Jihye's POV
"I'm Miyoung."
Xiumin and I were staring at each other the moment we heard the name was mentioned. I gave him a half-curved smile to assure him I was fine after crying so hard in front of him. And I didn't want him to worry as well since I'm pretty sure he was just as shocked as I am to find out Miyoung's here.
She pulled a red coloured lipstick out of her dazzling pouch and applied smoothly on her lips. She made a 'pop' sound after fully applying it.
"Babe, did you miss me?" She grabbed Xiumin's arms and linked it with hers, bringing him next to her side. She then turned her attention to me. She glared judgementally at my after-crying face. "Xiumin, I didn't know you've been taking baby-sitting job when I wasn't around." She smirked at Xiumin and scoffed at me.
I turned aside and rolled my eyes. I was speechless at her comment and I couldn't bear to see her being so touchy with Xiumin anymore.
"I'm getting back inside the studio." I said and left the scene.
Xiumin's POV
I watched as Jihye walked inside. I wanted to go after her but Miyoung pulled my arms back to her forcefully. I removed her hands gently away from mine.
"Look, Miyoung. Like you said, you weren't around. You were gone. You asked me to lie to everyone, that you didn't survive the accident back then, I don't know your motive about being back here to my life but I found someone who truly loves me for who or what I am. You should stop." I said and quickly turned my attention to Jihye to see if she was safely inside the studio.
"I want you back, Xiumin. I realised my mistake and I really don't want to be lonely."
Unbelievable.
"You came back because you don't want to be lonely?" I said and shook my head disapprovingly at her. "Just stop, Miyoung." I warned and went into the studio.
"Whatever Xiumin. I will definitely get what I want." Miyoung crossed her arms and smirked to herself.
Jihye's POV
I went inside the studio and sat one corner silently to avoid disturbing my brother's dance practice and I needed that alone time. They were dancing to a slow music which made me drifted to my thoughts even deeper. I thought about how me and Xiumin could actually be together and imagined about things we would do every single day and how contented I will be if Xiumin's always next to me. And then my heart dropped and tears started flowing. I tried controlling it from falling but it flowed against my will.
I hate you, Xiumin. I hate you so much. I hate you that you didn't tell me about your past. I hate you that I needed to find it out all by myself. I hate you even more that I know my hatred doesn't even mean anything to you. I hate you because you don't really know how much I love you.
I knew it wasn't Xiumin to be blamed. I just needed to hate him. That way, maybe ... just maybe, I could actually forget about him. I kept thinking and thinking as I leaned my head against the wall. I heaved a sigh, not realising that someone was watching me, Jongin.
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"Good job, Soo. There's one thing though, your movements can be more fluid if you do it this way," Jongin explained and demonstrated to Kyungsoo who were immersed in Jongin's dancing. "Now you try. I'm gonna take 5." Jongin said as he smiled to Kyungsoo.
Jongin took a satisfied breath as he grabbed his water bottle and gulped down his water. He can't help but looked at Jihye's sadden expression. He's been noticing her ever since she came into the studio. He noticed her face was swollen and only then he realised she cried. Now, he was standing at the other corner which was opposite of her. She didn't cry anymore but she wasn't smiling either.
What's happening? Jongin thought.
He was starting to be really concerned about her which was weird. Because he was never this concerned about anyone before.
Jongin then waved one of his hands at her and she faked her smile.
Jongin marched towards her and began, "Are you alright?" Jihye smiled, still faking it and nodded.
"Actually, it's alright if you don't want to talk about it and err ... just so you know, I'm not really good at talking about all this things, especially with a girl and I don't know if I say the right thing haha or errm not, I mean wrong things, I just..." Jongin started blushing as he's explaining while scratching his neck nervously.
Jihye started giving a light chuckle at his nervousness. "Are you being shy?" She asked.
"Just being nervous," he smiled and continued, "I did make you smile a little, right? Right?" Jongin blurted excitedly as his nervousness gets to him.
Jihye nodded at him again but this time giving him a genuine smile. "Here, give me your hand." Jihye said and reached out her hands at him. Jongin did the same and placed his hands on hers. Jihye started squeezing his palms gently causing him to blush a lot more than before.
"This helps with the nervousness." Jihye exclaimed. She then asked about his nervousness, "Do you feel better?"
"Do you?" Jongin raised a brow, asking her about her condition.
Jihye didn't answer as Xiumin came into the studio. His eyes widen at Jihye holding Jongin's hands. Jongin noticed Jihye's sadden expression came back and then realised what was happening.
Jihye and Xiumin.
Xiumin and Jihye.
Xiumin grabbed Jongin's hands and threw it mid-air off away Jihye's hands. "Get away from her." Xiumin said angrily, clearly jealous of Jongin.
"What are you doing, Xiumin?" Jihye shook her head disbelieved at his actions. Clearly he misunderstood the situation. But Jihye was mad mainly because the Xiumin-Miyoung incident.
Xiumin then grabbed her hands tightly. "Listen to me, Jihye. I need to tell you something. Something about Mi-" Xiumin couldn't finished his sentence as Jihye pushed his hands away.
"I'm tired, Xiumin. I don't want to hear anything for now." Jihye heaved a sigh and grabbed her things. "Jongin, I'm leaving. Could you please tell my brother I'll get going first?" Jongin gave her a thumbs up and she continued, "I'm sorry ... about what happened."
Jihye walked away from the both of them. While she was heading towards the door, Miyoung came in, pushing the door which nearly hit Jihye on the other side. "XIUMIN-AH!! BABY, WHERE ARE YOU?!" Miyoung shouted at the studio, calling for Xiumin loudly.
Jongin furrowed his brows, completely oblivious about the connection between Xiumin and his sister, Miyoung. He kept quiet and watched the three of them. He couldn't say anything since he was shocked to hear his sister calling Xiumin her baby. And even more shocked that he clearly knew Jihye and Xiumin were feeling something for each other.
But the most shocking thing of all was, he definitely felt his heart dropped at the sight of Jihye's crying expression. He definitely felt like having a knife stabbing into his heart when he saw Xiumin and Jihye together. And he definitely but having to deny it himself that he felt happy when his sister came in and called Xiumin, her baby.
He knew he shouldn't felt that way but deep down, he did. He decided that maybe he felt this way towards Jihye because she was Kyungsoo's sister. Maybe he felt this way towards her because he 'might' understand how she felt since he himself has a sister.
Maybe, just maybe that's just that and it wasn't because he likes her or anything. It couldn't be. Jongin begin lying to himself continuously.
He then turned his attention towards Jihye, Xiumin and Miyoung.
Jihye stood there quietly, trying to figure out Miyoung's next motive.
"I needed to find Xiumin. Now will you excuse me?" Miyoung smiled at her, faking it and went inside the studio.
Jihye was quietly hoping Xiumin would actually clear everything and tell everyone that she's the girlfriend. Hoping that he'll tell Miyoung he's not available and the girl of his dreams was standing in front of him.
But he didn't.
Why would he? Jihye thought. After all, the relationship was fake.
She turned around to look at Xiumin once more, he looked apologetic. Jihye grabbed the doorknob, heaving a heavy sigh and then left.
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Author's Note.
Sorry, I took so long to update guys. 죄송합니다. I'm so so so sorry.
Just that so many things had happened lately (tough times sobss T.T) and I got really busy and confused about so many things. (I know ... I know ... excuses hehe =3 but really, I'm sorry to keep you guys waiting.)
Don't worry, I'm gonna update as frequent as possible. >_< and a little bit of spoiler, idk abt you guys but this story could get really sad~
Enjoy the story~~ please and thanks guys <3 <3