Faulty Hearts (aka "Tara & Belle") [Dreamcatcher | SuYoo | Sua x Yoohyeon]

Chapter 1: Prologue

[[A/N: Edited 06/06/20 minor grammatical corrections]]

[2 months ago]

Minji
Hyeonie. Baby...
I read your letter.
I couldn't understand some of it, the English parts, of course.
Can we please talk about this in person?

I'm not sure what you're trying to say.
But if it's something I can fix you know I will.

Yoohyeon
I don't think it's something you can fix this time.

MJ
What is it? Whatever it is I'm sure I can find a way.

YH
I just don't think I can continue this anymore Minji.
I'm sorry.

MJ
Continue what? Us? Baby, what's wrong?

YH
This is gonna sound so cliche but,
it's not you, it's me.
Nothing's wrong with you Minji

MJ
Just come back home. We'll figure
this out together.

YH
I'm sorry.

[A month ago]

MJ
Hyeonie... I know you're still here in Korea.
I hope you're doing well.
I miss you, my love.

I wanted to tell you that I was given a trip for two to Jeju.
Company perk, you know.
And well, I wanted to ask if you'd like to go with me?
It's at the end of the month.

I know I'm asking too much, maybe I'm just being hopeful.
I know, you're not talking to me. I just...
I just miss you so much.
I just want to see you again
I read your letter every night
It's all I have left that's you

[one hour later]

If you're breaking up with me, at least do it in person!
AT LEAST GIVE ME THAT MUCH!

I'm sorry I didn't mean to "yell"
Just say anything. Please.

Whatever you're going through
just know I still love you, Yoohyeon.
I love you.

YH
When is the trip?

MJ
!!!
The last Friday of this month.

YH
Ok. Well, have fun.

MJ
Hyeonie...
Hyeonie...
Come on...
:(

Yoohyeon scrolled through the past text messages between Minji and her. It's been almost two months since she last saw her, since she went MIA without warning. Minji's calls to her were unanswered, her texts replied with barely any explanation. She didn't mean to be so cold-hearted and indifferent, but she was hoping Minji would take the hint that she was backing off from her. Still, Yoohyeon wasn't even sure if she wanted it to be over with Minji, her girlfriend of two years.

Old feelings still lingered inside her like an itch that doesn't go away. Every thought of her made Yoohyeon want to come back, back into her arms again and feel those kisses by those lips that always formed the brightest smile. She hoped Minji couldn't see through her ruse, but the guilt and burden were killing her inside. So she took the coward's way out. Running away.

She stuck her free hand into her hoodie pocket, feeling the card stock edge of her boarding pass, her ticket back home to the states where everything will be familiar again. She tried--in the two years here--to fit here in her birth country, but it still felt foreign to her, and it treated her the same way, a foreigner, or rather, an outsider who looked like them but will never fully be a true fellow countryman. She tried--she swore she tried--but that was only one of several reasons why she was leaving, but she was just too chickenshit to confront the other conflicts inside her.