"Thank you for today, everyone", "I'm appreciated that" Rosè gets up of the chair.
She shows her warm smile to everyone in the meeting room.
"Oh, it's time to go home too" Rosé surprisedly gasps when she noticed her watch.
"You all can leave now", "Go home safely, everyone"
Everybody takes their leaves by saying a goodbye politely to Rosé before their presence disappeared from the room.
Everyone has left, there are still two people in the room who haven't left yet. They are Rosé and Hoseok.
"Goodbye, Oppa", "See you tomorrow" Rosé bid a goodbye, about to leave.
Hoseok voices, "Rosé, wait!".
He keeps up with her, "Since you came back to work", "We've never had a good time chitchatting".
Sigh deeply, "Just work and work".
She moves her sight to him, "That's true", "Since the incident, We're being distanced", "Recently, the company is so busy with a new project anyway".
"We almost have no friend time talk".
The two walk and talk.
"Seem today we left work early", "Shall we have dinner together once", "So our gap doesn't go too far" he suggests.
She exclaims, "What a good idea", "Let's go".
"BULGOGI" they point to each other with a laugh, it was a recipe which they used to eat when they hung out in the previous time.
Arriving at the ground floor, they step toward the entrance quite quickly. At that moment, she realized, "Wait a moment, Oppa", "I just remembered I don't have a car".
Hoseok thought there was something serious, but it was just she doesn't have a car, "That's okay, you can ride my car".
"Thank you, Oppa," she said.
"I'll drive you home too" he adds.
The two friends look exciting, they wear exciting smile and chitchat on the way.
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At midnight, father and daughter haven't gone to bed yet because the daughter refused to sleep. Sleeping forced her eyes to shut down while the owner prevents them from closing completely, even though sleepy keeps pushing to the core.
The father lies down beside, telling a new one bedtime story to the daughter to lure her sleep, no matter what she doesn't fall asleep.
"Appa, where is Eomma?" A little girl asks her father, worry in her tone.
A gentle kiss lands on the tiny forehead, he said, "Your Eomma might have a lot of works", "It's why she come home late". "Don't worry, just close your eyes and sleep", "Tomorrow morning, you will see her lying beside you".
"But Appa, I need Eomma now" pouting and sad puppy eyes she never missed doing at her father.
"Good girl, sleep" caress head gently, the father responds.
The little girl clarifies, "Is that true, Appa?".
He nods as telling his word wasn't a lie.
Unable to bear the drowsiness, the little girl fell into a deep slumber in her father's arm. Jimin doesn't want to left the room yet, so he stays up with his daughter waiting for Rosé to arrived home. Another reason, seeing the little girl sleeping comfortably this way, he doesn't want to make her awake either.
Being a father, he used to lure his daughter to fall asleep quite many times. But for this time right now, he has just realised he never spend time staring at his daughter while she was sleeping. This is his first time. She sleeps without no pressure, relaxing, and it's entertaining to watch.
Soft chuckle with a smile run across Jimin's lips. He keeps caressing her tiny head and kiss it.
Imagining back to when he was aggressive wanting to end his life to follow the love of his life who had passed away. What if he did in that time, how could his daughter suppose to live. What would her life be, he felt guilty whenever he thinks about the dumbest decision he made.
Since God gave him a second and blessed him such as the best gift, his daughter. He promised himself, he will look after the little girl until she grew up enough to be able to responsible for herself.
No matter how life was sucked, he won't leave the little girl.
A little moment ago, he exhales deeply as there is something heavy hiding inside his heart.
~
"Thank you Oppa for today", "I have so much fun," Rosé said and get out of Hoseok's car.
She waves at Hoseok, so does he.
Hoseok drives off the area, Rosé stands watching his car moving till no longer presence of the car.
Turning around, she sighs and steps toward the exit.
Arrived in front of the door, Rosé unlocked and step inside the condo.
The condo is quite dark at the downstairs. However, she can recognise something due to LED light come from the kitchen.
Taking out her phone to see the time, "It's almost past 12", "I didn't realize I had spent too much much time hanging out with a friend".
Climbing up the stairs, "Ryujin might fell asleep", "So did Jimin, I guess".
A glance at Jimin's room, her assumption wasn't wrong, "He fell asleep".
Rosé reached Ryujin's room, peeping at the door and open it carefully because she is afraid of her daughter could awake.
The door hasn't been opened completely, it stopped moving.
Rosé on other hand froze her steps, unable to move continuously as unexpectedly words she didn't wish to hear.
Late night, a voice utters slowly. Reached her ears.
"Ryujin ah, Appa apologizes for not being able to forget my wife so far"
"I promised your Rosè Eomma that I would forget her, but in the end I could not, I just pretended to forget the past in front of Rosé"
"I apologize for lying to Rosé, I have no choice", "I don't want Rosé to take you away from me, this is the only way I can do"
"I don't want you to live with an incomplete family that has a mother without a father, a father without a mother, so even if I have to lie to Rosé, I'm willing to do to provide you with a warm and complete family"
"Whether one day you knew or Rosé knew, and hate me", "Accuse me of being selfish, I'm still willing to accept that"
Kissing the sleeping little girl's tiny head once again, "I love you very much, my precious daughter".
Deep breath, stare at the white wall, "Chae I still love you, and I miss you so much"
Heard it, Rosè's eyes do not know-how. Tears start to flow for no reason, it flows like a downpour, it flows like a waterfall.
She does not know if she was misleading him or if she was misleading herself that thinking of Jimin can forget Chaeyoung at all. The truth is just a show to convince her.
Why does he keep giving her false hope and happiness over and over again? Does he not understand how many times her heart has broken, or does he think her heart as a robot and does not know how to hurt? Why couldn't she and he cross the border of friends? Is her sister really important to him, even though she is no longer in the world? Why does he refuse to open his heart to accept something new? Why did he promise with her?
She wondered why he refused to forget Chaeyoung, why he was willing to lie or he promised with her for the role and responsibility. When did he forget her sister?
Fate also seemed to be very funny, at first she was separated from him. When she made up her mind, it brought her to see him again. Lastly, she was ended up in pain because of him.
She wanted to hate him, she wanted to be angry with him, she wanted to leave him as far as the sky, do not want to see and meet him again. Hopelessly, she can't do that. For the only reason, her daughter.
She has no idea what she decided whether right or wrong, should she leave again or wait for the time.
The door wasn't closed, Rosè left it to the living room.
Looking at nothing in the darkness, settled down and hugged knee on the sofa. Crying her heart out
"I shouldn't have known you from the beginning"
"I shouldn't become friend with you"
"I shouldn't fall for you"
"I shouldn't decide to confess to you at that time"
"I shouldn't come back again"
"I shouldn't join my sister's wedding"
"I shouldn't drink that night"
"I shouldn't..."
"I shouldn't give you a second chance"
"I shouldn't return here"
Endlessly drops of sorrow liquid come from her eyes and streaming down on her cheek without much effort.
"I should delete you from my mind forever since I went to study abroad"
"I should leave you"
"I should hate you"
"I should love someone who loves me back"
Choke up, "I should..."
Mumble with hot breath come through her nose
"I should be Chae unnie"
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Rosé spent nearly one hour and a half weeping mutely until she drifted off for God know when.
"I shouldn't make your eyes puffy over again and again"
"You shouldn't be Chae, you don't need to be her"
"You shouldn't deserve hurt " a thumb wipes a small teardrop.
"It's not for should"
"What you deserve is a must"
"Thank for giving a second chance",
"Good night", "Sleep well"
"My woman"
End of Chapter 22
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