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Chapter 6 - Photos and Goodbyes
After the ending of the ceremony, there was a buffet placed in the nearby tent and the hundreds of guests made their ways there. As the bride and groom stood at the entrance, the F4 and their dates approached them to congratulate both. Jae Kyung, let herself stay behind on purpose. She wanted to bid farewell to newlyweds in private and didn't want any of them, much less Woo Bin, to hear it.
- Eun Jae-unni, Il Hyun-dongseng! Congratulation on your wedding !
- Thank you, Jae Kyung-yang. – said Il Hyun, hugging her.
- I'm sorry I can't stay much longer but I really have to return even today…
- No way! – said Eun Jae, unhappy at her sudden leaving. – You can't go yet! You didn't even eat or anything!
- I'm really sorry, unni. I do wish you all the happiness you both can get…
- Can you at least stay until I toss the bouquet and until I've had a few pictures…
- Well, I...
- I'll promise to make it quick!
- … okay, then… I'll stay, only for that!
Eun Jae smiled and, taking her husband by the hand, she went over towards the microphone and announced the change of plans.
Meanwhile, Jae Kyung went over the buffet table and grabbed a few entrées while glancing around. She was in the middle of a bite when all the girls assembled themselves in the middle of the tent and Ga Eul appeared, clutching her hand and bringing her to the middle.
- Ga Eul!
- What? You're still not married! – she said, a small but hopeful smile on her lips. Even if this was her last free event, she wanted her to always remember it. As a happy memory.
Jae Kyung stopped, deliberated and understood what Ga Eul look meant. She also wanted to leave Korea with a smile on her lips, even if it was a sad one. If there was no escape from her fate, well… at least she would make the most of her remaining day of freedom!
Call it fortune, destiny or God's prank, but someone up there was making sure she went nuts, she was sure of it!
When she arrived in the middle of the girls lined behind Eun Jae's back, she could only think about the bizarre of the situation she had gotten herself involved into: here she was, single but on the brink of getting forcefully married to a dangerous and ambitious man, hoping that something, or someone changed her fate and jumping in the middle of other single women, hoping to catch a bouquet of a brand new bride!
She was laughing herself out so much; she didn't saw and realize when the bouquet ended resting in her opened arms. But as she did, she felt a cold shiver and raised her eyes, only to have them drawn in the brown warm chocolate pools that were Woo Bin's.
For a moment nothing else moved but their eyes, locked in each other, battling for dominance and hoping to see one of them surrender. She remembered feeling without air, while she grasped the bouquet in her hands. He barely noticed he was spilling his drink in Jun Pyo's over expensive Italian shoes. But when both regained their composures, both were certain that something had stirred inside each other again.
- Hey! Buddy! Take a picture and it will last longer! – shouted Yi Jung, to his embarrassment, while he was leaning on Ga Eul.
Turning around to see if Jae Kyung had heard that comment, he saw she had her gaze fixed upon Il Hyun, who had just arrived near her and was telling her something.
- Idiot! – said Woo Bin, trying to land a punch in his best friend's face. Yi Jung averted it.
- Are you getting a good view? – teased Yi Jung.
- What about you? Getting some ideas for your own wedding?
Yi Jung blushed and Ga Eul gave him a startled look.
- Sunbae!
- What? There is nothing wrong with asking, is there? – he said, when Ga Eul stepped in Jae Kyung's direction.
Eun Jae came running into Jae Kyung, to congratulate her but she barely took notice, as Il Hyun went looking for someone; she saw Ga Eul's eyes tear up and made a movement for her to clean them. The next thing she knew, her friend was grasping her hands and whispering her:
- He still loves you…
She looked uncertain at Ga Eul before confessing in a whisper and a sad smile:
- I know… I saw it too…
Il Hyun arrived near them, with the photographer and both groom and bride placed themselves between the famous F4 and their dates. Awkwardly, Jae Kyung stood in front of Woo Bin, since he was taller and his breath in her back was making her feel goose bumps. Still, she noticed that his smell remained the same: strong and so Woo Bin's…
After that, the bride and groom were photographed with each couple, with Jae Kyung alone and with Woo Bin alone. Ga Eul whispered something in Yi Jung's ear, who whispered in his brother's, who said:
- And now, both of you with us.
- WHAT?! – shouted both of them.
- Yeah. I want to do it! – said Eun Jae, smiling openly at Ga Eul. Jae Kyung frowned and looked menacingly at her but her friend simply smiled sweetly.
As she moved to stand beside Woo Bin, he could feel her stiffen.
