Chapter 07: Ivy

As Flynn stares at Lee’s photos, she sees flashes of memories in her mind. As if she finally remembered everything that she has to remember after being asleep for years.

(Flashback, days before Lee’s execution, In the grand prison of the country)

"Can you please look at me?" The girl that looked like Flynn says with a sad smile on her face. The moment the man in front of her  looked right in her eyes, Flynn's heart started beating faster, too.

"They ordered me to kill you." Jinan says, his voice shaky and nervous.

"When?" she asks calmly and tries to give him the sweetest smile she could.

"Three days from now."

"Will you kill me?"

"It's an order."

"Can you choose me over that order?"

And at the blink of her eyes, she saw Lee's memories flashing and being absorbed by her mind. It was the day Lee and Jinan confessed their feelings to each other. 

"I love you, Lee. We will figure things out, we will make this work." Jinan says sweetly and she just smiles as she kisses him.

"Even if this love did not work out in this life, promise to find me and love me again, alright?" Lee giggles. "I love you, Jinan."

"I love you, Kim Jinan." she whispers sweetly.

The scene suddenly changes and all that she could see is purple smoke lingering everywhere, almost suffocating her.

"Lee." a voice of an old woman says.

"Do you still want to love Jinan in your next life?"

She doesn't hear what Lee said, but the woman smiles at her and calmly says.

"Okay, but I will never go easy on him. Let him make it up to you."

...

"Why are you crying?" Hee Sun asks as he gently wipes Flynn's tears away from her face.

"She was wronged." she suddenly says as she snaps to reality.

"Who?"

"Me. I am her. She was me." she says hysterically. "I know it all now. I am Lee." she says, looking at Hee Sun.

"What are you talking about?"

"and that bastard came down to get me again." she says looking at Hee Sun with eyes full of rage. “But I’m never letting him in, not again.”

…

“Jin was cut off by a very beautiful woman opening the door. She’s tall and has long black wavy hair, round black eyes and very slim lips. Who is she? Did Huina marry and have a daughter?

“Oh, good day. I am Mr. Kim. I just want to talk to Huina, is she here?” The three of them stared at the young girl as she raised her eyebrows judgingly.

“I guess now that I am younger, you’re gonna treat me with a lot more respect, Kim Jinan?”

Jeon, Jin and Yoon’s eyes dilated in shock as they all asked, “HUINA? YOU’RE HUINA?”

Huina laughs as she eyes the younger men. “Why? Can’t I be beautiful once in a while?”

“You can but you don’t look like Huina anymore.” Yoongi frankly says.

“And that’s because you haven’t seen me in my prime years!” Huina replies with an annoyed tone. “Anyways, tell me why you’re here.”

"I just want to ask you to reconsider your curse on me. Because this is not going anywhere. I'm not going to make that girl inlove with me. I just can't. You also know it's impossible, she's a sociopath. She doesn't feel emotions--"

"Why do you think she hates you?" Huina asks, raising her brows questionably on Jin.

"Huh?" Jin asks back.

"Sociopaths doesn't feel any emotions." Yoon realises.

"and Flynn hates you because," Jeon adds.

"She's not a sociopath." Huina smiles at Jin and Jin's eyes widens.

...

"I didn't know the two of you were close enough to go on a doctor's appointment together." Dr. Chiong, Flynn's psychologist, comments with a wide kind smile as Hee Sun and Flynn came for Flynn's appointment today.

"Well, she needs me these days so who am I to say no to a such a beauty--"

"Shut up, Hee Sun." Flynn rolls her eyes at him and glares at him. Hee Sun just chuckles and puts his hands up in the air, as if he is surrendering to her in a playful manner. "He wanted to come with me to know my condition."

"Well, let's just start. Tell me about your day."

...

"Don't you like, feel like, you know? Don't you like Flynn?" Jeon suddenly asks as they stand under the rain. Waiting for Flynn to come back home. Jin just felt the need to talk to her and explain things more further to her. Now that he knew that she was not a sociopath, his hopes of making her fall in love with him are skyrocketing again. Maybe she’ll understand why he had to end her life with his own hands hundred of years ago. Maybe she’ll forgive him. Who knows?

Yoon also waits for Jin's answer. He’s just as curious as Jeon. Because if that woman, I mean, Flynn.. Is really bound to be his, shouldn’t he feel like some kind of attraction whenever she is near?

"I don't feel that way." Jin asks. "She's nothing but an ivy to me. A vine that will help me live by putting her annoying roots in me and she will remain like that to me as long as I live."

"What are you talking about? You need to make her fall in love with you even if she hates you now." Yoon asks.

"I hate her as much as she hates me. She's so entitled. Feeling like she's the most important human being in the world. So self centered. She's the complete opposite of my wife and--"

They all stopped talking as a black Mercedes maybach car stopped in front of them. Hee Sun walks out of the car with an umbrella but he's not using it. By the moment he opens the umbrella, the shotgun seat's car door opens and Flynn comes out. Hee Sun notices them and smiles at them that Jin only found annoying.

"I'll take you somewhere tomorrow after my duty." Hee Sun says while holding the umbrella for Flynn. He is smiling at her sweetly. “Have a good night, Flynn.”

Jinan's eyes squinted a little as he realised what was happening. Why are they together?

"Here she comes, Jin."

As Hee Sun walks over with Flynn with his hands on her waist, supporting her. Jinan's world almost stops. It was as if the rain stopped pouring, and the only thing he can see is Flynn brushing her shoulder briefly on his, and passing by him coldly. He looked at him while she did not even spare him a glance. She just passes by him as if she didn't see him at all. The scene was just so dramatic for Jin to think of anything, all he has in his mind is why is she with him? Is history repeating itself? No. That couldn’t be. That couldn’t happen again.

"Jin? Are you alright? Let's go follow her--" Jeon reminds him.

"Forget it." he says through gritted teeth. Firm and clear.

"We have to talk to her--" Yoon adds but he cuts him off.

"We've been standing under the rain for minutes now. We have to go home or else we'll get sick. Don’t you both think?"

"Jin. We won't get sick." Yoon deadpans at him. Reminding him that they lack this physical quality and that they weren’t even human to begin with.

"Really? Why do I feel so sick right now?" He chuckles bitterly to himself as he starts to walk under the glistening, sad rain. Away from Flynn’s home. Away from Flynn’s heart that is as hard as a diamond.

...

Flynn stares at her window as Jin and his friends walk in the rain. She then slowly unfolds the scroll Hee Sun gave him. The scroll that is painted by Lee’s brother has Lee itself on it.

"I'm not gonna risk myself and do the mistake my Mom and Lee did." she whispers to herself.  A tear drops from her left eye as she clenches her chest tightly with her fist. "I'd live and cherish this life as I wanted now, Lee. I won't do as you promised to him. I will protect this heart from him."

“He’s our enemy now.”