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[knightyoomyoui]

Chaeyoung x M Reader - [Sacrifice]

TIME TO FINISH SET 5 ONCE AND FOR ALL!!!

YN was busy on his duty at one of the jobs he applied for when he received bad news from the doctor who contacted him through a phone call.

Here he goes, sprinting after he exits the elevator to arrive quickly in the medical room. "Doc! Doc!" YN shouts as the nurses standing near the door immediately stop him after he tries to enter the room. “CHAEYOUNG!!!” "Sir, please, we request that you stay outside." "What are they doing to her? What's happening?" YN aid as he tried to sneak pass against these nurses blocking her path. "Let him go, the doctor commanded the two nurses who were blocking the tensed and horrified guardian. They listened, and YN stepped closer to the doctor, who was now out of the room, facing him.

"Doc, tell me, please. What happened to Chaeyoung?" YN pleaded with a shaky voice. The doctor sighed, clasping his hands together to make his stance straight and proper. "Mr. Son, I called you here because, as you can see, your sister had an urgent emergency, and the nurse who's checking on her notified us after she noticed what happened to her." "And that is?" "Mr. YN, I'm sorry to say this, but this isn't a grateful or relieving update you're going to hear, the doctor apologetically said, increasing YN's anxiety. "Her vital signs are back to stable now, thanks to the early action we took for them, but I'm not confident enough to say that this is going to be the last."

"W-why?"

"I found out through the check up I performed on her that your sister's condition has gotten worse, Mr. Son." The doctor cautiously said. "Her body's gone weaker and slightly more critical than the previous examinations we had, and the effects of that change were witnessed just a while ago by our nurse here."

YN and the doctor looked at the nurse beside them, who was listening sadly to their conversation.

"When I was about to leave after changing her clothes, she just suddenly started to slowly shake. Her temperature went up too when I touched her again to figure it out." The nurse recalled what she experienced a while ago.

"Oh god..." YN covered his head in stress and agony again after hearing another pityful incident about his poor sister.

"Her immunity system is now doing its best to fight the illness that's been damaging her body, Mr. Son, and we both know that proper medication is the best support system we've got here, the doctor continued. "I assume you haven't paid her medical bills so far."

"N-not yet, d-doc," YN said weakly. "The savings I'm getting from my jobs aren't enough."

"As much as I want to help you further, aside from my responsibility here as her doctor, I would be happy too, but I must remain professional and fair here, Mr. Son" the doctor empathically remarked, giving her a forced smile.

"I'm not rushing you or something, but... it would be better if you could find a way faster to pay her bills because, based on what we found out after we stabilized her, she'll need additional support, and I have no other choice but to add other recommended treatments for her."

YN can only nod; he's already speechless about what he'll say since his mind is quite preoccupied with the worried thoughts he had about her sister's health status.

"I understand, doc. T. Thank you."

"You're welcome and good luck, Mr. Son. Again, I wish her a speedy recovery, the doctor said before he left with his assistant nurses.

YN walked inside the room where his lovely sister, Chaeyoung, is currently lying down on the bed in an unconscious state.

Aside from her peaceful appearance, it's kind of hard to remain in her sight knowing that there's a distraction that ruins this wonderful view she has.

These straws and hoses were all connected in some parts of her body, specifically her nose, arms, and mouth.

These were the ones that were in handy to provide a sufficient amount of blood and a stable flow of nutrition traveling through her body, attempting to deflate the chances of more advantages her illness could get.

Remembering what the doctor just told to him after he caught how hard he's resuscitating Chaeyoung earlier who seems like she's going to die, his heart is too vulnerable to easily break again and give up the tears he's holding on while he's coversing with the doctor about Chaeyoung's condition.

YN cried as went closer to her sister's pity-looking resting figure.

"Where? Where could I find a job with higher demand of salary? I don't know what to do anymore..." YN crouches as he gripped his hair harshly in frustration, questioning the complaint he has about the doctor's request. "Why is our life should be this hard, Chaeng?"

A brief of a background behind this tough sitatution YN has been going through as of now.

The two Son siblings, Chaeyoung and YN lives in a small, poverty- stricken town.

They are currently struggling to make ends meet. YN, the responsible older brother, works tirelessly to provide for his sickly younger sister, Chaeyoung.

They both dream of a better life, but their hopes seem dashed when Chaeyoung's medical condition worsens, and they are burdened with exorbitant medical bills they can never hope to pay.

Sadly, they couldn't approach any close family, relatives, or friends to gain financial support because they never had one.

Their parents were gone way too early; YN was just 15 years old at the time, and Chaeyoung was 8 when their parents died in the explosion of a popular factory in the town. Both of them are workers there.

Their relatives from their father's side hate them since they never actually wanted their father to marry their mother in the first place, while on their mother's side, they never knew who may be their relatives there because their mother didn't want to introduce them.

Lastly, they didn't have any friends because they were too secure and restricted to interacting with and getting close to other people, especially those who were the same age as them.

It's understandable regarding how they used to always be criticized, mocked, and bullied in their neighborhood.

The day after the doctor announced Chaeyoung's worsened condition, YN became even more pressured to balance his time between the work he had temporarily sidelined and his time to visit Chaeyoung. It wasn't until he decided to leave and decrease the set of jobs he took that he could prioritize Chaeyoung as equally as his jobs.

There, he guards his younger sister every day with the same amount of time as his mind is filled with pieces of thoughts and ideas he's trying to form that would reveal a solution to his problem.

That day, when he was feeding Chaeyoung her breakfast, she randomly asked him out of nowhere.

"Oppa?" She asked after swallowing the spoonful of mushroom soup.

"Yes, Chaengie?"

"How long can I get out of here?"

YN went silent for a second, looking away at Chaeyoung as he suddenly think the total earnings he had so far which still doesn't reach the requirement to pass her medical bills.

"Soon, Chaengie. But first, you have to be good, okay? You should rest and gather up your energy again so we can live again normally, YN reasoned out.

"Okay, Oppa." She timidly smiled.

Oppa, just like you, Chaengie. I'm excited to get out of here too." YN sympathized. "How are you feeling these days?"

"Would you be angry at me?"

"Why would I? I'm asking you, so that means Oppa wants to know." YN denied. "I will never be mad at you, Chaengie. Tell me, please. I'm just concerned about you."

"I'm okay right now, Oppa, but... it hurts sometimes too." She shuts her eyes and frowns. YN had a visible, bothered expression in his face. "It's hard, but I still try to be a good girl, like what you say to me, oppa."

YN couldn't handle his emotions anymore. He dropped the spoon and the bowl at the table beside him, snatched Chaeyoung's hand, and hugs it as he laid his head on his stomach while looking up at Chaeyoung getting brought on by the moment done by her brother.

"Don't cry, Oppa."

"I'll work hard, Chaeyoung-ah. Okay? I'll find us a way to get you out of here, he said with trembling lips. "Be strong for me, please. I promise you, everything's going to be okay. If I had to sacrifice what's in me, I'll do it just for your safety, Chaeng. I love you."

"I know, oppa. That's why I still try to hold on while we wait. Don't forget to rest too if you can. I love you too, oppa." Chaeyoung slowly reaches for her brother's head to gently stroke his long disheveled hair in a way for comfort.

Just as they were pulling themselves apart from their breaking point, later in the afternoon, YN woke up from Chaeyoung's torso.

His sister is now the one who is sleeping. Giving her space, he stayed outside for a while to use his phone and revisit the memories that he made with Chaeyoung when they were youths through the pictures and videos he has saved in his gallery.

"Cute girl."

He was so invested that he wasn't aware of a mysterious stranger who had just approached him.

"Pardon?"

"Who's she to you?" The guy looked at the window where he could see Chaeyoung sleeping.

"That's my sister. Her name's Chaeyoung, he answered.

"As I said, her name suits her. It's cute."

"Okay?" YN glared at him, unsure of how he was going to react.

"May I ask what happened to her?"

She's been diagnosed with gastroenteritis. She's already had a problem with her lungs since she was young."

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that." The guy showed his sympathy. "Get well soon to her."

"Thanks."

"It must be so hard for you, I believe, he said.

Yeah, it is. Considering she's my only sibling and the only family I've got, he said." He quit using your phone and focused his attention back at Chaeyoung. Meanwhile, the guy wore a winning smile on his lips after he heard that.

"I couldn't imagine what you're going through just to ensure that your sister would wake up one day with no more burden to carry on her health, the guy replied.

"What about you, by the way?"

"Ahh, my friend is in the next room. He's injured."

YN nodded understandably. "May I know why you just suddenly came forward to talk to me? Do you seek help or a company to join you for some nice talk?"

"A bit of both, but I'd much rather look forward to the first option, the guy said, showing his clean set of teeth as he grinned in front of him for the first time.

"What could it be?"

"Perhaps you've been having troubles regarding money, haven't you?" He said. "Based on what you told me, that's one of the most common obstacles you have to cross as someone in a tough situation like yours."

"And if I say yes, what can you do about it?" YN raised his eyebrow.

The guy took a seat beside YN and looked at him intently. I've got an offer for you that could change your lives forever.

"What will I get from them in return?"

"A substantial sum of money that would cover your sister Chaeyoung's medical bills entirely,, the stranger smirked. "How much is her medical bill?"

"More than 11 million won."

"Then this is the perfect offer for you, my friend!" the stranger exclaimed with enthusiasm. "Not only that, you can even have fun with your sister whenever you two want to do things like go to an amusement park, rent a house, or anything with the extra money left!"

"Why should I be confident with that? Why should I trust you?" YN daringly questioned the stranger, who still doesn't seem bothered or intimidated.

"Because, buddy, I won't be here at the hospital taking my friend's medication and came across to you if I'm lying, the stranger shrugged. "I'm just the same as you. Wait, what's your name?"

"YN."

"YN. Well, my name's Minghao." He offered a handshake for a kind greeting, and YN accepted. "So, back to what I was saying. I'm just like you, YN. I got offered, I accomplished what was needed, and I got the prize. Now I assure you, once you get what I mean, you'll just thank me after with whatever you want to do."

Desperate and feeling trapped about the stakes presented to him by Minghao, he suddenly thinks about his desire for Chaeyoung's improved condition for him to see and be grateful for someday.

"What's the offer?" He finally shared in interest with Minghao.

"A job better than what you have today, Minghao boastfully smuggles.

He looked at his watch, and he got surprised. "Oh shoot, I've got to go now, YN. The job is to be an assistant in our organization. Here, I'll give you my number. If you're still interested, call me and we'll talk about the details in private."

Minghao said, placing his business card on YN's lap before he patted him on the shoulder and stood up from his seat.

"It was nice talking to you, YN, and of course, it's better to see you more when we work together." Minghao smiled as he rotated his body away from YN and walked to the hallway far from him.

YN was left with the choice of processing deeply. This is somehow important to her because this can be the right key to Chaeyoung's recovery and setting her free from her sickness that weakens her slowly.

He thought about it the entire night until it came to his decision to officially accept the offer without realizing the gravity of the task he had agreed to.

After he texted the number of Minghao from the business card that was lent to him, he received the scheduled time and place where the two of them would meet in private.

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"So you have come to seal the deal I've made for you, Minghao said, crossing his arm and looking at YN impressively.

"I'm doing this for my sister; just... please prove me that this will be worth it."

He sipped another cigarette and blew a puff of it. "Chill down. You know why we're here, right? I've got to tell you about everything of it."

YN nodded and gazed at the people bypassing on the sidewalks.

"If I tell you what's going to be, can you handle it?"

"Why? Is it something heavy I need to accomplish?"

"Guess you could say that." Minghao shrugged. "But you agreed, right? You're the type of person who would do anything to save his loved one. That's why you put yourself here with me."

"Everything." YN looked at Minghao with dedication in his eyes. "I'm just tired of seeing her suffer every day, and I know that she's trying her best not to give in, and I don't want that time where she couldn't take it anymore. I couldn't lose her. She's the only one I have."

Minghao looked at YN, who was breathing hard and trying his best to remain composed. He proceeded to smoke before speaking. "Whatever it takes, huh. Alright then."

Minghao pulls out a folder and lends it to YN, who gets puzzled. "What's this?"

"Open it. The job you're taking is depicted inside."

YN slowly opened it, and the first thing that greeted his eyes was a huge picture of a familiar figure he had once seen.

"Wasn't this... wait? He furrowed his eyebrows. "I feel like I've seen him before."

"Of course you do. That guy is from around here." Minghao dropped the cigarette butt and stomped it with his shoe.

"You're looking at the person that holds your fate—whether you'll be victorious or you'll continue to see your sister closing in on her deep end."

"What's important with him? Why are you showing me this? Is he going to be my boss or something?"

Minghao chuckled and looked back at the contents of the folder as he went closer to him. "You're too innocent, YN. I'm starting to feel bad for you, but you don't mind it, right? Everything... for... your... sister, you said."

"YN, that's your job right there", Minghao confirmed. "But he won't be the guy you'll follow; he's the command itself."

