“Excuse me Miss, are you—“

That’s when Jongkook stops, his breath taken away as he finally takes a closer look at the woman. A chill runs down his spine — his eyes just can’t process the stranger’s face. In one of these rare moments, he is utterly speechless. 

The woman only stares back, confused at this strange man cutting his words off mid-sentence. And when her face becomes expressionless, the memories rush back into his mind like water from a broken dam. 

Jongkook is staring at a ghost. 

The resemblance is uncanny; he just cannot look away. How is it that the very woman he is thinking of can appear right in front of him, like a magician conjuring up a rabbit from his hat? This must be a prank. Or he’s hallucinating! He’s been working out too late these days and schedules have been piling up, this must be the effect of exhaustion. 

“Um, hello?” The woman calls, waving her hands in front of his face. “Can I help you?”

If he needed any more memories to haunt him, this would have been the last straw. Even her voice sounds the same, something he hasn’t heard in years.

Before he can stop himself, his eyes fill with tears, glistening under the moonlight as he gazes at the familiar face in front of him. 

“Jihyo.”

My second attempt at a chaptered Spartace story. Where She Went is an AU, with changes post Kang Gary's departure on Running Man. All character personalities and plot are purely fictional. I hope you enjoy this one as much as my previous stories! :) Updates may not be frequent, but I'm looking forward to finishing this.