chapter 23

Chapter 23.

SuA drank with Wendy for a while then put her in the car and drove Wendy home. Wendy is currently living separately in a luxury apartment, she is of Korean descent but was born in Canada, her family is very rich, so no matter what job Wendy does, she always has a strong backing support from family.

Arriving at Wendy's house, before saying goodbye, Wendy tried to hold on.

- When you are free, let's go to dinner, I invite you.

- Okay - said SuA friendly.

- Are we still friends?

- Yes.

- Now where are you? Are you alone or are you still living with your second mother?

- Second mother? – SuA was surprised, then after a few seconds, she also thought to herself, Wendy must be referring to the relative who stayed with her after parents Kim left.

- Yeah, are you still there?

- Actually, I'm alone right now, I live in my parents' old house.

- Okay, here's my number, how can I contact you? - Wendy exchanged phone numbers with SuA.

Saying goodbye to Wendy, SuA drove back to her house, on the way, suddenly remembered that she had to go to the studio to get some papers needed for tomorrow's work, she turned the steering wheel towards the other luxury apartment.

The clock struck 11pm, SuA walked down the hallway, when she was close to the studio, she discovered that the other neighbor was smoking on the balcony 10 steps away from where she was standing.

SuA narrowed her eyes, that girl looks so elegant and gentle, but has a habit of smoking, she's quite surprised to see a certain unflattering image of that girl now. She had run into the girl by accident several times, sometimes in the elevator, sometimes in the hallway, and the only thing she knew about the girl, was the name and age.

Lee Siyeon, 24 years old, one year younger than SuA.

Even though SuA was sleepy, she wanted to take the document from the studio and go home to sleep immediately, but her feet slowly walked towards the balcony, just because she was curious inside.

She was really curious about that beautiful girl.

The girl was wearing a comfortable suit, a blue sweater, sweatpants, and her hair was tied down neatly.

Then SuA discovered that when she got closer, there was a tattoo on the back of the girl’s neck that was written with words, it looked very beautiful.

- Hey, hello.

Siyeon turned, too surprised because beside her was Kim SuA, she quickly extinguished the cigarette in the trash, smiling stupidly.

She really didn't want SuA to see her smoking.

- Ah….hello.

- It's late, why are you standing here? – SuA asked, her hand on the balcony.

Siyeon was confused, couldn't answer, she was sad when she caught SuA talking intimately with Wendy, the ex-lover, so she needed a stimulant to relieve her sadness.

Cigarettes are something she's been using lately, she finds it very harmful to her health, but she doesn't care anymore, it's helping her forget about the temporary reality, she can only ask for it.

- Hmmm...if it's too private, you don't have to say it - SuA subtly said when she saw Siyeon's silence.

- …………. – Siyeon still couldn't say anything, she looked up at the black sky, avoiding SuA's eyes.

If she looked at SuA right now, she was afraid she would lose control and rush to hug SuA.

No matter how good a calm person she is, she is still a very sensitive witch, inside her like a storm surges up, then hits the dam and falls down, the dam here is a a little bit of her mind.

She is really struggling.

- You have a very nice tattoo on the back of your neck - SuA changed the subject.

- Ah..thank you - Siyeon stammered, SuA didn't know that tattoo was like a key to uncovering her truth, SuA had completely lost the memory of the existence of witch world

While the two were embarrassed because they didn't know what to say next for this cumbersome conversation, Siyeon suddenly remembered the strangeness of SuA being here. SuA should have stayed at her house, why is she standing here, she's going to the studio to work overnight?

- You…you came here….to work overnight? – Siyeon asked slowly, in the previous meeting SuA introduced her name, age and introduced the studio where she works.

- No, I just went to the studio to get some papers, I'm about to go home now – SuA is also not confident, her feet awkwardly about to leave the windy balcony.

- Yes, be careful when you go home.

- Siyeon.

- Yes?

- Nice to talk to you.

- Ah..me too - Siyeon smiled.

SuA smiled back and entered her work studio, and left the apartment complex. On the way she felt so confused….

In addition to catching the tattoo of that girl named Lee Siyeon, she also saw something unusual....

