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" Even your lies had become ugly to hear. "
- Unknown

" I asked you a question. " Spoke Eunae as her hands turned into a fist. " Do you know a boy named Jeon Jungkook? " She repeated.

The young man tensed for a mere second before he nonchalantly replied, " No, should I? "

Her face turning into pure disappointment, she asked this time, " Just who are you? "

" Do you still not believe that I come from the future? Should I disappear in front of you again? Or maybe- "

" Just stop! " She cried out. " I don't need you to show me anything. I just need you to tell me the truth. Who are you? Why did you suddenly appear and meddle in my life? "

His dark eyes, expressionless stared at her trembling figure before he looked away.

This was never supposed to happen, he thought.

" I told you, I came here from the future, help you get close to Min Kihyun, and you did. "

The young girl shook her head, " This is what I don't understand. You say I'm destined to be with him, if so, why are you helping me? You shouldn't help with something that is meant to happen. "

Clenching his jaw, he took a step toward her and bend down to her level, " But I did. You were so happy when you got close to him, so why are you hesitating now? Everything had been done. You had your third fateful encounter, and he already is under your spell. "

" Why are you doing this? Just who are you... to me in the future? "

Suddenly, Eunae noticed a change in his coffee-colored eyes. Was is it anger, or maybe remorse? Without thinking, she lifted her hand and gently touched his cheek. " Why are you looking at me as if you are about to cry? "

Quickly, he backed away as if he had been burnt by her touch, and turned his head away. " No one. I'm no one to you in the future. "

" Then why are you helping me? "

Silence.

The young girl sighed and changed her question, " What is your connection with that boy, Jeon Jungkook? "

At his silence, she concluded, " Is he you from the past? From my present? Is that why- "

" Why are you asking questions about him?! " He yelled.

" Because I don't understand! I don't understand why you suddenly appeared in my life, telling me how to get close to Kihyun and get in my way from meeting Jungkook again! "

" What? "

" Yeah, I already met the other you. Twice. The day you told me to stay with Kihyun instead of going to La Poupée store... I couldn't do that, and then I saw him. Jeon Jungkook. He was leaving the store. Then, I saw him again today, in the middle of my date with Kihyun. I ran after him but unfortunately lost him in the crowd. "

Agitated, he asked, " Why would you do that? "

" I don't know. " She truthfully replied. " Before I knew it, I was already running after the figure that looked just like you. "

His coffee-colored eyes locked on her figure as he watched her dragging her feet to get closer to him. Her face inches away from his, he could feel her breath on his lips. Her deep eyes searched in his the answer that his lips couldn't say. His eyes as mobile as his face, after a moment, instead of an icy hostility, she saw the warmth of a lover.

" In your future, we are more than nothing, aren't we? I can feel it. " Her eyes switched to his lips. " Tell me, who are you to me, in your future? "

His breath hitched while his eyes became cloudy, with no thoughts on his mind, except her. While her sweet lips moved to form her questions, her dark eyes were analyzing the expression on his face.
Suddenly, his mind taking over his desires, he backed away from Eunae and cursed in his mind.

How could he have lost himself in her, like that? Whether it was her 24 or 17 years old self, she always managed to have some effect on him.

While Eunae stared at him with a confused and pained expression, the young man was still gathering his thoughts. When he met again with this so familiar pair of eyes, the realization hit him.

" You are not interested in him, are you? That boy, Jeon Jungkook. "

Flustered at his question, the girl looked away.

She couldn't, could she? How could she be interested in a boy she only met twice? That's because she wasn't, not yet. Since the one who gained her true attention was the man before her.

Realizing his mistake, Jungkook clicked his tongue in annoyance, upset that he had dragged her once again in his mess. How could he have failed when he didn't have much time left?

Looking at the device that helped him travel through time, he sadly smiled. " Fine, I will tell you the truth. " And added in a whisper, " It's not like you will remember, anyway. "

Looking at him expectingly, the young girl waited for all her questions to be answered.

" It's true. You and I are not just strangers. We were lovers. " He took a deep breath as he was recalling memories. " We met for the first time at La Poupée store when I was looking for a present to give for a friend, and you appeared. By mistake, we both grabbed the same item, and somehow we kept bumping into each other, and we both started falling in love. "

Relieved that her theory was correct, she uttered, " Then, we are- "

" But that was before. " He interrupted. " We broke up half a year ago. "

Confused, the girl asked him why, and his simple answer was, " Because we regretted it. We were never meant to be together. "

" So, the reasons why you told me to get close to Kihyun and kept me from me meeting your past self is because you regret meeting me? "

The young man nodded, " I deeply regret spending eight years of my life with you. They only ended up bringing sorrow. "

Watching her troubled and hurt expression, bought guilt to Jungkook. But there was no alternative, except this one. He couldn't possibly admit to her, that if she were to stay and meet his past self, she would only end up assisting to his downfall. He could not hurt her more than he had already done.

Ready to tap on the screen of his watch to go back in time to fix his mistake, her voice broke out.

" Have I done something to you? "

Surprised he turned his head back to her, " What? "

" Have I done something to you? " She repeated. " Did my future self hurt you? "

" What? Of course not! " He blurted out without thinking.

" Then..." She started. " Then, were we happy in those eight years? Did I love you as much you loved me? Was I able to make you happy in those eight years? "

Astounded, the raven-haired man didn't know how to replay.

Seeing his expression, her shoulder dropped and sighed, " As expected, that's why you- "

" You have! " He quickly spoke. " You made me the happiest man for eight long years... I was the one who couldn't repay your kindness and love and made you leave. It's my fault you went through so much...And I again made another mistake. "

He tapped on the screen of his watch and disappeared before the girl as if he had just been an illusion.

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