WITH AND WITHOUT YOU. heeseung ✓

SEVEN

　

THE lights inside their house was open, indicating that Heeseung might have gone home for the night while Eunseo stood in front of the porch, eyes, nose and cheeks red from the crying session she just had.
   
She took a deep breath, closing her eyes momentarily before grabbing the door knob and turning it open.
   
As she headed in, memories started to resurface in Eunseo’s mind.
   
The very first time they went in inside their newly bought house for their future family and the late night talks in the living space about their worries.
   
Eunseo gulped. They even barely talk anymore.
   
The more she went in, the more her head was filled with memories of her and Heeseung from their house.
   
A bitter smile coated her lips, knowing full well the dull ending of her story with the man who once took her out of the freezing depths of her verdict in love. Unfortunately so, was also the same reason of the heartache that made her feel tears brimming in her eyes the more she walked forward.
   
“Give yourself a few days Eunseo. If you really want for this to stop, to free both yourself and Heeseung, give yourself a few days to think about it and decide. No matter what happens, I'll always be here for you as your friend.”
   
Yujin’s voice rang inside her head once more. After their conversation and the light that the ravenette managed to break for her, Eunseo was more deliberate with her thoughts, trying her best to sort through it despite the ringing of her head and the ache that bloomed in her chest.
   
Never did she thought that finally speaking on the matter that weighed on her shoulders heavily for the last months would make her feel wary.
   
Though, she wasn't very familiar with a lot of things until this wretched part of their love story came.
   
Hanging her coat by the rack near the entrance door, Eunseo took her shoes off. A tired sigh escaped her lips as she massaged her temples to ease down the forming headache. She went to the kitchen first, gotten herself refreshed with a glass of water before deciding to pamper herself for the night. God knows how long it has been since she took good care of herself properly.
   
Just as Eunseo thought of leaving the kitchen, her fiance walked into the same space as her, making her breath hitch in her throat as she observed Heeseung dressed in an almost formal set of clothing.
   
Gulping, Eunseo asked. “Are you heading somewhere?”
   
Heeseung nodded without meeting her eyes. He took a bottle of cold water from the fridge, gulping it down before discarding the bottle in the trash nearby.
   
“Yeah, I'm going out for some drinks with my friends,” He simply replied with the same, distant tone he used on her.
   
Eunseo debated whether or not to ask if she could come. She just wanted to see if he really was gonna go with his friends as he claimed because apparently, the last time he mentioned doing something out with his friends, they weren't even notified nor did they go with him.
   
She didn't know if the talk with Yujin boosted her confidence a bit but her friend was right. She should give herself a chance to think, but she couldn't exactly do that unless she really knows the reason why her supposed fiancee acted differently. It was a late change in her part, but she just wanted to prove that Heeseung wasn't anywhere near cheating on her because he knew very well that it would be her limit.
   
She was hoping that he wouldn't turn out to be the same lying, two-faced, cheating prick like her Father was.
   
“Can I come?”
   
“No.”
   
Eunseo already expected the same response from him, but she decided that she couldn't let him dictate her decisions anymore. Again, another late change in her that she wanted to berate herself over for.
   
Nodding, Eunseo remained seated in one of the kitchen stools as she watched Heeseung adjust the cufflinks of his black dress shirt before he finally left without another word to her.
   
She waited for a few moments for his car to leave through the kitchen window. When she deduced it was alright for her to finally follow after him, she left and locked the house before climbing in her own car and revving the engine before her vehicle drove through the streets.