You were supposed to meet your boyfriend in a nearby café for a small date. Since both of your lunch breaks were at the same time, you both agreed to meet up and eat together.

 

However, let's just say that things didn't really go as planned.

 

By now, you were patiently waiting for your boyfriend to show up, knowing that he'll be a little late since he told you that his meeting will probably be a little longer than it's suppose to be. Being the good girlfriend that you are, you understood his situation and told him you would wait.

 

A good ten minutes past and he still wasn't present.

 

Within those ten minutes, a group of five men came in through the door and went to sit to the table that was next to you, only a few feet separating your tables. From this group, the taller of the five was the one that was seating the closest to you. Through the pink hair that was partially covering his eyes, he took one look at you and had already picked up interest because of your appearance. From the way you were, it seemed to him that you were waiting for someone as you eagerly kept looking through the window next to you looking at the people that were passing by. From the window, you would look back at the small watch on your wrist and then took a quick look around as you sighed, looking a little bit bored.

 

He found out to be right when he saw a smile on your face as you waved to a man that was coming your way.

 

Must be her boyfriend.

 

He took one last look at you and sighed, disappointed to see that you were already taken.

 

~

 

- Sorry for being late, the meeting was taking longer than expected

- It's okay (smiles)

- Have you been here for long?

- Only 10 minutes

- Ah~ Sorry again

- (chuckles) It's okay, at least you're here, now. Did the meeting go well at least?

- You can say that. Let's just say that I was ready to bite someone's head off

- That bad?

- I guess, but now it's over so let's order and enjoy our break before we have to go back to work.

 

And there it was. The deal breaker within fifteen minutes of your boyfriend's arrival.

 

As you were both trying to figure out what you wanted to order, his beeper that was hanging by his belt started to ring, signaling that someone was trying to contact him. As annoyed as you were, you hid this emotion inside of you and told your boyfriend it was okay to pick it up. He reluctantly did, acting as if it was actually bothering him. From his pager, he looked back at you trying to show you his regretful look which only meant that something at work happened.

 

- Sh*t. I have to go. Some stupid emergency concerning one of my clients. Seriously, sometimes I wonder why I even became a lawyer

- (smiles) Because you like to help people in need. Now go. I'll see you tonight?

- Yes and we can finally have our dinner (winks)

- (chuckles) I'll be waiting then.

 

With a quick kiss, he left in a hurry, leaving you, once again, alone.

 

~

 

Even though he tried to avoid looking at you, the pink haired man couldn't help but ears drop on your conversation with your boyfriend. It was obvious enough for s to notice that he had his mind elsewhere.

 

- Yah, Cheondung-ah what are you doing?

- Huh? What do you mean?

- You seemed to be paying attention somewhere else. Is something bothering you?

 

Before he was able to answer, the younger of them five caught his friends attention by mentioning what he saw through the window, on the sidewalk.

 

- What a jerk!

- What's wrong Mir?

- He's cheating on his girlfriend with that woman!

 

At that mention, Cheondung looked up to your direction and noticed the man you were with just now was comfortably placing his arms around another woman's shoulder, completely guilt free from his action. From there, he looked back at you and from what he could see, you didn't seemed to be angry or sad. As matter of fact, there wasn't any emotion visible on your face.

 

Though you were good at hiding your feelings from the outside, you were still hurt that your own boyfriend blew you off because of a work emergency.

 

The other members went back to talking amongst them, still completely shocked out about what the man just did while Cheondung was still looking at you, trying to understand why you were so oblivious at what just happened.

 

He couldn't take it anymore and as he excused himself, he got up from his seat and walked towards you. The second past, he was standing in front of you while you were looking through the window, waiting for your order to come so you can pick it up and leave.

 

Through the reflection of the glass you noticed a man with pink hair standing behind you. Taking you by surprise, you turned around with a curious look on your face waiting to see what he wanted. The next move surprised you since he still hasn't said a word and now he was sitting in the empty seat in front of you. The next words spitting out of his mouth made your eyes wide open and your mouth slightly open.

