→ genre: this is just rlly sad tbh, angst, established relationship, lovers to strangers.
→ pairing: boxer seungcheol x female reader.
→ feat: jungkook from bts.
→ warnings!: seungcheol turns into kind of an asshole, swearing, an actual physical fight happens, boxing y'know, mentions of overworking and relationship neglect, gaslighting? ITS SAD, don't you say I didn't warn you, also English's not my first language so excuse my grammar 💀
→ synopsis: Ambition was the trait that made you most attracted to Seungcheol, but lately it was the thing that has been tearing you apart.
→ word count: 5k-ish
"C'mon Cheol, kill that mother fucker!"
The holler coming out of your throat came out raspy and filled with enthusiasm and anxiety as you leaned into the ring and slammed both of your hands against it.
The screams inside the stadium seemed to increase after your voice stood out of the rest making a whole mess of the crowd.
Your eyes were filled with expectation but you could feel the anxiety in your stomach and how horribly worried you were about how tense your body was and the crippling headache that was starting to hammer on the back of your head.
Soonyoung gave you a small pat on the back for support as he stared with an expecting gaze at his apprentice.
Seungcheol's body fell back a little bit by a punch coming into his jaw, however, he didn't let his opponent take advantage of it and quickly responded with a hook that went straight to the guy's side.
You harshly bit your lip and felt how your eyes were filling up with tears by all the emotions going through your head.
You didn't always get a chance to come to your boyfriend's fights, but this always happened. The anxiety of a possible knockout always got the best of you even when Seungcheol had all the advantages.
You had seen how a match could totally turn around by just one hook or punch into the gut and how easily it was to knock out a person in two seconds, and even though you trusted Seungcheol with all your heart and supported him in this, it always worried you to death.
Seungcheol's opponent flinched and took two steps back from the loss of air that the hook gave him. However, Seungcheol didn't miss out on the opportunity to connect three more punches into the guy's jaw and head.
"Come on Seungcheol!"
And a final hook to the stomach was all it took to push the guy back and make him fall making the ring shake.
The referee quickly kneeled down to see the fighter's condition.
You took a quick breath and kept it in your lungs.
Please stay down and be okay, please stay down and be okay.
"Kang can't continue the fight, Choi wins!"
The referee's voice resonated on the whole stadium by the speakers and it went straight to your pounding head.
A solid scream came out of your mouth as you quickly slipped into the ring under the last rope and rushed your way to him.
Seungcheol turned your way and lifted both his fists letting out a victory scream before wrapping his arms around you.
You could feel his sweaty chest against your cheek but you grew used to it and never found it disgusting somehow.
You pulled out of the hug after a few seconds and grabbed his head with both your hands, leaving a long peck into his lips. His arms wrapped around your waist as he pulled you close to him.
Even though the kiss didn't have any movement, it had plenty of emotions. Excitement, pride, relief but all of those emotions came from the deep love you both had for each other.
The smile and eyes that your boyfriend gave you after pulling apart from the kiss made you melt into his gaze. His sweet dimples and shiny doe eyes make you lose your mind every time.
Sometimes you really questioned how he could look at you with such love and treat you with such care and gentleness when barely some seconds before he was connecting punches into another guy's body.
But it somehow brought you warmth and a feeling of fullness in your chest. It felt like you were the only person who had this side of him and that made you feel extremely selfish but also incredibly happy.
Your little moment was interrupted when Hoshi pushed Seungcheol's head to the side, moving both of your attention to the blonde haired trainer. who had a huge proud smile on his face.
"That's my boy!"
Hoshi gave Seungcheol a little punch in the arm as your boyfriend laughed and left your side to hug his trainer.
You pursed your lips in a smile noticing how the tears that filled your eyes were now wetting your cheeks. The feeling of pride could be felt on your whole body. You were so incredibly proud of him and how far he had gotten since the moment you two met, from the moment he told you he wanted to pursue boxing as a professional and how no one was on his side.
But you were, since the very beginning, and apparently that's all he needed.
You sniffled your nose and walked to them, wrapping both of their necks with your arms and pulling them down into a hug.
"I'm so proud of you."
Seungcheol laughed and Hoshi whined in a teasing way.
"You should've heard how fucking annoying he was."
Seungcheol was sitting on one of the benches that were in the locker room as you dried his head with a towel while he hissed and complained about his opponent's attitude before reaching the ring. You were still inside the stadium.
