Yuri POV

It was a boring morning, time for English 201. It's the start of a new semester, start of my sophomore year. It will all be the same again. Same school life, same life of no meaning again.

Soon after, the professor finally arrived. He cleared his throat first then greeted us, "Good morning students. I am Professor Park Joon-hyeong and welcome to English Literature 201. There's only one rule and that is... NO ONE SHALL BE LATE IN MY CLASS OR ELSE YOU'LL BE DROP ON THIS SUBJECT IMMEDIATELY!"

Hmm. No one?

He started the lesson right away. Then, it was almost half time of the class period when a girl barged in the room. "I'm really so sorry I am late, sir." She said, panting.

"Oh. Uhh... No it's okay, Miss. I understand." Mr. Park said. "Why don't you go introduce yourself to everyone?"

"Yes of course, thank you sir." she bowed to him then started on her introduction.

Her voice. It sounded familiar…

I looked at her intently and without a warning, my heart had literally skipped.

Time stopped. Everything around me turned black and white except for her. She was glowing in my view. Then, she looked at me. Those soft, warm eyes, I felt like I'm getting drown with her stare. I kept on hearing my heart pound louder and louder. She flashed a radiant smile at me. Her eyes formed like perfect crescents. She looks just like an angel.

She's indeed the princess I've been dreaming of ever since... She's real after all.

She went closer and as she walks, she introduced herself to me, "Hi. I am Stephanie Hwang." She stopped in front of my desk. Then, she forwarded her hand and caressed my cheek. "Yuri-yah." she called.

I stood up. I reached for her hands and held them, intertwined each other's. And with that, memories started to flash around us. Our second meeting in the Spooky building, the first time I took her to the Port bay, our morning routine to Nakseongdae, the time she said yes when I asked her to be my girlfriend, our date in the amusement park, the first time she told me she loves me, our days and nights spent for Christmas and New Year's eve with our friends, my chase for her at the airport, her belated birthday celebration, our first night of making love together, and for the next more nights. There were a lot more, too many beautiful memories flashing over and over again. I felt so happy, probably I was the happiest person alive because I'm with her.

"I love you." she lastly said.

Then, all of a sudden, everything started to fade to darkness. She vanished slowly, too slowly. It gave my heart extreme pain as it went by.  I tried to embrace her, hoping I can stop her from vanishing. But, no. I failed. She was the last one that disappeared from my eyes then afterwards a complete darkness has enveloped the whole place.

My life. It's empty again.

I'm drowning again in nothingness.

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I opened my eyes and realized it was all just a dream, the very same dream again I kept on having every night since Tiffany's engagement with Sooyoung. And the same, my eyes are always wet with tears every time I wake up.

It's 5:30am in the morning, 22nd of April, exactly eight days since the last time I saw her face. I got out of bed and took a shower. It's too early for Sunday morning hence, I've just gone to my morning routine, sit outside at the balcony, staring up in the sky, drinking bottles of liquor. It's a good thing the new place of ours had a balcony or else I don't know what will I do to kill time.

We left our old apartment and transfer to this condominium unit in Yongsan-gu, not bringing a thing to our new house, not even clothes. As much as possible, I don't want to see anything that can remind me of her. I want Sunkyu and I to start a new life without her. Erase everything, that's the very key for us to move on.

But who am I kidding? There will never be a way for me to forget about her. No matter how much I try. There's not even a need for me to see things from our past to make me think of her. She's like tattooed here in my mind...

Damn it. This routine of mine sure making me miss her even more.

It then makes me wonder... Did I... really chose the right decision?

*Sigh*. Leaving her is such a reckless thing to do, a very, very stupid move.

--

"You are an idiot." Sooyoung said. "You actually believed that old man he can do that?"

"Hey might juse be bluffing, yes... but I don't want to take risk because of a mere doubt of mine, Soo."

"That's it?! You're just gonna let go of her because of you chickening out from that old man?!"

"..."

"Yuri, I don't want to marry her. I have already decided to stop pursuing my chance on her. I already surrendered in our fight. I... I don't want to win against you because of a marriage arrangement."

"There's no fight between us, Sooyoung. From the very start, I already lost against you. So, just go... marry her."

", Yuri, I didn't gave up my chance for someone who doesn't even know how to fight for her!"

"..."

"I will tell Tiffany about this."

"No. Please, don't tell her."

"No. I don't want to continue this marriage. You can't stop me, Yuri."

"You're just going to make everything worse."

"But--"

"It's all for the best, Sooyoung. If you are in my shoes, you'll definitely be doing the same thing..."

"..."

"..."

He sighed, "Idiot... You are really an idiot..."

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Yeah... I guess, I really am one.

All I'm just doing is nothing but a complete torture of myself, as well as to Tiffany. Pain, it's all nothing but never-ending pain due to this decision I chose.

Tiffany...

I never meant to leave you...

I never meant to lie to you...

It's just that... It's all for the best...

*flashback*

-*8th of March, Se Kyung University, College of Business Administration Building - 3rd floor*-

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