FOREVER AND BEYOND

Only Truth

"Jinjin hyung will bring his girlfriend!", Sanha exclaimed, as soon as I entered the restaurant.

" Whattttt?" I am genuinely surprised.

We knew he was dating. It's kind of an open secret. Like, he didn't say anything. But we all somehow know.

" Yes yes! Eunwoo hyung was teasing him, to let us meet his girlfriend. So, Jinjin hyung just said, he will bring her"

" Hyung said, I know her. I can't even think of anyone that hyung and I both know", Eunwoo raised his head, from his phone, to tell me.

" This is crazy. Is his girlfriend pregnant or something? Is this why, he is being open? MJ hyung, you know his girlfriend too, right?", Sanha asked.

" What? Even MJ hyung knows her?" I asked.

" No. no. Ya! I just...", MJ hyung started saying, but couldn't finish. He started laughing.

" What what?", we asked, getting more confused.

He somehow stopped laughing and said, " I just happen to catch them in a very awkward situation", he started laughing again, " They were... they were... ki.."

" Hyuuuuunnnnngggggggg", we heard. Jinjin hyung almost yelled.

MJ hyung started laughing again, " He will... he will kill me"

Jinjin hyung sighed, as we got into chaos trying to make MJ hyung say, what they were doing.

" Should we just leave?" Jinjin hyung raised his voice.

Everyone looked at him, still laughing, while settling down.

Jinjin hyung took a deep breathe.

" Meet Charlene ", Hyung said.

I stopped breathing for a while, as I heard hyung. I don't know why, every sound stopped, as I saw her walking inside, standing beside hyung.

She was smiling. She looked at all of us, in turn. Her eyes sparkled, as she looked at me. Am I mistaken? She nodded slightly in acknowledgement. The nod was so small, that I felt like, only I saw it. Then she bowed.

" Hello. I am Charlene. Nice to meet you "

" Hello", I heard everyone say. I looked around and realized, they were standing.

I immediately stood up.

" Hello. I am Moonbin ", I said, standing in a hurry.

She smiled, " We did a CF together, remember? And hey, we...."

" CHARLENE!!! YAAA!", Eunwoo almost yelled.

" Oppa! Hello", she said, averting her eyes.

" YAAAAA!!!! We are meeting almost everyday for the drama! And you! Yaaaaa! How can you not tell me?", Eunwoo half yelled again.

She bowed, "Sorry sorry. I didn't know what to tell you or how. It felt weird"

" Noooo, Yaaa..."

" Yes, yes. Fight it out in your own time. Charlene was saying, she is hungry. And I have a schedule later ", Jinjin hyung interrupted Eunwoo.

All while, I kept looking at Charlene. She looked as beautiful as I remember her. She was the same, only happier, more smiley. She is in love with Hyung already. Her face is too obvious. The way she is looking at hyung, says it all.

I looked away. Why do I feel like this? My hands are shaking. I looked around. No one noticed. I am glad. I feel suffocated. Like someone threw me off the cliff, like someone was squeezing my heart too hard. I-