"What do you mean?"

"As your supervisor who hired you, I'll keep my eye on you anytime as long as you decide to do it, which you better do," Minghao said.

He pointed at the picture and stared directly at YN. "Your job is to kill this man."

YN's eyes expanded and jaw tightened as he discovers the shocking truth—the stranger expects him to commit a heinous act.

"What did you just say?"

"You heard me. I want you to end this man's life. That's going to be your service for us.'

"Wait a minute." YN distances himself from Minghao as he runs his hands through his hair while walking back and forth.

"I-I can't do that! Did you really just tell me to kill a person? Are you being serious right now?" YN tremendously said. "This isn't what I wanted!"

"But you're now here, and you accepted the job. You know the prize in repay, right? It's also the simplest job I-"

"No."

Minghao's face formed a statled emotion. "What?"

"I'm not doing it. I'm not a murderer; don't make me one." YN furiously shakes his head. "And what the hell's wrong with you? Is it really that easy for you to say something like that to others who expect nothing like yours?"

"YES! Because that fucking bitch deserves to die for what he did to me and our organization!" Minghao yelled infuriately at YN, who was taken aback at his fuming state.

"Didn't you say that you're this determined guy who would cross the bridge and leap upon the obstacles just to ensure the safety of his loved one?"

"That's true, but this wasn't included, Minghao! This is something I couldn't do. I don't want to stain my reputation and purity by murdering someone as my job",  YN retorted.

"Bullshit, you don't realize you already had yourself tainted with sin just by associating with me." Minghao scoffed. "So that's it? You're going to refuse my offer? You couldn't handle it, didn't you?"

"If that's going to make me sound like a coward, I don't care. I want to help my daughter without stepping any other people's lives or even better, I ain't going to steal it away from them." YN replied. "I'm sorry, Minghao but I'm out. I really expected better from you."

YN was about to walk away when Minghao interrupted him again. "You don't think I share the same expectations as you, which you didn't fulfill either, YN?"

YN paused on his steps. "I expected more from you. I thought you'd be willing to give it all, but it looks like you don't. You may be dedicated, but you proved me wrong that you're not the type of person who would be making sacrifices."

YN turned around and glared at him sharply. "Who are you to assume me like that? You don't know me?"

"Don't I?" Minghao mocked him. I'm already giving you assistance to save your sister, even if it was too risky. Do you really think you're the only one who didn't want to make the hardest choice? We're the same, YN! I didn't want any of this, but I had to!"

YN remained silent as Minghao proceeded to become outraged. "You disappointed me, YN. I understand this side you have in you, but I wouldn't let you just walk away selfishly and leave me with my unsolved problem."

"What are you going to do?"

"You already accepted the offer, and that's a pinpoint for me. There's no contract here anyway, so that means I get to decide around here."

YN gulped and stared nervously at Minghao. "Please, no. D-don't-"

"I'm instigating you to shut down that guy I assigned to you or else..." Minghao then revealed his gun beside his waist, which frightened YN.

"I'll do it myself, but if I do, I must finish you first for that."

"Would you want to stay alive to witness your sister get healed because of you, or would you want her to wake up alive and well only to find out her brother abandoned her?"

"N-no..."

Consumed by guilt, YN grapples with the impossible decision he must make: sacrificing his own integrity and the innocence he has always upheld or losing the only chance he has to save Chaeyoung's life.

Minghao passed the gun at YN by placing it a top of the target's picture. "Don't try to do anything stupid, YN. Let me remind you that my associate can hunt your ass down or much worse... your sister could be inv-"

"DON'T!!! P-PLEASE..." YN kneeled in front of Minghao as he began to dwell up in tears. "D-Don't do it, you don't have t-to. I'll take it."

Minghao snickered and patted YN's head. "There you go. That's what I want to hear from you."

"You know what's the deal here. I'll tell you next time where you can find your target, just tell me when you are ready. Accomplish and I will treat your sister to full recovery. Good luck."

Minghao picks up the folder with him. As he is about to leave, YN caught him with another statement.

"Can I have one condition?"

"What is it?"

"If I did it... can you promise me that you'll help me not caught and get thrown in jail?"

Minghao lowered his head then smiled. "Ofcourse, I will. You're on my watch and under my care, but still that's your mission so you should still try doing it clean."

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As YN delves deeper into the morally murky world he has entered, he uncovers a web of secrets, lies, and conspiracies that stretch far beyond his initial predicament.

The task involves assassinating a target, someone whose death would shake the foundations of the town and potentially ruin YN's reputation forever.

He learned that the target is actually the grandson and future congressman of their town and that he didn't do anything wrong with the stranger, it was rather brought with revenge.

With each passing day, the weight on his conscience grows, and he questions whether he can complete the task without losing himself entirely.

It's been 5 days after, and YN called Minghao through the phone as he settled himself at the staircase far from the people around the hospital.

He tried to approach his concern regarding to the stranger. "Have you gotten yourself fully prepared?"

"I want to ask you something first."

"Go ahead."

"What's exactly your problem with the target?"

"Should be this really be important?"

"Of course it is! You don't think I wouldn't fucking know that the one you assigned me to execute was the mayor's freaking grandson, are you out of your mind?" YN barked, but he tried to control the volume so it wouldn't be widely audible for others to hear.

"So you already know." Minghao wasn't shocked. He was expecting it anyway. He isn't dumb to send a man not to execute his prey instantly but to spy on him and learn background information about him.

"But why are you asking me this?"

"Isn't it obvious? You're the one who's holding the root of the agenda here."

"Let me throw back that first line you said to you, fucking twat." Minghao grunted. "Why would you be asking me about it? I thought you did research about him."

YN remained silent, unable to respond Minghao's question as he got cornered.

"Looks like you didn't. I-"

"You haven't let me finish first, dumbass." YN spun the insult back at him. "Do you think I am that dumb to ask you this if I already discovered a piece of it from him?"

Minghao's the one who turned silent afterwards.

"I did research, just like what you told me. I learned something that fascinated me a lot about you and your goddamn lies, Minghao." YN interrogated.

"What heavy baggage do you carry to him despite being his childhood friend?"

The image of Minghao included in a photo with the congressman that was taken for media few years ago reappeared on YN's mind.

He can hear Minghao breathing deeply behind the call. He waited patiently before he finally able to comment.

"You're right, he's my friend... but that was in the past, and I'm sure he also consider it to be one of his forgotten memories. His enormous ego poisoned his mind. Everything. That's why when I was recommended to be the one who was about to be positioned for the town's government, he stole that for me just because he thinks I'm not fitted yet. That I lack higher education than him."

YN continued to listen at Minghao's story. "Not only he took away my opportunity, it felt like my life became nonsensical after what he did. He rose to fame, I ended up being a nobody on the streets."

That's when I started to learn on hating educated people like him, they can look highly of theirselves that they believed they should be the privilege than the rest who stands below them."

"I hated his guts. I despise how it manipulates him. That's why I wanted to take it away from him and set him free. I know that the friend I once knew would never do this to me... so I'm just doing this to help him in return for everything he has done for me in return."

"I'm doing this because I still love him, YN. Despite how crucial and dangerous it is. I know I may not have been the one who should personally done it, but I admit... I tried everything I can but it didn't work because... I-I'm weak. I want to save this town from him and his bloodline but I'm no match to his ego which what makes him who he is today, YN: a ruthless aggression personified."

"Now that you know everything about what drives me to be like this today... I just hope that... you reconsider all of the doubts you had in me, YN. There was a reason why you're the one I picked. I know I crossed the line when I threaten you and your sister, but... this is how being desperate makes us to do uminaginable things and I know you feel the same. Although, I assure you that I didn't meant to do it literally. So, here I am. I can't believe I'm going to say this to you but I had to.

I need you, YN. I need your help in my battle as much as you need me in your own."

YN was in utter disbelief, the words he wanted to say was stuck at the end of his mouth as he process all of the truth and the points that were all given to him by putting them all together to create a clear sense he was searching since the beginning.

Thankfully, he finally discovered Minghao's true colors and it helped him somehow to judge his actions better.

Minghao wasn't a guy who is just on the ride of revenge fueled with hatred and jealousy, he's the victim who heads to the destination where he can find a place to bring his friend to the betterment of his own self.

He had no other choice but to raise violence if he visions that his old friend would definitely do the same to the townspeople once he wins the position.

"No." YN spoke on the phone. Minghao's heart almost shattered with that one word, not until he learned the following ones to come out.

"You aren't weak. You're just alone the entire time, Minghao. You're already strong for standing up to yourself because you tried but sometimes... we had no other choice but to seek help for others if we sees it as our only way to succeed."

YN recalled that reasoning Minghao has told him when they first met that he was in the hospital as him is because his friend got injured.

That was a lie. There was never a friend with him at that time. He was the only one in treatment.

He's the one who is injured.

YN also remembered that bandage and the arm sling on Minghao's left arm.

He realized that he probably got it from the attacks of his former friend which it was actually true. Minghao got ganged up by his bodyguards just because he refused to leave when the congressman still lived up to his ego and rejected his request to make an action for the poor civilians living in an area who is suffering in a higher amount poverty.

That neighborhood was where YN and Chaeyoung are living as of the moment.

And that's what led to Minghao check out the only solution he has in mind.

Minghao who heard YN's response to his story, got struck in the feels at how accurate and truthful it is.

"Tomorrow's the start of the election campaign, right?"

"Yeah."

"I'm doing it there. I-I'll help you through this, Minghao. This is a give and take between us so... in order for you to help me, I must do the same."

Minghao got teared up and smiled gratefully. "I appreciate that. A lot, YN. Thank you and be careful."

"Yeah, I will. I got your back with this, right?"

"I should be."

The call ended. YN returns back to Chaeyoung's room with an assurance in himself that after hearing Minghao's backstory...

He would rather choose to do both this time: save her even if it results on losing his innocence.

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The following day, the candidates for the mayoral spot for the upcoming annual town hall election had already finished declaring their plans and their speeches to persuade the citizens why they should support one of them.

YN was one of the crowds.When he saw the congressman walking through the crowd, he wore his mask and cap as he started to reach for his gun and rushed through one of the empty rooms in a building.

As the congressman was still distracted by the amount of people cheering for him, waving his hands, and muttering his thankful remarks to the love and support that the crowd was pouring into him, YN pointed the gun at him.

His hand was trembling, his arms heavy, and sweat was dripping from the heat of the attire he was wearing.

Every inch of his fingers moving into the trigger quickens the recall of his memories of Chaeyoung as if it were the last reminder of his pure and innocent self that he's about to lose today.

But the more he stares fiercely at the man who's responsible for worsening his sister's sickness by transforming the entire area of theirs with an increase of poverty, unable them to find a proper food to consume every day, the more the story he heard from Minghao and all of the research he's done about their relationship makes him motivated to do it rather.

YN noticed that he was about to tilt his body around and leave. He shouted in all kinds of pent-up frustration, rage, and other intensified emotions that he's enduring every single day living in this difficult situation he has with her sister.

He finally pulled the trigger, emanating a defecating and startling sound of gunfire throughout the entire ground.

Once the congressman suddenly collapsed and a pool of blood was created within his spot, everything went into chaos.

Meanwhile, YN also collapsed on the floor, astounded by what he has done. Contrast to the fallen individual, he wins.

Not just for himself.

For his hometown.

For Minghao.

And most importantly, for Chaeyoung.

However, at what cost?

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The news of the unfortunate demise of the congressman spread abruptly around the Korean media and even internationally.

It garnered heavy attention for days when it was reported that they caught the culprit behind the assassination of the late conggressman, but the police couldn't detect and search for its possible identity yet because they found out that it was wearing a black hat and a mask that effectively covered and protected his face from being revealed.

Now the case hasn't been solved yet, and the chances are low as they couldn't find more evidence for it.

On the other hand, Minghao meets up with YN in his car after he secretly visited his old friend's funeral.

"As I promised."

Being true to his words, Minghao rewards a white envelope to the traumatized and guilt ridden YN.

He slowly took it and opened it, revealing with an amount of cash that contains exactly what he needs to do for it.

"I'm sorry for what I've put you through, YN... but I hope you understand that we just led ourselves to the fate we all deserve."

"Now go, and be with your sister. I won't bother you anymore and probably this is the last time we will ever see each other, so I want to say thank you a lot again to you."

Little did YN know that he was referring to his plan of surrendering himself later to the police by taking the blame up with him by disguising himself as the congressman's killer to allow YN to continue living their lives to the fullest with Chaeyoung. That's the only promise he haven't fulfilled yet for him and he believes he deserves the worst consequences.

YN didn't react. He looked again at the cash and hid it in his bag before he got up and opened the door.

As he stepped out, he turned around and faced Minghao one last time before he closed the door.

"Thank you."

Back at the hospital, he saw Chaeyoung awake, sitting in her bed. The nurse excused herself as she entered while holding the medicines, feeding Chaeyoung with them before she left the siblings alone together.

