Fake 2 ||heehoon||

Chapter-21

"Miyen."

They stayed at their position, staring at each other. None of them dared to move a muscle.The wind blew around them, the leaves from the ground moved in one direction but their eyes are only fixed on each other.

Miyen clutched the strap of her bag and gave him a smile, "Hey."

Soon, the two of found themselves seated in a cafe table. The smell of the coffee makes the mood around them more calming than ever.
Both of them were sitting on opposite sides, but their eyes were fixed on the cup of coffee in the table, staring at their own reflection.

Miyen took a deep breath, finally facing Eunseok. "Eunseok ah."

The latter looked up to her immediately, as if he's been wanting to talk to her for a long time now.

"I think it's about time we end things peacefully."

Eunseok blinked, looking away from her, "Oh.Y-yeah, maybe we should." He replied, scratching the back of his neck.

"Eunseok ah."

"Y-yeah! We should...really..."

"I'm sorry."

This made him look back to her eyes again, "W-what?"

She let out a deep breath from her nose and lowered her head, "It must have been so hard for you, isn't it?"

"Miyen..."

"But you know..." She muttered, clutching her skirt, "I really did love you."

Eunseok felt frozen, he didn't exactly know what he should do. "W-why are you saying this all of a sudden?"

She sighed, "I just think that you need to know this." She told him, looking up to meet with his eyes again. "I did not play with your feelings, I...I truly loved you."

He blinked, trying to process his thoughts. He looked straight into her eyes, "Miyen." He said in a low voice, "Is it really impossible?"

"W-what do you mean?"

"The two of us, can't it happen again?"

Miyen looked down to her coffee and stared at her reflection. "Eunseok, I'm engaged."

"Even I was engaged to someone, but it was cancelled. You...I know you can still withdraw from your engagement." He told her, particularly in a pleading tone.

She shut her eyes and inhaled the sweet aroma of the coffee around them. A small smile formed in her lips, "You know what, I'm really glad I ran into you today."

"What do you mean?"

She opened her eyes, once again meeting with the eyes of the latter, "Because I'll be sure to leave with no regrets."

The latter's eyes widened, "Y-you're leaving?"

She gave him a smile and looked through the glass window beside them, watching the people walk outside. "Eunseok ah, even before I met you and Heeseung, I was already betrothed to someone."

"W-what?"

"If I'm being honest, I want to. I'd take the chance for us to start over again. But...I have a fiancé waiting for me in Paris."

"Then why can't you just tell your parents to cancel the engagement?"

She shook her head, "That's impossible. Before I moved to Korea, I lived in Paris. In that place, I had this one childhood friend that my parents introduced me to. I was a kid back then, but I knew what was going to happen eventually. I knew their plans, because I never get to decide for my own life."