SPLIT (COMPLETED)

you still remember me

*Flashback in italics*

While everyone is celebrating the end of the final exam around the school, Chaeyoung quickly climbs through the wall of the school compound at the back to avoid meeting Chanyeol or Sooyoung at the front side. She has made up her mind after a few discussion with Rosé for the past few weeks. Rosé's voice has given her ideas to free herself from the house she is living right now.

"Chaeyoung, hey! Chae!", the shouts do not stop her as she manages to get out of the school compound. She continues to walk using the back road ignoring the person that shouted for her.

"Chaeyoung! Rosé!", she finally turns around with a glare to that person calling her name. "Rosé, where are you going? Why you use the back road?", he asks as he stands beside her.

"None of your business, Junhoe.", she replies coldly to him as she continues to walk in fast pace to get home.

He follows her as he starts to walk backward while analysing her face.

"It's the end of final, Rosé. Let's go out, what do you say?", he asks casually even though he knows Rosé is opposite of Chaeyoung who is considerate and soft with him.

"I'm not in the mood for a hangout.", she replies without feeling sorry at all.

Junhoe's eyes narrowed as he tries to think why she is acting so cold with him now. It is the same like he first met her as Rosé at the school rooftop two years back. He wonders why she is being this way with him now when he is the only one that knows about her DID condition.

"Did something happen? You only appear when something happened, Rosé.", he tries to get a clue on why she is taking over of Chaeyoung at the moment. "Chaeyoung should be happy for now that the exams already ended. If one of you will take over her body, it should be Rosie and not you, Rosé.", he tells her as he stops walking backward beside her.

His words make her stops in her tracks. "Well, you think she's happy that the exams already ended? You really don't get her yet, Junhoe.", she tells him as she looks for a taxi or any transportation that comes across the road.

When she sees a taxi coming her way, she raises her hand to get the driver's attention.

"What do you mean, Rosé?", he asks as the taxi stops next to them.

"What I mean is you should stop interacting with us. All three of us. Bye, Junhoe.", she tells him as she gets inside the taxi and locks the door not allowing Junhoe to come along. "This is our last meeting. Please don't come to the house if you don't want to see what I'm capable of doing.", she reminds him before she tells the taxi driver to start driving from there.

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"You?", that is the only word that comes out from her mouth as she sees his smiling face.

"Hi, Rosé. I just moved in next door.", he tells her as he walks towards her with one of his hands in his pocket.

She looks at the big two storey house beside her house before she turns back to see him in front of her. "Junhoe, what a surprise to see you here!", she still remembers him even though it has been 7 years ago the last time they met.

He nods while still smiling, "You still remember me. That's good to know, Rosé."

She nods back before asking how he knows her whereabouts after they have lost contact for a long time.

"Whoa, you're asking me as if I came here because of you. Like I stalk you and buy the house just to be close to you.", he replies sarcastically.

"Well, it could be the reason why you suddenly here after so long. Did you send someone to search for me?", she plays along with his sarcasm even though she does not mean it that way.

He chuckles at her before shaking his head, "I bought that house because I've been aiming to live here in this neighbourhood. I just got transferred from Jeju actually. You know the iKon-X Gym franchise?"

She nods as she has heard of the gymnasium before, "There's one 5km from here. You work there?"

He nods to her while proudly opens his arms wide, "I'm a trainer for 2 years already. The franchise here needs me so here I am."

She looks at him and congratulates him, "You've got a great job now. That's cool."

He bows slightly accepting the congratulatory message from her before he hands her a food container filled with rice cakes. "I made these rice cakes myself, Rosé. Please enjoy it, okay?", he says as Chaeyoung takes the container from him. She smiles as she looks at the container before thanking him.

"I'm sorry my hands are pretty full. But, I'll make sure I finish these. Thanks again, Junhoe.", she tells him as she puts the shopping bags down to the ground first to carefully unlock the gate of her house.

"Do you need help? I can carry these..."

"It's okay. No need, June.", she cuts him off refusing his helping hand.

He looks at her as she managed to unlock the key and carries the shopping bag again. "Is there something wrong, Rosé? You only appear when something's bad as I remember..", he tries to find out just like the last time they met 7 years ago.

Chaeyoung smiles faintly before she speaks up, "You still know me quite well, huh? Something did happened but I'm making sure it's going to be alright now. See you later, June."

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Twenty first chapter ✔

Now you know who the guy at the end of the previous chapter. What do you think of him? 😏 A good character addition or a bad one?