Title: I Will be There

Pairing: Yunhyeong x Reader

Genre: Romance, Angst

Length: ~1700

Plot: Yunhyeong has to be there. He has to be there.

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It should have been a beautiful feeling, when the person you loved asked you to date them, right? It was supposed to make your heart twitch in excitement and tingle in your stomach to let you feel what it really meant to have “butterflies in one’s stomach”. However when Song Yunhyeong, your best friend who you had known all your life, finally had asked you to date him that day, it was hurting. Because you knew the real reason behind it. Because his heart still longed for her and as much as you tried to reach it, your feelings were not enough to get a hold of it.

“Yes”, you had answered, hoping that one day you might could.

✧ ✦ ✧ 

“I love you”, you confessed in a whisper as you looked down, not being able to look into his eyes. You were scared, scared that you could see the truth in his eyes. The truth that he didn’t love you. It was a beautiful night. The stars were shining down on you and you weren’t sure if it was just your imagination but today it looked like there were even more stars on the picture-like sky to support the beauty of the words you spoke. 

He didn’t reply.

Silence wrapped around you and all you could hear was the rustling of the trees and bushes. With each second that passed, the silence grew as much as the fear that nested in the corner of your heart. “Ahh, neverm–”, Yunhyeong got a hold of your hand, caressing it lightly before interlocking each finger with each other. It left your breathless somehow, although it was something so simple. He pulled you closer. Slowly, so slow that your heart was running a stupid marathon over and over again. His touch felt so calming and warm, it was the only thing that kept you standing that whole time. 

You took a step closer and felt your head being lifted up. You closed your eyes before you could even look into his. Even if he was lying, even if it was her picture imprinted in his eyes, you didn’t want to know. If you could be here for this moment then you wanted it as long as it meant that you could have Song Yunhyeong in return. “Stupid”, he chuckled softly before he kissed your forehead and pulled you into his arms. 

Seconds, minutes, hours passed by. But you were still in his arms. Years passed like that and you were still in his arms. 

Years passed and he never gave you a reply. 

✧ ✦ ✧ 

“I love you”, Byeol suddenly said as she wrapped her arms around Yunhyeong. He couldn’t help but smile at her sudden confession and gave a reply right away. It felt so nice to say out loud what your heart couldn’t say. “It’s a promise”, he whispered into her ear, “What?”, “My love for you is a promise of never leaving you. A promise of staying together, forever.”

It turned into a broken promise later on.

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“Yun”, you called out when you were both lying on the grass, the same spot where you had confessed to him back then. Again, the night sky was smiling above you and it was weird how everything looked so perfect but felt so wrong in a way. You weren’t sure what it was, maybe the reason that he never told you that he loved you as well. Or maybe the fact that he still felt so far away after all this time. “Yes?”, his face came into your view and the picture from the sky was covered by a view that was much more pleasing to look at.

He went over your features gently, the tip of his nose connecting with your skin faintly, sending warm shivers all over your body.
 

One step closer. He felt one step closer.

“Stop”, all you could was whisper, “Why?”, he asked so innocently and pretended like he didn’t know what he was doing to you in that moment. He did things to you that you couldn’t explain exactly, you also never knew how he did it. He just had the ability to make you melt into a puddle of emotions. 

“You know wh–”, he didn’t let you finish your sentence. You were cut off by the taste of his delicate lips and you couldn’t help but smile because in moments like these you remembered why you loved him. Maybe it was just you having all these doubts by yourself, maybe he wasn’t so far away after all. Yunhyeong had no fault, he did shower you with love enough, it was only that he never said it.

“Do you think we will be together, even in the future?”

“I’m not sure, to me only the present matters and that’s with you right now.”

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It was after some time you both had moved in together when Yunhyeong started to go out more often everyday, coming home at late hours or even early mornings. When you asked him where he was, he only gave short replies, telling you that he was out with friends. It felt like a lie every time but you kept your mouth shut, waiting for him to tell you the truth. What if he betr– no. Yunhyeong would never do that. He loved you….or did he?

02.45 am.

