YOUR POV

It was a Saturday, and by the time I had woken up, it was already late in the afternoon. I had spent the night working on the scarf that I had been knitting for Donghae for our 300^th day anniversary gift because I had trouble falling asleep the previous night. Since what Jake had did, I had been rather distracted, unable to get it out of my mind. Usually, I’d only spend bus trips knitting or the few hours after studying at home as my exams were coming and I obviously had a lot to do. Without the English written notes on my paper, I would definitely be unable to complete the paper. I sighed and picked up the almost finished scarf that was resting on my lap. A bit more to go, and also a few days remaining before Donghae would return to Korea again. I smiled at the thought.

I was very fortunate it was a Saturday. After I left for the lockers, I hurriedly took a shower to remove my make up and hair gel before going home. I didn’t want to bump into Jake again. I wouldn’t know what to say to him if I were to meet him again, which I would, on Monday at least. Hye Rin had called to ask where I was since she couldn’t find me. We’d always take the same bus home together so I guess she got a bit worried, but I didn’t tell her what exactly happened either.

I got out of bed, took a shower and headed to the kitchen to make some ramen and read the cake-baking recipe for the nth time. I had baked cookies often, but never have I baked a cake and so I was planning to bake one for Donghae. We haven’t met in a long time and frankly speaking, I really did feel like we’ve drifted apart…a little. I did want to do something really special and memorable for him since he was coming back on the night of our 300^th day anniversary. I wonder what he had done for me, hehe ! I looked at the clock. It was 3.30pm, another 2 hours before I was meeting Hye Rin at the neighbourhood library for our study date. Thus, I picked up the recipe book, bringing it to the kitchen and started baking for the first time.

All was done after an hour and I quickly washed up before packing the cake in a Tupperware and getting myself dressed. I left the house, bringing the cake along with me.

“___ !” Hye Rin called out as soon as she spotted me.

“Annyeong, Hye Rin !” I greeted her brightly.

“What’s that ?” She asked, eyeing the paper bag I was carrying with much curiosity.

“Oh it’s a cake I just baked before coming, fresh from the oven !” I smiled.

“Awww, is it for me ?” she asked, grinning.

“Well…kinda. I mean, I brought it because I wanted you to tell me how it tastes since I’m planning to bake for Donghae and my 300^th  day anniversary…” I said and smiled sheepishly.

“So its like that huh,” she said with a pout, but giggled soon after. “Kidding ! I’d love to try it before Donghae does !”

We took a seat at an outdoor café near a pond and I took the cake out, placing it in front of her, anticipating her reaction. She took a bite and gave a thoughtful look.

“So…how is it ?” I asked curiously.

“Well, unless Donghae is not a fan of sweets, you should really consider adding more sugar to it. It’s like…a really bland Sugee cake,” she explained.

“Ah, really ?” I asked, embarrassed. “Araso, I’ll add more sugar when I bake it for him. Thanks by the way !”

“No problem,” she said with a warm smile. “Oh ! How’s the scarf going ?”

“Oh right, the scarf !” I exclaimed and took it out of my backpack. “I got stuck here, mind helping me a little ?”

After some try and error and some explanation here and there, she got it figured out and handed it over to me so I could continue with it. Hye Rin was really awesome. I couldn’t be more thankful to have met such a sincere friend who was willing to help whenever I needed some.

The both of us then put the things aside before starting on our work, which mostly consisted of her explaining to me. We then stopped at about 8pm, and headed to a nearby restaurant for dinner.

“So how’s it going between you and Donghae ?” she asked while cutting her steak. “I mean, it’s close to 4 months, right ? He’s coming back soon !”

“Yeap, he’ll be back this weekend.” I said, smiling at the thought. “We’re okay, but we haven’t really talked this month. He’s just too busy I guess. I often wait online for him till about 2am but he doesn’t show up and I get too tired so I fall asleep without seeing him online. Probably rushing some last minute work I suppose ?”

“Ahhh, I see. But the two of you are so sweet together, I’m sure it’ll work out !” she said before popping some meat into .

The two of us then continued chatting, before she suddenly remembered an upcoming occasion.

“Speaking of parties, there’ll be one this weekend ! Saturday at a nearby club in celebration of the soccer championships. You’re coming, right ? Since Jake’s involved in it !” she asked.

Since Jake's involved in it.

“..um well,” I hesitated.

“It’s Jake !” She continued.

“Right. Right I’ll be there..” I said, forcing a smile.

I decided to keep it to myself. She didn’t need to know.

DONGHAE’S POV

I didn’t sleep well and my eye bags were really bad. I couldn’t concentrate on filming and I kept forgetting my lines. I couldn’t get those pictures out of my mind. I had been thinking about her all night. Why did she do this ?

