제이크. 𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝘆 ✔

chapter 10: under his tender embrace

first person pov.

it's been a week.

a week of pretending everything is fine, a week of telling myself that i'm okay without him. that i can live without the warmth of his messages, without his voice calling my name.

i’ve been holding onto the thought that maybe i should move on, that this is how it was always meant to be. he’s jake sim, after all.

not just jaeyun, the boy who made me laugh and held my hand when no one was watching, but jake, the idol. the star. the one every girl dreams of being close to.

and yet, he once chose me.

but the space he left behind feels too big to ignore. every night, i lie in bed and fight the urge to scroll through our old texts, to look at the pictures he sent me, to remind myself of what it felt like when he was mine, even if it was just for a little while.

every time i see his face on social media, or a clip of him performing, it’s like a punch to the gut.

he's out there, living the life of a star, surrounded by people who adore him, while i'm here, trying to forget that i ever had him for myself.

and then, out of nowhere, my phone buzzes with his name lighting up the screen.

my heart skips a beat, the world tilting beneath me. how can he just text me like this? how can he drop back into my life as if he didn’t pull away, as if i wasn’t trying so hard to let him go?

i stare at the message for what feels like forever, my fingers hovering over the keyboard. i tell myself to stay strong, to not let him pull me back in, but i can’t help it. i type a reply, knowing full well that every word is a step backward.

it’s a lie. i haven’t been fine. but what am i supposed to say? that i’ve missed him so much it physically hurts? that every time i close my eyes, i see his smile, the one that used to make me feel like i was the only girl in the world?