CUPID (Finale)

Its 20 minutes passed midnight, Yonghwa looked around at the almost empty park confused, he felt his head, trying to jug memory but failed. He has been in that park for over 30 minutes and he still does not remember a thing. Frustrated, he walk at the nearby train station, an odd feeling has been going around his stomach, aside from his lost memory, he knew he has to search something but he can’t point a finger on it.

As he wander around the train station, the woman that passed him by dropped her wallet, he hurriedly pick it up and chased her.

“Excuse me miss” she turned as he called her “I think this belongs to you” he said as he handed the wallet to her

“OMO! Thank you!” she bowed to him “I don’t know what to do if I lose it.” She said grateful, she studied the young man in front of him, he looks like early 20’s to her “I’m Ji Hyun. You?” she extends a handshake

While reaching out for her hand, his forehead creased, he felt the name has an odd familiarity in it “I’m…” he tries to remember his name “I don’t know, I can’t remember a thing” he informed

Shocked and concerned she answered “Look, I’m in a rush right now for my work, can you tag along?” she asked

Without much choice, he nodded a small smile spread on his handsome face “You’re the only one I know as of the moment.”

She nodded and led the way to a convenience store nearby. She rushed to change for her uniform after she instructed him to sit and wait for a while.

While working, she chatted with him, she gave him the address of the nearest police station “Go there, it seems like you have a loved one who might report that you’re missing.” She said pointing at his ring

He looked at the ring and for some reason, his confused mind went at ease while staring at it. A smile adorned his face “Yeah, you’re right” he stood and left after thanking her

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“I’ve already uploaded your picture and descriptions in our data list, it is visible all over Korea now. Don’t worry too much.” He tapped his shoulder.

Yonghwa studied the man and on instinct he asked suddenly “Do you have a wife?”

The policeman laughed, slightly surprised but answered “I have none” he wagged his ring less hands

“Girlfriend?” Yonghwa asked again, somehow he felt that this guy and the girl earlier are meant for each other. He can’t explain it even to himself but the strong feeling made him ask questions unknowingly.

Officer Jungsoo shook his head “Let’s have a bite. It seems like you’re hungry” he put his arm on Yonghwa’s shoulder and dragged him outside the police station

“I knew a girl earlier, she was the one who gave me directions. I think we can eat there” Yonghwa suggested. He wanted them to meet, his instincts told him they’d like each other. The officer agreed.

Yonghwa pushed the glass door and greeted Ji Hyun. He introduced the two and as expected, their sexual tension is too strong he felt it through the air, they are attracted to each other. He felt a sense of fulfillment as he saw them smile shyly and in a little while they became at ease and chatted, exchanged numbers and promised to keep in contact.

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SME has been busy preparing for a press conference. They called all the major TV stations in Korea and invited reporters.

Seohyun was pacing around the waiting room anxiously while her unnies console her. But contrary to what they assumed, she is not worried about the press conference, her mind is wandering to where Yonghwa is. She is worried of what might have happened to him. “Yong” she called loudly while looking up. She saw her unnies shared a confused look. “Yong!” she tried again but nothing happened “Maybe he doesn’t want to appear in front of my unnies” she appeased herself and looked at each of them directly to their eyes. She needs to be honest, they need to know. She contemplated the thought for several minutes until she decided to tell them.

“Unnie” she started “Do you believe in magic?” she saw them smile as though they were trying to tolerate her silliness

“Seohyun-ah” Taeyeon ran her fingers through her hair “This is not the time for talking about magic or fairy tales” she said tenderly

“No, this is the time. I need to know if you believe in those kinds of things” she told them, she saw some shook their heads “I’m not going nuts unnie, it’s true.”

“Well maybe I do” Hyoyeon said “I used to be, until I realized magic doesn’t exist” her unnies nodded in agreement

“Fair enough, I used to be like that.” Seohyun answered “Until Yonghwa came along” she finished

“Oh, I get it!” Tiffany clapped her hands “The magic of love”

“Oh that.” Yuri exclaimed “Yeah love is like magic” she smiled dreamily

“Well, that and more. Yonghwa is a Cupid, he was sent for me. He was assigned to find me a perfect pair” she told them

She heard them chuckled thinking that she was kidding them, but as they look at her serious face it started to cease

“Chungmal?!” Yoona exclaimed her eyes bulging in disbelief. Seohyun nodded and she saw them in awe

“I’m going to call him, so please brace yourselves” she stood and started calling his name “Yong! Yong Oppa! It’s alright to show yourself, I already told my unnies about you. Oppa!” she yelled

A swirl of pink light came in view to her unnies’ astonishment, but who came in view was not the one expected. Seohyun gave her a confused look “Where is Yonghwa oppa?” she asked frantically

Cupid Shin Hye sighed and studied each faces before she answered “Don’t worry, Yonghwa oppa is fine.”

