It’s been a while since I came here. Cheonggyecheon, My favorite place in Seoul.

As I looked around, I saw a couple walk past me, hand in hand, gazing at each other lovingly. I thought it was a lovely sight… two people obviously in love with each other, together, it’s as if they have everything they needed right then and there. Each other. I sighed wondering how they weathered every storm that came into their relationship, or if there was ever a moment that they felt like giving up…  or if they ever had to sacrifice anything just to be together… after taking all of those thoughts in, I felt a throbbing surge of pain in my chest. I felt lost… I felt scared. At that moment I felt the sudden urge of running to where he was and just hug him. But I can’t. our situation won’t make it possible.

Tears were already forming in my eyes when my cell phone rang. One new message.

From: Seobie Oppa

JaeIn-ah. Can you please tell me what’s going on?. You haven’t been answering my calls. My sister won’t tell me anything, either. I wanna know what’s wrong. Where are you?. I need to see you right now. Please…

A tear dropped as I read the last word. Damn!. For how long am I gonna keep this up?. I wanna go see him!. I wanna tell him that I need him, too!. But why am I here?. Why do I feel like running away?.

I ignored his message and stood up. Yoseob knows how much I love going to this place whenever something’s troubling me. I have to get out of here before he finds me.

But much to my disappointment, it was already too late as he was already standing behind me. He had his hoodie on that covered almost half of his face. I could still recognize him despite the dim-lit place. I turned around as quickly as possible pretending that I didn’t notice him but before I could take another step, he got a grip of my wrist, stopping me from walking away.

“for how long are you gonna keep this up?” he said, his hoodie still covering his face.

“how did you know I was here?” I said as calm as I could possibly sound.

“you haven’t answered my question yet.” He said sternly, his head still facing the ground.

“how long am I gonna keep what up?” I said, trying to sound innocent.

“I’m not gonna let you do this anymore. Come with me.” He said, holding his head up, meeting my gaze as he dragged me along with him.

“where are you taking me?” I asked, sounding slightly irritated as his grip tightened around my wrist.

“somewhere you can’t escape. We need to talk.” He said, with a hint of sadness and confusion in his voice.

I gave up on trying to escape from his grip as it only got tighter each time I tried. He led me to his car. And being the gentleman he had always been, he opened the car door for me lightly holding my head, making sure that I don’t hit it as I get in. I pushed the thoughts of escaping the moment he took his hoodie off, as I was able to see a clear vision of the face I had long wanted to see. I stayed quiet for a moment as memories rushed through my mind. I still couldn’t believe how he has that effect on me every time. He got in the car and started the engine. But before we took off, he looked at me, with eyes as sad as can be…

“you have to tell me what’s going on, JaeIn. I’m not a freakin’ mind reader.” He said calmly, before driving off.