He's My Juliet (Golden Child Jibeom X Reader) [COMPLETED]

Ch. 23: Sunset Beach

A deep sigh escapes me.

One week. That's how long it had been since Jibeom had... gone.

But even if it hadn't been that long, it still seems as if...

Everything and everyone... are moving on too quickly.

And I'm the only one being left behind.

Am I the only one left holding on to everything that had already disappeared?

I bite my lip as I look infront of me. The setting sun had already touched the sea, spreading a bluish orange across the sky. And the wind blows, playing with my hair.

I would have felt so relaxed.

But it isn't the same without him.

We had promised each other to come back here once everything is settled, but...

Where...

I gulp back a sob as I wipe my tear away, my other hand grasping my coat tightly over my chest.

I shouldn't be getting mad at him.

But I know I shouldn't be blaming myself either. But why?

Is this why I'm lagging behind everyone else?

I sigh again, then I tuck a strand of my hair behind my ear after wiping another tear away.

Ugh. This sucks.

I then look towards the sea, breathing in and out repeatedly so I wouldn't end up crying out in public again.

It had already happened so many times, I had to let Jisu take care of the company for me in the meantime.

I guess I really had become messed up.

Suddenly, I hear light footsteps coming close from behind me. And my eyes widen in response before I quickly discreetly wipe my tears away to hide that I had been crying.

I hadn't expected anyone else to be here besides me. It's quite a remote place, that's why Jibeom and I chose this place to meet up after all that paparazzi dating craze.

I was finishing wiping my eyes, ready to face the stranger with a smile to avoid an awkward atmosphere when, suddenly... something bizzare happened.

"'Romeo and Juliet might have come from rival families, fell in love, and met tragedy in the end; but I promise you, our ending will be different'."

Those words. That voice.

Suddenly, I freeze upon hearing it. But my mind continues working as a memory plays.

"How are you? Are you still troubled? They say, if you're troubled about something, it is best to share it with someone you trust."

Pen gliding on purple paper and jotting down in black ink, I continued to write, trying my best to let Jibeom know just how I really feel about him in this letter.

"I meant it when I said I would fight for us. I plan a happy ending for us to happen, no matter how hard it could get for me.

"I love you, you know? And I wanna show you that. In every way possible, so you could see just how much I really do.

"And I want you to be happy, too. Everytime I see you upset, it hurts me, too.

"I want our story to be better than Romeo and Juliet. I want us to fall in love, live, and have an ending SO much better.

"That's why I wanna be your Romeo, to be the one to help you, and to come save you and actually succeed. Even when it means my banishment.

"So, silly as it may seem...

A tear escapes my eye as I finally gain my ability to move and I turn around, to the man behind me, holding a purple letter in his hands.

"'Will you be my Juliet, instead?"

He looks up from the paper towards me, and as he meets my eyes, it's as if it was only at that moment that I was finally able to recognize him.

It can't be.

How...

My hands make their way up, covering my mouth as more tears flow down my face. "J-Jibeom?"

Jibeom smiles weakly at me, then he lowers his hands which were still holding the letter, the very one I had sneaked into his property again for and slipped under his bedroom door from his balcony.

I choke back a sob as he approaches me, and I shake my head.

Is this... is this real?

"Y/N," he speaks, and I'm suddenly washed over with emotions as I hear that voice uttering my name.

How is this even happening?

Am I going crazy?

Am I...

"H-how?" I ask finally, dropping my hands and looking at him with a questioning gaze. "The witnesses said the car exploded! You were still inside! A-am I actually going crazy? Is this what had become of me after all that time of grieving? Am I finally..."

"Y/N, look at me." I quickly do that, and I notice his eyes shining with tears as well as he looks at me. "I survived the crash. I got out before it exploded. You're not going crazy. This is all real." Then, slowly, he raises his arms, looking  at me expectantly. "I'm... real..."

I look at him, still shocked and still unable to comprehend. And my hands slowly make their way up to mh mouth again. But before anything else, my feet, as if with a life of their own, start moving towards him.

Jibeom slowly drops his arms, watching me, and as I get nearer, I start hoping with all my heart...

This has to be real.

All of this...

I heard the waves. I felt the wind. There's no way this isn't real. Because if it isn't...

Finally, I stand infront of Jibeom, and he smiles at me again as I look up at him. Then slowly, I raise my hands to touch his face. Gently, as if he were glass and the slightest touch could cause him to break and disappear again.

My hands touch his skin, and I flinch for a second, before I meet his eyes again. I feel him, rubbing mg thumb against his cheek and trying to convince myself that it's all real. That everything is real. That he's alive and... "Real." I pause, then a relieved smile forms on my face as I start tearing up again. "Jibeom... you're alive."

He smiles wider this time, and in the next second, I place my arms around him, hugging him tight as he hugs me as well. "I missed you so much," he tells me.

"I missed you, too," I tell him, and as I start sobbing again, I bury my face in his shoulder. "I missed you so, so much."

"I'm sorry," he then tells me, his voice gentle. "I should have showed myself to you from the very first day. I just... I didn't want to..."

He tries to continue, but I shake my head against his shoulder before I pull away and place my hands on his cheeks. "That doesn't matter anymore. You're alive! I-I really thought you were gone!"

In response, Jibeom places his hands on mine, looking at me lovingly. "I did that to throw everyone off of us for a while and... I..." he looks away for a second, then he looks back at me with a slightly shy smile. "Y/N... let's get married."

Immediately, my eyes widen in surprise. "W-what?"

"I want us to get married so when I come back out into the world showing that I am indeed alive, no one can come between us now that we're bonded by marriage," he explains. "And... you are the one I want to marry. I'm sure of it. So..."

He slowly pulls my hands away from himself, then he kneels down on one knee, producing a small velvet box and opening it to reveal a diamond ring. "Choi Y/N, will you please join my hand in marriage, and do me the honor of becoming my wife?"

I look at him with my eyes still wide in shock, then I look towards the ring in his hands. A smile forms on my face, then I look back at him as my smile becomes even brighter.

"Yes."