━ 𝘁𝘅𝘁 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀

if only

tw:: swearing, mentions of death, feel free to skip if you're uncomfortable

"I fucking hate you. Don't show up in front of me ever again." Taehyun's voice was cold and hostile, though the tears in his eyes gave away what he really felt. Without waiting for Y/N's response, he walked past her, his nails digging into the flesh of his palm. As he walked past her, he willed himself not to take a last glance at her, fixing his eyes ahead.

After Y/N was sure Taehyun was gone, she allowed her legs to buckle beneath her, hugging her knees to her chest. She had never wanted it to go this way, but she had believed it was the best way to get him to leave her without looking back.

It was better than letting him see her suffer.

10 minutes ago

"Taehyun, I have something to tell you," Y/N said as soon as Taehyun got back from work.

"What is it? Should we talk about it over dinner after I've had my bath?" Taehyun asked, removing his watch with one hand.

"No, I want to tell you now," Y/N insisted, and Taehyun looked up, waiting for her to continue. If she couldn't wait to tell him, it had to be something important.

"I'm seeing someone else."

The moment Y/N's words entered Taehyun's ears, he froze as his brows furrowed in confusion. "What...do you mean?" he asked, trying to comprehend what she was saying.

"What I mean is that...I love someone else, we should break up," Y/N said, her expression unreadable. No matter how much her heart was breaking on the inside, she had decided to go with this plan, she couldn't regret it now.

"You're cheating on me?" Taehyun asked, the idea of Y/N cheating on him being bizarre. The day before, they had just been on one of their dinner dates and it didn't seem as if anything was wrong. Y/N was smiling and laughing like she always did, so what could have gone wrong?

"Y/N, this is a prank right?" Taehyun looked at the woman he loved with all his heart, willing her to say that it was all a prank, and that everything would go back to normal once she cracked a smile. But her face remained stoic, not a sliver of a smile seen.

"Yes, I'm cheating on you, why can't you accept that?" Y/N answered, watching Taehyun's expression harden as her words sank in.

"Why can't I accept that? How do you expect me to accept that after all that we've been through? You mean all these years meant nothing to you? What went wrong?" Taehyun's voice trembled a little at the last question, fighting back the urge to tear.

"I wasn't satisfied with our relationship, I was just pretending that I was happy so that you'd be happy too," Y/N replied, trying to keep her voice cold like what she planned, but she could feel her heart shattering when she saw the hurt reflected in Taehyun's eyes. He didn't deserve any of this.

"All this while you've been pretending to be happy? Have you ever loved me?" Taehyun asked, his questions coming one after another. He was still trying to deny the fact that Y/N cheated on him, that the smiles and laughter he had witnessed was all fake, that it was all an act to make him happy at the expense of her feelings. How could he have not noticed it all this while?

Just then, he noticed a dark-purplish mark near her collarbone and his eyes darkened. The guy she was cheating with on him must have given her that. Y/N knew he was looking at the mark she had drawn on earlier with makeup and pretended not to notice. He must be heartbroken now, she thought, feeling her nose sting as she felt tears forming. No, you can't cry until you've finished your act, Y/N blinked furiously when Taehyun wasn't looking and the tears were gone just as fast as they formed.