stars ᝰ 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗷𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗴

3:01 am

jay took her worries away from her unconsciously. all chae-rin could think about when they were together was him. his bright smile, his warm eyes.

she thought about him every second during the day, but the minute that she stared up at the glow-in-the-dark stickers kang-hi had put up in her room, all her sorrows flooded into her brain.

"you looked happy with him today,"

"i was,"

silence took over for a couple seconds. the kang-hi in her head pursed her lips. "pick one,"

"what?" chae-rin gulped.

"me or him. pick," her expression was stoic.

"are you serious?"

kang-hi walked up to her, cupping her chin, making chae-rin meet her stare. unlike her actions, her eyes were innocent, glistening with purity. oh, how chae-rin loved her eyes.

"pick me, chae-rin, my love," she said softly.

chae-rin was enchanted. kang-hi...

but jay. her jay.

chae-rin squeezed her eyes shut, swallowing thickly. "come on, my love. it's me. your precious kang-hi. don't you miss me?"

"i do, but-"

"you traitor. it's me, baek. kang. hi,"

"i can't leave jay. i can't do that to him. i promised-"

"yes you can. and then we can be together forever, like how we promised. don't you remember how happy we were? do you think park jongseong will stay with you forever? he'll leave, but i'll always be by your side. i always have,"

chae-rin looked down, averting eye contact. "no, jay won't leave. he's not like that. but when has kang-hi ever been wrong? why would he want to stay with me? there's tons of other girls out there, ones that are perfectly fine in the head. he's deserves better than me. someone smart, sensible, pretty. everything that i'm... not," chae-rin thought, tears pooling in her eyes."okay,"

kang-hi smiled and chae-rin couldn't think straight, "good job, babe,"

"will i get to see you again?"

kang-hi's embrace was comforting, to chae-rin.

but what she failed to see, was that she was in the arms of death.

"yes, my love. you know what you need to do,"