Bittersweet
I can't forget your Love“Yeoja!!” the little boy shouted excitedly to his playmate who’s waiting for him at the playground where they always play.
“Namja! What took you so long?!” she said pouting and both hands on her waist
“Mian Mian Yeoja, but we can play now right?” he smiled goofily at her and reached for her small soft hands
“ahrasseooooo” they run through the tall grass, giggling, still holding each other hands tightly.
When they tire out of running, they lay there at the grass, staring at the calm blue sky
“Why can’t we say our name to each other?” the little boy ask
“Omma said we can’t just give our name to strangers” she said giggling
“YAH! Am I a stranger to you?! We’ve been playmates for almost a month?” he counted the days in his fingers, forehead knotted
“Aigoo Namja, should we tell each other our name now?”
He nodded continuously, staring at her sparkling eyes
“Joo-“ suddenly, a bolt of thunder resonated through the field, the sky darkens signaling a heavy downpour
“uwaaaaah!” they hastily stood up, the little boy grabbed her hands and they ran as fast as they can
“Palli! We need to go home now!!” the little boy said, panicked on his voice
He sent her home and after a short goodbye he ran straight to his home
The next day, she saw him at the playground early. She waved excitedly at his direction but he’s wearing that serious face again
“Namja what’s wrong?” she asked, putting her small hands to his chubby cheeks
“We’re moving to a new place, Appa told me that we need it because of his new work” he said, his vision blurring
“B-but” her tears threatening to fall too
“here” he handed her a necklace with an Angel pendant
“Omma said that he is my Guardian Angel, but I don’t want to leave you alone so I’m giving you this. He’ll accompany you until I get back” he slipped the necklace to her neck, not looking at her eyes
“You’ll come back right?” she looked at him with hopeful eyes
“hmm” he nodded
“my name is-“ just when she’s about to say her name, a car honked at their direction
“Appa” he wave at the old man who’s driving the car
“Yeoja, wait for me okay? I promise I’ll come back. Take care of her ahrasseo?” he tapped the Angel pendant that’s hanging on her neck
“Take care of yourself too namja, I’ll wait for you. I promise” she kissed his cheek and they both got shocked on what happen
“Yeoja” he looked at her with wide eyes while holding the side of his cheeks where she kissed him
“annyeong” she smiled and wave cheerfully at him and she ran fast while crying, hearing the car leaving
“wait for me Yeoja!!” she heard his voice that was slowly fading away, she cried continuously while heading to her house.
Years had passed, many years of waiting, yet he didn’t come. Everyday she’s waiting at the playground where they always play, she waited, waited, and waited, but Namja didn’t come back.
“he promised me, he’ll come back right?” staring at the Angel Pendant he gave her
One Sunday morning while she’s on her way home, she tripped at a big rock, her knee hurts that she didn’t notice that her necklace fell until she got home. She came back the next day but she can’t find it anywhere. She lost her necklace, she lost her Angel.
“Seohyun-ah Yeppo” her mother crooned
That made her snap back to reality, wiping hear tear streaked face, she faced her mother with a fake smile plastered on her lips
“Omma”
“Omo why are you crying at your wedding day?? Aigoo! your make up! You’ll ruin it!”
Arrange marriage doesn’t only happen in dramas but also in real life. Today, she’s destined to marry a stranger, a man she doesn’t even know. She’s doing it for her family, for her family. She reminded herself. Their company has been facing a bankruptcy and the only way to save it is to marry the son of Jung Corporation. She accepted the agreement without thinking about herself, reminding her that this is her responsibility as an only child.
She met her fiancée few days ago, but their meeting was like a business meeting. The way he looks at her is like he’s saying “gold digger” in her face. She wore her cold mask, not wanting to be beaten by his calculative stares. When they bid goodbye, they just nod at each other and parted ways without looking back.
After the wedding, they stayed at the penthouse of the hotel, knowing too well that it’s his property. They came to the conclusion that they’ll act civil.
“If not for my father threatening me of disowning me, I won’t get marry this early: he said coldly that it made her shiver
“If I have a choice I won’t even talk to you” she backfired
“Ditto” he walked out of the room without even sparing her last glance.
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A month have passed, and yet he still can’t find a way to extricate their non-sense marriage
He admits that she’s a beauty to behold, but that’s just it.
