Pink Hoodie TXT BEOMGYU

EPILOGUE: Pink Hoodie

CHOI BEOMGYU

"I love you."

...

"Why would you do that???!" I whimper, hugging her back tightly.

"What do you mean?"

I pull away and stare at angrily. "Do you know how worried I was? You said nothing for 2 weeks, replied to none of my messages, and then suddenly say you need to talk about something? I thought you were gonna breakup with me!"

She looks up at me bewilderedly and then cracks a smile. She quickly pecks my cheek and then takes my hand. "I want food."

She drags me along and I sigh with relief, but my heart is still pumping blood like crazy. "What do you wanna eat?"

She shrugs her shoulders. "Nothing heavy. I had dinner already."

I smile in triumph. "I know a place."

She looks up at me curiously but doesn't ask. I look around the area and lead is in the direction I have in mind.

"So," I say after a bit. "Was that all you wanted to say?" She breathes out heavily and I eye her worriedly. "What's wrong?"

"I just...I feel horrible."

"Why?"

She lowers her head. "When I first heard that you were going to debut, I wanted to be happy. And I was! But...I worried more about us. I was afraid that I'd eventually become someone that would hold you back. You have so much potential, a whole world full of opportunity and new things. You and the boys are going to be amazing, and I don't want to prevent you from any of that."

"So that's why you've been avoiding me?" I realize.

She nods. "I didn't want you to be hurt. If you told me about the debut and all I could think about was this, that's just so selfish."

Our destination comes into sight and I stop walking to pull her to the side and make her face me.

"Hey, look at me."

She raises her gaze until it meets mine. God those eyes.

"You are not selfish. Did you even hear yourself? The only person you were worrying about was me, and I may not be sure about everything that will happen after debut, but our relationship isn't one thing I worry about. We're in this together. I've gotten this far with you, and we'll go farther together."

She starts tearing up and the reflection of the light make it appear as if her eyes are sparkling.

"Now come on, here's my proof that things will work out." I grab hold of her hand again and pull her to the milk tea shop. She recognizes it immediately and nudges me playfully. "Right now it seems impossible that things will play out the way we want, but I think something that was even more impossible was meeting you, yet I did. Right in this shop. Exactly a year ago."

She looks impressed and stares into it, beaming. "Do you know why you caught my attention that day?"

I shake my head. "Was there a particular reason? I always thought it was my face." I wink at her jokingly.

She rolls her eyes and punches my arm. "No." She points at what I'm wearing. "It was this. This baby-pink hoodie."