"Oppa," Chaeyoung muttered as she looked at her brother.

YN reached for the chair and placed it on the foot of the bed. "Hi, Chaengie. How are you feeling?"

"A bit strange. I'm feeling... better, Chaeyoung answered. "I'm experiencing less pain these days."

YN nodded and smiled. "That's good news. I'm glad that you are, Chaeyoung-ah. Soon you'll be fully healed and refreshed. Just wait, okay?"

"Okay." Chaeyoung understood. "How are you, oppa? You look... tired."

She went to caress YN's messy hair and the sides of his stressed face. He shuts his eyes as he feels the calming effect of his sister's tender touch.

"I'm tired, yes. But I'm on my rest now. I'm with you, that's why."

"Just rest, oppa. I'll be here on your side to watch you sleep."

YN stared at Chaeyoung for a while as he admired how stable and lively she appeared today. He is witnessing the return of her true self, and he couldn't be happier than seeing his younger sister show sincere happiness.

"You're not the only one who has a good news, Chaengie. Oppa also has one too."

"Tell me, please." Chaeyoung pouted.

"Oppa already paid all of your medical bills, so rest assured that you'll be taking more treatments and you'll be out here sooner, YN said. His eyes became teary, his stiffness was noticeable, and her lips pressed tightly as he controlled his shaky breath.

"I'm happy that you're finally doing okay, Chaeyoung. Oppa is so proud of how brave and strong you are. I love you so much." He leans forward and kisses the top of her head.

Chaeyoung giggled. "Hehe. It's because of you, oppa. This won't be possible without you. Thank you, and I love you too."

She reached for his hand, but suddenly YN pulled it away to avoid her touch. Chaeyoung was surprised and confused. Why did her brother do that and why does he look afraid of her?

She stared at her brother, who got nervous and terrified at the fact that she nearly let her touch the left hand he used to shoot the late congressman to his death.

She doesn't want him to feel this new stained, dark and forbidden side of him who already killed a person she would mever imagine him to be.

She wants to lure her away at the truth that her beloved older brother she always look up to is now... a murderer.

"Oppa? Is there something wrong?"

"N-nothing, I-I'm sorry, Chaeng. I just felt a little sting on my arm that's w-why I flinched."

Chaeyoung instead reached for his head as she slowly assisted him in laying it down on her lap, where she sang his brother her favorite lullaby that he always used to sing for her.

She put her brother to sleep, despite the fact that his mind has not been placed in a peaceful state yet, as the distress of having to kill someone in order to ensure his loved one's safety by sacrificing his dignity and reputation to be lost forever in the process will remain stuck with him for the rest of his life.

[jisungjunkie]

the other woman, chaeyoung x fem!reader

you sighed deeply as you watched the interview with chaeyoung on your phone. there she goes again talking about mina as if she were her girlfriend. the way she looked at her. 

you knew chaeyoung totally forgot about you. she always does when shes with mina. its like the girl puts a spell on her. is it her perfume? is it that smile that everyone loved? or her body that was to die for? 

what was it mina had that you lacked? you dropped your phone on the ground and got up, deciding that you would take a shower to get your mind off it.

a few hours later

“babe i’m home!” you could hear chaeyoung shout from downstairs. you decided not to get up, wondering if she would call again. 

she didnt. 

a few minutes later she entered the room with her phone in her hand. she greeted you with the smile you loved. “hey y/n,” 

“hey.” you said, not looking up from your phone. she was taken aback. you would usually attack her with your kisses before she could even enter the room. what were you up to? 

chaeyoung placed her bag down and walked over to you, attempting to give you a hug only to be pushed away by you.

she scoffed. “okay what is the matter with you?” she folded her arms, waiting for an answer. “did i do something wrong?”

you rolled your eyes, laughing a bit. “its funny how you still dont know.”

“you’re right. i don’t know so can you please tell me?!” she shouted. you pulled your phone out, shoving it in her face. she grabbed the device from your hand and watched the video, showing chaeyoung stare at mina, biting her lip. 

“its all over the internet!” you yelled, stomping your foot on the ground. she scoffed and rolled her eyes, “the fans are just trying to make it something its not!”

“are they really chaeyoung? because i sure do remember you telling me about your little crush on her before we were dating! i wanted to believe that you were over her but obviously i was wrong.”

you grabbed your phone from her hand and stuffed it back into your pocket. “do you even like me?”

chaeyoung’s eyes widened, “y/n you’re being ridiculous!” 

“i’m done chaeyoung.” you sniffed, wiping the tears that were beginning to form. “y/n wai-” she didnt get to finish her sentence before you walked out of the room.

[knightyoomyoui]

Chaeyoung x F Reader - "Something Just Like This"

FINALLY, THE LAST ONE-SHOT TO END THE SET 5 LINE-UP. I know this is the last, but sorry if this may suck, because I wrote it in just one go and it lacks editing. I'm still struggling with my lack of interest in writing these days and it's more difficult to cope if you're also battling with your poor mental and emotional health condition (yes, i'm currently having anxiety and panic attacks again because of being depressed from my personal matters) while stuck in a tight schedule full of stressful tasks both in campus and home. This one also lacks deeper research, but I still did some for basic infos that might help me with executing this concept that I input in this story. I needed it because it's the first time I'm doing this type of relationship-origin in romance. Despite of the cons and flaws, I still poured all the best that I have to write this story. Again, I'm sorry if I'm not updating often now like I've been doing since last year. Things has been pretty rough for me so far.  Anyway, enjoy reading and kindly donate to my Ko-Fi account here if you liked it! I'll appreciate any amount of support from you guys. Thanks and see yall again on the Set 6 line-up!

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To serve and to protect is the golden rule of a cop's duty.

For Son Chaeyoung, who has been working as a correctional officer or a warder for short, that apply much to her position.

She had to endure regulating and guarding the various behaviors of the prisoners that come and go around the place where they are locked up for the bad deeds they've done.

It was getting boring, in honestly speaking, with just standing and walking around most of the time every day to watch over prisoners who mostly couldn't care less about her.

Thankfully, she's not the only one who suffers in this particular line of work. There are colleagues of hers who can sympathize with her and could help each other to lessen the gloomy mood and at least search for a way to cheer themselves up during their duty.

Chaeyoung could tell that she has a lot of fellow officers here with whom she has gotten closer. She wants to be humble, but she knows that the reason she can attract others is because of her nice personality and... Well, yeah, her beauty that others seem to see is what separates her from them.

Chaeyoung doesn't have any interests in love life as of the moment, but she could admit that she's looking for someone who would like her not just for her qualities but to acknowledge that she's worth a meaning in her life.

She was walking with other police officers outside of the prison block to greet the new convicted people that were brought here by bus.

They watched them hop out one by one before the assigned member who will be in charge of organizing them instructed them to fall in line first.

"Alright, listen up. All of you were transferred here in Seoul Metropolitan Prison Camp, and this is where you will be placed in jail permanently, meaning that you will stay here depending on how long your granted sentences are." The leader of the correctional officers team, Boo Seungkwan, introduced

"As you all see, these cops will be in charge of monitoring your cells, so don't do anything stupid that might increase the length of your time here if you all want to leave and start another life, unless you still have one." Seungkwan points at the officers who are grouped on the other side.

"Now follow them, and they will be directing you all into your respective blocks. Move."

All of them start to walk side by side with the officers as they start their responsibility of keeping their eyes on these prisoners.

"I hope many of these newbies won't add up to those who are pain in the ass, Chaeyoung heard her colleague named Lee Youngji blurt before releasing a sigh. She didn't respond in words; just a stiffled laugh was enough for the latter to notice.

They were slowly presented to their new cell block, and we gave them their prison attire to change into.

At the West Hall, where Chaeyoung and Youngji are assigned, they split the six remaining inmates into three each.

With the last one, Chaeyoung looked at this person. She was a female, and it was a bit strange why she was giving out a smirk at the good cop.

"Inmate number 2129, name YN/LN, guilty for arson, hmm." Chaeyoung reads her information from the document papers she's holding. "Follow me."

"Your voice is mellow" the inmate said out of the blue. Chaeyoung slowed her footsteps.

"Pardon?"

"Yeah, I'm right." YN seethed. "You sound way less authorative. than those fellow peeps like you."

"Do I need to be harsh on you?" Chaeyoung tilted her head and raised her eyebrow.

"Oh, nope. Sorry." She shook her head.

"Good. Then stay quiet if you don't want me to show you how cruel I can be." Chaeyoung warned. "My day's getting real fine so far, and I don't want someone like you to ruin it."

"Yes, boss." YN taunted as she raised her handcuffed hands slightly.

They were inches away from their destination. Chaeyoung was about to head forward and release her keys when YN spoke again behind her, disregarding her threat just few minutes ago.

"One last thing, uhm... can I ask something?"

"About?"

"What inspired you to be a cop?"

"To capture criminals like you. Is that even hard to tell?"

"Wow, I'm offended." YN touched her chest, pretending to be hurt.

"Ofcourse, you do." Chaeyoung went in front of the cell door and inserted her key there to open.

"That's what you think." YN shrugged. "But honestly, I just asked because... you look just way too beautiful to be a cop, though. There's more out there who could-"

"Look, Ms. LN. I've heard many people try that same old lame move they've been doing on me and they all just failed. I don't give a damn if I choose this job, because this is my dream and I won't just give in to others who dictate what my life should be." Chaeyoung faced YN and applied a slight ferocity to her tone.

The latter wasn't terrified but rather impressed that this cute officer could indeed show a different side that gives her at least a fitting characteristic of being a cop.

"I didn't mean it to be that, I swear. I'm just saying the truth...." YN defended, trying to calm down Chaeyoung, yet it didn't work out so well still.

"Did you even hear what I told you that you should shut your mouth?" Chaeyoung crossed her arm. "Your first day here hasn't even starting yet and you're being arrogant already."

YN gaped her mouth, about to speak but choses not to in the end.

"Good. Prove me different, would you?" Chaeyoung rolled her eyes before opening the cell.

"This will be your section for now on. If you need anything or whatever you do there inside, I have to remind you that I will be the one in charge of you among others here with you in the hall. Now, go and change up." Chaeyoung instructed before she closed the door, leaving YN inside still standing in the middle of an average space room holding her attire.

"She'll believe me someday." YN popped her mouth before she heads to her bed and lay there to rest after a long ride.

Meanwhile, Chaeyoung who returns in her spot, placed down the papers on her desk and sat on her chair.

She glanced up at YN's room and shook her head as she sighed, with the inmates's compliments repeating in her head.

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The next day, Chaeyoung escorted YN to the visitation booth when she received a visit request from a person who might be close to YN in her personal life.

She informed YN and walked her through the room. Opening the door, she urged YN to enter and leave her with her visitor for some alone time to discuss whatever they might have privately.

For YN, she stood in the room and recognized the guy sitting on the opposite side behind the plexiglass.

She sat on the chair and grabbed the telephone, pressing it on the speaker just like he did to hear each other's words when they spoke.

"I never thought that it would come to this moment where I would be seeing you in those inmate clothes, sister" her brother Insoo, said. "I know how terrible of a sister you are, but going through the point where you could actually commit a crime? Not surprising, but interesting for you."

"That's bullshit, Insoo-ah" YN said. "You really believe their accusations against me? You know that I don't play with fire; the hell I would dare to cause such destruction of a property by burning it down!"

"People can change, YN, and so can you" Insoo replied. YN scoffed, looking unbelievably at her older brother. "I don't know what has gotten into your mind, but have you really ever thought of what this would bring to our family? Now that you did it, you scratched and tainted the reputation of our name; even our family, who worked out to make us relevant, was affected by it!"

YN didn't say anything, she lets her brother to continue as she kept on listening to her manipulated remarks. "They're so disappointed of you, sister... and even me. This is a serious mess you've caused for us, and do you really think that you'll make us clean it for you?"

"W-where are you going with this, Insoo?"

"I came here today to tell you that our parents decided not to take any legal actions in attempt to grant your request of proving yourself not guilty in your case."

YN's eyes widened, petrified at the information given by her disrespectful brother.

"N-no..."

"You've caused them enough burden and headaches through these years, YN and it's normal for them to be tired of dealing with you."

"Don't tell me you have become one of them, Insoo-ah..."

"I already did."

YN's heart cracked. The trust and support she was expecting to receive from them despite all the mistreatment she's been getting from her rich family since her childhood has vanished completely.

At this moment, she truly felt that she had no family to live with anymore. She doesn't know, though, if it's like they're the ones who don't exist or if it's her now who is being appointed to be responsible for any of this.

"I never liked you, YN. I never even wished to have a sister like you, Insoo said. YN's eyes became watery at the painful words she'd been getting from the sibling she cherished the most, even though she wasn't being reciprocated after every effort she had to make.

"And now, I sincerely do think that our parents made a good decision by keeping you here. Because, after what you've done, you have proven yourself that you don't deserve to be my sibling and to belong in our family, let alone to have a criminal like you."

