No Strings Attached (Jungkook x OC)

Part 8: Haeun

Seoyeon feared that if she fell in love with him again, she would only get hurt just like the first time. She feared that if she fell in love with him again, all of it would be fake just like the first time.

She feared that maybe what he felt for her right now wasn't real at all.

She feared that maybe down the road he'll realize that he's really not in love with her and it was all just a cover up to make him forget about Haeun.

She feared that she would just be a rebound girl.

"Why are you so fussy about a kiss?" Bora entered into the room with a new set of tissues that she got from her basement. "It's not like it's a big deal."

"It's a big deal, Bora." Seoyeon argued, and Bora wiped away her tears with her two thumbs. "Knowing that I kissed someone whom I tried to move on from for a year, it's a fucking big ass deal."

"Why are you so afraid?" Bora asked, and Seoyeon glanced at her. "It's not like he's still in love with Haeun who's happily married to her second high school lover."

"That's what he thinks, Bora." Seoyeon replied, her voice barely a whisper. "He thinks that's he's not in love with her anymore, but he clearly is still in love with her."

"How do you know about that?" Bora questioned. "Has he told you that he still loves her? Did he object their wedding? Did they even get a second chance in their relationship?"

"No," she muttered. "But he ran after her. He ran after her, got his heart broken when he got invited to his own ex's wedding. He ran after her, Haeun, and not me."

"He did run after you, Seoyeon." Bora bit her lip as she combed through her hair with her fingers. "When will you understand that?"

"Yeah, he ran after me after a year—"

"After a year of realizing how much he loves you." Bora cut her to the chase. "Seoyeon, I know exactly why you're holding up walls against him."

"I'm not closing my heart on him, I just—"

"You're just afraid of loving him again." Bora mumbled. "You're just afraid that once you start loving him again, he's going to leave you. You're afraid that you're just his rebound."

Seoyeon fell silent, a tear escaping her eye and Bora caught it with her thumb. She bit her lip to stop herself from crying.

"I think it's just a matter of opening your heart up for him, again." Bora smiled. "Why would he start running after you if you let him go a year before?"

"But I'm scared, Bora." She whispered and Bora pulled her into a hug. "What if he's really not in love with me?"

"I'm sure that he's deeply in love with you, Seoyeon." Bora chuckled. "If coming back for you doesn't explain it, then I don't know what does."

(Seoyeon's POV)

It has been almost a few days since I've came back to the shop. Most of the time when Jungkook had come to buy some cupcakes, Bora would serve him. I knew that if I saw him again, he would probably beg for an explanation.

I couldn't talk to him.. yet.

I took the keys from the hook that was located in the kitchen, turning off the lights and making sure I didn't forget to turn off any ovens or put any cupcakes into the fridge. I walked towards the door, turning over the sign to indicate that the store was now closed. But before I left the shop, I looked out the window to make sure not a single Jungkook was in sight.

I stepped out of the store, locking the door and making sure no robbers could enter by pushing as hard as I could. Satisfied, I put my hood up and looked down on the sidewalk as I started to head home.