13: Plan Cancelled

                                    

                                          
"ᴬʳᵉ ʸᵒᵘ ᵒᵏᵃʸˀ ʸᵒᵘ ˡᵒᵒᵏ ᵛᵉʳʸ ˢʰᵒᶜᵏᵉᵈ."
"YEAH, I'M FINE, JUST. THIS IS VERY SH00KING."
"ᵀʳᵘᵉ, ˢᵒʳʳʸ ᵗʰᶦˢ ʷᵃˢ ˢᵒ ˢᵘᵈᵈᵉⁿ, ᵇᵘᵗ ᴵ'ᵐ ᵍᵉᵗᵗᶦⁿᵍ ᵐᵃʳʳᶦᵉᵈ ᵗᵒ ᴴʸᵉˡᶦⁿ ˢᵒᵒⁿ."
Aeroon wanted to puke when she heard Jungwoo talk about Hyelin. "I'm so..happy for you." Aeroon said in lowkey disgust tone.
"ᴬˡˢᵒ, ᶦᶠ ʸᵒᵘ ʷᵉʳᵉ ʷᵒⁿᵈᵉʳᶦⁿᵍ ʷʰʸ ᴵ ᵈʸᵉᵈ ᵐʸ ʰᵃᶦʳ, ᴴʸᵉˡᶦⁿ ʷᵃⁿᵗᵉᵈ ᵘˢ ᵗᵒ ʰᵃᵛᵉ ᵐᵃᵗᶜʰᶦⁿᵍ ʰᵃᶦʳ ᶜᵒˡᵒᵘʳˢ ᶠᵒʳ ᵗʰᵉ ʷᵉᵈᵈᶦⁿᵍ."
"Oh, I see, cute." But in Aeroon's head, she was so jealous that Jungwoo would even ruin his scalp for Hyelin.
"Can I ask when this all happened?"
"ᴴᵐᵐ, ʷʰᵉⁿ ᴶᵒʰⁿⁿʸ ᵍᵃᵛᵉ ʸᵒᵘ ᵗʰᵉ ˢᵘˢᵖᵉⁿˢᶦᵒⁿ. ʸᵒᵘ ˢᵉᵉᵐᵉᵈ ᵇᵘˢʸ ᶠᵒʳ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵒˡˡᵒʷᶦⁿᵍ ᵈᵃʸˢ, ᵃˢ ʸᵒᵘ ʷᵉʳᵉ ˢʰᵒᵖᵖᶦⁿᵍ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵐᵉᵉᵗᶦⁿᵍ ᵗʰᵉ ᵖᵒˡᶦᶜᵉ. ᵀʰᵃᵗ ⁿᶦᵍʰᵗ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᶦʳˢᵗ ᵈᵃʸ ᵒᶠ ʸᵒᵘʳ ˢᵘˢᵖᵉⁿˢᶦᵒⁿ, ᴵ ʷᵉⁿᵗ ᵗᵒ ʰᵉʳᵉ ᵗᵒ ᵐʸ ᵐᵘᵐ'ˢ ʳᵉˢᵗᵃᵘʳᵃⁿᵗ ᵃⁿᵈ ˢᵃⁿᵍ ᶦⁿ ᶠʳᵒⁿᵗ ᵉᵛᵉʳʸᵒⁿᵉ. ᴵ ˢᵃⁿᵍ ᴴʸᵉˡᶦⁿ'ˢ ᶠᵃᵛᵒᵘʳᶦᵗᵉ ˢᵒⁿᵍ, ᵍᵒᵗ ʰᵉʳ ᵘᵖ ᵒⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ˢᵗᵃᵍᵉ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵖʳᵒᵖᵒˢᵉᵈ ᵗᵒ ʰᵉʳ." He said in cheerful tone.
HE WAS THE ONE THAT PROPOSED??? OML I CAN'T HANDLE THIS.
"Woah..so romantic..." Aeroon said in lowkey depressed tone.
Jungwoo gave Aeroon a big uwu smile at Aeroon but Aeroon was too sh00k to smile back at Jungwoo.
"Also, can I ask who else is coming?"
"ᴵ ʰᵃᵛᵉ ᵃ ˡᶦˢᵗ ʰᵉʳᵉ."
Aeroon skimmed through the list, and her finger stopped at one row. "Who dis?" Aeroon said as she pointed at Mark and Haechan.
"ᴼʰ ᵗʰᵉᵐ, ᴵ ᵐᵉᵗ ᵗʰᵉᵐ ᵒⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ᵖˡᵃⁿᵉ ᵗᵒ ˢʸʳᶦᵃ, ᴵ ᵃˡˢᵒ ᵗᵃˡᵏᵉᵈ ᵗᵒ ᵗʰᵉᵐ ʷʰᵉⁿ ᵗʰᵉʸ ᵍᵒᵗ ᵗᵒ ˢʸʳᶦᵃ, ᵗʰᵉʸ ʷᵉʳᵉ ˢᵗᵃʸᶦⁿᵍ ⁿᵉᵃʳ ᵗʰᵉ ᴹᵒᶦˢᵗᴸᵉᵉⁿ ᶜᵃᵐᵖ. ᵀʰᵉʸ'ʳᵉ ʲᵘˢᵗ ᶠʳᶦᵉⁿᵈˢ."
"Oh, I see."
"ᴮʸ ᵗʰᵉ ʷᵃʸ, ᴴʸᵉˡᶦⁿ ʷᵃⁿᵗᵉᵈ ʸᵒᵘ ᵗᵒ ᵇᵉ ᵃ ᵇʳᶦᵈᵉˢᵐᵃᶦᵈ, ᶦˢ ᵗʰᵃᵗ ᵒᵏᵃʸ ʷᶦᵗʰ ʸᵒᵘˀ"
"Yes of course!"
EW NO I DON'T WANT TO BE HYELIN'S BRIDESMAID EWWWWEWEWEWEWEW
"ᶜᵒᵐᵉ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵐᵉᵉᵗ ᵃᵗ ᵗʰᶦˢ ᵖˡᵃᶜᵉ ⁿᵉˣᵗ ʷᵉᵉᵏ, ᴴʸᵉˡᶦⁿ ʷᶦˡˡ ᵖʳᵉᵖᵃʳᵉ ᵗʰᵉ ᵇʳᶦᵈᵉˢᵐᵃᶦᵈ ᵈʳᵉˢˢᵉˢ ʰᵉʳᵉ." Jungwoo said, holding out a card to Aeroon.
"Sure." Aeroon said as she looked at the golden business card.
                          