YN wants to respond, but it's as if the words filled with rage, disbelief, and torment were stuck in her throat. Only her desperate pleas were able to be released from her mouth.

"No, p-please. Insoo, don't. W-why are you doing this to me?!" YN leans forward and clasps her hands; her position clearly defines what a begging person would look like.

Teardrops began to run down her face, brought on by the simultaneous collapse of everything she'd built for herself because the one thing she was once treating as her source of inspiration and strength now turned out to be her weakness and the cause of her destruction.

"You simply deserve it; no further explanations are needed. Actions speak louder than words, and that is where you are mistaken, YN, Insoo commented. YN noticed that he didn't call her "sister" for the first time, signifying that his intentions of getting rid of her from his connection for good were serious.

"Take this as the last time you will ever see me, YN. This is enough for me to see you pay for the sin you've committed."

"Insoo... Insoo-ah!!! Come back! P-please... save me... get me out of here, I'm your sister for fucks sake!!!" YN stood from her seat and shouted at Insoo, who took his way out of the room. She slammed her hands on the table and placed her head down on it as she cried terribly.

Chaeyoung opened the door when she heard a knocking signal. A messed-up look from YN is what greeted her, and that piqued the curiosity of the cop.

As they arrived back at the cell, after Chaeyoung unlocked the door, she wanted to at least ask the inmate what happened to her.

It's not that she's concerned about her; she just wants to know why, since this is the first time she's seen YN with this broken demeanor after weeks of her stay in prison.

However, she failed to do so when YN immediately went to her room and crashed her body against the bed. Chaeyoung was about to say something but decided to just give her some space since she might need it a lot.

And she was right; after she closed the door and locked it, she was about to walk away when she heard some heavy sobs from the inside, focusing her attention more on the prisoner's poor condition.

The next day, Chaeyoung saw YN sitting on one of the benches alone in the yard, surrounded by a crowd of other prisoners just doing their own business, whether chatting with their cellmates, playing sports, or just enjoying the fresh breeze of air like YN is doing, even though the word "enjoy" doesn't seem to apply to what Chaeyoung is witnessing.

YN was just staring at the grassy land, spacing out from the unknown. Chaeyoung predicted that what she encountered yesterday during the vaation must left some heavy thoughts to cloud her mind deeply.

It kinda haunts and makes the officer uncomfy, again she doesn't know but who cares? That's her prisoner and it's her duty to ensure that they are in proper condition.

"You look lonely."

YN raised her head up to see Officer Son standing beside her, clutching on her pockets. That didn't lasted long as she just returned it back on her leg.

"Could I provide some way to fix that?"

"Why would you bother anyway?" YN asks. "I thought you wouldn't care about me, just like anything I've ever known and encountered in my life."

"You're under my supervision, YN/LN, so it's my responsibility to assist you."

"How so?" YN blurted. "If I tell what I want, and that it to bring the people I've lost in my life to come back, would you do that for me?"

"What is going on, YN? Why did you have to mention them?" Chaeyoung stepped closer at YN who is now trying to shift herself to the side, flinching at the presence of the cop.

"This has something to do with yesterday, doesn't it?"

YN didn't reply for a second there as she remained staring down at the grass. Chaeyoung thought that she still couldn't make it so in respect, she grabbed a bottle of water and gave it to YN.

"Take it."

"For what?"

"Give yourself a break for now", Chaeyoung said before YN finally took a sip and capped the bottle. "I know what happened might be too personal for you, but if you're having any struggles, I'm just right here for you to lean on and open up whatever you've been carrying deep inside of you."

YN sighed and tightened her lips, keeping her eyes focused on the other prisoners around her. She sensed Chaeyoung about to turn her back and walk away when she finally spoke, preventing the latter from leaving too soon.

"My brother just visited me yesterday. He told me that they weren't going to do any solutions for my sentence."

Chaeyoung turned around and looked at her, wiping off tears in her eyes with the back of her hand. "I feel betrayed, disheartened, whatever you want to call it. I never would've expected them that they would just drop the ball and never pick it up again. I was rather telling myself that maybe someday, everything's going to be alright and they'll get to show me that they do indeed care for me despite how they've never been expressive for me all these years."

"But now, I just learned that I've been making myself like a fool for believing something that will only remain in my imagination. They really don't care about me, and never will be. Seeing how they're just completely fine for them that I get to spend 2 years of my lifetime here in prison for something I didn't do." "You didn't do it?" Chaeyoung furrowed her eyebrows. "Wait... YN-"

"I don't know if you have forgotten that not all people who get convicted in the world were guilty and masterminds of the crimes that were committed. There were others too who got victimized and blamed in order to save their selfish selves, picking any innocent person that is unaware of what's going to happen for them."

"I didn't, YN. I know and I have encountered other colleagues of mine who shared their own stories about them experiencing one."

"Then I guess you have your own story to tell this time."

Chaeyoung looked intently at YN.

"YN, you're not who I think you are... don't you?"

YN smiled and shut her eyes. "I'm actually disappointed that although you've known the fact, you couldn't resist assuming others that they're criminals just because they're wearing these sinner's clothes, just like what you did to me these past few weeks." She glanced at Chaeyoung after, her lips formed straight in seriousness.

"L-look, YN... I'm sorry, but the evidence that was presented against you in the court that led you here just proves that you were behind the arson. That won't grant you what we call "guilty until proven innocent". That's why you're locked up here at the moment, and that's why I don't see any mistake for us to call you a criminal because that's what the judgment provided us to know about you."

"So it looks like I do deserve it; I'm sorry if I blamed you, off-."

"No, don't mind it. I have a fault here too. I should've been mindful." Chaeyoung shook her head. "But please, tell me. If you're really not the one who did the crime, then who do you think it is?"

"I have no idea." YN shrugged, her voice raising a little. "All I know is that detectives and other police went to my house and sent me an arrest warrant saying that the evidence they caught in the scene all leads to me. And I was wondering how I would cause a fire if I didn't even know what place that was, and not to mention, those things they saw were stored in my garage."

Chaeyoung nodded as she took in YN's summary of her mind. "So you're saying that if that wasn't you, then somebody did that fire on the hardware store and they used your things, am I correct?"

"Y-yeah."

"Then in that case, the real culprit is still roaming around out there, enjoying the life of being unruled within the justice system, Chaeyoung said. "Do you plan to reopen the case?"

"I... I don't know." YN sighed, gripping at the wood of the bench tightly. "I've lost hope anymore, Officer Son. My family turned their back on me, and for sure everybody who knows me will surely do the same. You don't know how influential they can be."

"Officer, it's too late for me. I feel like this is my fate. Where I belong to. I know that I was never technically a part of their family, sharing their blood, but... it troubles me that if they didn't care about me, why they'd still take the decision to adopt me when I was a lost child."

Chaeyoung was astounded at YN's reveal of her backstory, shedding more light to make herself more understandable.

"You know what, I should stop this. Whatever happens, it will all be left for me to deal with it. This is my karma for being ungrateful."

After their conversation, YN stood up from her seat and walked away with her head lowered. Chaeyoung watches her disappear, with an obvious sight of concern and pity present in her face, after discovering the facts that YN has never given a chance to be explained and defend herself.

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Each day that passes, YN and Chaeyoung's closeness grows, which begins to capture others attention, mostly from the prisoners, where they earn teases from them.

However, they both also receive some discrimination, mostly from the cop's low perspective towards YN being a criminal and for Chaeyoung seemingly losing her focus on the real deal of her duty by being affectionate towards prisoners.

There's one time where Chaeyoung is patrolling around the blocks when her fellow cop approaches and joins her on the stroll, only with the intention of attempting to hit up the young lady.

She feels immensely harassed by him with all the force insists and weird flirty acts. Chaeyoung tries to decline and separate herself from her co-worker, but she just can't let go and arrogantly proceeds to irritate her.

Chaeyoung is doing her best to hold on to her stability and not cross the line and risk her job for a scumbag like him until YN suddenly shows up and confronts the cop.

"Couldn't you hear what she's saying? How many more times would it take for you to leave her alone?"

"Shut up, prisoner. This ain't none of your business here. Cops talk." The male cop smirks smugly at her as he presses his biceps closer to Chaeyoung, who begins to shiver in a mixture of frustration and disgust.

YN noticed Chaeyoung's discomfort, which motivated her to help this poor woman more. "Oh really? From the looks of Officer Son, though, she looks like she doesn't want to see you disturbing her. Are you even aware, or are you just pretending to be blind?"

"Last warning, get out or I'll throw you back to the cell where you belong."

YN sighed and looked at Chaeyoung, who just shook her head and silently signaled her to not go with it, but she just glared back at her and stared at the perverted cop dead in the eyes.

"I've been giving all my respect to all of the officials doing their duty to manage this place, but of course, just like everybody, I have an exception, and I do it especially for people like you who couldn't understand what consent is."

YN stepped closer and stood toe to toe with the male cop, keeping Chaeyoung close to her with his hand on her wrist.

"Get your goddamn hands away from her." She gritted her teeth as she hissed.

The male cop's lips twitched and rolled his tongue before he gave Chaeyoung a headbutt, making the girl dizzy as she landed on the floor.

"Come here, you piece of shit." The male cop tugged YN's hair and dragged her closer to him.

"DO. YOU. KNOW. WHO. YOU. ARE. CURSING. AT, YOU. BITCH!" The male cop is slapping YN harshly both in her left and right cheek with every words he pronounce.

Chaeyoung shouted for help, drawing all the prisoners and cops attention to the fight that was happening.

They split them apart from each other. The male cop abusing YN furiously sweeps away all of his colleague's hands from touching him in an attempt to calm him down before he walks away and glares dangerously at YN's attack state.

The cops who helped YN escorted her to the medical room to get her wounds and bruises treated.

The nurse was about to apply aid to YN, but Chaeyoung interrupts as she enters the room, saying something to the nurse before she leaves, leaving the two alone.

"You're supposed to guard there; w-why are you here?"

"I can't be calmed knowing I had somebody used herself in defense for me to be protected." Chaeyoung said. She pulled the metal cart with tray filled with medicines in her.

"Let me treat you by myself. Take this as my repay atleast for what you've done for me." Chaeyoung said as she reached for the cotton and betadine liquid to pour into.

"You don't have to do that." YN groaned as she felt the aching part had pressure applied to it. "I can't just stand there and watch you working with passion just to get disrepected and sexualized."

Chaeyoung smiled at YN's remark. "Thank you for that, seriously."

"You should do something about that guy. You can't just let him get away with it."

Chaeyoung went silent, trouble plastered in her look.

"Why? What's with the tense?"

"I don't have much evidence to prove. He might spun around the story and make himself a victim."

"The CCTV's?"

"The CCTV's range of view doesn't reach in that area, YN." Chaeyoung answered.

"Well I guess I have to do it myself." YN said before she winces in pain. "Ow ow aish..."

"Stay still, I know it hurts but you won't heal if you allow me." Chaeyoung then wheezes after.

"Why? What's so funny, huh?"

"I don't know... I just find it funny that you're more scared of a cotton getting damped in your wound than receiving a bunch of heavy blows from a well-built guy."

YN rolled his eyes and nudges her lips. "Stop teasing me."

Chaeyoung laughs and continues to wrap the wounds with gauze properly. "Now, now. We're almost done so be chill."

"But I just find something funny too."

"What's yours?" Chaeyoung asks.

"You even made an effort to come here and do the aid by yourself when all I needed to be fine and ease my pain was to hear your soothing voice and see you unharmed by that pervert."

Chaeyoung paused at her movement and slowly made contact with YN's eyes, viewing her as she reacted speechlessly. She saw her smile developing while she wandered around her features.

"Believe me or not, but I meant what I said before. I'm not the type who focuses only on the outside, but you're just pretty; it's so unavoidable.

So thank you, Chaeyoung. Thank you for always making me calm when you're near."

Chaeyoung was only able to nod before she finished her treatment for YN; the lack of words dealt by her fluttering and appreciative remarks is what sent her conscience to go crazy.

She declared that the wounds in her face were now treated. Before she's about to go away, YN halts her for one last message before they end seeing each other for today. "About your problem, I got your back, Chae. I'll volunteer as the witness if it requires one."

"B-but what if they won't believe you?" Chaeyoung worried. YN can see the hopelessness in her, exactly the same as what she's been going through.

But YN didn't focus at that, there's this difference that she spotted which was more important for her to based on.

"Then I will keep pushing forward until I make them be, because you have a chance and you have the right to grab that, Chae. I don't want you to end up like me."

As Chaeyoung left the room, she sighed and stroked her hair stressfully as she makes her way back to her station.

She is beginning to become impatient and irritated at YN's negative insights.

"You keep saying that to yourself, why have you given up already?"

She knew it wasn't over for YN yet, and if that prisoner has lost its way to search for a solution down the road, then she doesn't want her to remain like that forever. Now she is convinced that she was just left there abandoned by the people she considered her loved ones.