He came home and found her standing at the glass window, staring at the city lights. He observed her, and felt curious as he saw her fiddling something in her neck
“I’m home” he said
“Oh. Have you eaten dinner?” she smiled at him, and he stood there immobile. It was the first time he received a smile from her and yet he remained frozen, blinking his eyes
“N-not y-yet. We just finished a late meeting and decided to go home straight” why the hell are you explaining Jung Yong Hwa?!” he mentally slapped his face
“I’m waiting for you, glad you still haven’t eaten. I’ll just reheat the food. Take a shower first” She smiled at him again
That’s weird. That’s hella weird he thought.
He slipped on his pajama and shirt, when he came out of his room a delicious aroma assaulted him and made his stomach growled. This is their first dinner together. Usually they eat before going home.
“What’s the occasion today?” he tried to lighten up the awkward atmosphere between them
“Nothing, I just feel like cooking today” she served him Lasagna which he gladly accepted
“This is good!” he said with a joyous laugh
“I know right?” she said and laughed too
That made them both shocked, this is the first time they had a long conversation, not to mention a happy yet awkward conversation
After eating, he decided to drink wine with her. He can’t believe that they reached the getting to know each other level already after a long month of ignoring each other’s presence
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Three months have passed and Yonghwa came to the conclusion that it’s not that bad having a wife at 24 years old. He get to know her more these past few months, and he regretted accusing her Gold-digger when she’s not even one of it, she’s beautiful inside and out and yes, like it or not he’s falling for her.
One night, he decided to surprise her with flowers and chocolate. He feels like he’s just going to court her while the truth is they’re already married.
He sneaked in her room and found her talking to somebody in her mobile, she stood there in front of the window. Her fingers playing the invisible thing in her neck again, she’s talking merrily and found out that she’s talking to her friend Hyoyeon, he decided to tiptoed towards her
“I’m still waiting for him though… even though I’m married already. I can’t help but to still think about him”
He stood there immobile, something pierced his heart. He clutched his chest, afraid that his heart might fall at any moment. He turned around silently, not wanting her to find out that he heard her confession, her heartbreaking confession. He threw the flower and chocolate on his trash bin, glaring at it as if it’s the reason of him being heartbroken.
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The night after that, Yonghwa became cold again, much colder than before. He’s not even looking at her when they’re talking. Yes he’s talking to her, but only if there are other people around them.
What the hell is his problem again?! She’s starting to get furious again on his silent treatment towards her. Few days he’s too sweet to be true and then he became like this again. It’s making her crazy, following his mood swings. She decided to be patient, maybe its too stressing in his work, maybe he got a huge problem. Maybe-
“Ah mwolayo!” she flung her hands in the air, felling frustrated. Burying her face in her pillow and letting out a frustrated sound. She needs to talk to him and work things out just.
She heard his door opened, she bolted from her bed and decided to talk to him this instant. She knocked on his door softly and heard that he’s talking to someone on the phone. She decided to peeked at the door and saw him facing the window, still talking.
“I miss you too sweety, can’t wait to see you soon” he said, his voice soft.
Her eyes widen, she doesn’t know how to react. She clutched her chest and felt pain seeping through her heart. Her vision became blurry, her whole body began to shake vigorously, the pain is too much to handle. She didn’t even mind that she closed the door forcefully. Running through her door, she closed it forcefully, making him hear it. She buried her face on her pillow, crying her heart out. Yes she fall in love with him, with that 3 months she found out that he’s not just good looking, but also a lovable man.
Ofcourse she’s not forgetting her “Namja”. She’s part of her life no matter what happen, she just want to see him and yes, her heart is still hoping that they’ll cross path again. She love Namja, but she loves Yonghwa too. Maybe it’s a different love after all.
That night she tried so hard to calm herself, but the pain won’t go away. She touched her bare neck
“Angel, what should I do? I don’t want this feeling. It hurts. It hurts like hell” and just like that her tears began to flow uncontrollably again
He’s standing infront of her door and he can hear her sobs and cries, yet he can’t feel the satisfaction he wants. He wants to hurt her back again and again, but hearing her crying hurts him too.
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A week had passed, and the gap between them is expanding. They started ignoring each other again, just like the first month of their marriage.
After a tiring day in work, he decided to go home and sleep early. He has an important meeting tomorrow at 7am and a lot of strength is needed. As he passed on her door that’s slightly open, he can’t help but to peeked, he saw her sprawled at her bed, and she’s talking on the phone again while caressing the invisible necklace at her bare neck.