 

- You do know that he blew you off for another woman, right?

 

You tried to keep yourself calm, trying not to feel insulted by the stranger that suddenly decided to confront you about your private life. You knew where he was going with this but just plainly decided to be rude to him since you felt like he was doing the same 

 

- And it's your business because…

- Can't you see that your boyfriend is cheating on you?

- Look I appreciate your concern mister Pink Panther, but you better out of my private life or I'll make you

- Yah, I'm just trying to help you -

- Well, I never asked for your help, now if you'll excuse me, I need to get back to work

 

You got up from your seat at the same time as he did and tried to stop you by blocking your way. You huffed in annoyance and pushed him aside so you could leave, completely forgetting your lunch and the hunger you were feeling just a couple of minutes ago.

 

While you hurried yourself out of the shop, Cheondung was still standing on the same spot and watched you leave, completely baffled by what you just did, or more what you just said.

 

She knew?! She knew that he is cheating on her and yet she didn't do anything?!

 

~

 

On the evening of that same day, you had finished your hours at your job and was getting ready to head back home and as you made your way back to your place, you decided to make a quick stop at the convenience store for some snacks.

 

A few minutes later and you were walking through the aisles trying to figure out what you were craving for since you didn't really get to properly eat after what happened at lunch. Even the simple thought of that pink haired stranger made it hard for you to concentrate on what you were looking at right now. Putting aside his handsomish looks, you couldn't stop yourself from feeling embarrassed and angry at a stranger who was prying in your personal life. Even though what he said was true, he still didn't have any kind of right to just waltz into your direction and plainly tell you off.

 

Wanting the lunch time out of your mind, you quickly shook your head trying to put your focus back on the shelf in front of you, filled with junk food and snacks. As you kept slowly walking, not breaking your eye contact with what was in front of you, you didn't notice that a man was walking towards you and was completely absorbed as you were from the items presented on the shelves and this, until you both accidentally bumped into each other, your face hitting his chest. You stumbled back a little bit, confused at the sudden lapse on your part and as you looked up you couldn't believe your luck.

 

Pink Panther again?! Damn it!

 

You sigh, annoyed thinking that your day couldn't possibly get any worse. Not letting him speak, you picked a random item that was the closest to you and walked away, but unfortunately, he was quick enough and grabbed your arm, making you turn around.

 

Okay, now that's it!

 

- Let. Me. GO!

- No.

- You little piece of -

 

You tried to yank yourself out of his grip but he only held you tighter. In the end, feeling like you were slowly loosing your energy, you simply decided to give him what he wanted so you could leave and go back home as soon as possible.

 

- (sigh) What do you want?

- It's been bothering me all day, but I just want to know if you already knew that your boyfriend is cheating on you

- I know he is, I  just don't want to see it.

- (shock) Wh- why?

- (sigh) I don't know… I just don't want to. It's not like he's ignoring me, he is just splitting his time between me and his other girlfriend.

- But, doesn't it bother you?

- I never said it didn't

- Then why don't you do something about it? Why don't you leave him?

- Because I love him

- But he doesn't seem to feel the same

- He does… He just can't really decide who he wants to be with

- Make him decide then.

- Why do you even care about my relationship with my own boyfriend? You're a freaking stranger for heaven's sake!

- Because even if he is your boyfriend and I'm a complete stranger, he has no right to treat you like this. You should care about what he is doing to you. I mean it's bad enough he's cheating on you but for you to completely ignore it is another story!

 

A part of you agreed with his last words. You made yourself look bad by staying with the man you claim to love even though nobody knew that he was cheating on you and he didn't even knew that you knew what he was doing behind your back. In defeat, you looked down at your feet, not knowing how to respond to the stranger.

 

Truthfully, you were starting to get tired of your relationship especially since this whole game has been going on for a while, but then again, you never had the courage to break up with him, hoping that he would be doing it first, sparing you the moment of actually speaking those words out. Yes, it would hurt if he ever actually did break up with you, but in the end, you would still be left alone. Something you hated the most.