“Donghae ah ! What’s wrong with you today ? You’re completely screwing up all your scenes !” Manager hyung exclaimed as he walked towards me.

“Oh I’m just tired and…didn’t sleep well…” I said with a shrug.

“Go wash up or something, okay ? After Siwon finishes this scene, you’re up next !” He said before making his way to the set again.

I sighed, and leaned back on my seat once again. Maybe it was just my fault. Not all girls could tolerate dating an idol. The long times they have to be separated for overseas schedules and all. There were also times we could only meet once a week. If she had dated someone else, just a normal person on the streets, she could have met him everyday, as and when she wanted, go anywhere she wanted without having any eyes on her. Perhaps she felt that dating me was tiring, and she felt exhausted after holding on for too long. Come to think of it, I was the cause for this. But…why did she have to lie to me ? Why did she pretend that nothing had happened and continued sending me sweet emails ? Was she trying to two-time ? Maybe I wouldn’t have been thaaaaat irritated if she had told me about this. But she didn’t. She hid it from me.

…until I found out.

Filming time passed slowly. Since I couldn’t act up to standard, the director decided to let Siwon do more filming and have me concentrate on close up expressions instead so there wouldn’t be instances whereby I’d forget my lines midway. After which, manager hyung drove us back to the dorms for a rest before the next day.

“Hyung, what’s up with you today ?” Siwon asked as he sat across me in the living room.

“…nothing” I replied with a sigh.

“I can tell there’s something bugging you without having to ask you, so don’t lie.” Siwon stated.

I hesitated for a while, before I told him, “Come.” And headed towards my room, where I my laptop and showed him the mail I received.

Siwon stared at the pictures for a while in disbelief. “Maybe this is an understanding ? Have you talked to her ?”

“I hadn’t but…” I said. “How can this be an understanding ? I mean, look at her. So happy and smiling like that. Which part of it is a misunderstanding ?!”

“I believe they’re just friends. ___ isn’t the kind that would do something like that, hyung.” Siwon said calmly.

I sighed and buried my face in the pillow beside me.

“Go take a shower and sleep early. There’s still filming tomorrow, hyung.” Siwon said and patted my back before leaving the room, seeing that talking to me right now wouldn’t change anything anyway.

Just when I was about to switch off the laptop and head for the bathroom, she signed in and shortly after, there was a call from her. I let it ring for a while, before picking it up hesitantly.

“Oppa annyeong !!” she greeted me brightly. “It’s been a long long long time ! I really missed you badly !”

Despite the fact that she was smiling brightly, I couldn’t help but think that behind that smile, was a girl that hid her relationship with another guy from her boyfriend. 

“Annyeong,” I said, unable to smile.

“Eh ? What happened oppa ? Why are you like that ? Are you ill ?” She asked.

“Ani..just tired.” I said monotonously.

“Really ? Then you should rest soon. Aigo I already told you not to strain yourself…” she said, sulking.

“I’m fine, just for today.” She looked like she really wanted to talk to me, but I didn’t have the mood to.

“Oh oppa ! On the night that you’re returning to Seoul, I have a party to go to, but I’ll try to be back before you reach, okay ?” She asked.

“Oh what party ?” I asked, somehow sure that it had something to do with that Jake ‘boyfriend’ of hers.

“Ah, it’s a party at a nearby club in celebration of the soccer team winning the championship title recently. But I’d leave early and return home to see you !” she exclaimed. “I’m going to wear the dress you bought for me for my birthday, okay ?”

I knew it.

“Ne, whatever you want.” I said with a shrug.

“Alright oppa, I’ll see you soon, you look really tired..” she said, looking very concerned.

“Okay then,” I said and just hung up.

I shut the laptop and cried. Why was she being like that ?! Why was she lying to me ? If she wanted to drink with him, she didn’t have to come up with such a lame excuse. Why didn’t she just admit that she was dating someone else, and end it off immediately ? Wouldn’t it be easier for the both of us ? She would date him without feeling guilty anymore and I wouldn’t have to go on with this pretence when my heart is filled with utter disgust and hatred for her right now. How could such an angelic girl change so drastically over a short period of time ?

Although the week passed slowly, which involved a lot of awkwardness with Jake, the long awaited weekend has arrived, whereby the couple would finally meet after 4 long months of separation. For the week, ___ would avoid Jake as much as possible during lessons, whereby ___ would sit at the far end of the lecture hall, away from Jake. Though without his help, she had difficulty understanding the crucial lectures (especially when her exams were nearing), she was willing to do anything to avoid Jake. When the trio hung out together, the two wouldn’t talk to each other, and Jake would normally be giving her cold looks while she chatted away with Hye Rin in order to make everything look natural. Hye Rin had yet to find out, and she didn’t want her to.

