Another Level: CLC SYS

chapter 3: the one that got away

This is Cha Hyunjin's girlfriend. Stop sending my boyfriend voice mails. Just so you know, I'm deleting them. Please don't contact him again.

A piercing scream comes out of my throat even as the door opens, revealing a shocked Seungyeon. It goes on for almost a minute until my throat dries up.

“What in the world happened?” Seungyeon asks, tossing me a bottled water.

I gulp it to the last drops.

“Calm down. Ohmygod. You look like someone who drunk texted their ex.” She says and the water goes up my nostrils I almost died.

Her eyes widen, rubbing my back as I cough and then she starts laughing. “Ohmygod, you did!”

“Kill me.” I tell her when I could finally breathe again.

“Can't. I'm already in so much trouble. I don't need a murder scandal next to the bullying scandal.”

“Wait,” I look around again. “What the hell is this place? Did you kidnap me?”

Seungyeon snorts. “Again, I don't need a kidnapping scandal.”

“Seungyeon! Why the heck did I sleep here and how are you here?”

She blinks, smiling sheepishly. “This is our new home.”

“My head is going to explode.”

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VOICEMAIL TO: CHA HYUN JIN

“Hey, uh, Hyunjin-ah. Umm... I don't know why I'm sending this voice mail. I guess it's because we ended things so badly and we haven't spoken to each other since then. I just want to say I'm sorry. I know it's been so long and it probably doesn't mean a thing now but I still want to say I'm sorry.

I'm sorry I turned you down on that proposal. I'm sorry that I never knew I wasn't ready until you were there asking those words to me.

It's insane because sometimes I still think about you and I think I miss you but I also think I don't have the right to feel those things. Not after what I did.

I hope you're doing well. I really do. And thank you for the last three years that you've been in my life. That's... that's really all I have to say.”

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SEUNGHEE

“Seunghee, where are you? Don't you dare ditch me on my wedding day.” I'm in Seungyeon's car and Yujin, her manager, is giving me a ride home when I got a call from my college friend, Eunbin.

Holy shit. Right. Right. I'm supposed to go on a wedding today. After yesterday's drinking session with Seungyeon and Yeeun, and in between me and my head going through the fact that I signed a contract with a real estate agent that I'm moving into a new apartment with my best friends, and trying to figure out what the heck did I say in my drunk voicemail sent to my ex, and that my ex boyfriend has a new girlfriend nowㅡit has left my mind that today is Eunbin's wedding day.

“IIIII'm on my waaaay!” I look at my wrist watch. “I'm definitely on my way.” I repeat. Who am I kidding?

“You better! I need you here. We're taking pictures with the bridesmaids in about twenty minutes.”