EPHEMERAL || BBH

The First Encounter ?

"If she didn't, then she wouldn't have entertained Seo Tae Joon."

I wanted to cry the moment I heard of another man's name. I couldn't believe something like this happened to him.

"Tae Joon is a model. He was pretty famous at that time too. He and Ara used to do several magazine covers together and maybe...maybe I got too busy with my own career too. I got so engrossed with my own stuff and I don't know, maybe I kind of taken her for granted, I really don't know."

My heart throbbed and I wasn't kind of sure if it was because of the thought that someone hurt him before or because I was the one who brought this all up. I was about to apologize but he smiled at me reassuringly as if he just read my mind.

"I asked her if she wanted to just end things between us so she could finally be with the one she really wanted." He took a deep breath. "But then she told me that I was that someone. I was the one she wanted and that I was wrong thinking that she didn't love me anymore. She said she'd stay and prove that to me. So, we both tried to work it out. We held on to the relationship as long as we could but..." He swallowed. "But things were just undeniably different between us after. I didn't know if it was just her but I also kind of felt indifferent towards her later on. She wasn't the same person and maybe I wasn't the same too and then everything just went out of hand after. The conflict between us was getting bigger as we both got so stressed with our individual careers. Things between us got so unhealthy we just kept on hurting each other and we eventually had to end things to save us both."

"I'm sorry that I had to ask about this..."

"No baby, it's okay." He said as he lifted a hand on my cheek. "It happened a long time ago. And I guess it's better that you hear all of these straight from me. I don't want you to ever feel like she still meant something to me. Yes, we might see each other from time to time now that's she's here in Korea but that's it. I swear, you're the only woman I want now..." he paused. "And I don't care how complicated it gets, I'd still want you."

I was looking intently at him while my heart danced with his words. And I couldn't help but wonder how someone could fall out of love with this man. That's just absurd. I couldn't even make myself think about choosing someone over him. I wouldn't want anybody else apart from him. And I guess I've never loved someone as much as I love him now. No one could compare to how he makes me feel every time.

So, without any word coming from me, I tiptoed before I wrapped my arms around his neck for a hug. It only took him a few seconds before he hugged me back.

"Thank you." I muttered. "Thank you for coming to see me this early. Thank you for making an effort to fix everything." I trailed off when I felt his arms tightened around me. "I missed you...so much."

"You have no idea how frequent I think about you when we're not together." He replied in a gentle voice.

My weak heart was about to melt when I suddenly remembered something. I immediately detached from him and looked at his feet which sent him looking baffled.

"Are your legs still okay?" I asked him.

"Huh?" He asked with furrowed eyebrows. "They're fine, why?"

"Because you've been running non-stop on my mind." I tried my hardest not to laugh and get through this pick up line.

His eyes grew wide, his mouth fell opened and looked at me silently for a few seconds. His unexpected reaction totally made me feel uncomfortable. My face started to heat up.

Oh my god, what a good way to embarrass myself in front of my celebrity boyfriend.

"I-I shouldn't have really s-said that..." I struggled to say while I looked straight into his eyes. "Right?" I added and by this time, I was certain that my face had turned into a strawberry.