UNCHANGEABLE - SEULRENE

SR - the assault

everything fast forwarded after she got back to the city.

interviews, endorsement, meetings-- these occupied seulgi's schedule. she and sooyoung even went to yeosan a couple of times to check how the hotel construction is going and to iron out employment plans in the area.

she reconnected with jisoo and officially signed a contract with her agency to get her as the hotel's endorser. this hyped the showbiz buzz again between them. even so, their relationship remained platonic, and their meetings have all been purely business-related.

if it weren't for sunmi, who messaged her to visit the foundation, seulgi wouldn't have realised a month already passed. feeling guilty after receiving the message, seulgi hurriedly jump into her car and drove out of the city that night.

she arrived at around ten in the evening. there's no light in sunmi's apartment. seulgi stays in the hallway, dropping a quick message to joohyun about seeing yerim tomorrow if they are available.

but her excitement got drained by joohyun's lack of response. and seulgi's brain is already conjuring up reasons.

is joohyun already asleep? or is she at work? could she be spending time with her husband right now?

not wanting to linger at the thought, seulgi messaged some of her friends and former comrades, asking them to hang out.

it's probably too late in the evening for that as no one is responding to her.

she was ready to go into her apartment and sleep it off until one text came.

it was from gyuri.

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she met gyuri at a bar, and seulgi finds herself appreciating more how beautiful gyuri is.

they drank and talked about a lot of stuff: politics, the dog gyuri adopted, life experiences, and even relationships where it ended with gyuri saying how seulgi's ex is such a bitch.

seulgi still checks her phone from time to time, only to feel more uneasy seeing no response.

not wanting to linger on the thought, seulgi tries her best to focus on gyuri. the doctor's not-so-subtle flirting tells her that something more is expected from tonight.

and who is she to deny herself of some enjoyment?

it was past midnight when seulgi, who's now consumed by alcohol intoxication, finally gave in to the temptation. they kissed, once, twice, thrice. too drunk to drive, both left their cars at the parking area and called a cab back to seulgi's apartment.

they were already mauling each other before they can even get through the front door. after successfully getting in with their clothes still intact, gyuri playfully pushes seulgi down the sofa. she undoes the buttons of her blouse and takes her shirt off, letting it fall on the floor.

seulgi gulps. is she really doing this tonight? yeah. why not? joohyun could be doing the same thing, right?

gyuri moves and straddles her, cupping her face and kissing her again.

just as when seulgi's ready to take it to the next level, seulgi glimpses the painting still hanged on the wall.

and suddenly, she hears voices.

'yup. it's just you, me, and the rain right now.'

seulgi shakes her head.

'please don't leave me, seulgi. i can wait for you as long as you want. but no matter what happens, be strong for us.'

"shit." seulgi squeezes her eyes shut. "shit. shit. shit."

"hey. what's wrong?" gyuri pulled back. "why did you stop?"