 

Thinking it over, you felt the stranger loosening his grip on your arm as he slid his hand into yours, taking you by surprise. You jerked your head back up, directly looking at his dark eyes while you felt his other hand on your cheek wiping the tear that fell. Just then you realized that you were slowly breaking apart. Something else you hated.

 

You didn't want to appear weak in front of anybody, especially not in front of a stranger, but right now you couldn't help it. You needed to be comforted from the reality hitting you and the only person that was present was standing right in front of you.

 

Without a second thought, you pressed yourself against him, wrapping your arms around his waist. The moment you felt his arms hugging you back, you let yourself completely break down. You were crying into his chest, your sounds muffled as you were slowly starting to wet his jacket with your tears. You heard his gentle voice as he tried to calm you down while slowly your back, his chin on the top of your head. You could hear your heart breaking now that you knew you didn't have a choice but to leave your boyfriend. You knew that it had to be done if you wanted to have a normal and healthy relationship in the future, but you still couldn't bring yourself to think about saying those three words.

 

Let's break up.

 

You held onto the stranger, your hands turning into fists as you took a grip on his jacket, making him understand that you didn't want to let go. Despite this, he slowly made you sit on the floor, with him next to you, placing your head on his shoulders, while one of his arms was around you and his other taking a hold of your hands.

 

A few minutes past and your tears seemed to have stopped. All you did was sniffing, trying to regain yourself from the weak moment you just had. Your hold on the pink haired stranger was still there and neither of you seemed to want to let go. You couldn't help but stare at his hand holding onto yours as you slowly shifted your head to have a proper look. He felt you move and from the corner of his eyes he saw where you were looking at and did the same. With his thumb, he softly your hand which made you smile.

 

He was a complete stranger and yet it didn't feel like he was one.

 

You look up to him and placed an innocent kiss on his cheek thanking him for the small moment of comfort. As you both got up, you noticed from the windows outside that it was already dark and from looking at your watch you saw that it was getting pretty late. You quickly fixed yourself, wiping the dust off your pants and bowed to the stranger thanking him once again.

 

As you were ready to walk away, he ran and stood in front of you, making you stop in your track and look up at him.

 

- I never had the chance to ask but… I'd like to know your name, please

- Oh (chuckles). It's _________

- Nice to meet you. I'm Sanghyun, or Cheondung, if you prefer

- It's nice to meet you Sanghyun (smiles)

 

You bowed and thanked him once again, but before you were even out of his sight he called out your name making you turn around, somehow anticipating what he wanted.

 

- I know it's completely out of the blue and possibly wrong to do this but… Hmm… I was kind of hoping that we could, maybe, meet again?

- Huh?

- Let's eat together sometime… I-I me-mean if y-you want of course. I wouldn't want to pr-pressure you. I mean, of course I wouldn't want to put pressure on you I mean you are going through something rough. It's completely understandable if you don't want too

 

You were looking at him, amused at the way he turned out to be. A complete transformation from the confident man you thought he would be. Instead he was simply standing in front of you, hands in his pocket with the cutest smile on his face trying not too look completely embarrassed.

 

You chuckled at your sight which made him stop and walked towards him. You opened your handbag and took your business card out from one of the pockets inside and handed it to him. You looked up and showed him a genuine smile.

 

- I'd love too. Just give me a call

- S-sure

- I'll see you around then?

- (nods) Hmm

- Bye Pink Panther (winks)

- B-b-bye ______!

 

And with that, you were out of the store and headed back to your place, feeling relieved and thankful that your pink headed stranger opened your eyes to something that was bound to make you miserable for the rest of your life and helped you before you got yourself go into deep.

 

With that thought in mind, you drove back to your place, ready to do something you should've done a long time ago.

 

I'm sorry to say this to you… but let's break up.

 

 

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A/N: TADA!! 

I hoped you enjoyed the little One Shot I just did with Thunder as the main character ^^

He may not seem to be that brave but I'd like to imagine him doing something like this *.*

 

Please leave me some comments so just I know how much you liked or didn't this small story >.<