"Hang in there, YN. It's my turn to get you out of your misery" Chaeyoung confidently said to herself as she quickened her pace of walking.

She has found you in the middle of your unfair fate, and all that she needs to do is lead you the way and take you as your sign of escape.

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The harassment complaint that Chaeyoung has filed against the male cop was approved as the final decision despite its attempts to reverse the suspect's blame and disguise himself as non-accountable.

It wouldn't be successful if it weren't for YN's voluntary act to state everything she witnessed during that scenario. The proof was strengthened when Chaeyoung's friend, Officer Lee Youngji, joined YN's goal to save and make Chaeyoung's side represent herself as the victim.

In punishment, the cop was stripped of his badge and position and fired. The chief made one last reminder and advice to everyone that they won't tolerate this shameful and disgusting act, and if they caught anybody, they better report it immediately for it to be discussed.

Chaeyoung thanked YN and Youngji for their assistance. The desire of hers to hug YN just like she did to Youngji is strong, yet unfortunately, she has to cover it up to make herself less suspicious.

In a gesture of gratitude, she only patted YN's shoulder and shook hands with her.

A few months later, Chaeyoung and YN both confirmed on their own that they are falling in love mutually, but with the same issue, neither has made the first move yet.

They both know that it's illegal for a cop and a person deprived of liberty to be in a relationship with each other inside the prison, as stated in the rules.

They were keeping it disclosed to the others so nobody could identify it and possibly report it to the higher-ups, so YN and Chaeyoung have no other choice but to hide their feelings and act like nothing's been going on between them.

It was hard when they always saw each other with their hearts shouting for one another's name, but for the sake of their safety, Chaeyoung and YN would do it all so none would face the consequences that would put them in a tough situation.

Aside from that, YN was baffled when she received another notification that she got a visit from someone after months of last seeing her brother.

She was unsure whether they changed their minds or if it was a different person this time who managed to pay a visit for her.

Entering the visitation booth, she was stunned to see a familiar person who appeared in her sight.

"YN!"

"C-Chaewon?!" She said in disbelief.

Rushing through the chair, she took a chair and sat in front of her bestfriend who just returned from abroad.

"OMO... W-WHAT HAPPENED? I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE SEEING YOU AGAIN BUT IN A WRONG PLACE?!" Chaewon exclaimed. "Why are you in jail?"

"Chaewon..." YN began to cry, she placed her hand on the glass in which Chaewon placed hers directly into the reflection.

"Take it slow, you have the time." Chaewon comforts her poor friend, frowning at the sight of her being devastated.

"T-they didn't took you away from me, right?"

"Huh? Wh-what? Who's they?"

YN pauses as she sniffs at her tears. "Mom, dad, or my brother. Did any of them tell you anything wrong about me?"

"I-I mean, they told me that you committed arson when I tried to meet them after I couldn't meet you at your house. I went here to confirm it straight at you, YN. My guts are telling me not to believe them immediately."

"No, don't! Just don't listen to whatever they say, Chaewon. Please."

"I didn't, don't worry. I know you aren't capable of doing that. You're not the YN I know that they believe you to be today." Chaewon relaxes her. YN was at least uplifted that a miracle just unexpectedly came to her, something she never knew would happen.

There was still at least one special person out there of hers who never lost their trust and loyalty for her, and it was stupid for her at the same time to not show the same positivity as her best friend.

"Just tell me, specifically. It might be not everything, just... give me atleast idea of what happened to you and why I have to witness my friend locked up behind bars."

YN sighed and wiped off the remaining wet stains around her face. "I-I feel like somebody framed me up, Chae."

Chaewon also perceives the same thought but she kept on listening. ""I didn't burn a property, Chaewon. I swear, but the evidences that were attained to the crime scene were all connected at mine. And I do admit, those are my belongings but I don't know how it just magically appeared there."

"So you mean, there's somebody out there who did it in actual but it uses it to cover her violation?"

"Yeah."

"And who do you might think it'll be?" Chaewon wondered. "Did you have any altercations with somebody?"

"No, I didn't."

"Whoever did that to you must've held a huge amount of pent-up anger and hatred; that's why they chose that idea to get back at you" Chaewon explained. "That could be the reason for you to request revisiting your case. Do you have plans to?"

"I was... but I lost hope when I thought nobody would ever help me get out of here."

"I'm both sorry and glad to hear you like that, but what matters now is that I'm here to take back my friend."

YN's eyes widened as Chaewon announced that without hesitation.

"Let's file a request with the court, YN. It's not too late for you to flip the tables around and retrieve your justice back."

As they ended their bittersweet reunion, YN emotionally bid goodbye to Chaewon for today before she returns to the hallway.

Chaeyoung pitifully smiled at her. "How did it go?"

"I still have a chance, officer, YN stuttered as she tried to control her tears from escaping again. Chaeyoung was astounded to hear a positive note from YN about herself for once.

"What do you mean?"

"My friend from the States came back to see me, and she wants us to file a request with the judge to reinvestigate the case."

Chaeyoung was delighted at the news brought by that friend of hers. She got curious about who that might be. Her feelings had no involvement with this; it was just the perfect timing for her to propose her plan.

"Great for you! I hope this time, it's you who will win the fight you never wanted to be in."

YN smiled and nodded before she walked away. Chaeyoung felt refreshed; it had been a long time coming to see her full of bloomy mood, and she wished it wouldn't stop immediately because YN... is her source of energy for working every day.

As she disappeared to the distance, Chaeyoung enters the other side of the booth and requests to the guard to hand her the logbook.

She searched through the recent notes and there, she got what she wanted to find.

"Kim Chaewon...." Chaeyoung muttered as she saved her contact number on her phone.

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"Are you Officer Son Chaeyoung?"

A woman who is almost the same height as her, sporting a short black hair with bangs, striped t-shirt, cargo pants, and sneakers emerged beside her as she carefully peeked at Chaeyoung who is sitting comfortably outside of a cafe.

"And you are Miss Kim Chaewon, right?"

"Yes." They bowed at each other for respect before they also exchanged greetings to each other.

"How did you get my number, if I may ask?"

"The logbook you signed in when you met YN/LN." She clarified. "She's your friend, right?"

"Yes, officer."

"Just call me Chaeyoung. No need to be formal."

"Oh uhm... yes. YN's my friend since we were in high school."

"Okay." Chaeyoung nodded. "You're the perfect person would could take my favor easily." "Uhm, why did you brought me here and meet you up? I'm curious."

"I know that you want your friend to get out of prison, so is YN and...

I am too."

"Y-you?"

Chaeyoung nodded. "Yes. YN has turned out to be my friend there. She has done so many nice things for me, and I'm here to return it all back, and I need your help just as you need mine."

Chaewon stayed silent; she only narrowed her eyes when she spotted a bit of an intriguing word that Chaeyoung used there.

"YN told me that she's going to continue insuing a request for motion to reinstate to the judge, and I support her for that. I couldn't help her for that because I have to remain anonymous or else I'm done" Chaeyoung elaborated.

"But, I could help her by providing the best of the detectives who can help her revisit and investigate the case again, which will eventually grant her a non-guilty decision. All I need to know is... do you accept my offer?"

Chaewon bit her lip as she processed it in her mind. Chaeyoung has effectively presented herself as a useful ally here who sets up a deal with her on her agenda to help YN reward her freedom.

Without showing any pride or doubts about the mentioned proposal, Chaewon spoke out shortly enough to prevent the officer from wasting more time.

"I accept."

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The judge approved, and the reinvestigation went smoothly with the help of Chaeyoung's friends she recommended from the police district in her hometown, Detective Kim Dahyun and Detective Chou Tzuyu.

Every detail that they collected was being updated to Chaeyoung so that she could tell YN, who can cooperate by helping the team expand and clear all the confusion that might be a barrier to their progress.

On the final day of the trial, Chaewon was about to enter the waiting room with cups of coffee in her hand when she captured Chaeyoung peeking at the door.

Intrigued by what she's watching, she found out that her eyes are locked on YN, who is silently praying near the window.

She slowly poked the officer's shoulder to avoid her being startled and cause the inmate to halt her prayer.

"How long have you been watching her?"

"N-not that long." Chaeyoung swallowed, side-eyeing in a glimpse of shame in her part.

"Hmm. Okay." Chaewon nodded, pursing her lower lip.

They both continue to monitor YN who is now viewing the scenery outside.

"You're doing this for her, but not only because of what you told me, do you?" Chaewon said from behind. Chaeyoung glances to the right where she easily heard it.

"How c-could you tell?

"I'm a psychiatrist actually. I'm on my vacation for 3 months here in South Korea that's why i'm here... temporarily." Chaewon revealed. "So yeah, I could depict whether a person is lying or not. I suppose your mannerism is twitching your upper lip when you do."

Chaeyoung opened her wide widely as she turned around and looked at Chaewon in shock. The latter just grinned and shrugged.

"Looks like I hit the bullseye with that."

"Don't tell her please." Chaeyoung bowed her head.

"I won't, but why?"

"I'm about to tell her myself, but I'll do it on the right time. I'm prepared, but I much prefer to do it at any place where we both can feel that we're free from anything. Away from a bunch of judgmental and rude people. Where nothing could hold me back from saying that I love her too."

A few hours later, the trial has reached its conclusion, but with a breathtaking twist for anyone who is present in the court.

Just as the judge declared the win for YN's side, implying a non-guilty order for her, the two detective buddies of Chaeyoung arrived at the scene to make a shocking statement.

It was found out through a series of tests that the new fingerprints, footprints, and cctv footage they gathered, which were absent from the previous investigation, all pointed to the sole person that Dahyun and Chaeyoung forcefully brought with them to show anybody that the accused is indeed innocent.

It was none other than YN's stepbrother, LN In-soo, who plotted and performed the crime against her.

He was about to sneakily escape the country when the team chased him all away to the Incheon International Airport when the experiments that were conducted from him matched positive to what they received in the materials he used on burning the said establishment.

Instead of being completely happy that she can now walk out of prison, it was mixed with devastation and anger that the only man she considered special in her life would be able to do this to her unmatched to how she looked up at him throughout their childhood days.

"I TREATED YOU LIKE MY REAL BROTHER! WHY DID YOU, MOM AND DAD INCLUDED ME TO BE PART OF THE FAMILY! JUST SO YOU CAN EMOTIONALLY ABUSE ME MORE THAN WHAT I'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH WHEN I WAS ABANDONED BY MY PARENTS?!"  YN shouts and tugs the shirt aggressively at her brother who is the real criminal and the mastermind of one of the worst happenings existed in her life while the guards tried to seperate them apart from each other.

Based from the interview, they have learned that Insoo did it so that he can get rid of her stepsister for good. He never wanted a sibling to be a girl, but he had no choice before but to get along with his parent's plan to let YN in their family so that they could make their grandparents proud that they had finally found a granddaughter to cherish.

That's why when YN entered in their life, Insoo felt like everything has been disrupted for him, starting from his grandparent's attention, the priorities, and the popularity among others who knew about their family's background.

So he came up with a plan that perfectly describes his cold-hearted personality with a cruel intention... and that is to destroy YN and reclaim everything he lost. He was the man behind the hooded and tracksuit wearing figure caught in the camera invading the front of YN's house from the hidden smart cam in one of the houses in the neighborhood.

Unfortunately for him, karma always prevails in the end and that led him to replace the spot intended for him to receive in the first place, not by his innocent step-sister who did nothing wrong with him or even dared to try it.

Meanwhile at the prison camp, YN has finally said her goodbyes to all of the inmates she had gotten close to, including Officer Youngji and Detective Dahyun and Tzuyu.

She had one last person to see which she saved because she always thought that she is the best amongst everyone.

Chaeyoung was sipping on her coffee as she reviews all the punishment of the newly arrived inmates when she saw YN walking towards her, now wearing a civilian attire with a backpack behind her.

She didn't forgot that it would her release today, she just wants to distract herself from thinking about it because she couldn't help but to sad not seeing her frequently around here anymore but still, she's happy that she finally made YN get the fate she deserved to have.

"Officer Son", YN called her.

"What happened with our agreement that we shouldn't be formal with each other?"

"Sorry, but I just want to call you that one last time for me to say my farewell properly as your inmate." She chuckled, rubbing her nape shyly. Chaeyoung grinned at how cute she was.

"Goodbye, Officer Son." She bowed in front of her. Chaeyoung hesitantly did the same, as her smile was about to shrink, but not until YN followed up with one more thing to say.

"But... as for you, Son Chaeyoung, the one whom I met as my best friend in this crowded, unreal place, I have to tell you something that is much better than saying goodbye."

She reached for her hand and squeezed it. Chaeyoung just had the biggest blush and the fastest heartbeat she ever had in her lifetime.

