Tale of the Nine Tailed (구미호뎐) •Lee Rang, Spin Off•

Goodbye my love

A/n
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“The only way fox can break the deal is fox death.” Taluipa's last words echoed again and again in Rang's head.

He had to choose between two most crucial choices, in order to save others he had to kill himself or if he chose to save himself he'd had to put other in danger. To put it blankly if he wanted to save someone he wouldn't be able to unless he kill himself first.

“Why now, why?” He squeezed his eyes tightly. “Just last night I was in her arms and everything was so simple then why now?”

“Am I not worthy of love.” He couldn't help but wonder, since he was a child this thought was always at the corner of his head but he never confronted it untill now.
It was not a question, it was his reality because whenever he was close to being loved the nature had its mysterious ways to snatch that love away from him.

If he had found out about this some weeks earlier he wouldn't hesitate for a moment to kill himself but again if it wasn't for Hjejin he wouldn't be having this discussion with himself because before he always put himself first, above all the people. Everything was about him; his melancholy childhood, his abandonment, his pain but now it was all about her, her and her. He wanted to be with Hjejin forever, maybe he was being selfish but for once in his life it wanted to have what they had together. Was it too much to ask for?

He wanted to scream but he couldn't find his own voice, he was traumatized, the thought of leaving her was beyond agony and the only way to stop that was to kill someone he loved all his life; his brother Lee Yeon. Everyone always thought he hated his brother but all he wanted from Yeon was to say that he was sorry that he abandoned him but that never happened.

The words of that despicable man who let the imoogi eat his own family was still tormenting him, that man wanted Yeon to be dead because the imoogi wanted that and the truth was he was the reason imoogi was alive today.

“Damn that imoogi!” Lee Rang cursed out loud and he started walking aimlessly.

A huge sigh that burden his whole body escaped from his lips but still it didn't unburden his heart, all the guilt was piling up in his head and the truth about guilt was you couldn't undone the things you'd done you and your feelings are the constant reminder of it. A sudden cry broke out that caught Lee Rang attention. “I'm sorry, Appa!”

His senses became alert, the voice was very familiar, his eyes searched around the place but before Rang could find him or know what was happening a small figure bumped into him.

Shocked he looked down. “Geomdong!”

“Ajhushi! (Mister!)” The child whined, his face had red swollen marks of violence on him.

“Did he get into a fight?” Lee Rang thought to himself but he dismissed that thought quickly because Geomdong wasn't someone who would pick a fight with someone.

A man rushed out of the alley and shouted. “You brat. Get back here.”
After hearing that Geomdong hid behind lee Rang as the man ran towards them.

Lee Rang closely looked at the man he was holding a spatula in his hand, he was wearing red luxurious shirt and gold chain.

“Don't annoy me. I will kill you.” The man threatened Geomdong.

Didn't quite understanding what was happening he asked the child. “Who's this?”

“My stepdad.”