My Brother's Girlfriend || Kang Daniel

The Fall Out

I think I'm starting to have feelings for you as well...

I think I'm starting to have feelings for you as well...

I think I'm starting to have feelings for you as well...

These words repeated over and over in Daniel's head until he felt like his heart was about to burst out of his chest. All these years he's been pining over her, he never thought he'd live to see the day where his one-sided love will be reciprocated. It was nice, knowing that the girl he's in love with felt the same about him. However, the feeling of exhilaration didn't last very long until Daniel was once again reminded of his brother, who also loves Sayoung. Where would that leave her and Minhyun? They were still together, hell, they're more than just still together, Minhyun proposed to her. Daniel suddenly felt like all the oxygen in the tent disappearing, making it impossible for him to breath. He quickly stood up then rushed out the tent, breathing in a quaff of air the moment he was out. Daniel hunched over and rested his hands on his knees as he began hyperventilating, taking in rapid inhales and exhales.

"YAH! DANIEL!" Sayoung followed him out and glared at him, hurt that he had reacted to her confession this way. She took a step towards him, only for him to back away from her like he was afraid of her.

"Stop right there!" Daniel yelled as he stretched his hand forward and used it to barricade her from him "don't come any closer."

Sayoung couldn't believe her eyes and ears. Was he being serious right now? "Are you seriously going to treat me like some serial killer" she looked at him in disbelief, offended. With that, Sayoung took another step forward in an attempt to reason with him.

"Sayoung... if you come any closer, I won't be able to control myself and then I'm going to do something so fucking stupid I'll hate myself forever for me" Daniel pleaded, taking yet another step back, however, every step backward that Daniel took, Sayoung met that distance by taking another step towards him.

"Damn it, Sayoung. I said stop!" Daniel roared.

"Why are you acting like this?!" she asked, tears forming in her eyes due to how hurt she was feeling.

"I just can't, ok?! All these years, I've held it in just fine because I knew you didn't feel the same way. But now... after hearing what you just said, I'm not going to be able to hold it in anymore. But I must, Sayoung, because Minhyun is my brother. And right now, you're making it REALLY difficult for me to remember that. So please, just give me some space" he begged as he turned around and begun walking towards the shoreline of the beach.

After taking a few steps without any movement or response from Sayoung, Daniel looked back to make sure she was ok, that's when he saw that she was still standing in the same spot, looking at him walking away while crying hysterically. Daniel paused in his location and looked at her, his heart felt like it was torn to shred. He was a sucker for her tears and all he wanted to do right now was run to her and hold her in his arms. Like a habit that he couldn't break, Daniel's body began making its way back to her, however, it was now her who didn't want to talk to him.

"DON'T!" Sayoung yelled "you think you're the only one torn over this?! You think I want to do this to Minhyun as well? But if you didn't want me to fall for you, you shouldn't have done all those things that made my heart feel like it's going to explode!" she cried even more hysterically. "You're so cruel, Kang Daniel. You kept staying by my side, kept being my shoulder to cry on, kept making me laugh, until you eventually became the person I can't imagine my life without, only to now suddenly walk out of my life. But you know what... fine... KEEP WALKING! I don't need you in my life anyways!" she screamed as she closed her eyes and wiped her tears with her arm. Suddenly, Sayoung felt the warmth of someone's body wrapped around hers, pulling her into its embrace. It was a warmth she was well accustomed to.