"So, I'll pick you up at eight?" Yoon-seonsaeng asked, his eyes were so bright and excited that I couldn't help but feel guilty.

There he was, a perfectly decent-----no, above decent guy who was so touched to hear me accept his invitation because he genuinely wanted to spend time with me, but I was going for all the wrong reasons.

A rebound. An excuse. An escape plan.

No matter how much it hurts for me to admit it, it's the truth.

In fact, I shouldn't be hurt knowing that, because I didn't have the right to.

I was completely aware of what I was doing.

I managed a small smile to at least amuse him a bit.

To make him think I actually wanted to go, even though it was a known fact that I hate musicals because I just find them generally boring.

"Okay," I replied.

He gave me a happy smile, as in  I'm-way-over-the-moon-kind-of-happy smile.

I tried to smile back, but then I saw Kyuhyun standing at the doorway from the corner of my eyes.

He was looking at me with such a blank expression.

I straightened myself before getting up and excusing myself.

I made my way towards him.

Here it goes.

[♥]———————[♥]

I cupped the rose-scented water from the tub and splashed it on the back of my neck.

The whole supposed purpose of taking a relaxing bath was to relax, but that wasn't working out for me at all.

"Sure. It might be better that way."

I just don't get it.

When I told him I couldn't come, he said something so scarily familiar.

Something I've no doubt heard before.

But from who? When?

I leant back, further immersing myself in the tub.

I meant to stop just until the back of my neck was fully in the water, but for some reason, I let my whole head get buried, closing my eyes and holding my breath in.

"Sure. It might be better that way."

When have I ever heard the exact same words before?

I just can't seem to-------------

I sprung up, gasping for air as the realization came over me.

I sat up, my back against the tiled wall of the bathroom.

I ran my fingers steadily through my wet hair, sweeping them back away from my face.

I said that.

I was the one who told him those exact same words.

That was my reply to him when he asked for divorce.

It was me...

I suddenly realized that him taking me to Ara's birthday party had a deeper meaning to it rather than to just hand out and be there as an act of defiance against mother-in-law.

It was his ultimatum.

It was just as important as our divorce.

It was something that could might've well been life-turning for us.

It was his chance to get me back.

The reply "Sure. It might be better that way." clearly indicated that he was throwing that chance away.

That I made him throw that chance away.

Kyuhyun will not be coming after me from now on.

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(A/N) Kind of a short chapter, yeah? Sorry 'bout that...