“So what exactly did you do to him?” she asked again now in the verge of panic

“The elders has come to the consensus that Yonghwa has lost his way, so they’ve sent him to the path towards following his destiny”

“You know what this Cupid speech is not really working for me, I need straight answers” Seohyun said in a controlled voice. This is what she feared the most

“They erased his memory, placed him back on Earth as a mortal, somewhere you’ll never find him.” Shin Hye informed. Seohyun froze, she felt like crying but no tears fell from her eyes, it was as if her tear ducts went dry.

“What?! He doesn’t remember anything? He doesn’t remember Seohyun?!” Hyoyeon reacted

“Not even being a Cupid” Shin Hye gave them a regretful look

“That’s crazy! You don’t have the right to wipe out someone’s mind, an entire life, my life!” Seohyun said her tears started to fall as soon as she found her voice. Frustration, worry and anger all came in full force

“Yonghwa is not just someone, Seohyun, he’s a Cupid and he has responsibilities. He knew what it entails” Shin Hye tried to make them understand

“Yes, but he also chose to love me! And I know he won’t abandon me just like that if he had a choice” she answered, she wanted to control her anger but to her surprise she found it hard.

“Look, this is not an easy decision for us, we love Yonghwa in our world as much as you love him here.” Shin Hye remained diplomatic albeit her outburst “He was not killed or recycled, I hope you can take comfort in that”

“Wait, you just erased the memory of the love of my life and you want me to take comfort with what?! You have a lot of nerve lady.” She felt her head pounded with the rise of her temper. Her hand flew to her nape, she closed her eyes and breathe in and out to calm herself.

“Don’t lose hope” She said and disappeared. Her unnies might have been awed if they witnessed it without their present dilemma.

“There must be something we can do to find him!” Sooyoong said as soon as she’s gone

“But how? What if they don’t want him to be found?” Jessica answered

“She did not say that, she said it’s up to him. There must be a chance for them to be together” Sunny stood and paced

Seohyun sat on the nearby chair, her knees felt weak. She put her hands on her face and sighed deeply “Yong oppa” she whispered

“But first, there’s…..” Taeyeon’s sentence was cut short because their manager oppa called them out, the press conference is about to start.

They stood up and guided the still dazed Seohyun and gave her their support. “We’re here Seohyun-ah, don’t worry.”

Seohyun should be the only one in the press conference but her unnies insisted on coming with her. As soon as the door flung open the blinding lights from the cameras flashed on them. As if awoken by the flashes, Seohyun blinked and bowed lightly before she sat on the seat reserved for her.

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Yonghwa gave way for Ji Hyun and Jungsoo to know each other well. He sat on the counter and stuffed himself with food when a man sat one seat away from him. “I see you’re a natural” CC Jake started, disguised as mortal

He looked at him in confusion “Me?” he pointed himself.

CC Jake nodded “Yeah, a natural match maker” he pointed the two.

Yonghwa nodded in understanding “Yeah, it’s strange but it seems rather familiar.”

“I heard you’d lost your memory. You must be a match maker by profession. Maybe you are someone who has a sense of purpose, someone who spreads love all over the Earth” CC Jake said naturally “If you want you can join us”

“Us?” Yonghwa asked now confused

“Yeah, a match makers organization” he informed

Yongwa’s eyes flew at the TV placed high above the corner of the convenience store when the drama that was airing earlier was interrupted by breaking news, he saw 9 beautiful girls entered the hall. But his eyes are glued to only one. Her beautiful face shows a lot of emotions; fear, sadness, frustration and love. As soon as she sat, the camera zoomed to her face, Yonghwa looked at her misty eyes, he felt her eyes are oddly familiar and it seems like she was looking at him, conveying a message to him. His heart started to flutter uncontrollably. “She’s so beautiful” he said now CC Jake was fully ignored.

Yonghwa saw clips of her holding a man’s hand, they made the man’s face blur for his privacy they said. He looked at her beaming face on the picture, it seems like she was having fun with whoever was in the picture with her. Her eyes sparkled and her face slightly flushed, a bright smile adorned her face.

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Seohyun bowed before she sat and started to say the script that was given to her by SME. She conceals her emotions for the camera.

“Hello everyone, thank you for sacrificing your hours of sleep just to come here.” She bowed “I’m really sorry for the chaos I’d caused” she sighed and continued “T-the guy I am with, in that picture is my c-cousin” she tried hard not to stutter but failed, she is not a good liar to start with. She felt the lump on her throat thickened as she saw pictures of her and Yonghwa who was intentionally made blur walking in the amusement park happily. Her tears started to form “We went there b-because h-he is going away f-for a…” she swallowed hard to control her tears “For a while s-so…” she lowered her head, tears are falling uncontrollably now, as she weeps, her gasps and cry are all that can be heard in that hall. Seohyun felt her unnie tapped her back and consoled her. She wiped her tars and looked straight to the camera with determined eyes. She looked at her unnies as if asking for a go signal, when she saw them nod, she looked at their manager oppas apologetically.

