⋆。˚ ☁︎ ˚。⋆。 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞 | slap to the face
"YOU HAVE BEEN DISTANT lately," my boyfriend kevin expressed to me worriedly. the mere reason kevin and i were together was because we bonded over the fact that both of us were fluent in english and could relate to life outside of korea, but that was it. that adhesive which kept us in a relationship has long faded away and dissolved.
"and you haven't?" i mumbled before biting a bite of mochi ice cream.
he sighed. "y/n, we've been over this a thousand times. if i could stay here with you every single day i would, but the only way i can keep my job is if i do what the union says."
"even when they say go drop your life in korea and live out some where in europe or god knows where for twelve weeks to half a year?" i asked rhetorically; i had already knew the answer. it was yes without second thought.
"you know that this is hard for me-"
"i want to break up with you," i blurted out, embarrassed that the truth had come out that way, but relieved that it was said out loud. "this is too much for the both of us, kev. i love you but i just don't have the time to wait on you anymore."
he blinked back for a few seconds, a smile of disbelief creeping upon his face as he scoffed at my sudden statement. "you can't be serious."
"since when have a been a comedian, kevin?" i asked in a serious tone. "i love you but i deserve someone who is reliable and you deserve someone who is patient enough to deal with your spontaneous schedule."
"business isn't the reason why you're breaking up with me," kevin accused, his voice laced with emotions of anger. "you're seeing someone else."
i laughed, perhaps a bit too hard, but i was not sure if it was because of kevin's pure idioticy or the fact that he was willing to make me the villain of the relationship.
"fuck you kevin."
"you're an ungrateful bitch y/n," he spat bitterly across the restaurant table. "i send you money, provide you with the necessities to run your little street vendor job because god knows you're useful for nothing else beside selling kimchi!"
"could you be anymore of a bitch?" i yelled infuriated. "i don't need shit from you anymore, i just want out of this relationship!"
suddenly my world went spinning, my gaze and thoughts quickly became combobulated yet, i still felt others' eyes on me as my head seem to be tunneling toward the ground. the slight burn of his hand on my cheek stung severely and it was then i realized, i had been slapped. in front of a crowd too.
"y/n-"
i held my aching face with one hand has a grabbed my purse with another. my eyes met kevin's for the last time before i ran out the restaurant, tears welling in my eyes as i tried as fast as i could to get to my car.
i sobbed in my driver's seat, wondering why my boyfriend of almost a year would slap me and
humiliate me in front of a crowd. it is true that i had started to lose feelings for kevin, but i never stopped loving him as a friend. i was just not in love anymore. it was hard to love someone who was always so far away anyway.i jumped out of my thoughts when i heard a knock on my window, my hands flew to the keys already in the ignition as a reflex by the assumption kevin was coming by to talk to me. instead, there stood a person i'd never think would be there.
sae-byeok.
she wore a beige sweater and black sweats, obligatory to her personality.
i rolled down the window, not changing my upset expression. i was still mad at her too after putting me in so much distress.
"are you going to let me in?" she asked.
"why should i?" i asked blankly. "won't you run off again?"
"fair question," she replied nonchalantly. "i just wanted to know if you were okay after what happened inside the restaurant."
i furrowed my brows. i had failed to see sae-byeok anywhere in the room, perhaps her baggy clothing engulfed her slim body to the point where she was unrecognizable. or it could have been my selective sight. either way, i was even more embarrassed.
"what were you doing there?" i asked a little more harsh that i meant it to come out.
"well, i'm free to eat at any restaurant i want to," she said annoyed, clearly annoyed. "but if you really want to know, i just met with a lawyer."
"are you in trouble?" i asked cautiously.
she let out a dry chuckle. "always. but the lawyer is to help with my... family issues."
"oh," i said. i didn't want to push her. "well i'm embarrassed enough so it's time for me to leave. do you nee-"
"i'm okay walking," she cut me off. "i'll see you later y/n."

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