On Siyeon's ring finger, there is a diamond ring, which is very similar to the one she used to wear. She did not know the origin of this ring, why she wore it, she was too headache to think about this so she temporarily stored the ring in the nightstand.

SuA went home, climbed into bed and opened the drawer, took the diamond ring and held it up, examining every corner.

It really looks like the ring Siyeon is wearing.

Siyeon is wearing the ring for what purpose, is she married? Or is she wearing it for beauty?

Lee Siyeon is a young girl, she's probably not married, but if she is, SuA will also have to meet her husband, living next to each other, why did she just meet Siyeon by accident? That means Lee Siyeon is alone in that house.

Siyeon has a certain charm that makes SuA curious, makes her want to ask Siyeon more….

Maybe it's because Siyeon is a quiet person, looks like a private life, looks like an introvert, she just smiles softly, her face shows a calm expression, doesn't have much emotion, that's why Siyeon attracted SuA.

Should SuA invite Siyeon to dinner?

But is there a good reason to invite her to dinner?

---

Time passed, SuA was working at an entertainment company office, she was about to have a collaboration on their new project, meeting for an hour and then resting for a few minutes, SuA received a message from a professor, Lee Dami, a friend of hers.

“SuA, how are you these days? Is the matter with Siyeon settled yet?”

SuA was dumbfounded, what is it, the name Siyeon in her life now has only one person, the neighbor girl.

And why does Professor Lee know about Siyeon? What do they have to do with each other? What do she and Siyeon have to deal with? She last saw Professor Lee almost a year ago, at that time her hearing had not yet healed.

SuA called Professor Lee.

“SuA……”

- Professor Lee, I heard it again.

“Oh really, are your ears really healthy?” - Professor Lee's voice was very happy.

- Yes, I am very healthy, Professor, how are you?

"I'm good"

- What was the last message from the professor, who is Siyeon, what do I and that person have to deal with?

“Huh, Siyeon is the one who has lived with you since you were little until now, right?”

- What? - SuA was surprised.

"SuA, what's wrong?"

SuA was completely silent, she was busy arranging all her thoughts for logic. She forgot about the relative who used to live with her, so that person is Siyeon, that young neighbor who lives next door to her studio?

Or is it just a coincidence of names?

“SuA……”

- Professor Lee, her name is Lee Siyeon, right? Tell me about Lee Siyeon.

---

Boston, USA.

The wizarding community creates a meeting here, once a year they will gather to exchange and increase friendship. Siyeon's love story is widely spread with the purpose of warning witches not to have feelings for ordinary people, to avoid future hurt.

Siyeon appeared at the party with a gloomy face, something that she is naturally inherent in. She only had a lot of emotions while living with SuA, and when their love was clear, she lived with a variety of emotions.

And now she has to bring her heart down to live a lifestyle like the old days, calm and indifferent, she doesn't care too much about what people around her say and talk about, she just comes here to party because it's the norm.

Her mood was already dumbfounded, now it's even more pathetic after seeing the closeness between SuA and Wendy, she doesn't know if the two of them have progressed any further. Recently, she didn't follow SuA to observe SuA anymore, she was afraid that she would suffer more if she witnessed scenes she shouldn't have witnessed.

The last time she met SuA was when she was on the 10th floor lobby balcony of the building, SuA showed a very friendly face after learning she was a neighbor. SuA took the initiative to talk to her, actively asked her questions like the inherent personality, an extrovert and likes to make friends.

Siyeon is quiet in short conversations with SuA, she is afraid to communicate with SuA, unfortunately she loses control of her emotions, she says things that shouldn't be said, it's not good, it's best say less.

The things she wanted to say to SuA she couldn't say, she couldn't say that she missed SuA, she couldn't say that she needed SuA.

She needs to respect SuA's future and private life, so she shouldn't say such things.

- Let's drink - the great-grandfather Lee Sungmin appeared from nowhere and sat right next to her, bringing his wine glass to Siyeon's wine glass, smiling face.

Siyeon gently took a sip of wine, opposite her were parents Lee sitting, her mother always looked at her with such sad eyes, mom knew that she was hurt after everything but there was no other way.

- Siyeon, I think you should change your living environment for a better spirit, come to Hawaii and stay with me - the great-grandfather suggested.

- …………………….

