The Great Seducer (Rewrite)

Chapter 7

They've finished eating. Sooji was cleaning up the take out box and throw it in the trash can. "How do you feel?", Sejoo asked.

She takes a deep breath and sits in front of him in the dining table. "I am fine.."

"No you're not...", Sejoo insisted. Sooji's eyes are swollen and her nose is still pinky.

"If you knew, why did you even ask..", Sooji was annoyed.

"Just as proof that you still didn't want to open up to me..."

Sooji sigh. "It's not that I didn't want to open up...I am just...I don't know how I actually feel...", she was trying to find words to explain it. "After six years of missing him...and now he was back and even saying sorry...it was too much...it didn't feel real.."

"I know I didn't have any right to tell you to stay away from him...but he hurt you and break you before...and I just don't want you to going through that again..."

"Sejoo ah...I've been broken long before I met him..and you....you know that...you shouldn't blame him or anyone...", she smiled. She accepted the fact that she was indeed broken. Shihyun might take part in breaking her heart. But he wasn't the first one. "And even if he did break me...I've never regretted that..", that's the ugly truth. She loves him too much to regret anything that happened between them.

"Yaa!! Why did you say something stupid like that...", Sejoo snorted and Sooji just chuckled. "So what will you do next..."

"I have a photoshoot tomorrow to promote my upcoming album and concert...", Sooji explained.

"Haissh...about Shihyun...not your schedule.."

"What can I do? He was back...but who knows if he's going to stay this time..."

"If he asked you to be his friend again...would you?"

"Would you?", Sooji asked him back. Because she didn't know how to answer that question. Is she strong enough to be his friend again? Being his friend means to support him with whoever he is except her. Being his friend means to get another chance to be part of his life. She didn't know which one is harder, never see him again or see him with another girl.

Sejoo fell silent. Shihyun was like a brother to him before. Sejoo even sacrificed his love for Sooji, when he thought that Shihyun and Sooji have a feeling for each other. But Shihyun stomped all over their friendship like it was nothing. Shihyun was the reason Sooji was lying in a hospital bed, almost dying. Every time Sejoo saw Shihyun's face, Sejoo remembered Sooji lifeless face that night. How could he forgive him? "Maybe....in another life...", he said coldly.

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"Dad...I'll sleep at my apartment tonight...", Shihyun called his Dad. Since he was back in Seoul, he slept at his home with his Dad. Tonight he feels like he needs to be alone.

"Sure....I already had it cleaned and stocked, the day when you were back...but why so sudden?"

"I am almost thirty Dad...it was silly if I keep living with you...", he tried to reason his Dad.

His Dad chuckled. "I'll always think that you still 20..."

"Bye Dad..."

"Take care of yourself okay.."

Shihyun was standing in front of his old apartment door. This place is actually free of Sooji's memory. Because she was never been here. He remembered, she refused to come inside his apartment because it made her felt like she was treated like a sister. He smiled.

He opened the door. Everything was still in place. The drawing of Taehee in the glass wall was still there. This place was reek of Taehee's memory. That's why he chooses to stay here. Not because he missed Taehee, but because the memory of her did not bother him anymore. He let her go. A long time ago.