Seungcheol always liked to stay a little longer than everyone else to wash up and take time to relax after the fight. And he liked doing this more when you were there with him to be able to share a chat before going home to directly sleep.
"He had a lot of strength though, he almost took me out twice but I refused to lose to a prick like him."
A chuckle came out of your mouth stopping your movements to dry his hair and turning to him.
"So this was all a pride thing?"
Seungcheol raised an eyebrow.
"Babe, it's always a pride thing when it comes to boxing."
This time you were the one raising your eyebrow.
"I thought it was the love for the sport."
Seungcheol did a gesture with his hand brushing off the fact.
"Sure, sure, but mainly it's pride."
You let out a subtle giggle before continuing to dry his hair.
"Well, your pride, love, and talent have taken you really far, you know? People have been stopping me on the streets to ask me about you more often."
Seungcheol raised both of his eyebrows in surprise, his eyes lost at some point in the showers trying to process what you had said to him.
"Really?"
"Yeah."
You finished drying his hair leaving the towel on the bench before sitting down beside him.
A comfortable silence filled the locker room as you tilted your head and gave a loving smile to your partner.
Seungcheol turned to you, his still damp charcoal hair falling into his face and small drips of water on his skin. His eyes were deep and looked into yours with love.
You found yourself losing your train of thoughts really often when it came to Seungcheol. He was just mesmerizing to look at, he had beautiful porcelain skin that now you were used to seeing with bruises and scratches from the fighting and his whole aura was just breathtaking.
You could feel yours filling up with tears once again.
The overwhelming feeling of pride and love filling your chest made you feel weak but at the same time so much strength.
"I'm so proud of you, I will always be."
Seungcheol's eyes suddenly we're not steady anymore, his eyebrows frowned to the center of his face and his eyes wandered around your whole face as if he was trying to memorize every single detail on it as his tongue licked his lips. He felt so lost in his thoughts before his dimples welcomes you into his smile as he pulled you by the neck into a warm hug.
If you felt mesmerized by your partner's presence you couldn't even imagine how you made him feel. Seungcheol loved every single part of you and was pretty sure he could draw your face on a perfect picture if he actually knew how to draw.
He knew every single wrinkle, mole, freckle and pore of your face from memory and would never grow tired of observing it for hours on end.
There were times where you would go on dates to the movies, or just have movie nights at home, or when you fell asleep faster than him or when he woke up first. And those were the moments that Seungcheol took to just stare into your face, body and almost soul. He would never grow tired of looking at you and every single time he did, he could feel how his chest grew tighter and how the love for you just grew and grew.
You chuckled into his skin that now smelled like soap and the minty scent of the cream he uses for soreness. The warmth brought by his body was so welcoming, cozy and it just felt right. Felt like you were supposed to be there and that you belonged there, with him.
His arms tighten against your body and you could feel how he let out a deep sigh.
"I love you so much, please never doubt that."
You were taken a bit back by the last words but you brushed it off, tightening your hold too.
"I won't."
The small bell rang as your entrance was announced in the old cafeteria.
It smelled like peanuts and cigarettes even though they didn't sell any products that contained peanuts, however, people smoking inside the establishment was common.
It didn't have the best coffee in the city, however, it had a 4 espresso shot iced Americano option and was open at the hour you needed it to be, so you grew to love it.
Also, the owner and cashier in there knew you and you had kind of formed a small friendship with them out of the 2 consecutive years you have religiously visited the establishment.
"Good morning Y/n, the usual?"
Jungkook gave you a gentle smile.
You smiled back and nodded.
"Good morning Gguk, yes, the usual, please. "
The black-haired man tapped the counter before responding.
"On the way."
You sighed and leaned back on your right leg, letting the left one rest as you patiently waited for your order.
It was 6:43 am, you entered work at 7:15 am and you were about a block away from the school you gave classes at.
You were an art teacher at a middle school. You had an art degree and even though you didn't specialize in any education ambit, you still ended up in there.
Actually, you ending up on a full time job there was never in your plans. Your father had insisted for you to apply to this school where his friend had retired as an art teacher and they were looking for a new one.
It took some pleading but you eventually agreed to do it as a part time job as you grew like an independent artist, however, you grew to fall in love with the job.
You adored teaching those middle schoolers and loved seeing them grow and take trust in you, so eventually you took it as a full time job.
"I saw you on TV."
You blinked, getting off your train of thought to look back at Jungkook. He was not looking at you, concentrated on his actions as he prepared your order.
"Really?"
You could see the start of a smirk on his lips.
