possibly lovers | jaerosé

prologue

synopsis
"two respected idols are paired up in a fashion campaign for the valentine's day collection just one month after the break up of their secret relationship that endured through the last eight seasons."

get in the mood, listen to:
real - lily kincade
question…? - taylor swift
what if i love you - gatlin 
pretty lips - WINEHOUSE
feels like - gracie adams
it takes two - fiji blue

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Even standing in front of her, Jaehyun avoids eye contact with the woman he's been dating for the past two years. His heart aches, like there's a chain of spikes holding on to it, squeezing it every time his organ pulsates as he breathes heavily.

Cutely, Rosé steps further, flexing her knees down so she can look up to him, leaning her head as she hums curiously. The apprehensive eyes of her boyfriend travels every corner of the room just to not meet hers when he whispers a painful and anxious "I can't do this looking at you".

Her insistent hands go to his face, holding it gently as her thumbs strokes his skin. Eyes locked on him, she finally succeeds in connecting to him, then Jaehyun goes: "There's some rumours about us, have you heard anything?"

Nodding, she replies: "It's something normal, babe, even before we started to date there were some of them."

"But now it's true", his words are sharp and dry, "It's different now that any of those rumours can turn into a scandal."

Roseanne loosen her fingers, sliding down through his arms until they stop barely touching his wrists, "Are you worried?", she asks in a whisper, but suffocates with what seems to be an endless silence, so she questions: "Do you want to break up?"

Shaking his head while crossing his arms, the next word causes deep relief to Rosé: "No", just to catch her off guard, "But I feel like we need to."

Uncrossing his arms with her own hands, Roseanne makes her way to his chest, placing her head peacefully on him and embracing his waist. Breathing deeply, she hears his heartbeat slowing down as he places his chin over her head.

Hesitant, Jaehyun limits his arms movements, not corresponding to the hug she's giving. Instead, he uses his hand to hold her shoulders and pushes her away slowly. 

With her hands insisting to touch his body, struggling to keep any physical contact, she tries to understand his decision: "Does your agency-" 

Feeling like a coward, he answers with almost no voice leaving his mouth: "They told me to avoid any contact with you for now on", but suddenly, as he hears himself, it sounds like a stupid excuse, then continues to bury his dignity: "My official debut as an actor is getting near, you have a new album to release too… Ugh why does it ever have to be so hard?"

Roseanne sees her arms falling in slow motion when she gives up on getting back to his arms once again. After two years fighting against many opposite opinions and interests, he's truly giving his back to her. Humiliatingly, she tries to grab the last straw: "How long will we have to ignore each other?"

"I'm not gonna give you hope." His watered eyes sincerely express his feelings, "You have the right to move on, Chaeyoung", he simply says, pretending the time it's going to fix the break of all the late night promises he made so far while laying on her bed.

Gulping her pain as the knot in the throat gets bigger, Rosé tries with all her strength to hold back the tears, but her last dry breath the words slip away: "So now we are breaking up?"

They had too much together. From the first sight, the accidental touch and the flowers blooming around him after the first talk, to this. The heartbreaking ending that she never expected to have with someone who she trusted, dedicated herself and loved with all her body and soul. It just feels foolish to look back now that Jung Jaehyun is in front of her, with watered eyes, nodding his head a silent "yes". Bursting into tears, Rosé turns her back to him, painfully letting the water stream down her face.

His heartbeat stops, being the responsible to cause this level of pain to the person he most cares about in the world hurts him more than expected. Looking down, Jaehyun glances at his own body and instantly looks up, avoiding to see himself. It's shameful for him to be the kind of person who can't protect the woman he cherishes. 

disclaimer: everything here is purely fictional!