lips in a smile.

'HYUNG' Song Ji Hwan shouted in his heart.

Ian was a bit taken aback by what Song Ji Hun said.

"Human-beings huh? Who are these people that you are passionate about?"

"People?" Song Ji Hun chuckled, "It is just one person"

"Hyung, I need your help with some homework, can you come with me?" Song Ji Hwan interrupted his brother, who was on the verge of losing his sanity.

"Who is this one person?" Ian ignored Song Ji Hwan's interference.

"Guess" Song Ji Hun smiled devilishly annoying Ian.

Ian stepped towards Song Ji Hun and warned him in a low volume, "Kiaraa is mine, don't you dare have any ill intentions towards her"

"Is she an object, who belongs to you?" Song Ji Hun didn't lose that smile and looked into Ian's eyes without any hesitation.

"She is my friend" Ian wanted to let him know Kiaraa is closer to him.

"She will always be your friend, only your friend" Song Ji Hun declared confusing his younger brother and Ian.

"Good, you know that. Do remember this forever." Ian felt victorious.

"I will and I hope you too would" Song Ji Hun replied.

Ian smiled in victory, "Of course, I will" and walked away towards Kiaraa, who was at the other end of the room, reading about a new coin.

As soon as she entered this place, she busied herself with coins.

"Hyung, why did you accept your defeat?" Song Ji Hwan asked as he didn't get the hidden meaning behind Song Ji Hun's words.

"You are still immature, grow up" Song Ji Hun smiled and sat on a couch, reading his book.

Song Ji Hwan didn't understand anything and he decided to let it be.

Ian on the other side, happily looked at the coins collection with Kiaraa, as Song Ji Hun accepted his defeat.

It was only after many years that Ian realized the true meaning behind Song Ji Hun's words.

His words actually meant, Kiaraa will only be Ian's friend and nothing more will happen between them and later his words were proven to be right as she indeed became Song Ji Hun's wife while she was only Ian's friend.