Meanwhile, Donghae had managed to finish filming with much difficulty with ___ on his mind, and was finally making his way back to Seoul with Siwon. Earlier in Taiwan, he had already spoken to his manager about enlisting in the army at the end of the year. It’ll probably help him clear his thoughts and keep him busy from all the distractions. His manager had been surprised at the sudden mention of the enlistment as he was still young, and at the peak of his career. Thus, his manager told him to reconsider it carefully. In his mind though, Donghae had already decided. Perhaps all the tough trainings he’ll face during the army would help him get rid of his thoughts about ___. As much as he wanted to let go of her, he couldn’t help but have her face appear in his mind every time he closed his eyes.

Before leaving for the party, ___ had blown up many of their official fan club sapphire blue balloons with helium and left them in her dorm, letting them float to the ceiling, together with the cake she had baked and iced in the refrigerator. Everything was nicely planned, and ___ had texted Donghae in order to keep him away from her dorm in attempt to make it a wonderful surprise for him:

Oppa, when your flight touches down, call me okay ? I want to pick you up !

YOUR POV

I rushed out of the house, as I was already late. I was supposed to meet Hye Rin at the bus stop at 7.30pm, but I was already 10 minutes late. The preparations for the 300^th day anniversary I had planned had unexpectedly took me the whole day, and I finally got it completed before coming out of the house.

“I’m so sorry !!” I apologized as I scurried to the bus stop, seeing that Hye Rin was already waiting there.

“It’s okay,” she said with a smile. “I understand if you want to look good. You’re meeting Donghae straight after the party, right ?”

I giggled, “Yup ! I told him I’ll be there at the airport to meet him so I told him to give me a call when he reaches so…I guess I’ll be leaving early.”

“Ahh,” she said, observing me carefully, “So that’s the reason for the smoky eye eyeliner ?”

“Aniyo !” I said, embarrassed, though it was actually true. “I was busy preparing the dorm for the party, so I was late. I got ready long ago, really !”

“Araso, now let’s go ! You look great by the way !” Hye Rin said and hooked her arms with mine just like we always do when we shop along the streets of Seoul. She was a really fun-to-hang-out-with girl friend.

We took a cab and headed down to the club. There was already a crowd at the pub adding on to the entire soccer team. The upbeat music blasted through the speakers, a wide range of food was served and the bar was opened. Several campus couples sat at the counter, drinking and chatting, some even sharing some intimate moments. I sighed. I really wanted to see Donghae right now.

“Hyung, aren’t you gonna call ___ ?” Siwon asked.

“…I’ll spend some time with the rest of the guys at the dorm before meeting her I guess. She’s having some fun at a party now anyway,” Donghae said with a shrug.

The two members then boarded the car with their manager and headed towards their dorm. It has been a really long time since they have met up with the members and upon reaching home, they ate and drank a little, catching up with one another, not realizing how quickly time flew.

Meanwhile, at the party, ___ couldn’t help but check her phone continuously. It was getting late now, about 11pm, but there was still no call or text from Donghae.

“Still no call ?” Hye Rin asked as she saw ___ check her phone once again.

“Mhmm…” She shook her head and sighed, sulking.

“Well then come join us and dance, you’re a really great dancer right ? Don’t just sit there and stare at your phone, he’ll call you when he reaches !” Hye Rin said, getting up from the seat and tugging at ___’s arm to head down to the dance floor.

“I’ll join you later ? I’m a little tired…” ___ replied with a reassuring smile.

Time passed and there was still no call from Donghae. Thus, ___ decided to leave and head back to her dorm to wait for him. Perhaps he would arrive soon. ___ stood up from the seat and caught sight of Hye Rin, waving to her to tell her that she would be leaving. Hye Rin then waved back at her, mouthing words to her telling her to take care and be safe on her journey home.

As she walked towards the exit, she felt someone grab her wrist. She turned to look around, and was stunned to see Jake. They hadn’t talked at all since she arrived at the party. She was mostly sitting by the corners, sipping on non-alcholic drinks. 

“Leaving already ?” He asked with puppy eyes.

“Yeah, I’m a bit tired,” she replied, loosening his grip on her.

“Stay a while longer, don’t leave so soon…” He continued, tugging at her arms. “We haven’t talked for a long while. Just because your boyfriend’s coming back, you’re ignoring me ?”

___ felt uneasy. His words and actions, as well as the look he was giving her didn’t feel right. “You’re drunk, Jake. See ya.” She said coldly and shook his hand off, walking out of the club.

As she finally made her way out of the crowd and out on the streets, she let out a sigh of relief. She’d better be on her way home, it was getting late and certainly dangerous to head home alone. She looked up and saw that the street she ended up in wasn’t the one leading to her home.

