Chapter Three
Shin Hye had been daydreaming all day in school. She never listened to whatever the teacher was talking about. It's already twelve noon and she's just inside the classroom, staring at the blank space. She forgot that she had to meet her best friend/boyfriend at this hour.
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"I wonder where Shin Hye is? She's already ten minutes late," Geun Suk told himself. When he was about to stand up, he saw Shin Hye finally walking inside the cafe. Much to his dismay, she halted her step to no avail. Before he could go to her, someone tug him by the sleeve. It was Min Young.
"Yeah? What do you need, Min Young-ssi?" Geun Suk asked as he felt his cheeks redden a bit. Min Young had just touched him! TOUCHED! That was the nicest experience ever. "Er...let's have a talk, shall we?" Min Young said. "Sure," Geun Suk replied happily. So, he sat down again with Min Young and smiled. He totally forgot about Shin Hye.
"It's about yesterday afternoon. I heard you shouting at my sister to stop drinking. I'm sorry, I did not mean to eavesdrop but...I heard your conversation...well, most of it but I decided not to listen anymore because it's none of my business. But, the last line she was talking about kept me curious. I stopped when she had finally mentioned my name...I don't mean to pry but, what act are you talking about with Shin Hye?" Min Young asked suspiciously. Geun Suk was caught off guard. Is this all she wanted to talk about? Oh, man. What a luck, huh?
Geun Suk gulped. "Hey, you don't have to answer it if you don't feel like it. I'm just curious but I hope you really do your promise to take care of my sister. I don't want to see her being hurt. Plus, next time she drinks and you let her, you'll be dead," Min Young said and glared at him as she said the last line. Geun Suk nodded three times to show he understood. He doesn't know why but he wanted Min Young to go now. He does not want to see...just now.
Min Young stood up and waved her goodbye to him and he responded with a smile. 'She heard the act thing??? Oh, no. She might be suspecting something. This isn't good...but good thing she did not force me to answer. That was scary,' he thought and sighed. That's when he remembered Shin Hye. When he looked back where she had last been, she was gone. "Where did you go and what did you do now, Shin Hye?" Geun Suk asked himself and stood up to look for her.
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At the rooftop
"Jaejoong, I need to tell you something," Shin Hye said. "What is it?" Jaejoong asked calmly. "Jaejoong...I'm...I'm—" before she could continue on what she was about to say, she cried. "Ms. Park, what's wrong with you?" Jaejoong asked worriedly. 'Ms. Park...yeah. You don't have to be so formal, you know!' she said. Though, she only said it in her mind so no one heard it but her.
"I'm in love with you..." she finally let those words out. Jaejoong could not blink. He only gaped. Did he hear her right? Did he hear her say that she was IN LOVE with him? Oh, poor Shin Hye...but Jaejoong only does what he think is right, so he has to do it. "I'm sorry Park Shin Hye...you know I love your sister," Jaejoong said with a sad face. He does not want to hurt her but he had to let her know. "I know! And that's the part where it hurts the most! Min Young is my sister and she knew I had loved you! Maybe she thought that I was not in love with you anymore since Geun Suk came and we became close that's why she agreed to be your girlfriend!" Shin Hye blurted out. She cannot take it anymore. She wanted him to know what she really felt.
"Please, I'm desperate Jaejoong. Tell me! What is with Min Young that I don't have for you to love her instead of me!? We've been close before, right??? Tell me!" Shin Hye said as she cried more. "Shin Hye, you're perfect. You're beautiful, kind, friendly, caring, loving, funny, smart and everything an ideal woman has but—" before he could finish, Shin Hye interrupted him by saying, "Then, why don't you love me if I am an ideal woman??? Why Min Young? Is she over the ideal woman features!?"
"As I was saying—but, I love your sister. She's the one I chose. Sure, you and I had been close but I only thought of you as a friend. I've always liked your sister but I could not find the courage to ask her out...I actually feel guilty because I felt like I was only using you to connect your sister and I," Jaejoong explained. "Ms. Park, you deserve someone better. Isn't Geun Suk your boyfriend now? Shouldn't you let go of me now? Geun Suk, you deserve him and he deserves you," Jaejoong added. Before he could take his leave, Shin Hye said, "Geun Suk is not my boyfriend, actually. He's just my friend...er...best friend to be exact. We were only putting on an act..."
"Act? Why?" Jaejoong asked. "Because..." Shin Hye paused. No, she could not tell him. It's for her best friend's sake. "It's nothing. Don't mind I ever said it. I'm just out of my mind. Thanks anyway, oppa. Thank you for everything. Even if you cannot give me back your love, I would always keep you in my heart.
I'll try to let go..." Shin Hye said as she whispered the last line. "Thank you," Jaejoong said and hugged Shin Hye. "I'm sorry..." he added.
He broke the hug and bowed. After seeing Shin Hye wipe off her tears and smiled, he took his leave. As soon as his figure has disappeared, Shin Hye cried again. "It hurts so much seeing you with someone else. The one that hurts the most is that, that someone is my sister..." she told herself and cried even more.
Finally, Geun Suk spotted Shin Hye at the rooftop. Though, he did not notice Jaejoong coming down from it earlier. "Shin Hye!" he shouted as soon as he saw Shin Hye at the edge part. "Do you always have to scare me, huh??? Are you trying to suicide again??? Don't do this. Because if you do, Min Young will kill me and get mad at me. I don't want that to happen," Geun Suk said as he made Shin Hye face him. To his surprise, she was crying and had red swollen eyes.
"No one will miss me anyway. No one will remember me. All of you won't even think I even existed on Earth...it's better if I wasn't born or much better, I died," Shin Hye cried. "Yah!" Geun Suk shouted. "Of course we'll miss you! Min Young will miss you," Geun Suk added. "Oh, yeah? Psh...like that would ever happen. She will be happy she will have Jaejoong all to her self!" Shin Hye exclaimed. "What do you mean?" Geun Suk asked. "Well, to make the story short...I told Jaejoong everything. I told him I love him and that...Min Young had known it ever since but—"
"She knew?" Geun Suk asked in disbelief. "Yeah," she uttered. "Impossible. If she really did, she would sacrifice by not agreeing with him to be his boyfriend, right?" Geun Suk asked, confused. "That's the point. She knew it but she ignored it for her sake...Geun Suk, please let me die," Shin Hye said. "What!? Are you crazy!? Why would I let you die? You mean so much to me!" Geun Suk said and hugged her. "Yeah, I know but...just let me die already so this suffering would end. Let's just stop the act," Shin Hye said. "Shin Hye..." Geun Suk uttered.
"Please!"
"No, I won't let you die!"
"At least let me be in peace!"
"Shin Hye, stop it already. You're being silly!"
"See! Please Geun Suk oppa!"
"Yah! Stop it, I'm getting angry."
"Fine! Get angry so I would die! Just let me—"
Without warning, Geun Suk held Shin Hye's face and kissed her. Both were shocked at the sudden kiss. Geun Suk's eyes widened. Now, why the hell did he do that for?