INEVITABLE - SEULRENE

how it happened

seulgi's sure jealousy isn't something new to her.

in the course of her 10-year relationship with eunae, there have been times she was jealous of some people, particularly those who threatened their relationship.

and she couldn't forget about this specific person who almost successfully ripped them apart.

but that was a long time ago. after their marriage, everything went smoothly. the wedding band on eunae's finger seems to ward off potential courters. there's no reason for seulgi to feel jealous anymore.

it was until joohyun came.

seulgi knows she doesn't have any right to feel jealous of the situation.

but she is. and she's never been this jealous over someone her entire life!

"hi! fancy meeting you here!" eunae greets joohyun and seungwan, whom they met around the airport.

it was eunae who spots the pair first. seulgi felt the rage in every cell of her body at the sight of the two walking together, joohyun's arm linked with seungwan's.

joohyun looked surprised to see them there. "oh. hi!" she looks at seungwan, then back to eunae. "um. by the way, this is seungwan, my colleague. and seungwan, this is eunae, my client, and her wife seulgi."

"it's a pleasure to meet you two." seungwan shakes their hands, giving seulgi a knowing look.

yeah. they've met before. so, seungwan's playing her role, huh?

"pleasure's all ours," eunae says. "are you two departing as well?"

"ah. no. we just arrived," joohyun says. "seungwan and i attended a client's birthday party two days ago. we just got back here."

seulgi's ears perk.

two days ago.

they were alone for two days. probably sharing a room. seulgi can't dismiss the fact that joohyun looks extremely comfortable around her ex-girlfriend, clinging on the other woman like they were married.

ugh. seulgi takes a deep breath in.

"oh. that's nice." eunae checks her wristwatch. "anyway, we have to go. it was nice meeting you, miss seungwan."

"likewise." seungwan smiles. "take care."

seulgi didn't say anything. she didn't spare her soulmate a glance even if she can feel joohyun is looking at her.

she bows and drags her wife away with her.

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she keeps reminding herself of what heeyeon told her before, about joohyun having every right to date whomever she wants because unlike seulgi, she isn't married.

and seulgi hates the fact that she can't do anything about it, that she can't stop joohyun from doing that.

shouldn't joohyun be only happy with her? that's how it's supposed to be, right?

would it be selfish to ask joohyun not to look for anyone else because seulgi will be there for her?

seulgi's mind is still afloat when her wife kisses her and waves goodbye.

she wonders where joohyun and seungwan could be now.

are they together?

in joohyun's apartment, maybe?

seulgi bites her lower lip. the weight in her chest is still there.

and she feels worse by the second the more she thinks about seungwan and joohyun.