"Yeah, your guy really showed off, when I saw the height difference it got me a little nervous, but he handle it damn well."
He chuckled.
A feeling of pride filled your chest, every time someone mentioned Seungcheol. You gave him a closed lips smile.
"He was great."
You nodded.
"He's always great."
Jungkook didn't respond, opting for starting a new conversation.
"So, how's work?"
You shrugged.
"It's been good, been having a bit of trouble with some parents though."
Jungkook raised his eyebrows in surprise.
"Is that so? Can I know why?"
You sighed and looked up, remembering the situation.
"To make it short, some parents dislike renaissance art, I have been having this problem for a while now, they were even going to start joining signatures to get me removed from the school and stuff."
Your response was followed by a quick glance Jungkook took at you before he was putting your order on the bar.
"That sounds awful, but I'm assuming everything is good now."
You nodded with a subtle smile.
"Yeah, everything's good now."
Jungkook smiled back and sighed before leaning away from the counter.
"Well, there's your beverage than, enjoy."
You quickly reached out for your bag in look for your credit card to pay the order but Jungkook interrupted your actions with his words.
"Leave it, Y/n that's on the house, in honor of Choi Seungcheol winning and you keeping your job."
You frowned and raised an eyebrow at him before continuing your search.
"I appreciate it Kookie but it wasn't me who won, and I can pay for it, you know?"
Jungkook chuckled.
"Oh, I know, but it's still my treat."
He pushed the cup of cold coffee in your direction before taking two septs back.
"Don't be ridiculous Jungkook, I'm pa-"
But the moment you raised your head to face him he was not on the place you had last seen him. You turned to the kitchen entrance and saw how his body disappeared inside.
"Oh, come on! Just let me play Jeon Jungkook."
"Bye, Y/n!"
You let out a huff and stared at the cup of coffee.
Sometimes you questioned Jungkook's weird way of acting towards you but Yoongi, the owner of the coffee shop insisted that he was like that with most people he liked (not in a romantic way) so you had nothing to worry about.
It was nice to talk to Jungkook though... you can't recall the last time you talked about your professional life with someone.
Your fingers lazily tapped the code into the apartment's door before it unlocked and opened.
A feeling of pressure immediately left your shoulders as you came inside your home, closing the door behind you and immediately getting rid of your shoes and hanging your bag on the cloak rack.
"I'm home~"
You said in a loud tone for your partner to hear you, however, you were surprised to notice all the lights turned off and a complete silence inside the apartment.
You frowned.
"Babe?"
Was he not back from training yet?
You took your phone out of your back pocket, turning it on.
A picture of Seungcheol hugging you by the shoulders and leaving a kiss in your temple that was taken by Month was your wallpaper and the hour of 8:16 pm said hi to you.
He should already be back.
Maybe he went out to buy something to eat but there was no sign of him even arriving. His gym bag was missing and so was the cap he always used to go training.
Maybe you had missed a text from him saying that he was going to spend extra time training.
Your fingers tapped the screen of your cellphone entering your messages and seeing no sign of one from Seungcheol.
"Well, that's weird."
You said to yourself as you walked directly to the room you shared with him as you entered the phone app and tapped into his name turning the phone to your ear as you opened the door.
But it went straight into voice mail.
Your frown deepened.
Was he okay? Was he already on his way? Did he go out to eat with Bang Chan? His phone ran out of battery?
The thing was that Seungcheol never let his phone run out of battery and he always made you aware of any delay of his arrival at home.
Maybe you were overreacting but maybe he was in trouble, I mean, he was now quite famous.
Maybe someone stole his phone.
You decided to call Soonyoung as you sat down on your bed.
It only rang two times before he replied.
"Hello?"
"Hi, Hoshi-ah."
"Hi Y/n, is everything ok?"
You nodded even though he couldn't see you.
"Yeah, yeah, I was just wondering if Cheol it's still with you. He hasn't gotten home and his phone is turned off."
There was a pause of some seconds before Hoshi responded.
"I mean, he left right when the training ended, he didn't even take a shower, he said he had some urgent stuff to do but I didn't question him."
"Oh..."
His answer left you puzzled.
He had stuff to do?
"Is everything okay?"
You blinked, snapping out of your train of thought.
"Oh, yeah yeah, just... call me if you know anything."
"Sure thing."
"Okay, thank you Hoshi-ah."
"No worries, girl, bye."
"Bye~"
He hung up.
Seungcheol had urgent stuff to do after training that he didn't tell you about.