“he promised me he’ll comeback unnie, I’m still holding on to his promise. Yes, I love him but-“
He turned around, his heart bleed ones again and this time it’s shattered into tiny pieces that no one can bring it back again.
“But I love Yonghwa more” she honestly answered.
Too bad Yonghwa didn’t hear it, because he’s on his room already wallowing in his misery, trying to fix the heart that broke badly.
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The following days got worse. …
She came home late from meeting Hyoyeon, she decided to hang out with her friends to lessen the misery she’s feeling. As she enters the door, she’s taken aback with what she saw.
A girl who’s wearing a mini red dress is seated at the bar stool, in their kitchen. Hands on her chin, staring dreamily at HER husband who’s cooking something while talking to the girl.
He turned to the girl’s direction and planted a soft kiss on her forehead and smile at her serenely.
She tightened her hold on the knob, contemplating if she’ll back out or be a and crash the little party they’re having.
She decided the latter part. She entered the room and made sure that she closed the door too loudly that they’ll notice that someone arrived.
She held her head high and walk straight to the kitchen, staring directly at the little who looked at her with wide eyes.
“Hi! Don’t worry I won’t crash the party, I just need to get dress and will go out again as soon as possible. Please don’t mind me.” She walked out of the scene with confidence, not even sparing him a glance, as she walk to her room she congratulated herself and dialed Hyoyeon’s number
“Unnie. Lets go clubbing today” she said, she entered the en suite and took a quick shower. She called Hyoyeon again while picking the dress she’ll wear.
“Don’t be shocked when you see me unnie ahrasseo?” she smirked, feeling y tonight.
She wore a backless black mini dress and her Christian Louboutin pumps, she tied her hair in a messy bun, and wore a screaming red lipstick. She stared at her reflection, and felt satisfied with her appearance.
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He heard the soft click of heels echoing at the room and stopped dead on his tracks when he saw her, his jaw dropped literally on the view in front of her
“What.are.you.wearing” he knew Seohyun as a conservative girl, but seeing her like this, he feels like she’s all of a sudden.
“Yeppo!” Krystal squealed and looked at her with admiration
“thank you sweety” Seohyun said to Krystal without looking at him
When she turn around and about to leave the room, he rushed to her side
“Where.the.hell.are.you.going” he looked at her with fierce eyes, which she looked at him the same way
“make sure that she will not enter my room or else I’ll kill you both” she glared at him for a good 3 seconds and started walking to the door, but he suddenly grab her and spun her around, facing him.
“No you are not going out” he said with finality
“Watch me” she slapped his hands that was touching her shoulder and walked out of the room without looking back at him.
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“Oooh! Can I have this Oppa? It’s so beautiful!!” Krystal gazed at the Angel Pendant she saw at his side table. He’s still looking for the file she needed, the reason why she came here.
He knew Seohyun misunderstood it again, the way she paled me she entered the room, the way she reacted awhile ago, he didn’t plan this. Krystal his cousin just came back from state, yes his cousin. She called him yesterday looking for an important paper she needed in her work. He knew Krystal since the day they moved on Seoul, he came from Busan, that’s where he’s born. But due to his father’s new work they need to move to Seoul and leave his “Yeoja”.
His Yeoja is his childhood friend, his first kiss, his Angel and his first love. Yes, at the age of 7 he knew she’s important to him. He promised that he’ll come back to Busan, but when he came back to the playground where they used to play few years ago, he saw the Angel Pendant at the ground. That time, he felt like she didn’t take importance of it, he felt like she doesn’t feel the same way as he is to her. So he decided to move on and forget her, but there’s still time where she’ll dominate his mind and wandering what she looks like today.
“Ahrasseo” he sighed. It’s time to let it go. The only thing that connects him and his Yeoja should go.
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She decided not to think. She decided to be carefree, to forget all the heartaches she’s feeling right now, all the painful scenes that keep on flashing back in her mind. That ty girl who’s looking at her husband dreamily, and her husband kissing that ’s forehead and smiling serenely to her.
She drank the Tequilla straight, giving her the warmth she needed right there in her chest.
“Slow it down Seohyun-ssi” Song Joong Ki said, her longtime friend that’s very vocal on his feelings towards her.
“Gwenchana Oppa. Let her get drunk!” Hyoyeon said, who’s looking amazed at Seohyun
“Moooore!” Seohyun squealed, she reached for another glass of Tequilla but was stopped by JoongKi
“Oppa!” she whined
“Yah! I told you to slow it down!”
