Liya's POV
I place the coffee mug on the glass table in front of me. My stern expression remains evidently present on my face.
"This is a surprise," she breaks the long silence. "Who knew you would visit me, not to mention, in such an early hour of the day." While sitting comfortably on the couch, with knees raised up to her chest, Inyeong's eyes are clearly observing me in an attentive manner. I'm like a targeted prey in her eyes.
I have to maintain my posture. A forced smile creeps in, "Even I never thought of doing this before. It just... occurred to me."
"Eh~" her expression came out as that of an animated character.
"Shall I get to the point."
After all this, things should be clear between the two of us! I am his girlfriend and she is his unwanted fiancee. He loves me, not her. She should know what can be and cannot be done.
Her hands gesture for me to speak first.
"First of all," our eyes meet. "You are well aware of who I am to Yesung and who he is to me. We try to keep things the way they are as of the moment."
Inyeong completely agrees, also, saying that she respects our relationship. She points out the fact of keeping a promise to Yesung, "He was a bit careless that night. You should have seen how dead serious he was with his pleading eyes. I gave him my word of keeping your secret safe. It will remain as is for the mean time."
I arch an eyebrow, "What do you mean by that? Do you have plans to--"
"Don't get funny ideas! You should understand what I am trying to say. Just like you said, you both plan to keep your feelings for one another constant. Lovey-dovey stuff. It is conclusive that you two will end up standing on the altar together. Exchanging vows," her voice slightly fades. "The story goes on."
"You--" the words refuse to come out of my mouth.
Her eyes explains her look. She is waiting for the continuation.
“Aren’t you,” eventually, I forced them out reluctantly. “Feeling upset talking about me and Yesung?”
All she does is tilt her head, clueless of what I am trying to relay.
“Even if we say I am his girlfriend, you are still his ex-girlfriend. Talking with his present love regarding matters like this… Isn’t it getting on you?”
“Hmm,” she hums. For a short moment, Inyeong comes up with an explanation, “Maybe not actually.”
Maybe…
“For starters,” those hazel eyes of her wander around the room. “What we had is simply “puppy love”. It is not real affection. It’s more of a natural phenomenon which occurs frequently during high school years. I find nothing special to an admiration that dies quickly.”
I repeat her last words, “Admiration that… dies quickly?”
“In other words, that relationship was caused by infatuation.”
“A-Ah… I see.”
For someone who could have sincerely loved him from the past, she has some guts of saying those words. It would be hard for someone who actually did… For someone who actually did.
Can I rest assure now, then?
On the curves of her lips, a very sweet smile forms. Those eyes of hers stare at me with… gentleness.
“W-Why?” a shock of awkwardness run through my spine. “How come you are staring at me with such a face?”
“He is very lucky to have you…”
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Promise You
RomanceLiving happily with only few to worry. Satisfied with the stable yet stressful job as an idol. And most of all, Jongwoon is sincerely loving his secret girlfriend. He has always kept her and their activities a good distance from the judgmental and h...
