Chaeyoung
"I'll miss you so much,Minari"
"I'll miss you too,send my deepest regards to Somi, okay?"
"I will. I love you,Minari.."
"And I love you too. See you again soon,baby"
I smiled and kissed my wife's temple before walking away from her to catch my early flight
I got invited on an exclusive art exhibit in New York and I'd be staying there for a couple of weeks for some related matters. When Somi heard about me going to New York again,she happily asked me to stay in her place which Minari agreed
Minari and Somi's friendship was really unexpected. Well,Imagine your lover and your ex lover being friends? It's just so weird
Somi..
I smiled when her face suddenly pops out in my mind.It's been a while since I last saw her so I'm very much happy to be staying with her in her place, our old place
Yes, she's still staying in the same place where we use to stay back when we we're together before. She told me she just couldn't let go of the things and memories we had in that place so she didn't bother moving out at all
I comfortably close my eyes as soon as I sat on my designated seat and prepared myself to sleep. I'm excited. This exhibit is exclusively for renowned artists around the world only and I'm so happy to be part of it. I'm pretty sure I'll get to meet great artists once again
I'm so lucky!
I touched my wedding ring and smiled. I'll miss you Minari. I'll be home soon baby, I promise..
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"Somi!"
"Oh my God,Chaeyoung!"
Somi immediately hugged me tight as soon as she she saw me which made me smile and hugged back. God,how I miss this woman
"Come in, Chaeng. How's your flight by the way?"
"Oh, a bit tiring but I'm all good. How are you?"
"I'm doing great. Oh, I cooked some of your favorite foods. Come on, I know you're starving"
"Thanks, Somi"
I followed her to the kitchen and realized that this place is still the same well. The wallpapers are still the same, the arrangement of the furnitures and even the old photo of us still hanged on the wall
I stopped in front of our photo and smiled. Good old days never really die and I'm glad Somi cherished all of this until now
I closed my eyes and inhaled the familiar scent of the house that I always love. I love this feeling. It's like I'm back in the days where I'm still living my happy and contented life with Somi
"Chaeyoung? Are you okay?"
"Thanks Somi"
"Huh? What are you talking about—"
"Thanks for keeping everything here the way it was before. It's like I'm back home again,with you.."
"Chaeyoung—"
"Thanks a lot,Somi"
I didn't know what's happening to me but I suddenly hugged Somi tightly with tears on my face. I don't even know why I'm being so emotional right now
"C-chaeyoung? Are you okay?"
"Oh..I'm sorry..Yes,I'm fine. Maybe I'm just tired"
"Of course you are,you dummy. Now,let's eat so you can take a rest,okay?"
I smiled and went to the kitchen. She did prepared my favorite foods and I enjoyed it so much. We shared a happy meal together like we always do while catching up about our lives these past years
I can't help but to stare at Somi most of the times. She's still the old Somi I know. The bubbly, cheerful and beautiful Somi that I love— i mean,loved.
Fuck! What's happening to me?
Somi led me to the guest room as if I don't know where it is. She left as soon as she told me to rest well enough. She told me she's just in her room if I ever needed some thing
Her room,our room..
I shake my head off. What really is happening to me? God,I think I'm having a bad jet lag
I took a quick shower,changed my clothes and prepared myself to rest but as soon as I lay down, I felt empty
Vast emptiness that aches my heart. I sit down and roam my eyes around. I don't wanna be here. I don't wanna be in this room
Fuck! What's really happening to me? It's like my body wants to be somewhere else
I don't when and how it happened but I just found myself in front of Somi's room,knocking
"Chaeyoung? Are you okay? Do you need something?"
"I..uh.."
"Hey,are you okay?"
"Y-yeah.."
"Are you sure? Do you need something?"
"Actually there's something—"
"Okay,what is it?"
"Can I sleep with you,Somi?"
Fuck,this is embarrassing
I saw Somi contemplating while scratching her nape. I guess I just made her uncomfortable
"Oh, I'm sorry Somi. I shouldn't have asked that. I'm sorry, goodnight.."
I'm about to go back to my room when she pulled me back. I looked at her and saw that she's smiling sweetly
That smile..that smile that I always love—i mean loved.. No,I love her smile and I will always do. Oh,fuck!
"C-chaeyoung.."
"Y-yes?"
God,this is so awkward!
"Let's sleep"
"O-okay, goodnight Somi—"
"I mean, together. You can sleep beside me chaeng, like we use to"
"A-are you sure?"
"O-of course,besides we're friends and we're just gonna sleep,right?"
"R-right"
I went inside her room and lay on the soft matress. There, I found the warm comfort I'm looking for. It's all here,in her room..our room
I can't still believe she kept everything here the way it was. Our pictures were still freely scattered and hanged around the walls and it's making me emotional
I missed everything in here. This is still our room,our beloved sanctuary where we created lots of lots of happy memories together
Somi lay beside me..
"I'm sorry about the mess"
"Mess? What mess?"
"Oh, I mean our memories together.."
A part of me ached hearing that our memories together were just some kind of mess to her
"So, it's just a mess to you? I'm only a mess to you?"
"No Chaeyoung,of course not. You know you'll always gonna be my favorite person. I'm sorry. I don't mean to call our memories together as mess. I'm just afraid you'll get uncomfortable seeing this room still filled with memories of you and me. I just can't let go of everything,I'm so sorry"
"It's okay,Somi. And hey, I'm not even uncomfortable or what. In fact, I'm deeply touched and so thankful for keeping everything the way it is like before. You made me feel like I'm back home again,Somi.."
"R-really?"
"Yeah and thank you about that,Somi. Thank you for everything.."
I hugged Somi and she hugged me. We stayed like that until I felt her crying in my arms. I felt so guilty and sorry for her
God, I am so sorry for hurting her back then
I just let her cry and cry until she fell asleep in my arms. I tucked some of her hair behind her ears before kissing her temple
"Goodnight Somi.."
"Goodnight,babe.."
Babe!
Then reality hits me. What am I doing?! What is even happening to me? What am I even up to? I'm getting confused!
I don't know how and when it all started but all of a sudden, it feels like I wanna go back to the time where Somi and I still have our own little world
Fuck,this is wrong. This is all so wrong!
Okay, I need to calm down. Maybe it's all just because of a bad jet lag. That's right, I better get some rest..
I looked at Somi once again and smiled,
Goodnight babe..
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Tadaaah!✌🏻
Team Somi or team Mina?
Team past or team present?
Hmmmm🤔
I miss doing UD's so bad so here it is...
Btw,stay safe and healthy everyone,
I love yawa all🥰🖤