Attention || Seulrene | Ongoing

Best Version of You

They were both teeming with excitement as they made their way through the gallery. Seulgi was overwhelmed with what she saw especially she didn't really think she'd be here. Never would have she imagined herself standing inside the exhibit with Irene on its last day so it was both overwhelming and exciting.

She heard a small squeak so she stole a glance at the older and saw her with the same twinkle in her eyes as she gazed upon the map of the exhibit slash gallery. Upon seeing the childish shine in her eyes, Seulgi was sure she'd lay everything she has just to witness this Irene infront of her everyday.

Every. Single. Fucking. Day.

With overwhelming feelings, Seulgi would squeeze Irene's hand with every chance she'd get just to show her gratitude and it'll be exchanged with a beam and more stars in the older's eyes.

And as they traversed the exhibit, she realizes that maybe every pain she endured was for this moment.

Every tear, every ache of the heart, every yearning of her soul- those were miniscule compared to how she feels right now.

Irene is worth the pain and so so much more that... if there's a next life for the both of them, Seulgi will gladly go through all of those shit again just to make Irene beam this brightly. To feel this kind of feeling again. To have Irene in her arms again.

Because Irene is so fucking beautiful when she looks so happy. The goddess like features were morphed into something softer and more mellow, her name fitting this version of her. Because with the inhibitions gone, Irene looks like a goddess of peace walking down a desolate place so that it can give hope and life and everything nice.

It was so far from the Bae Irene that their college knows of. There was still a trace of the old Irene but this beside her was Joohyun and Irene. Both mellow and soft and slightly jagged when she intimidated a man who blocked her view from a painting of a sunflower.

Irene Bae Joohyun.

Seulgi tasted the name in her lips and she smiled when it sent flutters in her stomach.

Irene Bae Joohyun was the best of both worlds and she fell in love with the two contrasting personalities of Irene Bae. She thought that she only liked the girl because she saw a different side of her inside that empty classroom. She made herself believe that Irene was Joohyun and Joohyun was not Irene.

But she realized that she was wrong because even when she could no longer see the person she spent her afternoons with in silence back in high school nor the girl who offered her a purple umbrella, Seulgi still came to love the Irene in college despite her jagged edges and sharp tongue.

Upon standing infront of an artwork of two people kissing under an umbrella which was fitting with its title "soulmate", Seulgi pondered on what was Irene in her life. Because Seulgi once claimed that Eunae was her soulmate and she still believes that. She believes that Jo Eun Ae knows her like the back of her hand and is attuned to her feelings that she can easily pinpoint what Seulgi was feeling. And it's amazing to have that kind of person in someone's life.

But Irene... what she have with Irene...

It's something greater. Something more beautiful and scary at the same time. Maybe it's like what Tris from Divergent felt like before jumping off that hole after she chose the Dauntless faction.

It's overwhelming and scary and she wasn't sure what will greet her at the bottom. Yet despite the fear, Tris and Seulgi chose to be both brave even with their scared hearts. When they thought the darkness and fear wouldn't end, they both felt something catch them at the bottom which made their hearts leap to their throat.