False Impressions I Book 1: Lee Heeseung

Chapter 24: Collide

Time slowed once more. Only to hit her hard and beaten to a very extreme way. Another deja vu. Aerin's mind was quick to collect the memories back, leaving her excessively baffled to what she had discovered.

"Enhypen?! Are you kidding me?!"

"Oh sweetie, why are you looking so disturbed? That's what it says in here." Maddie was surprised by her sudden outburst. "And---Oh lala, what do we have here?" Maddie hums her words like being mystified after glancing back to her screen.

Looking at Maddie's monitor, Aerin continuously swallowed the nerves down. It's confirmed, Enhypen is coming to LA, in a day of the final match and a concert after that. And she's going to the present in the two said events. How on earth she's in luck or doomed to fail she can't point out anymore.

"Oh, I get it. No wonder why you looked so fazed, Aerin. These seven men are undeniably gorgeous. My goodness, they're more attractive than own husband especially this one with orange hair! Do you in any way know their names? I'm already a fan! Silly me!" Maddie couldn't hide the eagerness.

"N-No. Y-Yeah. I mean, I worked with them before." she controlled the stutter by not blinking.

How the hell could Lee Heeseung changed his hair color and looks more hotter in it? She can't deny, he looks marvelous and more-- buff? Looking at those strong, muscular body form, even on screen, it appears like he's been hitting the gym working those brawns out.

"You worked with them? Honey, clearly, I can't let you ditch this one out. I'm confirming you now."

"No! Maddie, I--" she halts after realizing she got no reason to disagree.

"I suggest you go rest now, dear. I'll be sending your questionnaire ASAP. See you tomorrow night. Oh God, I can't believe we are cramped with two succeeding events but who cares, I'll be seeing good looking Korean men!" Maddie chuckled with her own jest.

Reaching her home, Aerin was glazed with confusion, like a fog, and her brain spends more time processing the lack of clarity. Fast enough, she reached for a bottle of hard booze that's been there in her fridge for ages. The urge to drink it is so tempting and guiltlessly, she took it down and was surprised to feel the steadiness back.

By tomorrow night, and another night after that, her sane head will again tremble by a force only Lee Heeseung have the power to give. She will again meet him, her biggest heartache she can't even deny. Thinking about it happening beforehand, Aerin's deep rooted questions suddenly arise.

He promised to go home, but didn't make it. Because he couldn't make it. Lee Heeseung is a performer, who loves only two things:  the stage and his fans. And she? For a person who tried to ruin his name, she don't come any closer than that. 

Aerin took another swallow, literally aching her throat for the prickling heat the alcohol creates. Her body is telling her take a nap now, forget tomorrow and deal with it in the morning but her strong head is shouting to grab another drink.

Even though the dawn is still some time away, facing the next day, with tough emotions at hand, surely, it will cease her away.

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"What the--? I've been looking everywhere for you, Aerin. You need to come out now. The ceremonial first pitch is about to start!" David said upon finding her, still slinking inside the waiting room.

Being scared is a tough, tough emotion and she never been that scared all her life. Watching in the waiting area's monitor, Aerin found herself dumb, in the sense that her words have stopped flowing - stopped, because what she had saw left her instantly awe-struck. Lee Heeseung looked so divine with the Dodgers' jersey and he's just outside, waiting to take that first pitch.