Good, he thought, at least I'm not the only one affect by this…
But there was something wrong. He could feel it. She was standing like a statue by his side, away from him, her smile frozen. That was wrong. If the last place where they would be together was at a framed photo (because he intended to ask for that one to Il Hyun…), he wanted her to at least smile, relax… be in his arms…
His actions were quicker than his brain. As soon as he was thinking about it, he already had an arm sneaked around her waist and was pressing her against her side… and God! How he had missed that smell, that touch, that feeling of having her pressed against him. The sensations both felt that moment were catastrophic, as they conveyed up feelings, sensations and memories that had never been forgotten, not for one day but that had been absent.
The photo with the bride and groom captured the moment Woo Bin brought Jae Kyung close. But the ones that followed captured solely the couple, in the most tenderness moments shared by them in months, as both bride and groom stepped a little aside, giving them some space.
Jae Kyung had caught her breath when he brought her close, forgetting momentarily how to do it properly. He was still toned and shaped as she had known him to be. And he still had the same tenderness and strength in the way he maneuvered her moves. She had longed so much to be near him again that now it all seemed a dream. Still, a curious though did surface in her mind, making her grin to the photographer.
- I knew it… - she whispered. And he heard.
- What?
- You couldn't get your hands away from me…
He chuckled slightly.
- Well, - he said, maneuvering her head with the tip of his fingers in his direction. – you are in my grasp once more… what do you plan on doing?
She relaxed herself into his body, allowing her head to rest upon his chest and eying him directly and softly:
- Nothing… for now…
- For now?
- We are still taking pictures, you know? What would people think if I stormed out of here suddenly?
- Hum… that's true…
There was a moment of silent between them, as they forgot about the world, and even the photographer that, ordered by Yi Jung, still kept on capturing pictures of both of them.
- I missed you… - he said suddenly, breaking her chain of thoughts that was ordering her to leave his warm embrace.
- … Woo Bin… - she said, a pained expression in her face.
- Let me finish… I'm not alright… - confessed Woo Bin, for her surprise. She shivered with the serious look he bestowed upon her.
- You're… you're not…?
- No. I'm barely holding myself from jumping at you and… oh, God! You have no idea what I'm doing with that dress, right now…
She blushed profusely, averting her gaze but still unable to imagine what he could have been thinking.
- I know what you've said… and my head does tell me to stay away from you… - he confessed and Jae Kyung glanced to him, once more, hoping…
- But even now, after all that happened… - he continued, pressing her against himself once again. She looked surprised but not afraid, what was good, he thought. – Even now, I can't stop thinking about us… and I can't believe it was a lie…
People didn't seem to pay them any attention. There was just her and him, in the world. How she had wanted it to happen once more, to be lost in his eyes again.
- Woo Bin… - she started as she saw him coming close.
- Jae… - he whispered, and she felt her heart crumble along with all her resistances.
- Oh, God dammit! – she whispered before diving into his lips.
She was sure she had heard squeals of someone and that she could feel the flash of some camera in her face. But nothing else mattered. She had been thirsty for his lips as he had been for hers, and nothing was more important now than satisfying that drought.
Woo Bin was grasping her, clinging her to him and she was more than eager to allow and return that hug, that felt so fulfilling and warm. How she had missed that comfort, that love, that safety…
- I love you… - he murmured, against her neck, as if reciting a mantra. – I love you…
That was when everything came crushing down on her, with a strength of thousands of atomic bombs. A hideous face, with a dreadful smile, danced in front of her eyes; a sheet of paper with her signature, a car shifted into a tree, her father lying in a hospital bed, a shivering whisper in her ear… all of this flashed in her mind and she understood. She couldn't… not anymore…
At first it was only a tear, then another and then a river followed them, as she braced herself and pushed him away. Surprised, he let himself be shifted away from her and stay still; at least until he saw her cheeks drenched with tears, her saddened expression and her cold gaze as she backed away from him. He heard Ga Eul behind him murmur in a sad voice:
- Unni… no… don't do it…
- Jae…? - he murmured too. Now he was afraid. Something told him that, what was coming was going to be worse than the last time she had…
- No. – he said, suddenly understanding. And by the look in her face, she knew that he had understood what she was about to do.
- I have to…
- No… - he said once more, and Ga Eul shook her head, furiously. Jae Kyung looked at her, sympathetically and said:
- Thank you for letting me crash in your place…
- Unni… no…
- I'm sorry… - she said, facing each one of the present F4, Jan Di and Seo Hyun, which stood perplexed at her behavior and obviously confused with the conversation. Then she faced Woo Bin and he could swear he saw her expression became torn between sorrow and sadness. – Goodbye…
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