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; lee hyukjae's pov
"marry her instead." i unwillingly smiled at those words that came out of mina's mouth. "if we plan well, you get to marry jieun instead of me. and i can run away too." beside me, jieun jerked in surprise, pointing at her. "are you okay? did you hit your head somewhere on the way here?"
my thoughts travel. i love jieun a lot but getting married all of a sudden can definitely be weird for us. we barely patched things up. i get up, put my arm over jieun's waist. "mina, we need another solution. this would be too much for us. she snapped, "blame your damn father then!" she then patted jieun's shoulder, "looks like your losing him for sure if you're not brave enough." i glared at her which made her back away.
jieun spoke up, "you. wait." gesturing mina to stay and she dragged my hand to the other far end. "we need to discuss. if we get married, what would happen really? aren't we rushing things too fast?" i tried to reassure her with a smile, "look we'll listen more of mina's little plan and think okay?". however i saw the look in her eyes, full of worries.
mina was explaining. she had already wanted the wedding ceremony to be a really private one so only families would be there. she expects her parents to not turn up as they would be busy with closing a deal overseas. in the end, only hyukjae's father would be there with his bodyguards. she plans to hide the fact that the bride is jieun with the veil, this was easy as with their faces covered no one could tell it wasn't really mina.
at the end after her explanation, "i know this seems unbelievable and stupid but i too never want to get married to you hyukjae." he shrugs and stares intently at jieun's reaction. it was vague, he couldn't really tell whether it was on the positive or negative side.
"i-i have plans with siwon, uh i'll call you hyukjae." she gives me a side hug and walks off. mina teases, "looks like she doesn't want you as her husband either."
i sigh, "i hate you so much."
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kim jieun's pov
i try to put all thoughts regarding hyukjae, mina, marriage, plans aside as i sit in the cafe waiting for siwon. i was planning on telling him bit by bit of hyukjae appearing in front of my door to the crazy plan.
he greeted me with a hug after he entered before taking a seat. "thank you for meeting me here. i was actually worried on how you were feeling since the wedding is coming fast." a sense of warmth was growing in my heart, i was definitely touched by siwon. he put his hand out on the table, and i put mine on top of his. "you're always so sweet to me, ever since we were children."
he takes his hand away abruptly, looking down. i noticed him taking a few deep breaths.
"i like you kim jieun."
"i'm sorry what?" i covered my mouth with my hands. after the crazy plan i heard now this? "what why? i thought you were just being real supportive of me? and aren't you a fan of hyukjae and i?"
"he hurt you so many times. each time you were lost, i was always there for you. i had these feelings for the longest and when hyukjae came back and you guys got together i just thought those feelings were for a friend. but no, everytime i see you crying over hyukjae and him hurting you i get angry. because if i had you, i'd never hurt you."
i was frowning, i did not know how to react to it. all i could say was, "...hyukjae came to me today." as soon as i said it, i could see how those words pierced through his heart.
"so bad timing? i'm a freaking idiot." he sighed and stood up. "i hope we're still okay..." he then left the cafe. i felt really bad, putting my head on the table. everything was a mess. i just sat there in the cafe, zoning out wishing all my problems would disappear.
missed calls from hyukjae kept increasing. i could not bother to answer, what could i even tell him? i had not thought through of marrying him. then, a message from him caught my eye.
"i just heard from siwon. your choice."
i bit my lip in frustration. how could i choose between two guys who i appreciate and love? first thought was for me to call siwon. it felt inappropriate but he was always there for me. maybe something i should have realised more.
"hey."
"siwon, its been an hour. come pick me up? lets talk."
