Don't Let Go || m.t

Chapter 4

Mark POV

Weeks passed, I haven't seen Irene. I had been busy with filming the drama. So far, we're almost to the middle of the story. In the beginning, it first starts the boy and the girl being shy around each other, then they suddenly get along as friends, then they both start to fall in love, but they don't know that they both fell for each other. Their relationship is really adorable and heart warming.

"You're pretty good at acting." Soonhae told me.

"I am? I always think I'm bad at acting." I said.

"No, you're acting good. You get into character really good, you know your character and you know who he is."

"I'm not good as you, haha, I'm more of a performer than a actor."

"I do enjoy seeing you perform on stage too. You look cool."

"Thanks." We then stopped talking.

"Hey, Mark. Can I ask you something?" She looked curious.

"Sure, what is it?"

"Do you, have a girlfriend?"

Um... Shit, I don't know how to answer this.

"I.. don't? Why?"

"Oh, I was just wondering. You don't really look like the kind of guy who would have a girlfriend, like, now."

What does that suppose to mean?

"If someone likes you, what would you do?" She asked another question.

Um..

"Let's say, for example, me. If I told you I like you, what would you do? Would you accept or reject?"

"Aha, ha, what are you asking me this?"

"Oh, I'm just wondering."

"Oh, uh, if I have a girlfriend, now, I would reject." I answered.

"But, what about if you don't have one?" She looked kinda serious.

Why is she asking me these questions?

"Aha, how would I know how to answer. No one likes me, now." This is so weird.

~

"Mark." Jinyoung called me.

"Yeah?" I said.

"Don't hang around with Soonhae a lot, I don't really like how she's always with you all the time. I feel like she likes you and maybe gonna do something bad if she finds out you and Irene are dating."

"You heard our conversation?"

"Yeah."

"I don't think she would, as long as Irene's not around."

~

Irene POV

I got out of work with a bag of bread. I walk out of the city to where no one sees me. I got by the ocean, I placed down the bag, took off my shoes and put in the water and sat down. I'm sending a mermaid signal, where I can contact anybody. I waited for a while, until then a couple of children pop their heads.

"Irene unnie!"

"Noona!"

"Hi, guys. I brought bread for you guys again." I told them.

"Yay!!" They all said.

It makes me so happy that they're staying healthy. Barely any of their parents give them food.

"Noona, are you gonna come back into the water again one day?"

"I can't, I'm human now." I touched his head.

"Unnie, what's like being a human?"

"It's just like being a mermaid, but with legs and a dry body."

"If I ever become human, I want to find my soulmate too."

"Noona, what happens if you find someone and you both love each other but they're not your soulmate?"

"I don't really know..."

"How did you stay human?"

"I drank a potion from a witch."

"How long did you stay?"

"Only for a hundred days."

"What happens if it reaches to the last day?"

"You disappear forever."

"Unnie, I heard that you disappeared but you came back. Is that true?"

"Yes, dear. I did came back."

"So, does that really mean the man you're with is your soulmate?"

"Yes, I'm positive." I cleaned off my hands with napkins and wore back my shoes. "I have to go now, okay? Stay healthy in the water okay? Don't get into trouble."

"Yes, noona!"

"Yess, unnie!" We waved each other goodbyes, the kids went back into the water and I went back home.

~

"How are the kids?" Songyah said.

"They're good. They still look scrawny." I said. "I wish I can bring them food everyday."

"Me too."

"I'm gonna go shower and go right into bed."

"Okay."

After I showered and changed into my sleep wear, I thought about one of the kids' questions. "What happens if you find someone and you both love each other but they're not your soulmate?"

No, no, I'm sure Mark is my soulmate. He loves me, he takes care of me, even though sometimes he makes mistakes in our relationship. But, I'm sure he's my soulmate. Nothing could go wrong right?