When Your Pain Becomes Mine

43. What You Really Want

Sun became familiar with the children and was running around the field.

"Guys for a moment. Oh my..."

After Sun gave the children the ball, she had already been exhausted and exhaled for a long time.

"It seems like you're overdoing yourself, aren't you." Ari approached and asked.

"I'm okay."

Sun said but continued to breathe like she was a little overwhelmed.

Sun, who was holding her breath, saw Gyeonhui leaning against the building in the distance.

'He has a special story.'

'Oh, has Gyeonhui spoken about it yet?'

Ojae and Andrea's words suddenly came to her mind

'What had happened to him…'

No one said for sure, but Sun was feeling something odd too.

His past, which she did not know at all, gave her mixed feelings.

However, Sun shook her head as if trying to refresh her mind.

'It's too late....'

She thought that it was all too late for everything.

Then, the children brought the ball back and came to her.

"Sister! Play with us!"

"Huh? Sure..."

Sun looked at the children and reluctantly tried to stand up again.

"How about you play with me and stop bothering her."

Eunwoo then approached and intercepted the children's soccer ball.

With his incredible dribbling skills, he beat the kids and shot the ball into the soccer goal in the distance. The ball, which had drawn a long parabola, went into the goal as if it had been s.u.c.k.e.d in.

"Wow…"

The boys opened their eyes wide and were amazed. Gyeonhui watched Eunwoo playing and slowly approached them.

"It's not a big deal. Give me the ball."

Gyeonhui received the ball that a child was holding and showed off his skills better than Eunwoo.

"Wow!"

The children shouted even more after seeing Gyeonhui's skills.

"The kids love to watch them."

Sister Andrea said when she approached Sun.

"You two people, why don't you play a game with them?" Sister Andrea shouted.

When Gyeonhui heard her, he looked at Eunwoo.

"What do you think?"

"No reason to refuse."

Eunwoo responded like he had been waiting for it. He picked up the ball and headed into the middle of the field.

"Guys. Let's line up behind the person whose team you want to be on."

After hearing Andrea's words, the children were split in half, and they lined up behind the two men.

"This is going to be a totally huge match, isn't it?" Ari watched like she was having so much fun.

"What are you doing? You have to go too." Andrea said.

"What? Us, too?"

"Yes. There are no exceptions."

"Oh... okay."

After hearing Andrea's words, the Kids Fan employees and Ojae came out to the playground. "Then, I'm going to be on Dr. Park's side."

Eunyoung tried to stand with Eunwoo without thinking.

"Hey, boss."

Then Ari carefully called Eunyoung and pointed at Gyeonhui, who was glaring at the two of them as if he were shooting a laser through his gaze.

"I think we're going to have to stand with Mr. Woo."

"Argh…"

Eunyoung seemed unwilling, but she couldn't help but think of what would happen after the game. The two of them stood behind Gyeonhui.

"I'm... of course with Gyeonhui."

Ojae then stood behind Gyeonhui. He looked at Sun, who was left alone with a gratifying expression.

"I'm going to…"

Sun seemed to be struggling for a moment, but she soon stood behind Eunwoo. Sun's decision seemed to have offended Gyeonhui.

When Gyeonhui saw that Sun and Eunwoo gave each other a high-five, he furrowed his brow.

"Shall we start?" Eunwoo asked.

"It's no fun without a bet. What do you think?" Gyeonhui furrowed his brow deeper with determination in his eyes while asking.

"Well, that sounds good."

"If I lose, I'll buy ten of the latest game consoles for the children."

"Wow!" The children screamed after hearing Gyeonhui's suggestion.

"Well, then I'll have a barbecue party for everyone if I lose."

"Wow!" Again, the children shouted.

Surrounded by all the cheering, Gyeonhui and Eunwoo looked at each other.

They shot such severe glares toward one another, something that they had never done before. Thus, the battle between two men who didn't want to lose had just begun.

***

The soccer game was practically a fight between the two beasts.

Whenever Eunwoo caught the ball, it would burst into the net; no one could block him once he started dribbling.

In the end, after playing the first and the second halves, they were already at a 5-to-5 tie. A team only needed to score one goal left to win.

"Hah. Hah."

With all his energy, Gyeonhui exhaled roughly. He didn't know how many times he had fallen, had his knee skinned, or a cramp on his t.h.i.g.h struck him.

It was the same for Eunwoo, who was playing against him.

Watching Gyeonhui quietly, Eunwoo smiled and nodded slowly.

"What's with that smile?" Gyeonhui asked; he didn't like the smile at all.

"I like your eyes."

"What?"

"It's worth fighting more after seeing it now."

Eunwoo was smiling, but his eyes looked fiercer than ever.

Gyeonhui looked at them, and he couldn't stop himself from feeling nervous.

"You can do this, Dr. Park!"

Then, from behind Eunwoo came the sound of Sun's voice. Gyeonhui clenched his teeth tightly, showing the disp.l.e.a.s.u.r.e he endured after hearing her cheering.

Gyeonhui didn't want to lose.

He imposed even higher pressure on himself in his mind.

The game had started again and Eunwoo began to dribble skillfully.

"Oh."

But then, Eunwoo missed the ball because his leg had slipped.

"Ha!"

Gyeonhui quickly intercepted the ball and rushed to the opponent's goal.

The ball was s.u.c.k.e.d into the goal as he beat the kids and kicked a beautiful shot.

"Goal! The game is over!"

"Wow!"

By the time Sister Andrea shouted, cheers rang throughout the playground. Gyeonhui looked at Eunwoo with a smile while raising his fist.

Gyeonhui tried to see the loser's face, but Eunwoo's face was still smiling.

'What the hell...?'

With an ominous mood, Gyeonhui's expression sank.

"Are you okay, Dr. Park?" Sun, who was surprised, approached Eunwoo and asked.

Eunwoo collapsed, then looked up at Sun and said, "I'm sorry about this."

"Don't worry. You did great." Sun reached out and grabbed Eunwoo's hand and raised him up.

"What do we do now? We've lost."

"It's okay. I'll help you. I'm a great cook."

"I'm glad I've lost then."

Sun and Eunwoo's face was bright; they were unlike anyone who had just lost a game.

"So should we go and buy some groceries first?"

"Sounds great."

The two smiled and headed to Eunwoo's car.

As Gyeonhui watched the two of them moving away, his face darkened.

"What's wrong? You've won the game." Ojae approached and asked.

"... It's him…he did it on purpose."

"He did what?"

"The ball..."

In hindsight, after Gyeonhui read Eunwoo's body language, he exhaled a long sigh.

"You won anyway. You struck a blow to that guy, right?"

Upon hearing Ojae's words, Gyeonhui shook his head slowly. "... That wasn't what I really wanted."

Gyeonhui looked at her moving away. His eyes were fixed solely toward her, unlike before.

"Ouch..."

Gyeohui felt pain in his knee. He was the only one who was covered in blood.

"Why did I run so hard uselessly…"

He was limping while biting his lower lip.