Pleasant Beginning And Painful Ending

In the morning after the rain. A phone call in silence made me wake up in shock. Under the dim light, drowsiness still dominated, but the ringing of the phone was the most disturbing thing.

It was a call from Daehyun that I couldn't reject. Sighing softly, I rubbed my eyes then reached for the phone that was near the pillow, and looked at the screen that was still showing 6:00 a.m with sleepy eyes, and then answered the call immediately.

As soon as I picked up the phone, Daehyun's cheerful voice was heard on another line, "Hello, Chunghee, good morning, did you sleep well last night?"

I know that it was just a chit chat. Without caring, I asked him to tell me shortly, the gist of what he was trying to say.

"What's the matter?"

Daehyun chuckled. Supposedly, he knew that I didn't want to hear a small talk from him. He spoke, "Chunghee, I want you to come to my apartment right now. I can't bring these files to you, so I want you to come to my place, then take them. I'll send you my address."

"But—"

I was about to refuse to come, but Kim Daehyun cut in before I said anything.

"Chunghee, I don't want to hear any refusal of you," he spoke sternly, sounding as if he didn't want to hear any words of me.

I was silent for a few seconds before agreeing.

"Hm, all right," I said desperately as if I had no choice. I thought that refusal would only make the two of us arguing about it, so I gave in.

I had always been used to give in to Donghwa's selfishness, so it wasn't difficult for me to give in to the things like this.

After talking, a message immediately arrived on my phone and it was the address of his apartment.

Silence for a moment, then I went into the bathroom immediately. In front of the sink mirror, before taking a bath, I looked at myself who looked pathetic while imagining the past that seemed pleasant at first. Everything made me smile even though it was hurtful. Laughing despite the hardships and still feeling a sense of joy in the many sufferings of the difficult times.

It was all because Donghwa in his youth was such a pleasant person, so I didn't even think about how hard it was that time we had, because he always made me smile.

Sometimes I thought and wondered to myself, 'Does he not like me anymore? Is it because my physique is no longer the same as in the past?'

However, he once promised me, that he would always be with me. Did he forget his promise?

The promise he made on our graduation ten years ago ...

Did he forget?

I didn't know ... let alone a promise that had been agreed at that time and had passed a lot of time with a lot of suffering and happiness, all of those were nothing. For just news of him, it was like a heavy thing and hard to keep in his memory.

Then, another thought crossed my head, like a hand squeezing my brain in my head. The pain of this thought went through my heart and broke my bones.

I could feel how the pain shredded my body gradually.

Remembering the voice of a man who was with him on the phone the moment we were talking last night, I thought that our relationship was broken, but I kept hoping that everything would be fine; thinking that Donghwa would never betray me.

That was stupid. I knew it more than anyone. However, I also didn't want to lose that hope.

I smiled bitterly, feeling sorry for myself. Now, such a beautiful relationship was like an old memory, a questionable tale. Had it happened or was it just a dream that was so real? Everything seemed fake, but it truly happened in this relationship ...

Thinking of all of that, I couldn't help but cried. Remembering the pleasant beginning and this painful ending, it was a pain that wounded me even more. However, it didn't last long as I didn't want to think of it any longer. I rubbed my watery eyes quickly, pretending not to know anything in this pain.

All of that would only make me think even more insane by wanting to die right now, so I stopped thinking about it.

After showering, I got ready. After that, I immediately went downstairs, waited for the taxi and left after it arrived.

I arrived a few minutes later.

Downstairs in his apartment, I looked several floors up there. There was a sense of awe when I saw the luxurious apartment in front of me, this was even bigger than where I lived right now.

This place was one of the elite apartments that there were many famous people lived in, such as the people who worked as public figures or as an official, businessmen or conglomerates. There had been many media promoting it. Even when I saw the address that Daehyun sent me previously, this district had confirmed everything.

I walked into the elevator and pressed number 7.

Arriving at my destination floor, I stood in front of the door numbered 110 for a few moments. Then, I opened Daehyun's address on my phone to make sure that it was the right number. After quite sure, then I rang the bell a few times and it didn't take long for the door to be opened immediately.

Daehyun looked neat in his black suit, he welcomed me with a friendly smile. Inviting me to enter this room, I walked while eying the whole room, and saw the things were arranged so neatly in this wide room.

However, suddenly there was something that made me wonder and frown without realizing it, then spoke, "It's rare to find an elite business like you who don't collect some expensive wine."

Daehyun smiled mysteriously, "Do you like a drunkard?"