Chapter 349 - Comforting him

Although she had no clue on where Yejoon was heading towards, she silently followed after him, unsure of how to break the silence between them.

It seemed that Yejoon wanted time to himself alone, judging by how he walked through the secluded area of the Palace.

"How long are you going to follow me?" Hwang Yejoon questioned as he stopped in his steps.

Soohyun too halted in her steps. It was not difficult for her to notice how cold and detached his voice seemed; it seemed for a second that he was a foreign person.

"Am I disturbing you?" she questioned.

"You can say that it is something like that," he spoke out, "I would prefer to be alone now. It would be greatly appreciated if you could leave me alone."

"Sorry," Soohyun said, "If I had arrived earlier, I might have been able to save your father."

Turning his head, Yejoon looked at Soohyun and shook his head. She noticed how expressionless he appeared, and his eyes appeared empty— losing all of its glow.

"No, you have done enough. If it was not for you, he would have died in that fire," Yejoon vocalised.

"It's alright for you to blame me. I had the antidote with me, and if only I had given to your dad in appropriate time, he would have been alive now," she voiced out while she approached the man before her.

Yejoon let out a sigh, and looking down, he spoke out, "It seemed that the fate did not want him to be alive."

Moving closer to him, Lee Soohyun extended her hand towards the man and pulled him into an hug. Seeing the man in such a state made her heart ache, and she hoped to deliver some comfort to him.

Hwang Yejoon was one of those rare people she treated with sincerity, and patting on top of his back, she said, "You haven't cried yet. It must have been difficult for you to hold all of it in. I don't want you to do something reckless, Yejoon. There is no one at here, so I can lend you my shoulder to cry at."

"W-What do got mean? I don't need anything like that. I am fine," he stated, "I just need some time alone to myself."

Hwang Yejoon was about to pull away from the hug, but Soohyun clutched tightly on to him, preventing him from moving away.

"You don't have to be strong at here, Yejoon. I don't wish to cause any harm to you," she voiced out, "Let out all of yours feelings at me. Don't you at least trust me with that much."

Soohyun sounded awkward while trying to comfort someone, and Yejoon was clearly able to notice that. Nonetheless, he was touched hearing those words from her. After all, she was trying to help him.

Gripping tightly on to the material of her shirt, he said, "You are the first one to treat me like this. Everyone looked at me with contempt and anger. Their attitude towards me changed within just couple of hours, and I thought that you will be hating me too. After all, my father attempted to murder Minhyun Hyung."

"Who are those idiots who stared at you with contempt? Take me to them, and I will be properly dealing with them," Soohyun stated, "You have done nothing wrong neither has your father. You two were merely the victims. It goes the same for Minhyun as well. If we were able to continue the situation, nothing would have turned out like this."

"I know, I know," Yejoon spoke out, "But this all hurts. How can everyone turn their back on us that easily?"

"That's how everyone is, Yejoon. Humans are known to be shallow," she vocalised.

Tears formed at the corner of Yejoon's eyes while he found his heart being clenched tightly, and he stated, "I really want to see my father for one last time. I want to tell him on how I love him and how much regret cursing at him the last time around. I have not been the best son to him neither was he the best father to me, but I really miss him, Jiwoo. 

I desperately want to see him one time and hug him. I really want to do this for one time. But that's impossible now. There is no bringing back the death. Everything was going fine, but why did everything go so badly for me? My dad did not even concern himself with these matters, so why did those people involve him? He just wanted to lead a carefree life yet he was the first one to be plotted against. This is truly unfair!"

"I can't say that everything will be fine. That will just be a big lie," she spoke out, "But Yejoon, you have to stay strong. In order to take revenge on those who wronged you, you need to stay strong. If you break down and give in this easily, you would not be able to do anything."

Tears stopped falling down his eyes, and anger became visible in those eyes of his. Gritting his teeth, he stated, "All those bastards— I will be killing each one of those. I will make sure to destroy each one of them who caused my father to reach such a state. I will not give those bastards an easy death."

"The motivation you have is good, Yejoon, but don't act rashly," she said, "In order to get revenge, you need to survive, and don't do anything that might get you killed. Do not make any impulsive decision that you will be regretting later on, and think smartly."

Pulling away from the hug, she flashed him a small smile and added, "Whatever decision you make, I will be there for you."

When it came to comforting people, Soohyun did not have much of a talent. Nonetheless, Yejoon was surely able to feel the warmth through those words of hers.