“JoongKi-ah” she used her aegyo that she knew too well that he can’t resist.
“Aish this Lady!” he gave her the glass and she gulped it up in one go.
“Last two glass and enough! Ahrasseo?”
“Ahrasseo Appa” she giggled seeing JoongKi flabbergasted
“Appa?!” she linked her arms to his, and leaned on his shoulder
“My world is spinning” she said
“Care to tell me your problem?” Joongki stared at her, feeling his erratic heartbeat
“No-thing” she said and stared at him
They stared at each other for he doesn’t know how long. He wrapped his arms around her as he saw other guys checking her out even though they knew she’s with a guy. He took off his coat and drape it on her arms
“Hot!” she whined
“Andwae. If you take that off I’ll kill you! Come on let’s take you home” He searched through the crowd and looked for Hyoyeon, she wave at him knowing that he’s searching for her
“Go and leave first, I’ll go with my Namja Chingu. Take care of her ahrasseo?” She hugged them both and came back to the dance floor in her boyfriend’s waiting arms.
“Namja?” Seohyun mumbled
“Time to go home Lady” he ushered her to his car, making sure she won’t tripped on the way
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It’s 3am and yet she’s not yet home. He’s getting restless as time passed by, staring at the clock and back at the front door, not even feeling sleepy because he’s worried.
He got up and gets his phone on his room. I did go overboard
He’s about to come out of his room when he heard the front door opened, he breathed a sigh of relief. As he walks through the hallway, he heard her giggling
“it’s spinning~” *giggle*
“Seohyun-ah stop fidgeting” he stopped walking as he heard a male voice
“hmmm” he heard her mumble. He walked faster, his knuckles turned white from clenching, he went berserk
He saw them at the living room, her arms s around the man’s neck while the latter holding her tight. He saw him kissed her forehead longingly, and that did it. He snapped out and run to them, punching the man hard that he fell at the ground. Seohyun feel at the sofa, her face paled.
“Don’t you know that she’s already married?!” He shouted at the man who’s now wiping the blood on his lips
“the hell I care?” the man backfired and stood up.
He walked closer to him and grabbed his collar
“Get the hell out of here before you bleed more than that”
“ I’m scared”
He’s about to punhed the man again
“STOP!” she shouted
“Oppa thank you for sending me home. I’ll treat you next time, thanks for accompanying me” she smiled at Joongki and bowed a little, she stood up and head straight to her room making a beeline, and ofcourse, ignoring Yonghwa’s presence.
After Joongki left, he walked straight to her room, calming his self on the way. As he opened her door, he saw her there, sprawled at her bed, sleeping soundlessly.
His anger melted as he saw her sleeping form, she looked peaceful when sleeping. He covered her with the blanket and switched on the lamp beside her bed, but a man’s coat got his attention. He became furious again, thinking that she spent the night flirting with that guy while he restlessly waited for her. He took the coat on his way out and carelessly threw it on the trash bin.
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She woke up with a headache, she massaged her temple wishing that’ll ease the painful throbbing. She saw a glass of water and two aspirin on her side table, knowing who brought it made her ignore it. As she sat up, she clashed with that tired eyes staring at her
He’s seating at a chair positioned beside her bed facing her. Arms crossed at his chest, and looking like he didn’t sleep even a wink.
“Let’s talk” he started, his voice croaked
“Sleep first. And please. My head hurts I can’t talk to you right now”
“It’s either you ignore me or I’ll lock you here and never let you out again”
“Why the hell are you doing this?!” she glared at him
“then what’s with your behavior yesterday!? Or should I say awhile ago!?”
“YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO ME.SHOULD I REMIND YOU OF YESTERDAY’S EVENT?!”
“SO WHAT?! YOU’RE DOING THIS FOR REVENGE?!” he backfired. Somehow, assuming that she’s jealous of what she saw yesterday gave him hope
“Hell No!”
“then what do you want?! Why are you doing this Seo Joo Hyun?! This is not you!”
“I want divorce” she whispered it enough for him to hear, but it feels like she shouted it directly to his ears. He stood up and walked out
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Author's Note:
Annyeong!! will update tomorrow. :D
This plot just popped out of my mind and I've decided to write it.hahahaha! after this I'll update BD and WFL ^____^
Thanks for reading my stories and for subscribing, comments and votes! Jeongmal Kamsahaeyo~ *bows 90 degrees* will try my best to update as soon as I can
ps. this is unedit. will edit it tomorrow? kkk.
-Azile
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