Matchmaker 김태형√

Chapter 43

"I never knew I could feel so much pain caused by the person I loved the most."
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"Bom!"

V yelled, slamming the entrance door of the matchmaking shop open while panting. He looked around, searching for Bom when he saw her just sitting on the chair by the window, observing the bouquet of pink zinnias.

"What do you want from me?"

She asked, almost sounding empty, soulless and dead inside. V furrowed his eyebrows. What did he want from her? Why did he rush all the way here? Not even knowing the reason he came here, V just said without thinking,

"Me and Hyojoo are engaged. It's an arranged marriage but still-"

Before he could finish, Bom threw the bouquet of pink zinnias on the table aggressively, causing its petals to fall off. V flinched as he saw Bom's face grow red. Tears started welling up in her eyes and overflowing and gushing down like a river. 

"You're such a jerk, you know that?"

She said softly, her voice quivering and so as her body. Her body shrivelled up as she used her hands to hide her face. She was too embarrassed to face him. She sobbed quietly into her hands as her shoulders shook violently.

"And I'm such an idiot,"

She muttered, tears flowing copiously down her vermillion cheeks. The agony-filled tears that Bom had bottled up like clouds all came trickling down. Her gasping wails filled the matchmaking shop.

"I'm such an idiot for falling for you..."

She whimpered as she sank to her knees. V's heart dropped as his eyes widened. He could not see her face but he saw her quivering body and the sound of her struggling to breath against her painful sobs. His heart ached.

"I'm sorry I-"

"Please tell me you're lying, please tell me this is all fake. The boy, the boy I met at the park at 5. That was you. Please tell me it's you,"

Bom begged, her shoulders shook as her drained of hope and desolate sobbing could be heard though she tried to cry silently. Tears dripped between her fingers, trickling down her arms as they fell onto the ground. V, confused, muttered,

"I don't understand... how am I the boy you met?"

"Stop lying! Everything has been revealed! Tell me, why aren't you admitting to it? Is it because your foster family is rich and you're embarrassed of your past? TELL ME!"

Bom yelled, her voice strained and filled with torment. Flames of anger and disappointment burned beneath Bom's skin as her heart felt an aching pain. Both of them could hear the sound of glass cracking, it sounded like it had been smashed to pieces. However, it was just the sound of Bom's heart breaking.

"I-I don't know what you're talking about,"

V said, confused yet in agony as he watched Bom sob harder. With a shrivelled up body, dishevelled hair and her head hanging low, red hot tears flowed down Bom's face. She raised her shaking arm, her hand, drained of colours, cold and shaking, pointed at the door. Quietly, she muttered,

"Please, leave me be. I don't want to see you again."