“Aish, why am I so blur,” she mentally scolded herself.

She didn’t want to go through the crowd again and furthermore, risk bumping into Jake, so she just headed towards a dark alley behind the club which lead to the opposite side of the street. Her footsteps quick, she scurried through the dark alley, before a hand grabbed hers again, swinging her body around and pinning her against the wall beside her.

“It’s dangerous to go home alone,” Jake smirked.

“I know, so if you’d let go of me, I’d get to the street faster and reach home faster.” ___ said, panicking a little and struggling to loosen his grip on her but to no avail. They were face to face now, and Jake and pressed her wrists against the wall, trapping her petite frame in between his two arms.

“You’re not going anywhere, we should catch up since we hadn’t talked for the week…” He said coldly, his eyes wandering down to look at her chest since the dress she was wearing was a rather low cut tube dress.

“Jake ! Let go !” ___ screamed and struggled, “Someone ! HELP !”

Upon hearing her screams, Jake gave her a tight slap across the face, “Shut up, !”. He stepped closer to her, so they were now chest to chest.

Tears started to fill ___’s eyes and she gasped in shock after realising the situation she was stuck in. She sobbed, continuously screaming for help and struggling as Jake started to lean in closer and closer to her. However, all she got in return was just more hard slaps across her face, causing her porcelain skin to turn red and her cheek to swell. The side of her lip had also started to bleed.

“W-why are you…doing this to me…” She cried helplessly, “You’re d-drunk…Jake...l-let me go…”

“You’re asking me why ? YOU’RE ASKING ME WHY ?!” Jake shouted in her face.

Her eyes widened, stunned and unable to say a word. Tears flowed down her cheeks as she stared at the Jake she never knew before. She was scared, so scared to the extent she was shivering. She longed for Donghae to come rescue her, for him to embrace his warm arms around her, carrying her to safety and assuring her everything would be alright.

“Because of you, because you’re dating Donghae, my ex-girlfriend was so sad and depressed she committed suicide…she hung herself ! IDOLS ARE NOT MEANT TO BE DATED. WHY DID YOU DATE HIM ? She was a huge fan of him, BUT WHAT DID YOU DO ?! YOU KILLED HER, YOU KILLED HER, I SWEAR ! YOU TOOK AWAY THE ONE AND ONLY LOVE OF MY LIFE, AND NOW I WANT REVENGE. I want Lee Donghae to know that his life can never be perfect. All the attention and love he is receiving now makes him think he’s got the most perfect life on Earth, but I will take away the love of his life as well, JUST LIKE HOW YOU'VE TAKEN MINE AWAY !” With that, he tore her dress apart, lunging forward at her.

“Oh ya, Donghae ah ! Aren’t you gonna call ___ ? I bet she misses you like crazy !” Eunhyuk exclaimed.

“Oh yaaaa !” Yesung said after remembering that Donghae has yet to see ___. The members had enjoyed talking to both Siwon and Donghae so much that they had completely forgotten about everything else. “Where is she ? Didn’t she call or text you ?”

“She told me to call her when I arrived in Seoul but she’s having a party now and I don’t want to disturb her. Besides, we have the whole of tomorrow, Manager hyung says Siwon and I have a break from schedules…” Donghae lied.

In fact, Donghae didn’t want to see ___ at all, and even if he did, all he wanted to do was to end their relationship. Maybe it’ll be better for the both of them, she can date a normal, handsome guy freely and he would be able to concentrate more on his work, at the same time break free from all the attention from the media.

Little did he know that ___ was currently tortured, longing for his help and rescue. 

A/N: Hello everybodehhh !! Here's an update, a long update ! I typed this on microsoft words and it occupied the most number of pages to date hehehe ! I'm really sorry if you find this a littleeeee long-winded ! Drama begins from this chapter !! Oh and I apologise for the slight NC-17 scene. If I rated the story, I guess I would be losing some readers, so I decided to just cut back on most of the details. Hope it's not too obscene for you and if it is, I sincerely apologise ! Anyway, thank you so much for the comments ! I'm sorry if I took a long time to update 'cos I really thought through this chapter carefully. I updated as soon as I can ! So here it is (: Hope you enjoyed it and please anticipate the next chapter ! (: Please continue to comment, that would be really awesome and I'd appreciate it truck loads ♥ The more comments, the sooner the next update ! Thank you so much for reading and commenting, do remember to subscribe ! Tkcare readers ! :B

/PS. DID YOU GUYS WATCH THE SKIP BEAT TRAILER ? AH DONGHAE IS SO CUTE AND SQUISHY :3 And so gorgeous at the same time ^^