Can You Hear My Heart? | Infinite Sungyeol | Unedited

5 - First Love Hurts (Back Story)

JAREL's POV

Corine looked at me with dejected eyes while tears well from it, and I can't look straight into it. But what she said next pierced my heart with what it seems like a knife.

"I didn't know I am taking care of a snake under my roof." She said, her words has traces of hatred in it.

Guilty as charged, all I could do is to look down to the ground. Sungyeol tried to speak but I grabbed his hand signalling him to stay out of it. I can see how he tried hard to swallow up what he wanted to say.

"Oh please.. Don't show me how caring you are with each other. You are making me sick." Corine spat to the ground right beside my feet, while looking at our entangled hands.

"Corine-ssi.." Sungyeol started off in a calm manner. "I don't really understand why you are getting mad at Jarel and probably me. Tell me. Did Jarel cheat on you on a girl x girl relationship?" His voice is full of mockery that made me laughing secretly.

Corine chuckled in sarcasm. "Cham! I always hear that you are stupid, but still, I didn't mind and went on loving you. I didn't know you could really be as dense as this."

She shook her head unbelievingly, eyes still focused on Sungyeol. "I loved you for six hell long years Oppa! I waited on the sidelines being contented with the sight of you. And this bitch here knows that!"

"So?" Sungyeol crossed his arms in his chest, patiently listening with bleeding ears on Corine's little 'drama.'

"She stole you away from me Oppa! Can't you see that? You were mine!" Corine said almost on top of her lungs trying to emphasize the thing she wanted to say. "She took away my chance to make my dream of having you come true. And she's my bestfriend on top of that."

"Hoooo.. Stop.. Stop.." Sungyeol held up his hands. "For one, I am never yours. Two, I never belonged to someone else except Jarel. And three, even if Jarel and I break up now, you'll never have a chance with me."

"Why?" Corine took a step towards Sungyeol and held his hand. "What does she have that I don't? She actually has nothing. She is just a leech eating off with my blood! She might be a damn gold-digger for all we know."

"Wait up! Wait up!" It's true that I'm guilty but what she said is absolutely below the belt. I just had to defend myself.

"Sungyeol-ssi.. No.. Sungyeol Oppa falling in love with me instead of you is not my fault." I paused, catching my breath as my throat hurts at the unshed tears. "But why do I deserve to be called a leech and a gold digger? I am not from a well-off family, yes. But you very well know that we split the bills fairly and equally."

Sungyeol tapped my back as he moved forward again to defend me. "Jarel wasted her time worrying about you all this time, even to the point of depriving herself of happiness that she well-deserved. What does she have that you don't? A good heart, a healthy mind and a good brain. Now, talking about brain, I guess you need yours checked. Your screws may be loose, don't you think?"

Seconds after Sungyeol said that, Corine dashed towards him and her palm ended up back to back in his face.

I worriedly cupped his cheeks because it immediately turned red. "Oppa.. Are you okay?"

He smirked. "Piece of cake baby."

Annoyed as it is, Corine stomped away and went inside the condo, slamming the door behind.

Right after she disappeared in my eyes, it felt like my energy rush got drained in an instant making me almost stumble to my feet. Luckily, Sungyeol helped me stand stable by hugging me and hushing my nerves from time to time.