To follow the rules

Donghae/Jessica

Angst, PG-13, Non-AU ~572w

You still love her, and that’s a fact.

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You crossed paths with her one day after your break- up. It was painful even to just endure what you’re true feeling was—that you will and always love her but was just forced to say otherwise. You were never given a choice because it was something that has to be done and you have no other choice but to follow the rules and obey their orders. So one cold evening you told her that your relationship with her was over. And with just that, you left her hanging—you even didn’t say the reason (though you knew that she also knew about it) or even just tell her that you love her so much despite SM’s strict rules. You just left and stepped out of her life as if it was some sort of a game where you can just press one specific button when you wanted to end it so badly, so quickly.

And that was all because you thought it would be easier to both of your part. And you didn’t know that it did otherwise.

Because every time you two meet each other along SM building’s hallways during ordinary days used for practice and training, your eyes would immediately look directly into her ey