BOOK 1: The Heir Series; Choi Seungcheol

46: REVERIE

{Actually listening to Hiphop unit's Trauma ON LOOP helped me a lot through this chapter. OH GOSH. I WAS A CRYING WRECK! Hewwwlp~}

"Do you know why I chose you?"

Her heart beet fast as she looked straight on Seungcheol's eyes. She's not saying anything, but deep inside her, she wants to know his reason. Why Choi Seungcheol did chose her instead of those ladies around her, after everything.

"It's because you're different." He whispered. "You're not like anybody else . . . From the first day I saw you, I knew you're different . . . Everytime you look at me, I feel like you can see right through me. You can see the real me, the boy without the fame, the money, and the name. I couldn't hide from you. I chose you because with you, I don't have to pretend someone else I'm not."

She reaches for Seungcheol's cheeks, but he suddenly moved away from her. "Cheol?" She looked at him questioningly as he walks away. With every backward step he makes, it's like her steps chasing and reaching after him.

"Cheol, stop running away." She said helplessly. She kept on getting close but she still can't touch him. He was getting farther until she couldn't see his face anymore. But she could feel him there, in the darkness – watching her.

But never coming near.

"Seungcheol?" She called again as she blindly searched for him. It's too dark. She can't touch anything but only feeling the thin air. "W-where are you?" She asked, on the verge of crying. She's scared. She can't see anything but pure darkness. She's scared to move because she might fall somewhere. Her legs are losing their strengths.

"Dominique . . ."

She turned to where the voice came from. Somehow, she felt relieved that Seungcheol was still there, close to her. Yet she still can't see him. The echo of her footsteps filled the darkness as she hesitantly walked nowhere, looking for Seungcheol in the shadow of blackness. She just followed where the voice came from. But she stopped when she heard Seungcheol spoke again.

"I'm sorry . . ."

Her heartbeat raised more and she felt cold. "W-why are you saying s-sorry? C-choi Seungcheol w-where are you?!"

"Stop looking for me, Taerin Dominique. Forget about me, because I'm not going back to you"

"Choi Seungcheol! What are you saying?!" She shouted at the darkness. She felt that tae spaces around her started to get smaller and smaller. She's going out of breathe. "Cheol, please! D-don't leave me here!"

She suddenly heard footsteps. Slowly, Seungcheol revealed himself from where he was hiding, but he didn't come near her. He's just right in front of her without her knowing.