You heard the door open slowly as an exhausted Yunhyeong lied down beside you a few minutes after. His arms immediately found a way around you and he pecked your cheek so lightly as if you’d break any second. Actually it felt like you could because it was hurting. So much. 

“Where were you?”, you asked like every night, suppressing a sob. “I was just out with friends, beautiful”, his voice trailed off, giving you the same excuse like he did every day.

“Don’t lie”, you said after a while, your voice breaking because you just couldn’t listen to it any longer. He didn’t reply, all you got as an answer was the soft snoring sound he made when he fell asleep. You broke out of his embrace carefully as you went into the bathroom, closing the door shut so you wouldn’t wake him from your crying noises. Tears flowed in repeat as you rested on the cold, hard bathroom floor. How did you end up like this, you wondered. How could you think that this was working. Although it did for so long, there were things that were damaging your relationship without him even knowing.

He didn’t love you. He never did in the first place.

He was a liar.

He betrayed you. 

✧ ✦ ✧ 

You packed the last box and put it into the car, close to the other boxes where all your belongings lied in. You took a last look at the apartment where you had spent so many memories with…Yunhyeong. No crying– you cursed at yourself, swallowing the tears that gathered in the corner of your eyes. It felt even worse now. As if they were burning inside the already big wound you had.

Yunhyeong had no idea you were leaving. He was out… with his friends or whatever he was doing. You had no idea. You just knew that he had been lying constantly for all this time and maybe it was harsh of you to make a decision like that so suddenly, however you couldn’t bear it any longer. All the doubts you once had were all back and you couldn’t even talk about it with him because he was never there. All you wanted was an answer and you hoped it’d be the right one.

If you truly love me, come to the park at 8.30 pm. Otherwise i will leave… forever. 

You pressed on send and felt your heart breaking with the last sentence. Were you even able to? Lost in your thoughts you already made your way to the spot where both of you had shared so many memories with each other. So much changed after all this time. The only thing that didn’t were the feelings that remained the same, like the little girl you once were who was so in love with her neighbor and best friend who lived next door.

The stars didn’t gather today. It looked grey and cloudly. A cold breeze went through your hair and you shuddered as you wrapped your arms around yourself. It was still early, you told yourself. It really was but why did it feel like it was already too late?

Seconds passed. They turned into minutes and before you realized it, it was past 8. And then it was past 9. And then your relationship lied in the past. Shattered and broken like your heart, the memories you had shared were left on this spot because you didn’t want to remember the painful feelings that you felt now thinking of them. The sky cried along, trying to comfort you in a way only Yunhyeong could. But he was in the past now. 

Goodbye, Song Yunhyeong. 

✧ ✦ ✧ 

“Today is the last day, right?”, the old lady who had offered Yunhyeong some work across the street asked with a smile. “But who were you saving all that money for, dear?”

“Just…someone. Someone i want to make happy”, it didn’t even feel as tiring anymore. Because today was the last day he had to lie to you. He knew that you were doubting him for being out on so many nights, yet he couldn’t tell you the truth. It was supposed to be a surprise. This time he wanted to make a real promise, a promise which couldn’t break so easily.

It was 8, when he went out the jewelry store. A bucket of flowers in one of his hands. He wanted to show you that he loved you, he truly did. He didn’t want you to doubt him anymore. So the message that you had sent him aorund that time, only made his decision clearer. 

Who knew that fate could be so cruel though? 

It was raining. Song Yunhyeong was breathing heavily, making sure that he wouldn’t let the ring fall along with the flowers he had bought for you. He had to be there… he couldn’t be late, otherwise you’d be gone. But he loved you, you couldn’t leave him. People were crowded around him, a mess on the street. Police cars arrived and the sound of a million ambulances ringed in his head. No, he had to be there.

People were touching him everywhere, he wanted to protest, he had to be there. Why didn’t they listen? He had to… he had to be there. A throbbing pain shot threw his head and body, coughing loudly as they placed him on something. His voice was gone, no matter how much he tried to speak, the picture only turned even more blurry.I can’t, i have to be there.

I have to be there. 

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A/N: Please don't kill me lmao. But I made a sequel to this, if you wanna read it, just comment! c: