Lessons From Romance

Like a Dream

He couldn't understand why they had to leave Haenam first. Most of all he couldn't understand why Chae Yoon was leaving Namjoo with Luhan when she declared she still loved him. Then why leave him with Namjoo?

Ki Chan sat irritably in the airport staring hard at the flight board. No matter how many times he thought about it he really didn't want to leave Namjoo with such a jerk. How sad she'd be when she discovered Luhan had never sincerely been her friend; that he'd used her to get close to Chae Yoon again. Rubbing his hand against his forehead he realized he hated himself even more for not being able to do anything.

The way Namjoo had looked at Luhan so longingly was now painful. How much she cared about Luhan as a friend for it only to turn out as this and that Chae Yoon, her very own best friend hadn't done anything to protect her.

Poor Namjoo. For being used like this...Ki Chan would never forgive himself, Chae Yoon, or Luhan for putting her in this situation.

"I called," Chae Yoon explained hobbling toward him, "Namjoo didn't answer, so I left a message."

When he rose his head up to look at her he could only imagine the tears that would be streaking down Namjoo's painful expression.

"When we get back to Seoul, lets fix everything so that you can have Namjoo and Luhan will be mine again," Chae Yoon went on.

"Why are you doing this?" Ki Chan asked, staring blankly ahead unable to see the people walking to and fro busily.

"Doing what?"

"Why haven't you told Namjoo who Luhan really is?" Ki Chan wondered. "If you tell her who he is, I'm sure she'd back off right away so why bother putting her through this?"

"She took him first."

"Are you crazy!?" Ki Chan turned to her. "Do you think Namjoo would really just take him from you?"

"Why wouldn't she?" Chae Yoon asked. "Deep down inside, I'm sure she's yearned to be in a relationship too. She went to Luhan first. He didn't go to her."

"Does that make sense?" His voice shook at how delirious Chae Yoon was.

"You can't believe it because you're so blind for her," Chae Yoon stated with fire in her eyes. "You think Namjoo's so innocent, then ask her about her brother."

"What?" Ki Chan felt his blood boil, his fist forming.

Chae Yoon stared at him with her lips in a firm line, "But you want her, don't you? You want her so badly that you hate Luhan for being near her, being with her right this second; that they're sharing the resort you wanted to be in so much with Namjoo; that they could be doing anything you could imagine. You're boiling with rage, with anger, jealousy and all you can think about is Namjoo."

Ki Chan's teeth chattered before he gritted them.

"You can keep her from getting hurt further by listening to me, then she won't ever know who Luhan is. You got it?"

He would never forgive Chae Yoon. He would hate Luhan for all eternity and he would protect Namjoo at all costs. He swore that even if she didn't love him, he'd split them apart so that Luhan would never harm her.

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"Are you cold?" Luhan asked.

The sky had totally gave out now. A sheet of stars now hovered above them graciously, but the waves had not yet stopped coming in. Every time a cold breeze came by he wanted to shudder.

"I'm fine." Namjoo spoke.

She was on her second can and whenever she set it down he could hear her bracelet sliding down her arm.