The Real You 2 || Jung Sungchan

Chapter 15

Sungchan:

It was 7am and I had practice with all of the NCT units, meaning that Haechan is going to be here today. I've been preparing for a long time and practicing what I should say to him, but I might just wing it in the end. Maybe I'll crack under pressure, but I know what I should say and I'll make sure I say them before it's too late. Shotaro and I left the dorm together and we shared headphones and listened to music on his phone on our way to the SM building. Once we got there, we went inside of the practice room and NCT Dream was already there. Shotaro and I said hi to all of them and then I remembered that we're an hour early for practice and I should tell Shotaro about everything. I pull him aside and we sit down on the sofa.

"You know my girlfriend, Miyoung, right?" I ask and he nods.

"Are you two okay? Are you going to break up?" He asks and I shake my head.

"I really never ever want to break up with her and I don't plan on it any time soon. But basically, Haechan and Miyoung have been hanging out behind my back and I just... find it suspicious, you know?" I explain and Shotaro nods along.

"Have you talked to him about it?" He asks and I sigh and shake my head.

"Why not? How long has this been going on?" He asks.

"A couple of months. Since 90s Love promotions. I never knew what was the right thing to do, so I waited until now and it only got worse. Miyoung stopped contacting me and I can barely reach her these days. I know I shouldn't be worrying about her or even dating in the first place, but you know..." I trail off and Shotaro smiles.

"You love her." Shotaro says and I nod.

"I really do." I respond.

"You should talk to Haechan today. I don't know much about him but I don't think he would steal someone else's girlfriend. And I think Miyoung loves you too." Shotaro says and I nod along. I really believe that she loves me even though she's too afraid to say it. Everyone knows how in love I am with her and I want to tell her everything, but I'm still suspicious. I don't doubt my girlfriend, but I'm really doubting Haechan right now.

A couple of minutes go by and we start practicing. I don't have a permanent unit in NCT yet so the choreographer wanted me to learn and dance to all of NCT 127's choreographies, same with Shotaro. I doubt we're going to be put in NCT 127 though but it's still a possibility. We practiced some old choreography and took a break once we were in the middle of our songs. Haechan left the room immediately and I just tried not to pay that much attention to him. During our break, I couldn't stop thinking about Haechan and Miyoung. She still hasn't been answering my texts or calls and I'm starting to get nervous because our practice is over soon which means I'm confronting Haechan soon. I just shook it off and went back to practice when everyone else did.

Hours pass and we were finally done with practice. It was past midnight and I grabbed all of my things and went over to Haechan.

"Hyung, could we talk?" I ask and he nods, we leave the room and I take a look at Jungwoo, who's nodding his head at me. Haechan and I go to a separate room and sit down in the middle, awkward silence filling the empty room. I cleared my throat and got ready to speak to him.

"What's going on between you and Miyoung?" I ask and he looks at me with a confused look.

"What do you mean? There's nothing going on between us." He responds and I sigh. What's the point in lying right now? Can't he admit to his mistakes?

"Then why do you keep calling her, texting her, asking her on dates, and even making love locks with her? Did you think I wasn't going to find out somehow? After you two started going out, she stopped talking to me and I can barely reach her these days. I know her way better than you do and I know that she wouldn't do this if there wasn't a good reason. So why? Why did it have to be Miyoung? Why are you going out with my girlfriend more than me?" I ask and Haechan looks at me with a blank face. Then he smiles, placing a hand on my leg.

"Do you want me to be honest?" He asks and smiles and I nod.

"I fell in love with her." Haechan confesses and I immediately look up and widen my eyes.

"What?" I ask and almost yell, Haechan looks away and sighs.

"That's why I did all of that. Because I fell in love with Miyoung." He continues. No... this can't be.

"I guess I'll confess to something else too. I changed Miyoung's contact on your phone to a random number and I deleted your phone number from her phone. That's why it seemed like you two weren't talking to each other. I did that because I needed a reason to drag you two apart. So yeah, I like your girlfriend. And to be honest with you, Sungchan." Haechan looks back at me and smirks.

"She said she doesn't love you anymore." He says and my heart breaks.

"What? Are you serious?" I ask.

"Sungchan, I admitted to doing all of those things truthfully. And believe me when she said that. I'm sorry for ruining your relationship, but... yeah.." Haechan says and pats my leg again, getting up and leaving.

"She's a great girl, I'm glad you found her." He says before closing the door.

I couldn't feel anything. My heart was shattered and I didn't want to believe anything that he just said. He's right, if he was able to admit to his mistakes then I should believe what he said Miyoung told him. I don't want to believe it, but something inside of me was telling me that it's the truth. I had no choice but to suck it up and not show it to my fans or to my members. I went back to the practice room to grab my stuff and went back to the dorm with Shotaro. He was asking me how it went and I told him that it was fine and that I'll talk to Miyoung too. Once we got home, I did my nighttime routine and prepared to send Miyoung one last text.

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