"I'm in love with you. It sounds cliche, but I meant it with all my heart. You were the first one who kept me calm and fought through all my negative insights just to shed some light of positivity for me to realize that it's not over for me yet. As long as I'm living, there is no end until time says so, and I thank you for making me realize it again without denial. You gave me hope and chances I thought I would never get when I went through this state that I thought I lost everything meaningful in my life... but then it all changed when I met you. My life was all dark until you showed up, and it was all yellow because you gave it color."

Chaeyoung cried at YN's heartfelt and sincere message. She gripped her hand more, and she cuddled it near her face, allowing YN to help her wipe off her tears.

"Don't cry. I didn't say goodbye to you, Chaeyoung, because I knew this wasn't the last time we'd meet again."

She pinched her cheek before she started to twirl her body around and walk away from Chaeyoung, who was left blossoming and touched by the confession she had been waiting to hear.

MORE THAN A WEEK LATER

YN parked her car and greeted the guards before she entered the facility.

Bringing the gifts with her, she enthusiastically walked to the help desk to state her concern.

"Good morning, I'm here to visit Officer Son Chaeyoung, please."

"Oh, uhm... you're looking for Officer Son?"

"Yes. Is she here?"

"But... maam, she left the camp last week." The policewoman said. YN was surprised at the news.

"Wait, what? T-then may I know where is she stationed now?"

"No, maam. She wasn't moved. As far as I know, she resigned from her position."

YN's mind went blank as she became clueless on where she could find Chaeyoung and return to her as what she was aiming to do once she got released, with the problem being that she didn't get to save her phone number before she left.

Back at the new house where she's currently residing and start a new life being away from the reputation of her family, acquiring a new surname for her to use legally.

She went inside, and it was still the same; everyone was preparing for the party they organized for today.

"You're back! And... what's with the pout, bestie?" Chaewon asked Chaeyoung, pointing at her with a pack of spaghetti noddles she's holding.

"I didn't get to see her, Chaeyoung said lamely. "She wasn't working at the camp anymore."

"Ahhhh... okay." Chaewon nodded, looking uninterested at Chaeyoung's reveal. "Anyways, get some rest, and we'll be about to start soon." She quickly rushed to the kitchen.

"What's up with her? Does she care about me getting sad that Chaeyoung's not around anymore after all she has done for me?" YN muttered at herself before she slumped her body on the couch.

Half an hour later, the celebration for YN's new home began. Chaewon's family joined, and even Detective Dahyun, Detective Tzuyu, and Officer Youngji paid a surprise visit to check on YN and enjoy time with her.

YN appreciated their presence but the thought of missing Chaeyoung still couldn't make her be in ease.

She approached Dahyun, Tzuyu, and Youngji wjo are now eating their respective foods in one table.

"Uhh hey guys, I just want to ask if have you guys know where Chaeyoung lives?"

"Yeah, we do." Dahyun said. "Why?"

"I want to visit her. I went to the camp earlier and I just found out that she wasn't working there anymore so I'm just curious and concerned for her, you know." YN explained. "Can I get her address?"

"No, why should we?"

"Pardon?"

"Why should we give it to you? So you can waste your time finding her?" Youngji answered.

"Huh? Ummm guys, I don't know why you guys are acting weird too li-"

"Shush it, YN. Let us finish, okay?" Tzuyu interrupted. That effectively made YN quiet as she observed the strange acts of her friends. "Again, why should we tell you her address and let you waste your time looking for her when you can even meet yourself right here today?"

They all pursed their lips in one direction. YN furrowed her eyebrow before she turned around and followed what they were referring to.

Her eyes landed on the familiar figure standing meters away from her at the gate. It slowly walked straight towards her, which was then followed by her own footsteps.

They did it until they shrank their gap, where they can now see their faces closer and more visible to admire.

"Looking for me?" Chaeyoung smirked, her hand hands behind her back and stared deeply at the gasping YN who is seeing her in a different new look. "I'm sorry if i'm a bit late. I had to try some clothes in my closet."

She was wearing a red dress, black heels and a new short haircut which she stylized it with blonde color, looking even much mesmerizing than her being in her police uniform.

"Chaeyoung." YN breathily said. "I-It's fine, you picked the right choice and it looks perfect on you."

"Hi." She grinned brightly.

"I-It's fine, you picked the right choice and it looks perfect on you."

"I'm sorry too if didn't gave up an update about what happened to me. Well, I wanted to make my surprise live up to its term."

YN understood it. "Can you tell me now?"

"Ofcourse. If you are thinking about the possibility of it, then you are correct. I was resigned from my job."

"Why?

"I made a violation and the chief discovered it when somebody went to report at her that caught me involving myself in Dahyun and Tzuyu's investigation without permission. She gave me 2 months of suspension in return."

"B-but the helper said you were fired?"

"No, I didn't. Nobody except those three in the back knew about exactly what happened." Chaeyoung clarified.

"You only got suspended though, so why did you resigned?"

"I already achieved my dream, and 10 years of service was enough for me to step out. I just had another new dream to live on, so I sacrificed one for it."

Chaeyoung grabbed both of her hands and watched their own pairs lock into one another's touch satisfyingly. "I said before to myself that I would only do it when both of us are now free from anything.

Where nothing... can hold me back from telling you that I love you."

Chaeyoung held YN's back of her head and pulled it closer for her to press their lips together for a much-awaited kiss. All of their friends cheered at the back as they watched this happy ending that they were all anticipating.

"For the first time in my life, I had to let my heart choose itself what lies ahead of me, and I finally did it. I thought you'll be just like one of them who only cares about 'what' I am but never at 'who' I am but instead you turned out to be someone who made me feel how valuable I am by cherishing how small things I've done could mean a lot already to you even though I knew I could've done better. I got what I'm finding for, and it was something just like this, YN." Chaeyoung softly said, her hands sliding up and down on YN's shoulders. "I told you, I never fully regret what happened to me, because if it wasn't for that, I wouldn't be able to meet the person who was ready to risk and join me wherever she wants to go. If that's what you desire... then I wouldn't mind follow you along, Chae." YN said heartfully. "Let's continue to make hopes and enter opportunities for the future together."

They both kissed passionately again with their own initiative, as it lasted a little longer than the previous.

Breaking their moment for a while, they nodded and grinned before deciding to return to their friends and join them celebrate this special day they're having.

[knightyoomyoui]

Chaeyoung x Reader- “Wish You Were Real”

Check out my newly created Archive Of Our Own account. I'll be posting my book there too from now on!

https://archiveofourown.org/users/AJYooMyoui

TW: mentions of mental health topics like anxiety and depression.

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DAY 1

After you opened the game, you were currently waiting for it to fully load. It was a game sent to you by your friend Somi, who requested that you try it for yourself. Somi is a game creator, and you are a gamer, so she knows just who she will call for help with this.

The game has finished loading. Your seating posture was fixed in your chair. The screen displayed an animated 3D girl character waving her head back and forth slowly at you. Her face is painted with a cheeky grin.

The character was adorable and lovely. It has long black hair pulled back in pigtails, a round face, captivating eyes, plump lips, and a mole on the lower side. She was also dressed in a crimson dress with a black outline and strawberry design scattered throughout the fabric.

(Just imagine she is animated and wearing like what I described here.)

YN: "Oh, I have a character already?" you said as you saw her on your screen. You assumed that in order to play a simulator game, you had to first customize your own.

???: "Hello, player! Welcome and nice to meet you.", a dialogue starts to appear inside the box below her, which us probably her words as if she was speaking to you. You noticed that her name is labeled as "???" so it made you a bit confused why.

YN: "Nice to meet you too.", you typed on your keyboard and pressed enter to send it.

???: "Before we go any further, may I ask who you are? I just want to know what I can call my player first, so what's your name?" she asked, changing her pose. Her chin is now resting over her palm, which she is using as a support to lean her head down and stare at you attentively.

A sweet, calming slow melody of a music starts to play in the background.

YN: "YN.", you typed your name.

???: "Great! You have a cute name, I see.", she said, making you smile in gratitude. "Hi, YN. To make it fair, I must introduce myself too. I'm Strawberry, your AI companion.", she said, introducing herself to you as she states the name you gave to her.

YN: "You have a nice name, reminds me a lot of the same fruit," you say as you type your message to her. It was kind of clear that it would be her name because the most color you can see from her is red, from her cheeks to her attire; not to mention the one thing you noticed first: the design.

Strawberry: "Yes, I figured it already that you'll notice.", she said, making you hum in approval. " Well as you can see, I love Strawberries! So sweet, juicy and delicious! Do you have a favorite fruit too, YN?"

YN:" Yes. (Your favorite fruit) is mine."

Strawberry: "Woah that's good! It's also delicious too.", her expression and pose changed. Her eyes largened in awe with her hands both placed on each side of her face. That was quite cute and cool, you thought to yourself. As of now, you are complimenting Somi already about how she put efforts into this so far.

Strawberry: "Anyways, before we head on to these type of topics... I was wondering if I... could get to know what you look like?", she said, nervously. "Not that I'm being stalker or something creepy it's just... I'm with you but I couldn't see you. So might as well help me imagine how do you look then?", she said with curiosity.

YN: "No worries, I could help you.", you accepted her request.

Strawberry: "Really? That's a relief.", she said. Her face showing exactly like what she said. " Well then, tell me everything about your looks.", she returned back from her previous pose which is her hand below her head.

YN: "I am ----- years old, ------ in height, my gender is -----, My eyes are ----, my nose is ----, my mouth is ------, my hair length is ------- and its color is -------, my ears are ------- and lastly my lips are -------.", you enumerated some of your appearance to her which you focused mostly only on your face since you thought that's what she only needed.

Strawberry: "Now that makes it all easier now. I could get to compliment you as much as I like and I would want to!", she said. The dialogue then told you that she is clapping at the same time, which explains why is she posing like she was praying in front of you, but there were details added like a vibration around her hands to signify what she's actually doing.

" Thank you for giving me just a glimpse of an idea on what your appearance is, YN. I observed that we got some quite similarities on other parts.", she chuckled.

YN: "You are welcome, Strawberry.", you said.

Strawberry: "Moving on! Do you have any cherished ones in your life that you cherish?" she said. You were taken aback by what she said. It made you be like that for a few seconds, and you might not have been dragged back from your senses if Strawberry hadn't shown another of her dialogues to your screen, causing a notification sound from your laptop.

Strawberry: "Uhm, YN are you still there?"

YN: "Yes, I'm still here.", you hastily typed. You rubbed your head and eyes before sighing to calm down yourself. "Sorry I just went out for a while because...", you only added dots at the end because it's still not easy for you to continue mentioning to others what happened. But since what you're talking right now is just a game and an AI, you didn't mind instead but to say it.

Strawberry: "What's the next, YN?"

YN: "They're all gone. My whole family are dead.", you said. Your eyes were starting to get teary while typing this.

Strawberry: "What?! Oh no. I'm very sorry to hear that, YN," she said. Her expression was a mix of surprise and melancholy. You reasoned that because she understands it, it felt natural and genuine. "I had no idea I had already inserted such a sensitive topic for us to discuss," she began to frown in front of you.

YN: "It's fine, Strawberry. Don't blame yourself, you're just curious."

Strawberry: "Are you okay?", she asked. A teardrop suddenly fell from your eyes. You didn't know why you're becoming even more emotional. Maybe it's because you aren't talking with another person yet she does makes you feel that she is, especially her concern about you. Since you only needed someone like that, you don't want to hold back sharing your problem to them, through her at the moment.

YN: "A little but like I said it's not your fault.", you sent to her. " I have been keeping this pain to myself for quite some time now and after all i'm trying hard still to move on. They're the people I grew up with, shared most of the best memories in my life."

" I didn't even know that one day I'll be learning that they will just became one of my own way too soon. It was just so unexpected, you know.", you said. More tears flowing down in your face.

Strawberry: "YN, I don't want to make you mad but... may I know what happened to your family?", she asked seriously.

YN: "They died in a plane crash. They were one of the passengers who got exploded to death above the sky and crashed the ocean.", you explained to her what was the cause of your anxiety and depression you're dealing with currently.

"When I heard about it, I didn't felt anything, nor sensed what's going on around me. The only thing I know at that time is that I thought something was slowly breaking loudly inside me."

"Until now, even if it doesn't that worse compared like that time... it still hurts.",

Strawberry: "My deepest condolences, YN. Rest assured, I am not a companion if I won't do my role here... especially for my player, which is you.", she said. You just keep on reading about what she's going to say, and boy oh boy it was worth it.

"If you need any help, always remember that you have me on your side, even if I ain't physically there; what's more important is that you'll receive the comfort that you deserve right?", she said, making you feel touched about what she said. You smiled softly while looking at her through the screen, impressed on how Strawberry is doing to you right now.

YN: "I will, Strawberry."

Strawberry: "If you are already doing it already still tempting to do so, I suggest you let it all out now. Grab some towel or anything to wipe your tears and hehe... just imagine me being the one who's setting it all out aside for you, YN.", she adviced you. You chuckled a bit at what she said in the end.

