Zen - Jumin cheats on MC
* His face lights up when his phone lights up and he sees MC's face on the screen
* "Hey! I was just thinking of you! What's up?"
* "…Hyun."
* "MC? What's wrong? Are you okay?"
* His chest tightens when he hears her broken voice and he can't help but jump up from his seat
* "Can you pick me up please?"
* His rehearsals ran late and it was eleven in the evening, but Zen immediately excuses himself saying it's an emergency and he rushes to MC on his motorcycle
* A million thoughts are flying through his head and he hopes nothing bad has happened to her
* He's wondering what she's doing in a cafe halfway across town and why Jumin isn't spamming the chatroom, going crazy looking for her
* When he enters the cafe and sees her face, he instantly figures it out
* MC didn't need to say anything, Zen stands by her side and holds her in his arms as she sobs into his shirt
* His heart is breaking
* He never got the chance to tell her how he felt about her, since MC expressed her interest in Jumin a few days after she joined the RFA
* He just wanted her to be happy so he reigned in his own emotions
* That time MC was locked up in Jumin's apartment? He was sincerely worried about her
* But Jumin took care of her and she seemed happy with him
* And when Jumin proposed and he saw the look on her face
* He wished she would smile at him like that, but it was enough for him to see her happy
* Even if it wasn't with him
* Jumin can give her so much more than he ever could
* And knowing that MC would be well taken care of, that she would want for nothing, Zen gave her up to Jumin
* As long as she's happy, he can live with the pain
* As long as he can see her smiling face, he'd be content
* Jumin hated it when MC chatted, texted or called Zen but the actor couldn't stand not hearing from her so he ignored Jumin's warnings and kept a close relationship with her but he never overstepped the boundaries
* He respected his friend enough to keep his distance when he felt like his feelings for MC got too much
* But now he's angry at himself for ever entrusting her to that jerk
* Zen takes MC on his motorcycle and he would drive you around town, letting her run away from her problems, at least for a short while
* He would take her to his secret place and for a moment, she would feel peaceful as she looked at the view below
* Zen's pretending to look at the view with MC, but his eyes are on her, watching her reactions
* When her eyes fill with tears, he moves closer but then MC speaks up
* "Hyun, he— Jumin, he…"
* "He doesn't love me anymore."
* "MC, you don't have to—"
* He watches as MC shakes her head, tears flowing down her cheeks
* "He's been going out of town a lot lately, and I always thought it was for work."
* "But I tried to surprise him."
* "And I saw him with another woman."
* "I thought she was the client he was talking about. The one who was going to invest a lot of money into the company."
* "But you don't kiss your clients."
* "He held her so close, Zen. I saw the way he looked at her…"
* "…it was how he used to look at me."
* She's shaking so hard and Zen fights hard to push back his anger
* He wraps his arms around MC as she cries, her entire body trembling under his touch
* "I love him so much, Zen."
* The actor closes his eyes as his heart shatters into a million pieces
* "Where did I do wrong? What's wrong with me?"
* Zen gently tilts her chin up to face him and he
* "Nothing's wrong with you, MC. You are perfect. Jumin is an idiot for even thinking any other woman can replace you. You're one of a kind, MC. Don't ever think this is your fault."
* MC just continues to cry
* They stay there until morning, in which MC's eyelids droop down and Zen takes her to his apartment
* He lets her sleep on his bed, watching her with a troubled expression
* He calls in sick to work because he didn't dare leave her alone
* But the actor wanted nothing more than to confront Jumin and beat the hell out of the young corporate heir for hurting the woman he loved
* He logs onto the messenger and that's when the notifications come flooding in
* "Has anybody seen my wife?"
* Zen freezes, his fingers hovering above his phone
* Seven: Her phone is off so I can't trace her location
* But Zen opens his text messages and he sees a text message from the hacker
* "I know you guys were at your secret place all night. I hope everything's okay with MC. Please say hi to her for me."
* Zen sighs and looks at MC's sleeping form, her face looking troubled even in her sleep
* And then he calls Yoosung and asks him to come over to watch MC for a while
* The actor speeds towards Jumin's penthouse and when the bodyguards get clearance from Jumin, they let the handsome actor in
* Zen enters the penthouse and sees Jumin, getting ready to go to work
* "Zen, have you seen—"
* "Yeah, I've seen her." Zen replies, finally uncoiling the chain that held his anger at bay
* He reeled back his arm and hit Jumin squarely in the jaw, making the other man stumble and fall backwards
* "HOW THE FUCK COULD YOU DO THAT TO HER?"
* Jumin clutched his throbbing jaw, maintaining his calm facade
* "She loves you, you asshole! SHE LOVES YOU! She trusted you and what do you do? YOU FUCKING BROKE HER HEART!"
* Zen grabbed Jumin by the collar, hauling Jumin to his feet and slamming him against the wall
* "I trusted you! I fucking trusted her to you!" Zen bellowed, slamming Jumin against the wall
* Jumin's bodyguards run into the room but Jumin merely raises his hand and tells them to leave
* "So she knows." Jumin replies calmly
* "Of course she knows! Did you honestly think you could hide something like that from your wife?!"
* "It was merely business. It wasn't—"
* Zen let out a mirthless chuckle
* "Oh man, don't fuck with me right now. Don't give me that bullshit, Jumin. We've known each other for a while now and I know that you would never kiss someone for business! You flirt with women, sure. But you're not the type to kiss women for fun or work. You only kiss people you love."
* Guilt crosses Jumin's face
* But Zen couldn't —wouldn't —forgive this man
* "She flew out to you to surprise you. Your wife was going to surprise you, Jumin. Can you imagine the betrayal she must have felt when she saw you with another woman? Can you even imagine the hurt and pain she had to go through alone during the plane ride home?"
* Jumin's calm facade breaks and sadness, guilt and hurt is written all over his features
* "You fucked up, Jumin."
* "Where is she?"
* Zen's mouth forms into a thin line
* "How do you know all this?" Jumin says, his features hardening again
* "Is she with you, Zen?"
* Zen scoffs
* "Are you seriously jealous right now, Jumin?"
* "Why is my wife with you?"
* "Because her so-called husband is a piece of shit who doesn't deserve her love."
* Jumin glares at Zen and says, "Give her back to me."
* "MC will talk to you when she wants to. If she doesn't want to see you, don't force yourself on her or I swear to God, Jumin Han, I will mess you up. I don't care what I have to do, I will protect her with everything I have. It's her move now. Leave her alone to sort through her feelings. And if she decides to leave you then leave her the fuck alone."
* "MC deserves more than this, Jumin. She deserves so much more."
* Jumin is silent because for once in his life, he agrees with the actor
* Tears streak down his face as the weight of what he did finally hits him
* Zen shakes his head and his heart breaks a little at the sight of the raven-haired man
* Jumin was his friend too and he knew people made mistakes
* But he couldn't forgive Jumin —not when MC was suffering like this
* "I trusted you," Zen repeated in a quiet voice. "Biggest mistake of my life."
* He turns his back on Jumin, who slid to the floor, head in his hands
* Jumin, who realized that he loved his wife
* But Zen was right —he messed up
* And it would cost him the one perfect thing in his life
Mercedes1312, thanks for pointing it out! Here you go! :)
