Park Yujin.
He was really here. This man, this horrible person who always led him to his downfall. He was truly here, flesh and bones.
Park Yujin. The only son and heir of K-Park Empire, the biggest corporation in Asia. All famous luxury cars, wine refinery, and K Center, the wealthiest private hospital in SK, were under and funded by their group. Among the five men, he was considered the most intelligent and proper, holding the image of a perfect role model honor student. As the academy's student council president and at the same time the first place holder of Top 100 students of all prestigious schools in South Korea, Yujin wasn't the type to foolishly spend his time with nonsensical matters. Matters such as playing with turtles, that was.
"But Tori is so cute! Look!" Daehyun exclaimed, happily looking at the turtle.
"Yeah, just take a look, Yujin. Tori's really adorable," Jinho nodded gleefully with Daehyun.
Yujin's appearance wasn't far from Chunhee's memory. He was still the same as his image was in the past five livesーthat domineering, high status and value aura still lingered in his body. From head to toe, he was still void of any flaw. The only slight difference was his indifferent, aloof, attitude, perfectly emanating a cold heart inside.
Chunhee laughed in his heart, bitterly thinking how shameless his 'killer' was to appear before his eyes early in the morning. It wasn't even an hour since he stepped in this school and Chunhee immediately had to meet him.
Was it fate doing its job again? Chunhee could only bitterly laughed three words: what a joke.
However, the moment Yujin's eyes finally landed on him, Chunhee wasn't able to laugh nor smile anymore.
His entire body froze.
It could clearly be said, Chunhee suddenly felt a thousand goosebumps the moment they exchanged blank gazes. His heart trembled as he stared at Yujin's eyes, the very same eyes he had been staring at for centuries. The same eyes that he had been looking at with so much love, with so much memories, from the moment they would wake up together until they would sleep at night.
Slowly, Chunhee stood up. Face still pale, he silently said, "I-I have to go..."
Then without waiting for anyone's reply, he sprinted out of the greenhouse.
"Hey!" "Chunhee!" "Where are you going, oi!" "Come back!"
Daehyun and Jinho kept calling him from the back but Chunhee did not stop. His legs suddenly moved on their own and the next second, Chunhee found himself running crazily as if a murderer was chasing him.
Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Were his only words as he tried to swallow down his fears and tears. Because the moment Yujin looked at him, he couldn't help but feel scared out of his wits. His face instantly paled as scenes of his five deaths suddenly flashed through his mind like a movie, playing in an ultra fast speed, so fast Chunhee almost spat out blood. It just felt too real, so freaking real he actually thought he was going to die on the spot!
He almost went mad.
The chrysanthemum danced around Chunhee on the tender grass as he stopped and tried to catch for air, his hands on his knees. It seemed he had ran for 10 minutes straight he eventually reached the academy's western garden. The greenhouse was in the east.
Chunhee slowly crouched down, still feeling his knees slightly tremble as he gulped down hard. He couldn't be defeated. He was just starting. There was no way he'd admit defeat this early.
Clenching his fists, Chunhee could almost feel the formation of tears at the back of his eyes. Why did he have to see him this early? He should've prepared more before this encounter. What's a few more days before this 'meeting'?
Chunhee gritted his teeth, suddenly feeling petty for his own selfish wishes.
Of course, the plot god wouldn't be too kind to let him prepare or rest. As everything was already planned and laid out for the people to execute, naturally, this early morning encounter was bound to happen. It only wanted for Person Yujin and Person Chunhee to meet. The Plot God, in a sense, wanted to play with these characters' feelings again, just like it did in their past lives.
Chunhee's mood turned darker.
Taking a deep breath to calm himself down, he stood up straight and thought resolutely: his past five selves must've been too gullible and went along with the plot, but the current Chunhee was different. This Chunhee, hacking and taking over 6th Chunhee, has a real brain and soul. He was in control. Therefore, he wouldn't let the same tragedy happen to him again.
In this life, he would survive.
This person Park Yujin, he would surely not fall for for the sixth time. Even if he had to sacrifice everything he had, Chunhee would never let this person be the reason of his death. Such injustice won't happen again.
Chunhee would certainly, definitely, make sure of it.
Turning around determined to execute his plans, however, Chunhee's body froze, his eyes widened and his face paled as he came face-to-face with one person.
With an expressionless face, standing silently five meters away from him was no other than Park Yujin himself.
A cool long timed breeze passed through the garden, making the flowers danced in a frenzy as two people stood firm, between them a distance, previously, originally, planned out to fade. . .
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NOTES:
Plot God - Creator / The One who controls everything including the people, their personalities, relationships, lives, and deaths
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th Chunhee - the 'unconscious' Chunhee who followed the plot and is fated to love Yujin in every lifetime
6th Chunhee - the Chunhee who's deeply in love with Yujin since childhood; controlled by the Plot God; destined to be betrayed by his lover and friend; destined to die on his wedding day
Current Chunhee/Real Chunhee - the 'conscious' Chunhee; Chunhee's real self with brain and soul; has complete control on his character and wants to avoid his tragic 'death'