- You have been living in the house in Seoul for too long, it's been almost 20 years, you should move to another place to have more life experience, anyway, you have lost all my magic so you don't have any  big responsibility in the community anymore, you should have activities to enjoy life more, or get some normal job to do, you can't just stay like that.

- ……………………. – Siyeon didn't answer, she didn't have any energy to communicate anymore, thinking about the prospect of not being with SuA, she lost more energy. It's true that SuA is having the own life, she should have her own too, right?

But being right next to SuA's workplace, her spirits are so bad, if she is far from SuA, her spirit will fall into the worst state

- Come to Hawaii and live with me - repeated the great-grandfather.

- ……………………

- I know you're not a person who likes to move a lot, but you can stay in Hawaii for about a month, then if you like it, you can continue to stay, otherwise you can go back to Korea, how do you feel?

Siyeon looked at parents Lee, who were showing an admonishing look that agreed to the ancestor's suggestion. She touched her ring finger, on which there was a diamond ring, which was her and SuA's double ring. She gave SuA one as a birthday present, and also an engagement ring, the other she kept in her pocket.

SuA also did not know the existence of this second ring, SuA did not have time to answer her proposal because SuA was shot at that time.

Every time she looks at the ring on her finger, she remembers the good memories of her and SuA together, it's like a romantic movie but with a sad ending. When she looked at it, she also had a dull pain because now SuA has taken that ring off and is no longer wearing it, she also doesn't know if SuA still has the ring, or threw it away.

- How do you see? – ancestor Lee asked again.

Siyeon pondered for a while and sighed.

- Yes…. okay.

---

SuA finished her performance in Fairytale, then got in the car to prepare to go home. Halfway there, she decided to turn the wheel to her studio...

The purpose is not to go to the studio to work, but to find that neighbor.

Through the conversation with Professor Lee, SuA learned that Lee Siyeon is not a stranger to her, but a very close person. She and Siyeon used to live together during her school years, Lee Siyeon was the one she forgot.

She used to spend all night trying to remember the name of that person.

Now that she knew, it was Lee Siyeon, who lived in the house right next to her studio. Siyeon is not only the person who was with her in the past, but also an unusual person, Siyeon is a witch.

It was Siyeon who caused her to lose her hearing, and also the one who broke the curse to regain her hearing.

This SuA thought only existed in fiction movies, but she did not expect it to happen in real life, she was extremely shocked, it turned out that this world has many strange things that she did not know.

Initially in SuA's memory, only the fact that she regained her hearing was due to surgery, but according to Professor Dami, that is not the case, she also has no memory of why can't she hear anymore. The surgery to regain hearing is very difficult, science has not yet developed to the extent that it can cure deafness for humans, can only partially support it. It's very likely that she regained her hearing thanks to magic, Siyeon did it for her.

SuA stood in front of Siyeon's house, she looked deeply at the wooden door and the keypad that locked the door. If she has ever lived with Siyeon, it proves that she is a person who has lived in this house, surely she herself knows the password to enter the house.

SuA touched her temple, wrinkled her forehead trying to remember the password, but she couldn't remember.

She didn't understand why she forgot Lee Siyeon, forgot about this house, and forgot the password number.

This door has two ways to open the door, one is to enter the password, the other is to use the key, like SuA's studio door, she often uses the key to enter the studio for convenience. If so, then she must have a key to this house, right, she will go home to find it.

And one thing is confusing, she has already forgotten about Siyeon, but surely Siyeon has not forgotten her, so why is Siyeon acting like the two of them are new? Something must have happened in the past to push the situation like this.

Siyeon is even wearing the same ring as the one she used to wear, is there anything special in their relationship?

SuA rang the bell repeatedly to Siyeon's house, but no one came to open the door. She doesn't know anything about Siyeon except the name, age and whereabouts, Siyeon’s phone number she hasn't had a chance to ask, she doesn't even know what Siyeon does, where Siyeon works. She has no way to contact Siyeon.

SuA left a handwritten note and pasted it on Siyeon's front door.

"Hello Siyeon, I'm your neighbor, Kim SuA, I want to meet you and talk, when you get home, please contact me, my phone number is +82xxxxxxxxx"

End chapter 23.