Eternal life

Chapter 3

Gil Dong and Aeri both sat in a car parked on a parking lot in front of the hospital. The nurse was behind the driving wheel and he sat on the passenger's seat. Kim Ae Ri was in casual clothes, light ones, with pink jacket resting on her shoulders, while the man finally was out of hospital pyjamas and he was wearing black T-shirt and track trousers, with slippers on his feet.

Nurse was staring blankly ahead and Gil Dong fixated his eyes on her. Finally the silence was broken by him.

'So that's your plan? To abduct me?'

Aeri didn't look at him, just sniffled. 'If you don't like it, then go back to your family.'

He grabbed his chest and pretended to be shocked. 'Touché!' Right after he stopped joking and looked at her seriously. 'But you really meant it, when you said that I can live with you?'

She closed her eyes. 'Yeah...' Then she quickly turned her head to him. 'Of course until you'll start new life, etc... It's just... I looked into that and you know – it won't be so easy to begin... and you need some place, you've just been discharged...' She wanted to justify what she was doing, not to him, but to herself. She really gone crazy.

'So you'll let a man you don't know into your house?' He smirked.

She showed first finger. 'Police knows about it.' She stretched second. 'And I have a taser under a pillow.'

'Oh... harsh. So that's why you also took a day off? To have an eye on me?'

'Don't make me change my mind.' She took the fingers and showed at her eyes, then at him. 'Yes, I'm observing you. Now, we'll go first to try to register you as a decent human being.'

'And after that can we go shopping? Like I feel that this style is not for me...' He looked down and pulled out the insides of the pockets of his pants. He also bended and picked the slipper, trying to proof her something.

'But do you have money?'

'Oh...' He smiled and looked friendly at her.

She smiled back mockingly. 'Yeah, as I thought so. Let's go, before I will kick you out from the car.' She started the engine and drove away.

***

The car stopped in front of the photography studio. Aeri and the young man came out of the white vehicle. The nurse leaded the way to the shop, but she halted as she noticed that her new friend wasn't going after her, but instead he looked dumbly on the signboard.

'What?' She put her hands on her hips.

'What do you meant, saying that you'll make me a decent human being?'

She put her palms together and started to rub it, laughing creepily. But in return Gil Dong only looked at her. 'And what you think? To have some documents you need a photo.'

'But in those clothes?!' He tried to put the pockets, he pulled out earlier, back.

'To that photo you could've come in briefs, wouldn't make a difference.' He shockingly covered his crotch. 'Oh come on, the photographer will borrow you some blazer and that's all we need. Just torso, above the belt...'

He slowly approached her, but still his face was showing some kind of funny disgust. 'You're so blunt!'

She clapped few times, trying to hurry him up. 'We don't have whole time of the world!' And they walked into the shop.

***

Later, they found themselves in a hall filled with people waiting for they turn. Outside it was already afternoon and when they left when it was morning. They were sitting in front of the desk, where to officials were trying to analyse the papers filled out by the man. He stood up and, with his hands crossed on his torso, started to walk in circles, while Kim Ae Ri observed the civil servants hands closely. Gil Dong stopped again and was thumping his leg, biting inside of the mouth. He was visibly nervous and angry.