The things we do for love (Twice FF| Completed|Book 1)

7. Rejected

Jeongyeon pulled away and stared at the girl who just kissed him in astonishment.

'What are you doing, Momo!?' He didn't know how to react. It was extremely awkward for him. His eyes fluttered and he avoided looking at Momo's face. The latter was disappointed at his lack of interest.

'I just saved you from an unpleasant confrontation with Nayeon,' she said.

'Right. Thank you,' he said and walked away. 'I need a drink,' he muttered. Momo followed him to the bar. Rei was standing outside the reception hall. He followed Momo as soon as the latter walked out.

'Why are you following me?' Jeongyeon said after he ordered his drink.

'I'm not following you. I came for a drink,' she said and turned to the bartender, 'Vodka please.'

As was the ritual, Rei sat 3 meters away from Momo. Jeongyeon finished his scotch in one gulp. There was no exchange of words between the two.

'Give me the damn bottle,' he said agitated. The bartender placed the bottle in front of him. He chugged down a big gulp noisily from the bottle directly. He slammed the bottle on the counter and caught his breath. Momo took the bottle from his hand and placed her lips where his had been and drank from the bottle. The latter just stared at her in confusion. She handed the bottle back to Jeongyeon while wiping her lips with the back of her free hand, cringing from the strong taste of the liquor.

'Daebak,' Momo said. Jeongyeon smirked.

'Now you can speak Korean?'

'I could speak Korean since high school. It's just that you always spoke to me in Japanese,' she said, her pronunciation was now sloppy as the drink started to kick in.

'Fine. Let's talk in Korean then. I'm more comfortable like that,' he said. He was about to take a sip from his bottle but he stopped and stared at the mouth of the bottle where her lips had been. He poured his drink in his glass instead.

'Let's pretend the kiss didn't happen,' he added. It disappointed Momo.

'Wae?'

He didn't give an answer but silently sipped his drink.

'Too sensitive about it?' she taunted, 'Was that your first kiss? She's your first love, right? You still love her, right? Means you didn't kiss any girl, right? I'm right, right? I'm your first kiss, right?' She laughed, high from the drink she had. Jeongyeon didn't answer. He was playing with his drink.

'It's okay. I like you,' Momo said looking at Jeongyeon with her drunk eyes. The latter was taken by surprise. He looked up from his drink and met the drunk girl's gaze. He quickly looked away.

'You're just drunk, Momo,' he said. The truth was that his head was full of Nayeon.

'So what? I like you,' she said firmly.

'I have to go,' he said and stood up to leave. Momo grabbed his wrist.

'Will you give me your number?'

'Next time when we meet again I will give you my number,' said Jeongyeon coldly. He pulled his wrist out of Momo's grasp and walked away thinking, 'We won't meet again Miss Hirai Momo. Let's just walk different paths.'

Meanwhile, Son Chaeyoung wound up taking pictures of the wedding events and turned in the job of developing the photos to his friend Sejin. The next day he was to leave Seoul with Momo.

'Let's celebrate the last night in Seoul,' he thought to himself and headed to the bar. There he found Casey, Diana and Stella, three girls who had travelled all the way from New Zealand for vacation. Chaeyoung met them at the hotel's lobby for the first time. He was quick to befriend them and even shared a night with Casey after he took them to EXO's concert; Casey was a huge fan of EXO.