DO YOU REMEMBER ME (CHAELISA) COMPLETED

Chapter 4

Liam's POV

I didn’t sleep at all that night. I was excited yet broken about being friends with Chaeyoung again. Happy to have her close, to know I could keep her safe, but hurt that she didn’t remember anything. I wanted to be more than friends with Chaeyoung again, but I was treading on thin ice here. I needed to regain her trust. Now, following her home and almost killing Jisoo was a bit over the top, but I needed Jisoo to know I was serious about what I was doing. Chaeyoung was mine.

I watched her come into sight, look around from the tree to the pavilion to the lake, catch me and head my way, my heart pounding inside. I hoped she’d remember my name so that I could hear it from her angelic lips once more, but I didn’t want to tell her anything yet.

You see, I had a plan.

“Hey… you.” She greeted me. She still didn’t know my name.

“Hi Chaeyoung .”

She took a seat next to me on the bench overlooking the little pond in the middle of the park. We watched the ducks swim and a little girl run around trying to catch a rabbit. Chaeyoung laid her head against my shoulder, completely oblivious to my heart racing inside, trying to reach her.

“I had another dream last night.”

“Tell me.” I said coldly, trying to hide the pain in my voice. This was like trying to be friends with an ex you want to be with again but you know you can’t.

She shrugged, “I was in that damn room again, chained up. It was all dark and then this man came in and…” She buried her face in my shoulder, sobbing. I wrapped my arms around her, rubbing her back in what I hoped was a comforting manner. It felt amazing to have her in my arms, but to see her cry was heartbreaking, just like it always was.

“Please tell me that was just a dream… not an actual memory…”

I bit my lip, “I honestly don’t know on that one. I wasn’t there.”

She cried for another few minutes before sitting up again and we watched the sun rise together. The sun was my enemy, just another reminder that things change, good things never last, and I couldn’t do anything about it.

A memory resurfaced.

I was running through the woods. The sun was about to set, but it was my only light. I quickened my pace, tripping over tree roots while the vines sliced through my soft, weak flesh like butter. I kept running. I wanted, no I needed to get out of that horrible place. As quickly as possible. I was finally free, I couldn’t give that up.

The time came where I couldn’t run anymore and I collapsed on a fallen tree trunk. I took a few deep breaths. My vision was getting blurry again, my head pounding. I looked up for a moment, the final sun rays reaching me through the trees. I was close to escaping! I used the last of my strength to stand and run. As fast as I possibly could. The sun slipped under the horizon, hiding the fall from my sight. I reached the clearing only to stumble down a cliff.

It seemed like forever I was tumbling, being slammed against boulders and cut even further by the vines growing between the rocks. A few of my fingers, my left arm and my right ankle all sprained from hitting the rocks so much. By the time I reached the bottom, right into more woods, I was unconscious, bloody, broken… dying.

I was kept alive by the hope of seeing Chaeyoung again. When I was in pain, I’d dream of being in her arms with her soothing words in my ears. I’d dream of kissing her and seeing her smile or just lying there beside her, getting lost in her beautiful green eyes.

Now I had her and I couldn’t kiss her or love her properly. All I could do was hold her, but that was enough to keep me sane… right?

“If you refuse to tell me your name, what do I call you?” She looked up at me, her eyes bloodshot and dry.