Note: I was browsing something the other day and saw a Choi Wooshik and Sohee ship, which I didn't know was a thing. So I just used him for this fic, but upon Googling prior to posting this, I found a fanmade video of the two that uses BIGBANG's Let's Not Fall In Love as the BGM, ironically. Ha. Anyway... enjoy!

Title: Not Him

He remembered the day he received the invitation at the mail.

‘Choi Wooshik and Ahn Sohee cordially invites you…’

He never thought it was possible for his heart to stop beating for that long but it did. The searing pain on his chest grew insistent until he had to throw the letter away, hoping it lands somewhere where he won’t see it ever again. He spent the following weeks in a trance, just going through the motion. His best friend Youngbae asked him time and time again, “Are you okay, Jiyongie? You can talk to me,” but they both knew why and they both knew that there’s nothing left to say. Everything has been said and done, and he had to accept it the fact that the love of his life had moved on. The love of his life who was his up until two years ago.

He remembered that exact day when his world started falling apart.

He had been foolish. He was at the height of his fame. Sold out concerts. Dome tours. All that flashing lights and more. They had won the EMAs and their popularity was unrivaled. Everyone knew who they were and they were focusing a lot of their efforts in strengthening their Japanese fanbase, with it being one of the biggest market for music in the world. She was living in New York with her groupmates after their less-than-stellar US debut attempt. She came back to Korea as often as she could, but when she does, he was usually gone to Japan. He went to New York as often as he could too, but it was always for work and the most they could do w