Love Pain || EXO Lay [SSS #8]

twenty

Three years later.

Yixing frowned a little, staring at the pastel pink invitation card. He put it down and put on his coat. He fixed the tie that he's wearing in front of the mirror, smiling a little at his reflection on the mirror.

Today, is his favorite girl's wedding, but the groom isn't him.

"You're done?" Luhan knocked on the door and asked. Yixing turned around, and nodded. Luhan walked up to him, and said, "You know, she wouldn't want to see you frowning on her wedding. After all, you're still the person that she once loved."

"I know." Yixing smiled bitterly. "I know that she wanted me to wish for her happiness, or else, she would never invite me to her wedding. Well, who will ever invite an ex to their wedding? Even though we never been together, but it's almost like we were once together."

Luhan just patted his shoulder, and turned away. He stopped before leaving the room, and said, "It's time to let go, Yixing, even though that it's painful, but you know, it should be ended."

Yixing picked up the keys on the table and a small box beside it. He placed the box into his coat, and left the room. Luhan is already beside his car, waiting. The two then pulled off to the hotel which is the venue of Jiahui's wedding.

Joonmyeon had been waiting for the two at the lobby of the hotel. Joonmyeon gave the two of them a bear hug, as he saw them. It had been a long time since they saw each other after they graduated. Joonmyeon went back to South Korea and worked under the company there, while Luhan went back to his hometown, Beijing, and Yixing stay at Changsha.

If it isn't Jiahui's wedding or any of them fly overseas for business, they wouldn't even get a chance to meet since they're all busy.

"Are you alright?" Joonmyeon smiled a little and asked Yixing. Yixing replied with a soft small and nodded. "I'm fine. Don't worry, I will do my best to wish for her happiness."

The groom isn't the one that Jiahui is together with before. The person broke up with her by their second year, and the groom right now is a young businessman that Jiahui knew when she's on third year. The person is the CEO of the company that Jiahui went for her internship. He's elder than Jiahui by four years.

The ceremony start right at time. The door opened, and Jiahui held on her father's arms and enter the hall. She was smiling brightly at all those people who are clapping and looking at her. Yixing didn't clap. He placed his hands inside the pocket of the coat, and smiled at her.

Maybe, they really don't meant to be together.

Jiahui was a little bit taken back when she saw Yixing standing there, as she thought that he wouldn't be attending her wedding. Jiahui replied him a smile, and nodded slightly. At least...he still wish for her happiness, even though it isn't with him.

Yixing left before the whole wedding ceremony ended. He passed the small box to Luhan and asked him to passed it to Jiahui after the whole ceremony ended.

Jiahui leaned back to the couch and shut her eyes due to the tiredness after the whole wedding ceremony. The door was being knocked. "Come in." Jiahui said without even opening her eyes.

"Jiahui." Luhan called out, as he stood in front of her. Jiahui opened her eyes and stared at him for a while. "Oh, it's you." A small smile formed on the corner of her lips.

Luhan held out the box, and handed it to Jiahui. "Yixing asked me to pass this to you." Jiahui took over the box, and thanked Luhan. "Where is he?"

"Who knows? I guess...he still can't face you, after you rejected him years ago."

Jiahui looked down. Luhan patted her shoulders slightly, and said, "You don't have to feel sorry for that. Anyway, congratulations on your wedding, Jiahui."

"Thank you." Jiahui nodded. She opened the door after Luhan left. There's only a necklace and a letter that is folded into a small piece to fit into the box.

Before she opened the letter, her phone buzzed. She opened her WeChat, and there's a new message from Yixing.

新婚快乐 (Congratulations on your wedding)

Jiahui smiled. "Thank you, Yixing." She mumbled.

[END]

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A/N:

I really have to apologize to y'all that this is the most poorly written stories out of all the books in the SSS series. I personally really like this book before but no for now. There will be another part for Yixing's letter for Jiahui. I will be writing that letter in both Chinese and English. The Chinese one will be the original version and the English one is just the translation. Have a good day and thank you for reading this story. Thank you. I'm sorry.

- Jocelyn