I Would Do Anything For You

It's been a while

Both Chae Won and Joong Ki froze up in their places. Realizing that it wasn’t just a dream, Joong Ki snapped out and looked around the café that he visited yesterday.

There area couple of paintingsas decoration around the wall. Chae Won loves to draw, she even graduated from art university studying western painting. Joong Ki knew her drawing style, so it must be her own paintings. And there are vases of roses and cosmos flowers spread around the café too, he still remembers that they are her favorite flowers.

No wonder the first time he was here yesterday, he felt so comfortable.

Joong Ki’s gaze is back to Chae Won now, who tried her best to avoid his eyes. His phone is still in her hand --trembling. He swallowed. She’s not a dream or an imagination. She’s real and still as beautiful as he can remember.

No, she’s a lot more beautiful than he can remember.

Joong Ki always thought about how he will react if he ever saw Chae Won again. Now that she’s in front of him, his mind betrayed him. All he wants right now is just to hug her.

But then a memory where she broke his heart suddenly hit him.

“I don’t want to be with you anymore, Joong Ki-sshi. Don’t you understand Korean language?” she said with cold eyes fixated on him. “but, but why so sudden? We’re just haven’t met for, like, two weeks. I don’t think I did something wrong.”

She folded her hands and leaned on her chair. The cold gaze hasn’t left her eyes. “it’s not you, it’s me.”

“What do you mean?”

“Don’t you even realize why I’m dating you in the first place, Song Joong Ki-sshi? Because I thought you would be something. Famous. Rich. But look at you now. It’s been 2 years since you’re in that world and what are you became? Nothing. You’re still just a cameo. Not even close to play as a co-star.”

Joong Ki stared at his girlfriend, or soon to be his ex-girlfriend. He noticed that Chae Won behaves like someone completely different from herself that he knew and loved, like she’s trying to make him hate her.

“This isn’t you, Chae Won-ah. I knew you. You would never say something that hurt people. Who made you like this? Was it Suk Jin hyung? He wanted you to break up with me? Tell me!”

Chae Won fell silent from hearing Joong Ki’s words. She swallowed hard as she turned away her eyes from his.

“So it’s true, then? Suk Jin hyung......”

“No it isn’t! Like I said it’s me. I want to be with someone who had ambition and passion toward his dreams. I didn’t find that in you. I found it in someone else. That’s why I’m ended things with you now.” She said it fast, then leaves her chair and walked to the door. Knowing that she leaves him for someone else has made Joong Ki unable to move from his seat.

He smirked after remembering all that pain she caused two years ago. Yes, she hurt him so bad he doesn’t have a desire to seriously date another girl anymore.

Of course he played a little with girls here and there in the entertainment world, he’s still a man who had his needs, yet he tried so hard not to make a scandal that can ruin his career. He poured his heart out to achieve his goals.

Now, two years later, he became one of the greatest actors in his age. Everyone knows him. Every girl loves him. Not to mention that he became so rich from all the movies, dramas, and famous brands that he endorsing. He even planned on buying Suk Jin a car for his birthday next month.

He stood up from his chair.

“Can I take that back?” Joong Ki broke the silence. Chae Won got startled with his words and accidentally looked up to his eyes.

He smiled.Not a dearly, loving one he usually gave her when they’re dating, but more like a smile he gave to please his fans.

His right hand reached out, waiting for her to give the phone back.No movement from her made him slowly took it back himself.

“Thank you for keeping it safe. I’m sorry for troubling you with my sloppy behavior.” He said it with jondaenmal (formal speech), a way of speak that you use with a stranger.

They used to use banmal (informal speech) when they talked to each other before. Now hearing him using jondaenmal, somehow it hurts her.

“It, it’s okay.” Only those words came out from her mouth –unconsciously-- using a jondaenmal too.

Didn’t she wanted to apologize for being so careless and picked up his phone call this morning? She did, but her mind had blanked out. She’s too shock to say anything.

Then she heard him scoffed. “just like that? You will act like you don’t know me?”

Chae Won looked at Joong Ki again. He’s still smiling. “Moon Chae Won, it’s been a while.” –he used banmal this time when he said it.

“I don’t know that you owned this café. Have I know, I would come every day to hang out with my friends here. It’s cozy, this place. The menu seems delicious too. And to add more to it, the owner here is you. I could get a discount.” He jokingly said while his eyes looked around.

Joong Ki noticed that Chae Won hasn’t talk back. She still avoids his eyes too. He secretly grinned and then let out a loud breath to catch her attention.

“Well, now that I got my phone back, which was the reason why I’m here in this hour, I probably should leave. It’s late and I guess you are supposed to close this place from a… half an hour ago. But, I’ll see you again, right?”

Still, he received no response from her. Joong Ki awkwardly nodded to himself before hewalked out. Chae Won just stood there, silently stared at his back with sad, longing eyes as he leaves the café and didn’t look back.

Joong Ki sighed as he lay down on his bed. His eyes stared at his room ceiling. He can hear the sound of his pounding heartbeats. It was beating fast as if he ran all the way through his condo.

He managed to act like nothing happened when he saw her again earlier. But the truth is he almost let his guard down. He thought it will be anger that would come out once he saw her again, but no, he’ll never be able to mad or hate her. He felt like he wanted to pull her in his arms and never let go.

Maybe those feelings he had over her is still there and never disappeared.

“Wait.” A word from him made her paused for leaving. “if I became a great actor, famous and rich, will you come back to me?” he knew he sounded pathetic, but he loves her so much. Maybe too much that he even could throw his pride away.

Chae Won didn’t turn to look at him, she remained stood still. It was just a minutes of silences, but felt like hours. “just prove it first… then we can talk.”

And now, when he was able to prove how far he became and she back in to his life, will he return to his old self? A pathetic guy who wants her back?

He just smirked at that thought.