She sighed and cleared her throat “First I would like to apologize to SME for doing this, to our fans and to our manager oppas, I’m really sorry to disappoint you. This is the first scandal that I have and it pains me to see all of you affected by it. I’m really grateful for all your support but…” she paused “I don’t want to lie, to myself and to you guys who are supporting us. All I want is to be happy, we are all in titled to be in love at this age and it saddens me that we, idols, can’t freely express our love.” She looked at the shocked faces of the press people and her manager oppa “That guy is Yonghwa, my boyfriend. If you can’t accept the truth behind this matter, I am really sorry, but I won’t have a choice but to quit SNSD.” As they heard her last sentence media men swarmed and took photos of her. Even her unnies were shocked of her boldness, they did not expect her to say the Q word “I’m happy being with my unnies and being able to perform on stage for you guys but with these restrictions I don’t know if I or we can truly be happy.” Her eyes sparkled dreamily as she continued “I was really happy being with him. I felt free, no pretentions, no restrictions. I was just being myself, he loves me for being me and not the stereotypical idol image. I’d choose him over my career if needed. If you can’t accept my having a boyfriend, then I would happily leave the group, if you can, I’d be forever grateful and I’ll do my very best at anything.” She stood and bowed 90 degrees before she left.

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As Yonghwa heard his name mentioned something in his memory jugged and he look at the girl on TV intently, his heart beating fast, his palms started to sweat as he listens to her speech. Memories of her started to flash in his mind. From the day they first met until the day in the amusement park. His heart throbs for her. He wiped the tears from his face and hurriedly asked Jungsoo to drive him to the train station. With urgency, he explained that he remembered something and that he needs t be in Seoul.

“There’s no need for that” CC Jake interrupted them, Yonghwa looked at him in surprise, he has forgotten all about him. “I’ll take you there” he offered

Yonghwa thanked his new friends and went away with CC Jake “I can see that you’ve chosen her” he said while they find a safe spot

“I can’t help it. I really love her.” he answered solemnly “I’m sorry” he apologised

“I want you to know that both of you passed the test and you have two choices. To remain as mortal and live on Earth, or to live as Cupids in our world. Either way, we will honor your decision” he said, they disappeared from that alley

Yonghwa was left alone by CC Jake inside the men’s comfort room. He can hear someone yelled Seohyun’s name. He went out hurriedly, just in time that Seohyun was fast approaching, with her face down, she hardly noticed him until he called “Hyun” he said his voice louder than a whisper as she walk passed him

Seohyun’s eyes lifted up suddenly and stopped her pace, she turned her head slowly, expectantly “Oppa? Yong Oppa?!” she stepped closer to him and hugged him tightly oblivious of the cameras that are around them.

Yonghwa hugged her tightly in return, he kissed her hair lightly “It’s okay Hyun-ah. I’m here now” he whispered as she cried on his shoulder

“I was so scared.” She sobbed

“It’s okay, it’s over now” he said “But there’s something important we need to talk about after this” He took her hand and guided her to their waiting room. Her unnies followed through.

Yonghwa acknowledged his sisters-in-law before he faced Seohyun and started to talk “Hyun, they said we passed the test. We have to chose though, whether to stay mortal and live here on Earth or to become Cupid, you’ll be converted into one of us, and live in our world” he cupped her face and looked at her lovingly

Seohyun looked at her unnies, they too were all confused, they don’t want to lose Seohyun but they don’t want to steal her from her happiness too.

“How about my family?” she stated

“We can visit them f course” Yonghwa answered “And them too” he motioned to her unnies

“What if I wanted to stay here as mortal?” she asked

“Then I’ll be mortal too. Live my life with you, find job” he squared his shoulders “Either way, we would still be together, our happy ever after.”

Seohyun beamed “I suppose it will depend on our fans. Whether they can accept us or not. If they do, we’ll stay mortal and I’ll continue SNSD.”

“If that happens, maybe I’ll put up a rock band, since I can play the guitar and sing” he chuckled

“But if they can’t, then we’ll go to your world” Seohyun answered, she cupped Yonghwa’s face and stared on it lovingly, she planted a soft kiss on his nose. “Komawo oppa. Saranghae.”

“Saranghae Hyun” Yonghwa locked her in a tight embrace

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So fans, will you accept Hyun dating Yong for real or not? The decision lies in your hands..LOL