LIE TO ME | WOOYU

VIII

"omo!!" she typed. "hehe...wooseok oppa has a boyfriend...but our ships are not real ㅠㅠㅠ." the girl posting this was one of the girls who were at la vie en rose cafe. her name was kimah. she was yuto's sister. she didn't know that it was yuto wooseok was dating, but she was a popular fan page for wooseok and it was her job to promote wooseok as good as a fan could. when she was at the cafe, she was taking pictures in the back, near the reception. in the photos, wooseok looked happy, since he had been smiling when they barbed into the tent and looked content. perfect to share with k-netizens. she made a few small edits before opening her email app.

to dispatch:
hello 👋!! these are the photos you asked for. they are provided in the document below. have a good day!!!
-saranghae!! kimah jun

it was done. she had made a deal with dispatch to follow wooseok around and try to find him dating someone and she finally found something. it was very exciting to be able to show some evidence. she had gotten paid 100,000,000 korean won (they really needed the story) and she was sending it to her brother yuto, who didn't have a solid apartment or functioning job. she started another email and began to write to yuto.

konichiwa oniisan!! i have a BIG surprise for you. i took a special job in korea, even though otousan and okaasan said not to. i was working undercover for dispatch! i got paid lots of money so i want to give it to you. i got your email from your old job by the way. i am sorry that i didn't do anything to help you when mom and dad kicked you out. that was wrong of me. but what i had to do for the job was spy on wooseok from prism!! he was with a boy, but i didn't get a good view of who it was. i will send you the pictures! he is so handsome tee-hee. if you don't wanna date him, leave him for me!
love, kimah

she closed her computer and made the bank deposit. she was so happy and content after such a long time.

meanwhile, in korea, yuto opened the email. he was confused. "but...who's wooseok? the wooseok i know...can't be the same one, right? he clicked on the attached document and stared in shock at the photos. wooseok, angrily kissing the creepy supposed ex-girlfriend. there was also a photo of him and wooseok inside the tent at the la vie en rose café. yuto was furious. the anger seared inside him, it burned with a rage that he had never felt before. not because of the kiss, but because of the secret. it had been just a few weeks ago.

"no secrets?"

"never. i would never hurt you in any way. i love you."

he smiled and kissed him solemnly. all was right in the world.

he closed his eyes. tears stung them, he was losing to himself so easily. he wanted the truth. he wanted to know. opening a new tab, he searched up jung wooseok. there were millions of results, but that didn't faze him. his emotions were quickly hardening; like a wave of pressure that came with wooseok breaking. as he scanned the pictures, he saw that they were mostly pictures of award shows, but some of him with other unfamiliar members of prism, laughing or hugging them. it made him feel envious. was he not enough for wooseok? he had to find others to satisfy him. but nonetheless, he printed out these photos along with the new found article from dispatch.

the headline read, "BREAKING: prism member wooseok found to be dating un identified male" and attached were the same photos of him and wooseok that kimah had sent him. he quickly printed the photos and article out, grabbed his coat, and left. even with his small knowledge of seoul and it's buildings, he knew where the cube entertainment building was because it was right next to la vie en rose cafe. he almost never saw wooseok during the day and all of a sudden it was so obvious that he was there. no wonder they never went near there until they had to. he was trying to stay away from being recognized by someone. yuto's face was slowly paling as he approached the building, nerves striking and his heart pounding. he stepped inside and the building really did put a faint smile on his face. the inside of the building was truly lovely, and it had soft lights decorating the entire main entrance.

there was a reception desk plain in view with two pretty women sitting at the stations. yuto approached them straightly and spoke. "good afternoon. i need to speak with wooseok, from prism?" it was so odd for yuto to hear himself speak so formally. just a few days ago he was acting like a pastel baby with wooseok but now, he was...different. and maybe he didn't like it. but he knew that he wanted his own justice. one of the ladies at the desk raised an eyebrow. "right. you're the tenth person to say that today. you have no authorization as a family member or significant other, so we can't-"

yuto cut her off. "actually, you can. i'm his boyfriend." the lady choked on her own breath and looked shocked. "a-authorization?" yuto smirked and handed her the photo of him and wooseok sharing a kiss. that one was a private photo of kimah. that one had been taken away before the stalker came into the tent. believe it or not, but it was inside yuto's airbnb. there was a camera hanging on his balcony that could perfectly see his bedroom and couch. as you could guess, a sasaeng who was going way too far had placed it there when she saw that wooseok was constantly at the apartment. and oddly, she was actually working in yuto's favor. the lady gasped at the photo and tapped on the other lady's shoulder. she showed her the photo and they collectively whispered something yuto couldn't hear in a room they had left to.

when they came back, the first lady smiled and said to him, "of course. we'll have him come down for you." she made a quick phone call and hurriedly said into the phone, "someone's here for wooseok. get him out of practice stat." she smiled again at yuto and he quietly sat in the waiting chairs. they were a lovely wood blend and comfortable enough to sit in for five minutes before getting up. after a quick while of anxious waiting, wooseok showed up in the lobby. if yuto was telling the truth, he actually looked really good. he was in black adidas sweatpants with a white hoodie and matching bucket hat with it. he turned and his face paled in seconds.

"y-yuto?" he whispered. yuto stood up. he showed no emotion, but he approached him and smacked him clear in the face. the receptionists gasped and stared at the two of them. wooseok sighed after taking the blow. "i'm sorry." he said. yuto started feeling hot, and his eyes included that. he started to cry in spite of wooseok, and soon he started to sob. "how could you? you lied to me. over and over and over, b-but i still loved you." he buried his face in his hands and wooseok felt a furious wave of emotional guilt in his chest. he had done it. gone and ruined everything he had with yuto, just like that. yuto moved his head to wooseok's front shoulder, and pounded it against his chest. his tears kept on going as if those tears could poison wooseok for lying endlessly.

wooseok had given up as well. it was his fault. all of it. ruined his relationship, and was probably about to get fired, for multiple reasons. therefore, his life was over. he was done. yuto was no longer loving him.