I mean, yes he could have his things and maybe secrets but this was so unlike him.
You felt uneasy for some reason.
Come on Y/n, 4 years of relationship and he hasn't even once done something like this, and the first time he does you question everything.
You let your phone fall out of your hand and passed a hand through your hair.
"I'm being ridiculous."
You decided to let it be for now and go wash up. It was a stressful day. Apparently, a parent had complained, yet again, that you were being inadequate with your work when you thought your students about Renaissance art and their child had said you showed breasts and private body parts in class.
To your luck, the principal sided with you, yet again, and it didn't cause more than a headache from explaining to a middle age woman about how you couldn't censor art and such.
"Come on, a boob's not going to bite him."
But apparently, your comment was only funny to yourself.
You had finished washing up and were now drying your hair with a microfiber towel as you stared at your phone.
9:22 pm.
No text messages or calls from Seungcheol and you had tried to call him 8 times more just to be sent straight to voicemail again.
Was he really okay?
You pursed your lips, leaving the towel aside and grabbing your phone, and looking at it as if you staring deep into it was going to make a message or phone call appear.
You were really worried now. Maybe he had an accident... What if he was in a traffic accident and was now in a coma at the hospital?
"Oh shut the fuck up."
You said to yourself as you let out a deep sigh, letting your head fall back and close your eyes.
But then the noise of the door's code being pulsed in made you jump in your place and practically run to the front door.
You stumbled on your own feet but were there on time to see Seungcheol coming in.
He was wearing his black cap even though it was now completely dark outside at this point. He let the gym bag fall to his feet as he took his shoes off.
"Babe?"
You called out making Seungcheol quickly lift his gaze and look at you. His eyes looked extremely tired and his body looked tense.
"Hi, sweetheart."
Even though he looked completely drained he still gave you a sweet smile, oh how you loved those fucking dimples.
He walked to you and wrapped your body into a hug. He buried his nose on your freshly washed hair taking a deep breath as he held you close to him.
The warmth of his body made your own body melt against him, closing your eyes and passing your hands through his back, caressing it.
"You're home late."
Your voice was million times more calm now and you could feel how all the anxiety and overwhelming feeling of worry left your body the moment he hugged you tight.
"Yes, I'm sorry, my phone ran out of battery and I think someone stole my charger, couldn't find anyone who could borrow me theirs."
You just nodded after he finished talking, understanding the situation.
He pulled away from the hug and left a long kiss on your forehead.
You closed your eyes to the feeling of his soft lips against your skin.
A smile brushed your cheeks.
"Where were you?"
He stared at your face for some seconds. Your eyes are closed, long eyelashes brush the top of your cheeks and your damp hair perfectly framing your face. A feeling of warmth started to fill his chest and his smile grew even larger. He was lucky to have you just as you were lucky to have him.
"I just had extra training with Mingyu, I didn't tell Hoshi 'cause he gets all dramatic, you know him."
You chuckled and nodded.
See? You got all anxious for nothing, you dramatic fucker.
You opened your eyes and left a small peck on his lips before you two walked to your room.
"Did you have dinner?"
The question came out of your mouth as you went inside the bathroom again to put the products you used in their place.
"Yeah, I grabbed a bite with Gyu!"
You could hear his voice coming out from the closet.
His answer made you a little bit sad. Dinner was always kind of your bonding time on busy weeks like this. But it was okay, you always had other days.
The thing is that the days of Seungcheol arriving late started to be even more frequent as time went by. And even though it made sense since he had to train harder as his rank and popularity grew, it still made you feel the sudden emptiness at home.
The hour of his arrival was also becoming more uncertain and it kept being later and later and his part from home being earlier and earlier.
It got to the point where you only saw him for some minutes in the morning and on Sundays, which were his rest days.
So it was just him laying down in bed, not up for pretty much anything.
His attitude also started to change, now when he got home he didn't really announce himself, it went from spending the first minutes of his arrival hugging you and saying how much he missed you to him barely acknowledging you and going straight to take a shower to sleep.
And you tried to take de initiative. You offered body massages that he declined saying he already had a physiotherapist to do that. The times you went up to him and said you missed him, he got a bit annoyed and said you were being clingy. You invited him to dinner which he also declined saying he didn't have time for going out and when you offered to cook at home he instantly complained at how insistent you were being and how it was easier for him to just have dinner with Mingyu or Hoshi.
You also tried to offer to go out on Sundays, but it was obviously quickly turned down by him too.
