A NO SPECIAL GIRL STORY (AN INFINITE FANFIC)

ANSGS - EPISODE 49

EPISODE 49

***JI AE'S POV***

The next day, I woke up in a daze. It happened so fast. The members pulled me up from bed and dragged me inside a van. A bypasser might mistake them kidnapping me.

I looked over Woohyun who's sitting at the far end of the van with earphones plugged. I can tell from his grim expression that he was forced to come with us. I don't know how the members convinced him but I'm pretty sure it took them a lot of effort.

I don't know how long I've been staring to him when he caught me. I looked away and never looked back again just to see he's shooting me daggers.

The long travel was worth it. I never knew that a very peaceful place like this existed. I stood in disbelief in front of a house built between the forest and the beach. I wonder if there are other people here except us. It looked like a secret place.

"I'm sorry this place is isolated" Dongwoo walked beside me when we arrived at a beach house, "we just don't want to attract too much attention"

I nodded. I watched as Sungkyu, Dongwoo, Hoya, Sungyeol, L and Sunjong entered the beach house in excitement. If I don't know them, it looks like it's their first time to take a vacation. Oh well, maybe I really don't know a lot about them, I just assumed that I do.

When I was about to come in, my phone rang.

Ji Hyun calling...

"Where the hell are you, Yoo Ji Ae?!"

"Ji Hyun ah. Mianhae, I forgot to tell you sooner. I am on a trip with... Infinite"

I bit my lip. I know she'd be against it.

"YA! Ji Ae ah, what are you even thinking, huh?"

"I'm here because I want to remember him, Ji Hyun!"

"Why all of a sudden, huh?"

I shook my head. I really have no idea. I just... except maybe want to bring back his smile which I'm pretty sure I stole from him.

"Woohyun..." she hesitated, "...changed a lot since you left."

"and I'm going to change him back to who he was... to who he really is"

"...you can't do that when you can't even remember him, Ji Ae. And I can't make you remember him. I told you, I won't rush you. And I still do believe that rushing things isn't going to make things better. You have to go really slow, one step at a time."

She continued, "I'm afraid you fainted because you remembered something. I'm afraid, there's something in there you wouldn't want to remember either"

"What do you mean?"

"Maybe, you can't remember him because you're covering something up. Something's too hurtful you decided to bury it in the back of your mind. Something like a defense mechanism"

"Are you saying, I should forget him?"

"No" she answered instantly, "but are you really sure you want to remember him? Aren't you happy the way things are now? I mean, you're better off without him! Look at yourself, Ji Ae"

"No. I can't be happy knowing that someone's unhappy because of me. And this?" I said, looking at my reflection on the window, "I'm not really sure it's who I am."

"Of course it's still you. You're still Yoo Ji Ae!"

"No. When I look at myself in the mirror, all I can see is a jigsaw puzzle that can't even make out a face"

"Do you still love him even if you can't remember him?"

"I just know... I was hurt when he said we'd be even. I... I was afraid. I didn't know him that much to even care... but I realized that night, I do. Woohyun... felt like a piece of me"