Beyond The Kiss | JoongDunk

Prologue

"YOU FUCKING CHEATER!"

I grabbed the nearest book, hurling it across the room with all I might. It crashed into a window, shattering the glass with a sharp, jarring sound.

"HOW DARE YOU COME IN HERE AFTER KISSING ANOTHER MAN!"

I screamed, voice raw with pain and fury, each word cutting through the air like a knife. The man in front of me cried silently, avoiding my gaze, unwilling to believe he was the cause of my tears.

"Ho-how d-dare...y-you! W-wh-y?" I halted, as I tried to catch my breath. Feeling like there's a big stone stuck in my throat.

A voice in my head refused to believe my boyfriend had betrayed me, but the image of that kiss haunted me like a ghost, killing me slowly.

The room, once silent, now echoed with my heartbreaking cries.

"Dunk, l-let me e-explain, please," Khaotung's voice trembled as he took a hesitant step forward.

My eyes widened as I saw him approaching me. "FUCK YOU!" I shouted, my whole body shaking. I pushed Khaotung forcefully away, unable to bear his presence.

"You really had the fucking audacity to post it," i seethed, with bitter sarcasm.

The room grew heavy with silence as Khaotung stood there, unable to respond. Anger coursed through me like a raging river at his silence.

I scoffed in disbelief.

"YOU'RE PROUD OF BEING A FUCKING CHEATER, HUH?" I yelled, veins in my neck bulging as my voice echoed off the walls.

Khaotung shook his head, trying to approach me again. "N-no, please, let me e-explain."

I immediately slapped his hands away, refusing to listen to any of his excuses. "DON'T TOUCH ME!" I growled at him.

He was taken back to my range. Khaotung looked at me with his doe eyes, pleading for me to let him talk.
"D-Dunk..."

Those eyes....

Memories flashed through my mind like a projector on a big screen, memories of the days we loved each other.

I love you so much, Dunk.

If we graduated, I would marry you Dunk. I promise.

There’s not a single day that I don’t love you.

I could never betray you.

Those words used to make me smile but now, it disgust me. I never thought recalling them would hurt so much.

How can this man look at me while betraying me from my back? Why is it easy for him to throw all the things we had?

With a heavy heart, I mustered all my strength and approached Khaotung, looking into the eyes that had shattered my heart.

"I..."

I halted, feeling as if the air had been sucked from my lungs. Tears fell down my cheeks as I took a deep breath.

"I don't want to see or speak with you again," I declared.

His eyes widened in horror, as he shook his head repeatedly. It was as if he couldn’t bring himself to accept what I had just said.

"W-wait, Dunk.... Please!" His tears streamed down his cheeks as he immediately ran and hugged me from my waist, unable to believe everything.

"I love you Dunk. I-- I always... D-do" his voice cracked at the end, begging for me to stay as he hugged me tightly.