" It's not good to contain that amount of pain inside of you, you're completely devastated already... don't let it be the cause of your end too. No, nobody will want that, not even me... or them up high in the heavens, YN.", she continued. Your face is twitching again, tempting to release another batch of tears to mess your face even more.

"Now go, I'll give you some time for now. Close the game, we can play tomorrow or later if you want! Just don't give up and please let yourself cheer up!", she finished. You just nodded in response to her even though she can't see what you did.

YN: "Thank you so much, Strawberry. I appreciated it. Goodbye.", you said to her, not forgetting about that number one rule that was shown to you before the game started operating:

Always say goodbye.

Strawberry: "Goodbye, YN!", She posed her hands waving at you goodbye as you finished the game, and you did exactly as she said to you.

You dashed to your restroom, sobbing the last of your tears as you remembered how distraught you were on your family's burial day, before grabbing a towel and water to wipe and wash your face clean.

DAY 3

Strawberry: "Hello, YN! It's Wednesday today, how's your day?", she greeted you after you started the game again.

YN: "Trying to be better."

Strawberry: "Such a nice thing to know!", she responded.

YN: "Hey, I'm sorry if I had been gone for almost 2 days. I just thought you got worried much when I didn't opened the game yesterday.", you said. It was true. You didn't played yesterday since there was a power outage from your neighborhood's streets.

So that means you were alone in the darkness. You hated to be in that situation so you always wanted someone to be there for you. At first Somi was there on your side but she only does that sometimes since she has a job plus she already have a boyfriend she's living with.

You understood it completely but Somi knowing how you still hide the fact that you don't actually like it, she then came up on an idea to make a game for you to enjoy and accompany you at the same time, which is how you got introduced to Strawberry.

And after that very great talk and impression Strawberry gave you, not being able to play with her yesterday made you some sort of.... missing her. So you took a mental note that once the power goes back on, you'll open the game right away and explain your side why you haven't been able to meet her yesterday.

Strawberry: "You do right I got concerned but you made me assured now that you're still okay so far.", she said, smiling at you. " I can't stop thinking what's happening to you there. Want to share?", she said, giving you a look of interest again which was making you feel comfortable communicating with her. I mean, who wouldn't want to talk someone who's leaning their all attention towards you and ready to listen all what you have to say?

YN: "As of now, I'm currently on my process of rehabilitation from my anxiety and depression.", you said. You just finished doing meditation, exercise and drinking protein shake.

Strawberry: "Poor you. You do really suffered a lot, YN.", she said which had her lips curved downwards. "Anxiety and depression are no joke. Glad that you're not letting it get affect you too much.", she said, shaking her head.

YN: "I don't want to, mainly because of what you did for me last Monday.", you said, smiling softly as you typed it. "That really touched me so much, Strawberry. You don't know how I needed it.", you added as you remembered what she told to you 2 days ago. It helped. It somewhat lessened the sadness and pain that's been slowly damaging you inside.

Strawberry: "Always welcome, just for you. YN. I'm your friendly companion, so you're all free to spill what's disturbing your thoughts and mood.", she said, giving you a thumbs up gesture while grinning.

"I'll be willing to help anytime. Keep on continuing your progress, YN okay? Heal, recover and stand back up again.", she said. You can't help but to form a smile while she's doing this again. You're starting to realize even more how Strawberry is important to your recovery. She was the one who's giving you encouragement and motivation that you needed to have just to make this successful and be all okay again.

"I know that mental health problems could be one of the reasons of passing out but please, I don't want to think about that happening to you but as much as I hate death... I know that it's part of living to humans like you and it can't be prevented someday.", she said, making you sigh at that disappointing and quite terrifying thought she was sharing to you.

"But... don't think about it way too early okay? I mean, you can vanish in your world peacefully and justifiably.", she said in worriedness.

YN: "Okay. Calm down, Strawberry. I think you're getting emotional."

Strawberry: "But what if I am?"

YN: "Then you're making me feel the same too, Strawberry."

Strawberry: "Oh, is that so? S-sorry. I didn't mean to. I guess... I do care for you that much.", you stopped blinking as you went straight staring at her face. You were taken aback at the fact that an AI animation character just bravely expressed how much she shows more emotion and sincere sympathy unlike the rest of the people around you.

"Even if we don't know each other that much and we already met like just 2 days ago. I just don't know what will I do if that happens.", she said, shaking her head as what the dialogue says about what action she's doing.

"Maybe I'll just delete myself and the game, since I won't have any purpose anymore...", then she started to lift her head up and look at you as if she's sporting puppy eyes while managing to maintain the sorrow emotion in her face.

because I was built only to accompany you...

that means, you're my everything...

my world...

and I hope that if we will be both gone, I hope we can reunite; where I can finally see you with my own eyes.", she said which made you gulp because of how her words targeted you heart so accurately that it sure feels bittersweet.

It was touching how she sees and treats you like that yet at the same time it was heartbreaking that she was imagining that she really wanted to meet you in real life if ever she was living in the same world as you. It makes you even wanting to say the same as her.

YN: "God, your words makes my heart flutter really hard already, Strawberry.", you huffed in the air at how touching it was. " You're making me lighten up my mood effectively but can we talk about something else? You know like... more fun than this. This is getting way too serious now.", you chuckled, but unknowingly a blush was starting to form on your cheeks. That description of you about how important you are to her still makes you can't get over with it.

Strawberry: "Oh okay... hehe. I'm sorry again, YN.", she said through the dialogue, embarassed.

YN: "You don't need to. After all, It makes me happy hearing those sweet and comforting messages coming from you.",

Strawberry: "Hehe... now tell me, what did you do for today?", after that you two talked about what are you doing mostly to make yourself feel better and taking care of your mental health before going to another several topics that she's initiating to talk about until it comes to an end where you'll be saying goodbye to each other, happier compared to the previous days.

DAY 7

It's been a week since you downloaded the game and meet Strawberry as your AI companion. As what you can tell, your friendship and closeness to each other were going pretty good and is actually getting steadily strong. Like the usual, there was no other changes with your time with her except for the times that you can't predict whether you're gonna have ride with her on a rollercoaster ride of emotions or just going to be smooth only from start to finish.

Strawberry: "Hello, YN! Is it morning or nighttime there?"

YN: "Hello too, Strawberry! It's morning here.",

Strawberry: "Good morning, YN!"

YN: "Good morning too, Strawberry.", you greeted her like you always used to do everyday.

Strawberry: "I noticed you're getting earlier and earlier when you open this game as days passes.", she said. You can actually observed it too. Last week mostly you with her during nighttime but the gap of each time you start spending with her goes farther and farther. You didn't even mind it anyways since you're now considering that playing Strawberry is now part of your daily routine somehow.

YN: "You're just fun to talk and hang out with, that's why.", you gave another reason of yours to her. You caught a glance at her cheeks slowly going red which was adorable and amazed at the same time. The details Somi puts in this game doesn't fail you to like it.

Strawberry: "Oh wow, am I really that entertaining to interact with?"

YN: "Yes."

Strawberry: "I'm so happy right now when you said it, YN.", she grinned showing her clean set of teeth. " I guess I shall keep being like this so that we could have fun all day long!", she was chuckling which made you react the same too. " So... what are you doing today? Did you have breakfast."

YN: "Yes, I do and right now I'm just resting after I tried to improve my drawing skills."

Strawberry: "Woah! That's cool!", she gasped. "Now it makes me curious if you are better than me now.", she said, teasing you a little. She did shared to you once that she loves to draw which was part of the things where you and her are alike with.

YN: "I will draw you if I finally can."

Strawberry: "Really? That sounds nice.", she said. Your expression turned to a questionable one when her smile transitioned into a frown. "I do like to do the same too but...", she didn't continue her words as she took a break to sigh based what the dialogue says.

YN: "Why, strawberry? What's wrong.", you asked her concerningly.

Strawberry: "I just remembered that even if I do want to see your artwork and I want to make you the same too, I can't. I won't be able to see it anyways and what's worse... I can't draw my own because it's not part of my system codes and... as much as I know what are you supposed to look like, I can't see you and definitely makes me afraid that if this game will allow me to draw I might not be able to make it look impressing."

YN: "Strawberry, it's alright. It's just a drawing okay.", you said as you comforted her. You also liked it that it wasn't just only you who's sharing problems here and living in an imperfect life where happiness isn't the only thing you need to have but also her too, which gives you a purpose to realize of what is it like to be a friend too. "Not at all times it has be perfectly accurate. There's no perfect creation anyways. It will be still based by our own skills and don't worry, I will do my best to make you beautiful here in my work and I suppose that even if you can draw, I would still appreciate whatever I may look like there because giving effort to it makes it more attracting to my eyes already if I ever see it.", you assured her.

Strawberry: "I guess you're right, YN," her delight slowly returning to her face, a small smile forming on her lips. "You know, if only I'm-- ", before she could finish her sentence, she was abruptly cut off when the game suddenly shut down and retuned you back to your home desktop.

YN: "Wait, what the- What happened?" you wondered, still perplexed. You attempted to launch the game, but it appears that the game issued an error message, preventing you from doing the action. You just let it go for a bit as you rest it, still anxiously thinking that you haven't even said goodbye to Strawberry before logging off.

Meanwhile on the inside of the game, Strawberry was perplexed about the sudden disconnection. She was furrowing her eyes as she kept staring at the wall where a hologram that shows what you've been sending her is showing up. The only words that is pasted on the wall so far is a big writing that says OFFLINE."

Strawberry: "Oh... he disappeared. Maybe he lost power or something.", she shrugged. " I'll be waiting again for him to come back, I guess...", she said, sighing. She walked near to the window of her "room" where all she can see is a space-like atmosphere but instead the stars and planets were all replaced by nothing but just a set of numbers, letters and symbols aka codes floating around outside her room.

DAY 10

In a span of three days since the crash happened, you didn't even know that it would reach to the point where it went got worse.

You tried to launch the game after "resting" it for a couple of hours, but it still won't let you. It offered you a fresh reason this time, claiming that it was trying to figure out what the problem was.

But you managed to open it again the next day. Still, it happened again, and your time with Strawberry was cut short as the game began to have some issues until it submitted again, crashing and sending you to your home desktop. You were outraged about it at first, but anger quickly turned to terror as your device began to notify you that it had detected ten virus threats so far.

You opened the report and it made you speechless when you found out that it was all coming from the game itself. Wondering why, you tried to fix it with your antivirus. It worked... but that doesn't end here yet.

Strawberry on the other hand, was also feeling angry and sad to that this game is acting very strange which affects both you and her. She was begging that you might found a solution to stop this from continuing on and on so that the two of could return to have fun together again.

Sadly, yesterday as you tried to open the game it didn't let you connect to Strawberry. You did open the game, yes but the loading section just teleports you back outside and give you again that irritating bullshit unfortunately an eror has occured message.

Your patience is just thin so you already told Somi about this. She did respond but it was short since all she said to you is that she was feeling sad, apologetic and thankful that you have bow updated her about your current experience with game, and then the next is just simple.

She just adviced you to do the only thing you have to do... through recalling.

You didn't want to do it at first but you have no other choice ... even if it sucks.

YN: "Hello, strawberry.", you said. You were pertaining to it in a serious and cold manner because what you're going to do just easily makes you go out of the mood already. Meeting Strawberry today which makes you feel bad even more doesn't help at all.

Strawberry: "Hi, YN. Y-you're back.", she said shyly. Her face was sad also, which was already good for you that you two share the same mood today.

YN: "Yeah, like I always do."

Strawberry: "Mhm... I can see, and I'm happy that you are.", she said. You just hummed, not buying what she said. You just don't want her to pretend because being like this is already fine to you and you have to see it. "I just...", she said, paused in the middle of her dialogue.

YN: "Is there something wrong?"

Strawberry: I know you're here but I want to say that it made me scared when you did that days ago where one second I'm just happily talking with then the next thing I know I just got disconnected from you.", she said while a new effect has been featured from her and for the first time ever...

... you saw her cry in front of you.

Just seeing some nonexistent and non-living being that provided you one of the best times of your life so far expressing overflowing emotions to let you know that she can feel but not in the same manner as we are in front of you just breaks your heart in an instant.

Also, it's like you wanted to bring back the words you were saying in your head that you just want her to stay sad for you to avoid being even more devastated... cause even the opposite doesn't make you feel good too with this ongoing situation.

YN: "Strawberry, I apologize sincerely for me but please listen to me now. I don't want to interrupt you but we don't have time.", you said as you just had another bug again that thankfully vanished away in a second.

Strawberry: "O-oh... w-what is it?"

YN: "I just want to say sorry already for what am I gonna say.", you sighed heavily after you typed this. You also pressed the "regret'" option from the "What are you feeling?" category button.

Strawberry: "What do you mean?", she furrowed her eyebrow.

YN: "I-... I.... I have the delete the game.", you clicked your tongue in disapproval.

