Chapter 26: The Embarrassment

Ashma was in dilemma whether to go to the emergency room or not. First, she had to face Baek-Hyeon and then had to say sorry to her mother. She started moving forward first after contemplating in her mind how to apologise to everyone. She decided to face both Baek-Hyeon and her mom. She wanted to see them, say sorry to them. She wanted to see her mother as she had to keep her promise to her Nanaji that she would take care of her mother. She failed till now but had to keep her promise from now on.

She was walking away when she heard the 'muscle man' asking her to stop. She halted in her path. Little did she know he was just behind her. The abrupt stop made him bump into her which in turn made her stumble. Before she could fall forward, two hands appeared from behind her and held her. On one hand, she was grateful for the hands as they stopped her from falling but on the other, she died because of shame. The two hands were on her breasts, enclosing them completely. They were firmly holding on to her breasts.

Her eyes widened again. She lowered her gaze and saw his two hands over her chest. Her cheeks turned crimson. She died inside a little due to humiliation and disgrace. She was not this humiliated when her mentor scolded her before the whole industry to hide his mistake. She was not this humiliated when a model displaying her creation suffered a wardrobe malfunction. She was not this humiliated when she herself slipped on the ramp. But today, a stranger kissed her and then enclosed her breasts in his palms. In all her life, she was never this embarrassed.

Without giving it a second thought, she jerked his hands away and was about to fall again when he placed his hands on her stomach and with friction turned her 180 degrees. Her whole body twisted, and she landed in his arms again. She looked at his face but lowered her gaze instantly with embarrassment. Her face was again close to his. The sensation to kiss her again overtook Yong-Sun. He wanted to place his hand inside her hair and kiss her till the earth dies. His heart started beating faster again. He was about to listen to his heart and pull her closer when she instantly pushed him away and stood upright.

He was frustrated as she escaped from his arms. He wanted to hold her forever, kiss her forever.

"Oh sorry," he said embarrassingly.

Her cheeks that were already red after crying turned redder with embarrassment. She thought, "this is the first day I am meeting him. He is a complete stranger and I have already kissed him and now he touched my breasts. The only thing remaining is to have sex, to have an intimate relationship. What? Why would I think about having sex with him? Why would I think about an intimate relationship with him? What is wrong with me? Korea has made me lose my mind. I am going nuts."

Yong-Sun saw her red cheeks and smiled at her shyness. He suddenly stopped smiling and thought, "what is happening to me? I kissed my crush that too without her consent and now I touched her boobs. Am I lucky or is this all a test? If this is a test to see whether I can control myself in front of her then I will definitely fail. I kind of still want to kiss her." He shook his head violently to get rid of the kissing thoughts that he was having. "What? Don't even think about kissing her again. She punches hard. My cheek is still burning with pain." He placed his hand on his cheek and rubbed it again.

Ashma noticed it and hung her head with guilt. She avoided looking at Yong-Sun. They started walking side by side. He was walking on her side stealing glances at her face. Both of their faces were red with shame and embarrassment. He looked at her in order to make sure that she was alright. She was not crying now but her heart was heavy with shame and guilt. Shame for kissing him and guilty for talking rudely with everyone.

Very embarrassingly, they were walking towards the emergency room. Now, they both avoided looking at each other. Slowly, they reached the room, Baek-Hyeon was nowhere to be found. No one was inside either. Ashma panicked.

"Where is she?" she asked breathing heavily and frantically started looking in other rooms, but doctors and nurses didn't understand a single word out of her mouth.

"Hey! Calm down," said Yong-Sun.

"You don't understand. I lost my mother. How is she? Where is she?" she again was hyper and started acting crazy.

He tilted his head and took a deep breath. He grabbed her by her waist and pushed her into the empty room. He threw her against the wall and through gritted teeth, said in a whispering tone, "don't make me kiss you again."

"What?" she stood in his arms, shocked. She blinked numerous times rapidly and kept staring at him. Her mouth was open, but no sound was coming out of it. He moved closer to her face, but she pushed him with all her strength, jerked his hand away and walked away creating space between them.

He closed his eyes and cursed himself as he was ready to kiss her again. He wanted to feel her soft lips against his, he wanted to feel the warmth of her mouth once again. He looked at her and with poise asked, "you okay now? You are not going crazy again?"

She understood that he was rough with her to calm her down. If someone else would have been harsh with her she would have killed him by now, but this muscle man was trying to help her, trying to cool her down. She replied, "sorry, I will try to remain calm. I swear. But where is she?"

"Let me call Baek Hyeon. They must have transferred her to a room," explained Yong-Sun, sweetly.

"Okay." Ashma was calm now.

Yong-Sun took his phone out of his pocket and dialled the number of Baek-Hyeon. He instantly picked it up in just two rings.

"Where are you?" asked Yong-Sun.

"Did you get her?" without a second thought, Baek-Hyeon inquired.

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"Yes, and we are standing inside emergency room no. 3, but no one is here. Where are you?"

"Yeah, I was about to call you. They checked her up and shifted her to a private room. Come to room no. 584," informed Baek-Hyeon.

"We will be there in a minute.' He disconnected the call. He then turned towards Ashma and notified, "as I told you, they shifted her to room no. 584. Let's go."

"Okay, thank you."

Yong-Sun started walking away. When he reached the door of the room, he noticed Ashma was standing still with her head hung low. She was completely stationary. He understood what was going inside her brain.

"Afraid to face Baek-Hyeon?"

"More like ashamed." She exhaled and continued, "I was a jerk to all, a complete jackass. How will I face them ever again? I never lose my cool in this way. I have no idea what happened to me."

"You saw your mother on the hospital bed, that's what happened to you. Anyone would have reacted the same way as you reacted," consoled Yong-Sun.

"How will I say sorry?" Ashma hid her face in her palms.

Yong-Sun moved towards her, grabbed her hands, and looked directly into her eyes. He replied, "well, I can't help you with that. But I know this, they all have big hearts. They all are very forgiving. They will forgive you in an instant."

"I don't know." She was still having doubts. Her mouth was going dry with guilt.

"Are you afraid? Are you a coward?" Yong-Sun applied reverse psychology.

"Hey! I can kick ass of anyone you ask me to. I am not afraid of anything or anyone," said Ashma with pride.

"Just afraid of apologising," taunted Yong-Sun.

"No, afraid people won't accept my apology," said Ashma in a sad voice.

"Well, that's a legit fear but all we can do is try." He placed his hand on her shoulder and assured her.

"You are right. Let's go. I have to face it no matter what happens. The sooner I get over it, the better the situation will become." She held her head high and replied.

"Good!" he smiled at her, and she reciprocated.

They both moved towards the room where her mother was transferred. They took the lift and reached the fifth floor. After wandering inside the maze of corridors and rooms they reached room no. 584.

She stopped outside the white door. A small portion of the door was fitted with glass. She peeked inside. The complete white room had two beds. One was empty and her mother was lying on the other one.

She pulled her hand backward as she didn't want to hold the handle of the door.. She was afraid to go inside.

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