No Strings Attached (Jungkook x OC)

Part 10: I Love You, Goodbye.

"I don't understand what's going on." He mumbled, looking at her in the eye.

"I was slowly forgetting the fact that this isn't a real relationship. All this time, I was getting used to seeing you. I forgot the fact that every kiss, every hug.. was fake." She chuckled bitterly, wincing as she felt the tears start to form. "I got so used to it that I—"

"Fell in love with me." He cut her to the chase and she looked at him, a tear escaping her eye. "You fell in love with me."

She gasped for air and nodded her head in reply. He stared at her as she wiped the tears that were streaming down her cheeks. "You fell in love with me?"

"Yes, Jungkook." She repeated her reply again.

"I-I don't think I—Seoyeon, I'm sorry." He whispered, shaking his head as Seoyeon felt her heart shatter into pieces. "I'm so sorry, Seoyeon. I.. I'm not in love with you."

Seoyeon smiled sadly, nodding her head. "I know, I knew you would say that."

"Seoyeon, I never intended on hurting you in any way." He began, placing his hand over hers. "In fact, you made me realize how I should love myself before loving others.. and thank you for showing me that."

She nodded her head, "and this is what I want you to do. Don't think about me, I want you to go chase after Haeun because I know that you have a second chance. I can feel it."

"But what about you—"

"Don't think about me. Go run after her, and if she doesn't give you a second chance.. then we have concluded how much of a selfish bitch she is." The two of them chuckled, "and you've also concluded the fact that there's more fish in the sea. She's not the only girl in the world, you know. There's still more room in your heart for someone who'll love you ten times more than she did."

He smiled, "thank you, Seoyeon."

Seoyeon leaned in and pressed her lips against his cheek, pecking it gently.

"I love you, goodbye."

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(Seoyeon's POV)

It was funny how here I was, saying the same exact things that I have said to the same exact person who broke my heart almost a year ago.

It was funny how here I was, hopeless again, searching for answers, searching for someone who'll actually love me back and never leave me.

But the only difference was that, I didn't leave Jungkook this time around.

He left me.

He left me without warning, not even a single goodbye or a phone call. He left me without warning, probably just so that he could forget about me the moment he lands in Rome and finds some random girl who's much more prettier than me.

Was he even in love with me all this time?

Or was I just fooled and played with just like the first time?

Suddenly, my phone rang, and I looked at the caller ID, furrowing my eyebrows in confusion. I answered the phone call, hearing nothing but my heartbeat beating out of my chest.

"Hello?"

"Seoyeon-ah, where are you?" The voice asked on the other line.

"I'm at the pier, where are you?" I asked as the voice chuckled.

"I'm at the pier too, can we meet up or something?" The voice insisted as I bit my lip, utterly confused as to what was going on right now.

"Uh.. sure?" My reply coming out as a question and I felt my feet eagerly bring me to the pier, searching for someone through the huge crowd of couples and single people.

"Stay on the line so we could find each other through the phone call," the voice insisted as I replied with a 'mhm'.

The more I got closer to the pier, I was getting more eager and eager to what was going on. But as I got closer to the pier, I could see different pictures here and there.

They were all clipped on string, and the whole concept seemed extremely familiar. They were all pictures of cupcakes, and everything that I loved. It were either pictures of cupcakes, clothes, music, anything. But as I got more closer to the pier, I felt myself lose my own voice.

I was seeing pictures of me, candid photos of me where I wasn't aware that someone was taking pictures of me. I stopped and stared at a picture of me, sitting inside the cupcake shop, completely unaware, but I was icing a red velvet cupcake.

"Seoyeon-ah? Are you there?" The voice called out on the other line, making me snap out of my trance.

"Y-Yeah, I'm still here. Where are you?" I asked as the voice seemed pretty breathless.

"The pier is really crowded today, don't you think? I can't seem to find you." The voice replied and I started to run around the pier, pushing people past so that I could find him as soon as I could.

I stopped, finding myself getting lost just because there were so much people that I couldn't keep up as to where I was. I searched through the crowd, standing in the middle, searching for a tall figure with a phone pressed against his ear.

"I'm standing in the middle, can you see me?" I asked.

"No.. I'm jumping up and down, do you see me?" The voice replied as I shook my head.

"No, I can't see you. Maybe we should meet up where it's not so crowded?" I insisted.

"Alright, I just can't wait to see you, Seoyeon-ah." The voice mumbled and I felt my heart skip a beat. "Just promise me one thing though."

"What?" I asked as I ran again, searching for him.

"Promise me that you'll stay by my side," the voice said. "I'm just afraid that if I let go of your hand, or if I even lose you, you'll fly away and shatter.. like a butterfly."

I found myself stopping in my tracks to see him standing a few metres away, looking right at me. It was like there was no other people, but just the two of us. I felt my eyes start to tear up just at the sight of him. The phone was in his hand, but it was away from his ear. My phone was still pressed against my ear, and I saw him press his phone against his ear again.

"J-Jungkook?" I whispered. "Are you really here? I thought you were going to Rome."

He smiled. I had the urge to run towards him and hug him, but my feet were stuck to the ground.

"I lied. I always did."

To be continued...