20 (Seventeen Jeonghan x CLC Seunghee) Ver. 2.0

CHAPTER TWENTY: THE DESTITUTION (PART FOUR)

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She was surprised at first, but not for long. She had a feeling he was gonna show up. She did not look at him but he was standing just behind her. She was silent. The mere fact that he was there made her pain explode.

"I never really liked it when guys go near you, and I get really frustrated when guys go after you. It has always been like that. Maybe you just didn't notice. But I was jealous of every guy around you except for your dad of course. I am your overprotective older brother alright," Sehun began talking.

He wanted to tell her everything he had done in the past years. And Seunghee was quietly listening to him.

"And ever since we moved, I always see to it that I monitor your every friend. That's why even if I had no business going here, I would still make sure I check on you. But it was just Kevin hyung with you all those while. I was at ease. I always thought you would end up with him. He was nearly perfect for you."

Seunghee gave off a troubled expression. He was expecting I'd be with Kevin-oppa? He knew all about him? She was dumbfounded. Maybe Kevin was the perfect one for her, but not the right one.

"But when he left, I heard a lot of guys always swarmed around you. And just recently you chose one out of them. Seungcheol, that bastard. You're never really good at picking guys. He had always annoyed the hell out of me."

He knew about Seungcheol too? How did he even find out? She was barely with him for more than a month.

"I bullied him. He never told you? He was serious with you I guess."

That was the time she erupted. She bolted up to face him, angrily.

"You what? What have you really been doing behind my back all these years? Are you really planning to hurt every guy I came to be with?"

"Yes. I am."

"You're despicable. What good have you even done for me?"

"I have done everything to show you the right person Seunghee because I was afraid that every guy you end up with was not earnest. You're my dearest princess and I didn't want anybody to hurt you."

"So you had to hurt them in return? That's just absurd!"

"I had to. It was inevitable. But I failed to do it to one person in secrecy. The biggest threat I ever faced is the guy you're with today."

"What are you..."

"Yes, I tried to harass him before even deciding to stay here."

"What?!"

"But there was nothing I could do. Everything I did just didn't reach him. He was too good of a person that my little pranks and ill-will did not have any effect on him. So I decided to be out in the open and did the worst things I could ever have done."

Seunghee was so mad at him right then. She couldn't put it into words. But something shocked her. Tears started falling down Sehun's cheeks. He was crying for the very first time infront of her.

"I'm sorry. For hurting you. For giving you pain. I just wanted to test him. I just wanted to make sure of everything for you."

She could feel her heart soften. He was being sincere.

"But why like this? There are other ways. Couldn't you be more considerate? Of me? Of my feelings?"

"It's the only way I know. Because that was the way mom left me."

So everything had to root from that day. She was beginning to understand.

"You saved me from being alone Seunghee. That's why I wanted to make sure, you won't have to be alone in life in the future."