relationships

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"no, seungyoon. we are real siblings."

"b... b... but how would you know? i mean like, is there any proof that we are real siblings?" he stammered.

"remember when you were around 7 or 8 years old, you would always visit the playground whenever your dad visited his friend's house and play with his daughter? that girl is me."

"b... but we were just friends! how does that prove that we're siblings?" seungyoon questioned with a puzzled look.

sighing, i explained, "remember when there was once during autumn when the weather was quite cold and i forgot to take my jacket and ran back home to get it? i overheard a conversation between my parents and your dad. "but he's my son too!" my mum started exclaiming all of a sudden. "i don't care. if you're going to go with that man and forget about me, the least i'm going to do is claim the custody of seungyoon. i'm never going to give him up to a bitch like you." your dad sounded extremely furious. it was then that it all dawned upon me. my — i mean our — mum had an affair with my dad and gave birth to me while she was still married to your dad. she ended up divorcing your dad and that's why you never really saw her during your childhood days."

i watched as seungyoon's eyes widened and jaws dropped in shock. he remained silent for quite some time, trying to absorb and understand everything he just heard.

he took a deep breath and swallowed his saliva before saying, "but... technically we're not really siblings since we're not blood related, right? i mean, we have the same mum but different dad... so... can't you give us a chance to be together?"

i shook my head, "i know, but you don't understand. can you just imagine the reactions of our parents if we tell them we're dating? do you think actually we can really go out with each other without the disapproval of our parents?"

"but we can just convince them, can't we? don't you know with the strong power of love, anything is possible!"

"it doesn't work like that, seungyoon. i... i just can't accept the fact that we're somehow related, you know? how can i just go on dates with you and become chummy without constantly being reminded of the fact that we're siblings?"

"chaewon-ah, i'll help you convince our parents and i'll help you forget. just believe in me, alright?" he said calmly while picking up both of my hands.

i shook him off and turned my back around, saying, "i'm sorry... but we can't be together."

i began walking away, trying to hold back my tears even though i knew it was impossible. i felt so guilty for being such a bad person towards seungyoon, but what could i do? i just really couldn't bring myself to love him after knowing that we're somehow siblings.

- seungyoon's pov -

i watched as chaewon left. she held her hand up to her face, obviously trying to wipe away tears. she didn't even turn around to glance at me and continued walking away into the darkness until she disappeared. my feet was rooted to the ground and i couldn't run towards chaewon to persuade her to stay. i literally felt like my whole world had crumbled down. how could the girl, whom i've spent almost every single day with and loved, be my sibling? it just didn't make any sense and i refused to accept reality. i immediately took out my phone and tried calling chaewon multiple times. it was just as i expected — she didn't pick up. i went back home, knowing that nothing would change at this point in time.

- normal/chaewon's pov -

i slammed the door behind me once i reached home. i sauntered aimlessly towards my bed, throwing my bag aside and plopping down. i decided to check my phone. once it was turned on, 2 notification windows popped up, one saying: you have 50 missed call(s) from seungyoon. while the other one said: you have 23 messages from seungyoon. i sighed deeply, feeling sorrier to him than ever. i read some of the messages that he sent.

seungyoon: chaewon-ah?
seungyoon: are you okay?
seungyoon: i saw you crying...
seungyoon: why can't you just forget about the fact that we're siblings? ㅠㅠ
seungyoon: it's not like we're blood related anyway...
seungyoon: can you just give me a chance?
seungyoon: even if you don't, i won't give up on liking you and chasing after you...
seungyoon: i know you're reading this so please give a reply?
seungyoon: you're always making me worried, you know?

my heart shattered into a million pieces after reading his heartfelt messages. i broke down into tears again, hating myself so much for hurting a person i love too. then, i made a decision. i had to make him forget me or else we would both get hurt further. dialling sehun's phone number which i hadn't deleted yet, i prayed that he would reply.

"yeoboseyo? chaewon? why did you call me? i thought we already..."

"yeah, i know. but we're still friends, right?"

"i guess so..."

"then can you do me a favour?"

"well... if it's within my abilities i'll be sure to help you. what is it?"

i told sehun about my plan and although he was confused as to why i was doing it, he agreed readily since i needed his help. after i ended the call, i took a deep breath, preparing myself mentally to carry out my plan.

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