<that night>
Aeroon came home and drank a few bottles of soju alone, in the dark, watching Exo Next Door, taking a shot of soju every time a line advertisement comes up.
"UUGGGHHHHHHHH, WHY DO I HAVE TO BE SUCH A FAILURE MJOMDOJNJNWDBGXOWSBXGY."
Halfway through the drama, Chohee came home and saw Aeroon looking like a pile of crap on the couch.
"OML AEROON ARE YOU DEAD??" Chohee said as she went to shake Aeron to try to wake her up.
"NO! I'M NOT OKAY!" Aeroon shouted in heavily drunk tone.
"Ew, your breath stinksss." Chohee said as she waved her hand in front of her face.
Aeroon fell back on the couch face down and cried loudly.
"Aeroon what's wrong???"
"HE'S GETTING MARRIED!!"
"Oml..." Chohee said in whisper tone. A phone rang a few seconds later so Chohee answered it.
"Hello? Aeroon? Did you hear the news?"
"This is Chohee, if you're talking about the wedding news, yeah, she's heard it."
"Oh ma gawd, I can hear her sobbing." Miryung said.
"I know, well, if you can, come over tomorrow so I don't have to deal with this mess alone. 10:00am would be great."
"Sure."
                          
<day 4 of suspension>
Miryung dropped over at Aeroon's place at 10:00am to see how Aeroon was doing, and as expected, Aeroon was still sobbing over the marriage.
"Hi, you must be Miryung, I'm Chohee, Aeroon's roommate and cousin." Chohee said while holding her hand out to Miryung.
"Oh, hi," Miryung shook her hand, "Aeroon never told me about you."
"Yeah, I moved in recently so she probably hasn't updated you on her life yet."
"Have you tried to make her breakfast?" Miryung asked as she laid her purse on a chair nearby.
"Nah, she's just woken up. By the way, do you know a lot about this Jungwoo guy? Aeroon only mentioned him a few times to me. And why is she so sad about this? She has a boyfriend already."
"Uh, let's talk on the balcony shall we?"
                          
<on the balcony>
"So, if you didn't know, Jungwoo was Aeroon's first love." Miryung said as she placed her teacup on the small table next to her.
Chohee already choked on her tea when she said that first sentence, thinking to herself that she should stay beside Aeroon more, as her life was way more interesting than anything she has seen in her hometown Gangnam.
"Aeroon started liking him around 7 years ago."
"Lemme guess," Chohee placed her tea on the table, "She asked him out on the stage of their graduation and Jungwoo rejected her."
Miryung was sh00k that Chohee managed to guess that.
"You're kinda close, she was supposed to confess then, but she's a pussy so she didn't."
"Woah, you men she has been keeping her true feelings in fo the whole time? After all these years?"
"Yeah..."
"Then why did she get a boyfriend? To forget about him?"
"Uh, you see, I kinda told her this plan to do, and I didn't think she'd actually follow along..."
Miryung and Chohee chatted about the whole situation all morning, and when Chohee went inside to be some more tea, she realised Aeroon wasn't crying anymore. Chohee went inside Aeroon's room to see what she was up to, but she wasn't even there. "Oml, where she at now?"
                          
///////End of Chapter 13///////