My Brother's Girlfriend || Kang Daniel

Memories

- 2 weeks later

Sayoung drank another bottle of beer as she stared monotonously at her room. To her left, a DVD of her favorite movie, My Neighbor Totoro, which was given to her by Daniel. To her right, a horribly painted figurine of Mickey Mouse that she and Daniel had painted together on their trip to Disneyland. Sayoung lets out a sigh as she took another sip of her beer... everywhere she looked in her apartment had traces of Daniel in it. Even the blanket she currently had wrapped around her body was something that Daniel had given her after he complained that her blankets were too thin and that's why she gets sick so easily.

Sayoung knew that when she and Daniel agreed to break things off, it'd be hard, but what she didn't know was just how painful it'll be. She expected that she'll probably cry for days, which she did, and she expected that her life will become a mess, which it did, what she didn't expect is how much it'll physically hurt, so much so that there are days where she felt like she couldn't even breath because her heart felt like someone had grabbed a hold of it and was crushing it with their bare hand. The worst thing was, no medicine or doctor in the world could stop this pain, because it came from her memory, memories of her and Daniel together. So with that, she resorted to the only thing that could help - alcohol. Despite not being a big fan of drinking, Sayoung was now 4 bottles in, the most she's ever drunk. What she didn't realize is that drinking that much also brought out a different side of her, a side that was honest and brave. Brave enough to confront the person her heart was yearning for.

As if another person had taken control of her body, Sayoung found herself climbing out of bed and marching towards her front door. She watched as her possessed-self opened the door then continued walking forward, where it found itself in front of Daniel's door. Despite her mind trying to claim back control of its body, Sayoung watched as her body refuses to obey and instead, started knocking. Her heartbeat grew faster and louder as she heard footsteps approaching, followed by the sound of the door unlocking.

The first thing that popped up in her head when she saw him was he's alive. The Second thing that popped up, his wounds are better now, though you can still see the cut on his lips and forehead. Her third thought, well, she said that one out loud.

"I miss you..." Sayoung muttered as she looked at him anxiously, hoping he'd confessed to feeling the same way. However, after the look of shock disappeared from his face, probably because he didn't expect for her to show up at his door at 3 AM, he turned stoic.

"You're drunk. Go home" he said blankly, completely breaking her heart in just four words. She was certainly drunk, but not drunk enough for that not to hurt.

"Daniel, I miss you..." Sayoung said once more. Perhaps he didn't hear her the first time, perhaps he just needed to hear it a second time, she convinced herself.

Daniel sighed. The sight of Sayoung in front of him, saying those words, it made his heart go into a frenzy and it took all of his energy to resist holding her then and there. Of course, he missed her as well, not a second goes by where he doesn't miss her. Yet, he can't look at her face without thinking about Minhyun, or more specifically, how hurt Minhyun was.

"Sayoung, nothing has changed."

She inhaled sharply, letting go of the last bit of her pride "so that's it? We're really done?" she asked as she held onto his hands... all he had to do now was hold it back.

Daniel paused, hesitating to answer her. "You don't get it. If we are together, every time I look at you, I'll be reminded of the fact that I stole you from my brother. Every time we're together, smiling happily, in the back of my mind, I will always recall that we're laughing at the expense of Minhyun's misery. I will feel disgusted every time I'm near you. So yeah, Sayoung... this is it. Because I've been cruel to him enough as it is, I can't hurt him even more." Daniel said as he sheds her hands away, "goodbye" he uttered before closing the door on the now frozen Sayoung.