The Scandal | VSOO

twenty-seven | aftermath

Third Person POV

The headline hit her before the truth ever could.

Jisoo stared at her phone, her fingers frozen mid-scroll as the words burned into her vision.

TWICE Sana spotted kissing in BTS Taehyung's car. Late Night Affair in Barcelona— intimate photos spark cheating scandal.

Her chest tightened.

"No this can't be real..." Jisoo whispered. In denial of what she was seeing.

Her heart pounded as she zoomed in, too close, too clear. Sana's hand on his face. The way he leaned in. The angle... it didn't look accidental.

Jisoo locked her phone. Then unlocked it again. Then locked it.

As if the headline would disappear if she refused to believe it long enough.

But Jisoo knew... deep down she knew those photos were real.

She instantly recognized that car. She was just in that car less than a month ago. A fairytale trip in Paris with whom she thought was the love of her life.

Irene rushed in, frantic, terror in her eyes. Jisoo didn't need an explanation, she already knew why Irene was there.

Without hesitation, Irene pulled her into a tight embrace.

And just like that, the denial Jisoo had been clinging to shattered, dissolving into endless tears.

Irene rocked her gently, cradling her. "Shhh... it's going to be okay," she murmured.

That was all it took.

Jisoo broke.

"Unnie... my chest... it hurts... I can't breathe..." she gasped, struggling for air as tears streamed down her face.

"I need to call him. I'm going to call him."

She didn't need permission, but she needed reassurance that she wasn't making a mistake.

Jisoo wanted to be mad, walk away from all of this, and not speak to Taehyung ever again. She's already experienced betrayal from her first love, Kim Han Bin.

Jisoo's too familiar with betrayal and Taehyung knew that. Taehyung was there with her the night her father tried to humiliate her in front of Han Bin.

So how could Taehyung do the same.

She needed to hear his side,  she needed answers.

Ring

Ring

Ring

You have reached the voicemail of-

Each phone call attempt ends up in voicemail.

"What the actual fck." Jisoo muttered.

"Still no answer?" Irene stayed close, afraid of what Jisoo might do if she were alone.

"You'd think he'd be on a plane right now, begging for my forgiveness... right, Unnie?"

"Shit..." Irene exhaled under her breath.

Irene's phone had been blowing up all morning. And just when it seemed like things couldn't get worse, another notification appeared, one that made her stomach drop.

[BREAKING]

New Backstage Photos of Model Kim Jisoo Bullying TWICE Sana on Running Man Set