Lie [ JEONGMO | MICHAENG ]

✓ Me And You

THIRD PERSON POV

The airport was bustling with heavy traffic of travelers and workers coming and going to or from Seoul. At the arrival gate, Chaeyoung can be seen pacing back and forth in front of gate 2B. Eyeing the doors from time to time, just to prove he has time before the unavoidable happens. Nervousness can be seen from his furrowed brow and his thumping heart. It has been 2 months since they saw each other.

The gate doors can be heard opening, the passengers started coming out. Chaeyoung rapidly scans through the crowd as they pass him one by one. With each unrecognizable face, his heart felt like leaping out of his chest. Until his eyes landed on a certain beauty, then his heart became silent. She had light blonde shoulder length hair, she was wearing a black sweater with black pants. She had her suitcase behind her walking out of the gate. Chaeyoung cannot deny the truth, he was still in love with her. However, their son's death put a strain in their relationship. He kept blaming her for the loss. When the kidnapping happened she was with him. Their son cannot be saved in time because the culprit murdered their son and left him at their front door. The loss of their son has not been easy for both Chaeyoung and Mina. Their son was 2 years old, he was their everything. Everything just came to an end before it even began.

Mina was walking when she felt a familiar presence watching her. She saw him staring at her. She too became frozen. She didn't know what to do, but she knew, her heart beat loudly seeing him again. Chaeyoung took a breath and started the painful short walk to her. As he got to her, he remembered the last time he saw her. 'She had red hair before ...', Chaeyoung thought when he tried to burn every single detail that made this woman in front of him a big part of his life. He took her suitcase from her hands, trying to be a gentleman for the passersby to see.

"Have you been well ... ?", his tone was cold and he couldn't even say her name.

"Nae, ... Jeongyeon didn't inform me you will be coming", Mina replied looking into his eyes. She was surprised, but ultimately, kind of happy he was there. Apparently, he didn't seem to reciprocate the feeling as he looked away from her.

"I was free so I decided to go", he would not look at Mina. His ego was too great to give in what his heart probably needs.

Their awkward atmosphere in the middle of the gate was too much for both of them, so Chaeyoung started walking towards the car, while Mina followed. Chaeyoung made sure to keep a certain distance between him and Mina as they walked. This barrier saddens Mina, however, she didn't dare to close the distance either. Finally arrived at the car, Chaeyoung packed the suitcase inside the trunk then sat behind the wheel. Mina watched silently and waited for him to enter the car first, at it seems she was not quite welcome into his space. They drove in utter silence, even the low voice of the radio was redundant to fill the silence in the car.

"You lost so much weight", he observed Mina.

"So did you, Chae", he flinched at the nickname, it was the first time in 2 months, since he heard her say his name. Mina frowned at his reaction, saying his name was heavy on her. She did miss him.

"... your mom ... my condolences. I apologise I couldn't come. Are your brothers and sister okay?", his voice held little feeling with his words. He was expressionless nor did he made any effort to even give Mina a glance.

"It is all right ... life goes on", Mina smiled sadly because it has been hard for a while, she was slowly believing herself when she said it. Mina was playing with her wedding ring and wondered if Chaeyoung was wearing his. She gave his hands a glance and found out her heart could still break. He wasn't wearing his. She squeezed her hands together, biting her lips to prevent herself from crying.