Until You | Kim Seokjin ✔️

Chapter 17

Yoona's POV

"Wow. And that's why you didn't get your happily ever after. He probably thought you were a weirdo, which you are, and ran the other way." Jihee threw more popcorn at me.

"Stop with the popcorn!"

"Anyway, so once I got back to Busan, I wasn't sure if I should contact him. I just knew him for a couple of hours and I didn't want to seem clingy. I wasn't expecting some great love story just because we shared an impulsive kiss."

"Well it was the 'most beautiful kiss ever', your words not mine." Jihee snickered.

"It was! Imagine the setting -the stars, the moon, Jin and his beautiful face..." I sighed. Irrespective of how things had ended, as far as first kisses go, it was a pretty great one.

"And, the howls of wild animals looking for their next meal," Jihee said interrupting the little moment I was having.

"This is why I don't tell you about things like this! You ruin it for me!"

"Sorry, it's just too much fun teasing you. Anyway go on, where did things go wrong?" Jihee said pulling my cheeks.

"Jin texted first while I was a overthinking mess. It was pretty crazy how we went from few random texts to texting each other all day long. After a couple of weeks, we planned to meet up in Seoul before the college year began. I still hadn't picked between the studying in Seoul or overseas, so I wasn't sure if I would get to meet him ever again. However, the pro side of my pros and cons list for Seoul was dominated by Jin and I know how stupid it is to decide my career just to be closer to a crush, I wasn't the smartest back then. I obviously didn't tell my parents that I was going to Seoul to meet a boy, I told my parents that I wanted to go to Seoul to check out the college before I made my decision and had planned everything with my aunt who lives here."

"A week, before I was supposed to meet him, I couldn't get in touch with him. His number was deactivated and he wasn't replying on his SNS either. Initially, I got really worried because he was always very active on his SNS but suddenly there was nothing for days. I was worried that things had gone south with his parents because of his college decision. Eventually, I couldn't find him on SNS either. That's when I started thinking that maybe he had blocked me."

"But why would he block you? You seemed to get along really well!" Jihee seemed as confused as I had been at the time.

"I wondered the same. The way he used to talk to me it felt like maybe he felt something towards me too. So the sudden radio silence caught me off guard. Somewhere, I still held onto the hope that maybe he was in trouble with his parents or something else, anything but him wanting to block me."

"Please don't tell me you started blaming yourself!" Jihee exclaimed.

"Well, yeah. I was really insecure back then. I thought that maybe I had done something. Maybe I was being clingy and needy. Maybe he realized I had a crush on him but he didn't feel the same way. I would just sit and mope away days overthinking about what I had done wrong."

"That asshole! Even if he didn't like you, that's no way to deal with things! What the hell! And why would you blame yourself?! If he didn't want to talk to you anymore, which I still don't understand, he should have just said so instead of being such a coward and doing all that!"

Seeing Jihee get so worked up about it was surprising. She's normally the rational and calm one between the two of us.

"Yeah, but it doesn't matter anymore. So, I decided to go overseas, fearing that I would run into him in Seoul. I know, I know, again taking life decisions because of a crush. But I am glad I did. You got to meet me after all. Imagine how much your life would have sucked without me!" I said nudging her.

"Yoona, don't try to brush this off! I saw how much that jerk affected you. And to think it was all because he didn't want to talk to you anymore?!" Jihee clenched her fists, like she was ready to bodily harm Jin.

"Yeah, my self-esteem sucked for the next few years but I eventually got over it. Also, it happened a long time back, there's no point still holding on to it. I don't blame myself or him anymore. Shit happens." I patted her trying to calm her down.

It still bothered me a little bit I guess. Considering how easily I had teared up earlier. But Jihee didn't need to know that. She would just worry unnecessarily.

"Speak for yourself. You may be okay with him, but not me. If he comes in front of me, he's going to get smacked! But why wait for him to come in front of me? I know! Even better! Let's go find that asshole!" Jihee said as she jumped off the couch.

"Woah! Woah! Calm down. Why are you getting so pissed?" I quickly pulled her back on the couch.

"Calm?! Don't tell me to calm down! I should smack you too for not telling me all this before. I didn't want to know the gooey, mushy crap when this is how it ended! I thought you two drifted apart because of the distance or something rational like that, not this cloak and daggers crap!" Jihee was getting really red and scary.

"Jihee! Chill! And can you stop squishing that cushion so hard, it's not Jin and it's my favourite cushion." I quickly snatched the cushion away from her. "The gooey, mushy part are the happy memories. Even if things didn't go the way I hoped they would, I can still remember the good stuff and smile, right? Now, breathe. I don't think you ever got this worked up over your own break-ups."

"Whatever. I am warning you. You can pass on the message and warn him. He better not show up in front of me." Jihee muttered.

I really hoped for Jin's sake, that they don't ever meet. Jihee has a mean right hook.

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A/N: Sorry for making the last few chapters all Yoona's POV. It was just easier to finish the flashback in one POV.