"Y/n, this is literally the only day I get to be at home and you want to go out, give me a break for god's sake."
But it seemed like he just didn't want to spend time with you because he also wasn't up for doing anything but staying in bed looking at his phone, and even though you were right beside him, he didn't acknowledge you once.
And it hurt.
It hurt to see your prospering relationship that had remained strong for 4 years starting to fall apart as his career was taking off. And you tried to convince yourself that it was just a bad moment, that you could pass through it, and that it was going to be gone soon.
But as the days, weeks, and months passed by your hopes were starting to become weaker and weaker.
Seungcheol was drowning himself in his passion, so greedy and ambitious. That ambition that you once adored was now the reason your whole relationship was flaking.
Your hands were shaky as you were once again waiting for him.
01:42 am was the hour marked on your phone.
The apartment was freezing cold, but that's how Seungcheol had always liked it and it didn't bother you since he always made sure you didn't go through cold by keeping you close. But the nights now were horrible. You had to sleep with a sweatshirt on and a blanket over your head and the ache of his body turning to the opposite side of yours. And every time you tried to wrap your arms around him he just whined in his sleep and brushed your arms out.
You remember the first time it happened it broke your heart, tears filled your eyes and you practically cried yourself as he slept safe and sound.
It was now almost every night where you cried yourself to sleep while he was on the same bed, not noticing.
You lifted your head at the sound of the code being pushed into the principal door, making you straighten your back and look over the sofa to see how Seungcheol's figure closed the door behind him, tossing his gym bag on the floor and getting rid of his cap and shoes.
Your fists gripped into the hoodie you were wearing. It was his and it brought you comfort, comfort you had been looking for for the past months.
Seugncheol started to walk to the room but you stopped him.
"Babe."
He stopped on his feet before slowly turning to you.
You knew your eyes were glassy and your nose and lips were still a bit red because of the crying. God, you had been crying so much for the past months.
"You're awake."
"Yeah, I-... I wanted to have a chat with you."
Seungcheol frowned narrowing his eyes to see you better.
"Have you been crying?"
You stiffened. That was straightforward.
"Anyways, I'm really tired, can we talk about this on Sunday? I have to be up really early and my back is killing me-"
He really brushed off the fact that you were crying so quickly. It was the first time he had acknowledged that factor in months and he just brushed it off as if it was normal.
Has he noticed before but just opted for not saying anything?
You swallowed the question.
"No, it really can't wait, just- please Cheol, just give me some minutes, please."
He was hesitant, but he just heavily sighed and nodded walking towards the sofa and sitting down beside you, keeping his distance like he had been doing for a long time now.
You pursed your lips in nervousness, feeling the ache in your chest grow wider.
You had never felt this anxious to talk to your partner about anything, which just made you feel even worse.
We have really grown distant.
"Just make it quick, I really need to sleep."
His carelessness made your chest hurt and your tears fill up with tears however you swallowed the sob that was wanting to come out of your mouth for the past seconds and nodded.
"I- You know that I've always been supportive of your career, and I'm probably the person who is most proud of you in this world. I love to see how you're doing so well in your professional life and how successful you've become. The mere thought of it makes my chest fill with pride and joy."
You tried to look for his eyes, however, Seungcheol's eyes were pasted on his own hands. And that was so unlike him, he always used to look at you in the eyes and hold your hands during talks like this.
That only made your chest hurt even more, did he really change that much without you noticing?
Who are you?
"However, I've grown to notice that... well you just don't give our relationship time anymore, it seems like you don't care anymore."
Not a single expression was formed on his face as your voice broke on the sentence and the tears wet your cheeks.
However, once you finished talking he raised his gaze to meet yours, and for a moment, just for a moment, you saw love in them. For a second you thought that maybe he was going to apologize and tell you that he was going to make an effort, however, he didn't.
"I've been thinking about that too and, you know... I think I want to fully concentrate on my career, as you said, I don't have any time for us anymore so I don't see why we should keep going."
You gasped as more tears flew down your cheeks.
He was giving up that easily? Just throwing away almost 5 years of relationship to the trash? He wasn't even going to try a little bit?
"Just like that?"
He seemed to be taken aback by your response.
"Well, yeah, I've talked about it with my manager and-"
Of course, his manager.
Jay fucking Park, the man who had been telling Seungcheol since the beginning of his career how he should leave you be sure you slowed his career down, and the same manager that Seungcheol had said hundreds of times he was going to replace because he didn't like the way he referred to you.
