(Kyuhyun's POV)

I stopped as I found Seohyun bowing deeply before Baek-seonsaengnim.

"Kamsahamnida~" she said.

Baek-seonsaengnim laughed.

"It's alright, Seo-seonsaeng, no need to be so thankful," he pat her on her shoulder.

"Do as much as you can on this day."

Seohyun bowed again.

Lee-seonsaengnim walked pass, but I caught her arm and pulled her back.

"Lee-seonsaeng," I called.

"What's going on with Seo-seonsaeng?" I asked.

Lee-seonsaeng took a peek at what I was looking at.

"Ah, that?" she laughed.

"Seo-seonsaeng asked for a day off today.

She said she needed to go somewhere," she replied.

I let go of Lee-seonsaeng's arm.

"Oh..." I mumbled.

I tried to think hard at where that 'somewhere' could be, but none came to mind.

"Cho-seonsaeng?"

Lee-seonsaeng helped me snap out of it.

"Are you alright?" she asked.

"Ah, yes~" I muttered absent-mindedly.

She gave me a smile, and then laughed.

"If you're so curious, then why don't you ask Seo-seonsaeng yourself?"

I looked at her, wide-eyed.

"I wasn't-----"

"Good luck," she waved as she walked off.

I sighed.

How can I possibly bring myself to ask her?

If I asked, the cold remarks like 'Why would you care?', 'What's it to you?' and 'It's my business' would probably be the only things coming out of .

But then again, it'd drive me crazy.

Baek-seonsaeng gave a small bow and walked away.

Without thinking, I ran upto Seohyun and caught her arm.

She turned towards me, her eyes indifferent.

"Uhm, you're taking the day-off?" I asked.

She looked down first, finding it hard to gulp, before looking up again.

For some reason, she couldn't look me in the eyes.

"Uh, yeah," she breathed heavily.

"I just...have somewhere to go."

I tried to look into her eyes, but she would just avoid them.

Really, does she hate me this much to not even bear looking at me?

She swallowed.

"Look, I really have to go," she said, as if she was in a big hurry or desperately just wanted to get away from me.

"But I'll se you tomorrow," she quickly added.

Seohyun gently pushed my arm away and almost ran off.

I could only sigh as I watched her from behind.

How...did things turn out this way?

"Cho-seonsaengnim,"

I turned around at the pissed-off voice that called me from behind.

"Yoon-seonsaeng," I replied, the same tone of voice as he had.

"We need to talk," he grunted.

What does he want from me?

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I stood almost at the edge, my hands burried deep into my pockets.

We were standing at the roof of the building, looking out into the city below.

I sighed.

"You need to stop bothering Seohyun," he spoke firmly.

I laughed under my breath.

"Straight to the point, are we? That's very like you, Yoon-seonsaeng," I said.

"At least one of us should stop playing around," he said.

I turned at him with glaring eyes.

"Playing around?" I echoed.

"Stop playing around with Seohyun-ssi's feelings.

She doesn't deserve it," he told me.

I scoffed.

"What makes you think you can say that to me?" I demanded.

"As a person who cares for Seohyun-ssi very deeply, I don't want to see her get hurt any more than she already is," he told me.

I sighed as I laughed under my breath sarcastically.

I took a deep breath  before looking up again.

"You're right.

I hurt her," I told him.

"But I think you're at least five years late to be telling me what to do or to judge anything from your point of view, in that matter."

"You're right.

I don't know the real story about why you divorced, but I know one thing for sure,"

He looked me in the eye before speaking.

"I care for her.

I don't want to see her constantly thinking about you.

I'm only asking you to let her go, for her own sake.

Don't you think it's about time you let somebody else make her smile again?"

I laughed.

"You know what? You're an okay kid, Yoon-seonsaeng," I said.

"I know I've hurt Seohyun probably enough to last a lifetime, but I'm a selfish jerk.

I can't bring myself to leave her like that, because I've tried and it was worse than hell.

So I'm going to stay by her side until she tells me otherwise."

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(Seohyun's POV)

I layed the flowers in front of the gravestone.

I squatted in front of it as I let my fingers slowly run over the top of it.

The words 'Here lies my silver lining' was engraved, not only on stone, but also my heart.

I tried my best to force a smile, but the tears just won't back off.

"Uri ttal*," I choked.

"How've you been?

Eomma misses you very much,"

I wiped the tears away.

"Today is the day I know I shouldn't even be allowed to show my face in front of you, but I needed to see you."

"You're going to get tired of my apologetic words one day, and I'm sorry for bothering you with them,"

I laughed under my breath.

"I said 'sorry' without knowing again," I said.

It was the day that I learnt I lost the silver lining to my marriage that was quickly turning sour.

The day I learnt that I failed to keep the baby inside of me alive.

I couldn't face the fact that, no matter how many lives I saved, I wasn't strong enough to hold onto the life that I should've held dear.

I lost my silver lining.

And Kyuhyun's.

I couldn't forget his expression when I told him.

He hugged me close, telling me with his sweet, comforting voice that everything will be alright, but he was wrong.

I certainly believed deep inside me that he was there for me, and that he sincerely meant it.

But just a few months after that, the divorce came up.

He hated me for losing our baby.

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*Uri ttal - means 'our daughter'

(A/N) Ladeedadeeda~ Hope you liked this chapter!