ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴏɴʟʏ - ᴛʀᴜᴇ ʙᴇᴀᴜᴛʏ

ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 43

~another year later~

     so much happened in the span of another year. the unexpected happened for chaerin and there she was, watching cinderella in minho's arms.

     the two were officially dating as of 9 months ago. they were both so happy with each other.  of course it took a while for chaerin to get over seojun but minho was there with her through every step of the way.

     of course it was a but awkward after the stargram incident but after that, they realized they grew feelings for each other and it all started in their first year of college.

     the couple had already been so close since they lived together but they hadn't realized that their feelings were becoming stronger for each other.

     minho had convinced her to go to a party. midway through through the party, ryujin had invited them to play spin the bottle and of course they agreed.

     the pair sat in a circle along with a couple of their friends and other people. ryujin had placed them opposite to each other as she wanted to sit next to chaerin and there was only one other seat for minho next to mark and bangchan.

     it was finally chaerin's turn to spin and of course with her luck it landed on minho. everyone around them had started cheerin.

     minho and chaerin walked up to each other and stared into each other's eyes.

     "are you ok with this?" asked minho as he wanted to make sure he wasn't making the girl uncomfortable.
     "yeah let's just do this. how long does it have to be?" said chaerin, the last sentence being directed to ryujin.
     "10 seconds!" she replied.

     everyone around the room grew in excitement as they were about to watch the 2 richest kids in school kiss.

     mark had taken his phone out and started recording in case he needed something to blackmail his friend with. they all watched as minho leaned in and chaerin closed her eyes.

     it felt amazing and she wanted more. she wrapped her arms around his neck. in return he wrapped his arm around her waist and his other hand caressed her cheek. everyone around cheered. he sucked her bottom lip. her hands went into his hair. he pulled her closer, but they ran out of breath and then it ended.

     once they had finished everything had changed for them. ever since then chaerin felt as though nothing and no one was holding her back.

     when minho had asked her to be his girlfriend, to which she immediately said yes. of course they asked seulgi if it was okay with her since they didn't want to be awkward with her and she had said it was perfectly okay.

     when their friends had found out the first thing ryujin said was "mark you guys owe me $20! i told you they would be dating by this year!"

     chaerin looked at her friends laughing around her and realized that she was living her ideal life but some people weren't as lucky.

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     2 years had done so much to the others like jugyeong, seojun, soojin and suho.

     jugyeong was in college, helping people out with makeup and seojun was training to be an idol. they still remained friends even after their argument. they had resolved everything by talking it out like the mature people they were trying to be.

     jugyeong still hadn't talked to suho and she missed him but clearly the universe was against them for now.

     seojun was somewhat the same. ever since chaerin had left and blocked him, he was never the same. at some point he decided to go back into the idol world to find a distraction.

     most of the friend group in korea was the same. they hung out every other week. they hadn't seen chaerin, suho or soojin in a year but by now they were used to it.

     soojin, unlike them was also somewhat enjoying her life. she had too gone overseas and was still reflecting on her past actions. she had regretted them so much but at one point she realized that she had learned from those mistakes and tried becoming a better person.

     around 2 months ago soojin had reached out to chaerin and apologized for involving her in everything. chaerin had responded by saying she was sorry to because she had the power to stop soojin from releasing the pictures. they had a long deep talk and became friends again. they caught up with everything in their lives and they had left out everyone from korea out their conversation.

     suho, he was still miserable too. everyday jugyeong sent him messages and they were the only thing keeping him going. for 2 years he had once thought about contacting chaerin to see how she was doing but he never ended up doing it.

     one day, his father had woken up. suho stayed for a while making sure he was okay. once he had confirmed that his father was well and better he booked a flight back to korea.

     this is where everything would start all over again. relationships would be made and others would end.