Your head stopped listening to him.
"So this really is it?"
You interrupted.
Seungcheol stayed quiet for some seconds.
"I... I guess so."
You sniffled as you felt more tears wet your cheeks.
"Do you not love me anymore?"
"Of course, I do, that- God Y/n please don't make this harder, I can't see you cry and you know it."
It was the first time he broke. His voice broke into a sudden sob followed by a defeated sigh.
You curled into yourself, hugging yourself and looking away before he continued talking.
"That's why I'm doing this, I love you so much that I have to let you go."
"Fucking bullshit."
You said in between your teeth followed by a loud sob. You looked back at him just to find his glassy eyes and reddened nose.
"That's fucking bullshit and you know it. That fucking sentence's for cowards and you're no fucking coward."
He stayed silent so you continued.
"Ha-ave you ever thought that loving is also hanging on a-and persisting and trying every single fucking day even though you constantly get told to fuck off? Cause that's what I've been doing for the past 4 months s-so don't you fucking dare say you love me so much and that's why you kept- kept ignoring me and pushing me off. Leaving me to cry myself to sleep for days in a row and showing no interest in me at all."
You sobbed in between sentences and stuttered on your words. Sadness and anger mixed in your gut and making you feel like throwing up.
"I've been grieving a relationship that didn't even end yet... do you even know how useless and pathetic I felt?"
Seungcheol sniffled and let out a quiet sob, he passed his hands through his hair.
"I-Iam sorry, I just... I'm sorry but I think this is the best for me, for us."
You shook your head as you contained another sob.
"It sure isn't the best for me, but if it is for you and tha-thats what you want then... then I'm sorry for 'wasting your good years.' "
You said, quoting what you have heard his manager tell him many times before.
It happened so quickly. The way you just stood up and packed a bag with your essentials while shedding ugly tears. How he just remained silent on the umbral of the door, passing his hands through his face and hair.
In reality, Seungcheol was heartbroken. His chest was hurting and he was fighting with all his will the urge he had to hug you tight and apologize and beg you not to leave. But he had been totally brainwashed into thinking this was the best for him. Everyone except for his main trainer had insisted that a girlfriend only slowed him down and they have gotten so deep into his head that he fell to believe them.
He was gaslighted by the people he most admired on the medium into thinking this was the best for him.
But something inside him knew that it was wrong.
She was always there for you. She never even tried to slow you down once, always insisting on you taking every single opportunity even if it meant for your time together to shorten. She was the only person who always truly believed in you, the only person who truly celebrated each one of your wins as if it was hers.
But Seungcheol had grown greedy, drunk on his own ambition.
And the moment you passed beside him and rushed to the door with tears still falling down your cheeks and a broken heart, something snapped on Seungcheol.
He followed you to the door and held into your wrist as you were about to walk out of the apartment, out of the life you two had created and out of the life Seungcheol had made miserable.
You just turned to him, something inside you still holding hope for him to try, to not let go, to agree about doing something about it, and not just cowardly take the easiest option.
His glistening eyes stared into your red ones.
His eyes went from yours to getting lost in your features like he loved to do after every single tiring day.
Seungcheol was a coward.
He stared into your long eyelashes, your beautiful nose, your once soft lips that even though they were chapped now, were still as beautiful as ever, your soft and beautiful eyes and the hair that he loved to play with and that it still perfectly framed your face.
Seungcheol pursed his lips.
"I love you, never doubt that."
You stayed silent, memories of him repeating those same words months ago in a locker room where you thought your relationship was going to be prosperous and infinite. But everything has a due date, and apparently, today was yours.
You pulled your wrist back with weird care and took a step toward him.
Both of you stared into each other's eyes before he leaned in for a kiss, a kiss that you corresponded to.
Tears fell down your eyes to your cheeks, lips, and neck, meeting with his own lips at some point and feeling his own tears two.
The kiss was slow, filled with yearning, bittersweet love, and a salty ending.
You pulled away, fearing that you will beg once more for his attention and time, but you weren't going to hurt your dignity more than it already was.
"You made me doubt it."
You answered before finally turning away and leaving, closing the door behind you and not turning back.
Seungcheol stared at the door for minutes which felt like hours before he fell to his knees.
He stared into his calloused palms, palms which you used to kiss and caress with love.
"You're gold, man, you're one of the little people in this world to let ambition get the best and not the worst of them. Keep your heels on the floor, Choi."
The words Hoshi once told him drowned his head.
Ambition had gotten the worst of him.
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