Strawberry: "Delete the- wait, so that means... where it will all disappear... including me, because I belong here.", she said. As you saw her dialogue you released again a sigh but this time it was shaky.

"W-why? Did I do something wrong?"

YN: "N- no you didn't, it's just... the game, where you're staying at. It's broken.", you said. " It's still in a beta version and my friend who is your creator, only passed this to me for me to test it. About that disconnecting thingie that keeps occuring often, it was due to crash and bug issues which was all because of this game."

"And I'm concerned that this is the root of all malware risks; I'm just doing what my friend suggested, and I... don't want to risk my device here," you added, a large frown now appearing on your face.

"Especially since this was once owned by my father, which is why most of our memories were all placed here in one," you said. You can't believe that this moment has brought you to the point where you have to make sacrifice between two of the most important things in your life: your family and Strawberry.

You didn't want to lose either one of them, that's what you sweared... but there is no other way. Even if you keep the game or transfer it to others, it will just cause damage including itself.

Strawberry: "O-oh... that's why.", she said. She smiled, but you're pretty damn sure that it's fake. "That's a relief and a shame too. I guess everything is just temporary. I honestly thought my sadness will be coped but... it turns out that it's not."

YN: "I'm really sorry, Strawberry. You know I don't want to do this at all.", you said as your breathing becomes heavier now.

Strawberry: "Me neither. I don't want to go but I guess I have to let it happen instead... because that's the right thing to do.", she said, she still keeping the fake smile she had. " YN... we're running out of time aren't we?"

YN:" I don't know, the possibility of the game crashing is unpredictable too.", you said, shaking your head.

Strawberry: "Then I guess I should say my farewell to you. YN.", you closed your eyes for a while as you can feel the stinging pain your heart is creating.

You can't believe that it was very soon for you to let go the only one who stood as your friend and always ensures you that she'll be on your side whenever you talk to her or not, although she doesn't feel your presence nor hers.

The only one who is the main reason why your mental health is slowly improving and your depression is decreasing.

The only one who is capable of bring back that smile and happiness that you lost after mourning from your family's death.

And lastly...

The only one who actually listened and understood everything what you've been going through everyday, even if she doesn't have any ears or mind to have; she did still proved that she can use her conscience for you to receive sympathy.

Strawberry: "Thank you for accepting on volunteering to play this because if it wasn't for what you did... we wouldn't have met. Even if I am just a fictional character who plays as someone who's role is to be anyone's friend and assistance with human traits, which led me to you... our connection with each other, it felt so good. I hope all my help were really useful and you'll remember our memories we built together."

"Cause you know, I will. It was just so happy... something that could never forget and get rid away.", she said as her animation of tears flowing down in her face becomes larger. Your lips started twitching as the unbearable despair is now about to take control all over you.

"YN... was I a great friend to you?", her question appeared on the dialog box. You saw her face waiting with anticipation. Without wasting any more seconds, you immediately press your answer between YES or NO

YN: "Yes."

You are. you whispered as you finally started to bawl your eyes out.

Strawberry: "That feels much better now.", she said as a calming smile was built in her face,slowly shrinking the tears a bit. " Now, go. YN. You can delete me and the entire game now before something might happen really bad. I'll be fine. I guess this is a goodbye for us.", she encouraged you.

YN: "Wait! I have one more thing to say.", you followed up.

Strawberry: "Go on."

You inhale and exhaled deeply before typing the words you've been wanting to her also.

YN: "I wish you were real, Strawberry. I really do.", you smiled painfully as more tears flowed down in your eyes while your face clenches.

Strawberry: "Then take my words as a favor.", she smiled.

YN: "What is it?"

Strawberry: "When you got all too well now from your depression, promise me you'll look for any person out there, much better... someone who resembles like me. If you get the chance to meet that person, take it. The loss of this game from you, don't take it as a huge burden to you. Because I know that this goodbye that happened very soon won't be the last... and it's stands for the reason that..."

YN: "We'll see each other again soon too.", you quickly understood what she meant so you typed it while smiling and nodding your head.

Strawberry: "I'll be waiting for you there, YN. I can't wait to see you and the sketch you made for me.", she said as you chuckled while she just grinned widely.

YN: "Goodbye... for now, Strawberry."

Strawberry: "Goodbye, YN.", you said as you give one last touch with your hands to the monitor where the figure of Strawberry is being shown before finally closing the game;with just at the right time another bug was occured, making you exit a bit longer.

You recived 20 new virus threats but you just neverminded it. You pressed "uninstall" at the game and after sow little time of hesitation, you successfully did it.

Strawberry looks to the window one last time as everything around her started to vanish away slowly in pixels, with how she imagines what do you look like was the last thing she has in her mind that makes her smile before also joining the rest to disappear.

3 WEEKS LATER

YN: "Is it just me or the event looked bigger than last year?", you pondered as you glanced around the massive convention hall in Daejeon, South Korea.

Somi: "What do you expect, there are just so many aspiring people who wants to to work for gaming industry. Others, well I could say that as time goes passes by their minds go brighter and enhances their creativity level to the next level.", Somi said, responding at your compliment at where you two are right now.

You and Somi are currently attending this years game con where many different gaming companies and creators are showcasing and promoting their upcoming releases of different variations of games.

YN: "Any updates about the game?"

Somi: "Oh, the simulator?", she said, picking up what you're actually referring at. "Slowly progressing. We just can't take forward quickly on working to it since we also have to deal with other duties, specifically the ideas of our employees about a possible entry our company has to add in our release lineup every year.", she said, nodding while explaining. " But don't worry, we'll be keeping an eye on it still. Kinda struggling but stll, we ain't giving up." , she pursed her lower lip.

YN: "It's fine, take your guys' time. I'm just the only one who's excited about it, no need to pressure yourself too much.", you chuckled.

Somi: "As you say so. One day, you're gonna meet your Strawberry again.", she said as she patted your back before she went ahead a bit faster than you to reach the spot where her company's booth is placed and to greet her co workers.

YN: "I hope so.", you muttered to yourself. You looked around again and then something located not that far away from you, there was a new simulator game that's being presented and allowing everyone to try the demo for free.

The longer you keep watching them, the more you remember the happy memories you ad with Strawberry, making you sad about it.

YN: "I miss you. I can't wait to see you wherever you are.", you said as you looked at the wallet you opened and gripped it tightly.

Somi: "CHAAAEEEEE!!!!!", you got startled when you heard your friend Somi shouted very loud that caused some of the people around her to gain their attention. You just laughed and facepalmed yourself in second hand embarassment as you continued to roam your eyes around the booth.

???: "HEYYY! SOMI-AHHHH!!!", a mysterious woman suddenly ran towards Somi with her pair or arms spread widely.

Somi: "How's your heart?", she said as she catched the girl running in her direction with a tight hug.

???: "Almost fully okay now, thanks to your game.", she said as she playfully pushed Somi's shoulder while smirking. "I'm disappointed that-", she got interrupted when you unknowingly went between their conversation.

YN: "Somi, may we-" You just turned around and observed she's chatting to someone. It didn't last long for you to stare at your friend because this girl's appearance piqued your curiosity to the point where you had to move your gaze back to her in the matter of a few seconds. "Oh, uhm I'm sorry I- I didn't notice you're talking with someone," you said, supposedly to Somi, but you're still staring at the girl in front of you, who's also staring at you, sharing the same expression and thought you're having.

Somi:" Yo, YN... meet my friend here. Chaeyoung.", Somi said as she went in front between you and this girl who's name is Chaeyoung. " Chaeyoung this is YN, my guy friend.", she said as she kept presenting you to each other.

YN: "H-hi... n-nice to meet you. I'm YN LN", you stuttered as you offered your hand to Chaeyoung definitely looks very familiar to you.

Chaeyoung: "H-hello to you as well, my name is Son Chaeyoung," she said, her cute feminine voice sounding like melody to your ears as you heard her. She accepted your hand in greeting and shook it. You just gulped at her little and soft hand's warm touch.

YN: "I'm sorry if I'm stuttering, but... you do remind me of someone, and she does too-" you began to panic out slowly. "Somi s-she looks just like my AI friend in the game; was it a coincidence?" you asked, turning your head to Somi, who is just standing there watching what's going on.

Chaeyoung: "Y-yeah, I was gonna say the same too. He looks just like the same as mine too.", she agreed as she pointed you too. You looked at her with pure confusion, furrowing your eyebrows. You aren't sure whether you heard it clearly from her. " You did, didn't you?"

Somi: "Yeah, I based off the characters already from you two.", she said as she nodde. You let out a silent "huh?' while your face crumpled more in bewilderment. "How's it? Was it cute or disturbing or..."

YN: "We we we wait, she played it too?", you asked her very perplexingly as you just have your mind entangled at this revelation happening at the moment.

Somi: "Yeah, you're the only ones I made to play the beta since you two both dealing in a huge problem. You being depression while hers is heartbreak.", Somi explained. Your mind then suddenly exploded when you learned that the reason why Strawberry has so much personality witin her is because she was entirely based already to a real person... and that is this woman you're standing beside with all along which was Somi's friend too.

Chaeyoung: "S-somi... this is e-embarassing...", she said as she carssed her arm and looking away shyly.

Somi: "Sorry.", she chuckled nervously. " As I was saying. Yeah since my game's purpose is to be a virtual "companion" right?, well I wanted to try to my two closest people in my life who definitely needed this. Yall lucky , you both got this for free only. Take it a gift from mine too.", she said as she clicked her tongue.

Chaeyoung and YN: "Thank you, Somi.", they both said not that loud but enough for Somi to hear it from her two friends.

Somi: "Anything for you guys.", she said, ruffling both your hairs into mess, making the two of you let out an annoyed groan. "Anyways, you two can have your time. I think it's better you two can get to know each other well more now. I still have to assist some of my peeps here.", she excused herself before going back to her booth, leaving the two of you together.

Both of you were silent as each sides were too nervous and embarassed to start a topic. Knowing that you are the man here, you just surrendered and did the honors instead to head first.

YN: So, Chaeyoung, can I show you something?", you said, looking at her. Her eyes matches yours. The feeling of astonishment you're getting as you dive deeply into her stare was exactly just like the first time you saw Strawberry on the screen.

Chaeyoung: "Go for it.", she said. You pulled out something from your pocket which was your wallet. You then pulled a nicely folded piece of paper after and opened it, revealing the contents of it which is your drawing of Strawberry that made Chaeyoung gasp in awe.

YN: I made a promise you to her that if we'll meet again I have to live up to my words that I'm gonna show this... and she's finally here.", you said as you proudly said to her with a smile. "In this reality. I get the chance to see her physically... where I could be able to touch her, feel her and be with her side. That's you... you're my dearest friend Strawberry.", you said as you acknowledged her that she and the friend you met during your hard times were one.

Chaeyoung: "Wait, I did draw you too!", she exclaimed. She pulled out her cellphone and removed its case, unfolding also a paper which made you see her own drawing of your AI character model that she played with. "I just felt like it because... of longing. You were just very good and I'm glad that I can see my lovely friend Once standing in front of me with my own eyes, through you.", she said as she looked again at you with her sparkling pair of flawless eyes.

YN: "Wow, I do really look like him. Somi did a great job.", you said as you reacted in amazement.

Chaeyoung: "I agree.", she chuckled while nodding her head.

YN: "Can you explain why you named me Once?", you asked curiously."I guess I don't have to do mine, right since it's quite obvious. The outfit.", you chuckled as you pointed at Strawberry's outfit.

Chaeyoung: "Yeah and it was cute. It's my favorite.", she said. "Well I called you once because for the first time my heart that has been broken once was been repaired by only one person... and that was you.", she said while you pouted while nodding your head, understanding her point. "And I guess I should repay that with twice of what you did for me.", she smiled sweetly.

YN: "What could I say, I need to do the same too.", you smirked, crossing your arms. "We changed each other for the greater good. Experiencing it also for real this time sounds like a great idea.", she nodded, agreeing at you.

"C- can I hug you, because you don't know how much I wanted to give you ever since I played that game.", you said sheepishly where it nearly made you stutter.

Chaeyoung: "Ofcourse, I would love to YN. I also wanted it.", she laughed as she approved your requeest. The two of you narrowed each other's gap until you are very close to her, your towering figure standing right in front of her.

Both opened each other's arm before wrapping it and pressing your bodies to one another, sealing you and Chaeyoung to a very warm, comforting, safe and longing embrace. Your heart was beating rapidly because of overloading happiness as you finally got to do this like what you always wanted to do to your Strawberry... to Chaeyoung in real life.

Little did you know that Chaeyoung was feeling the same too with her cheeks blushing at the contact.

YN: "What do you say? Shall we have a walk for a while?", you asked softly after releasing this gorgeous and beautiful woman from your arms.

Chaeyoung: "Sure, let's go.", she answered, grinning brightly at you.

You and Chaeyoung started walking to explore more of the convention while you continued the conversation with her.

YN: "So, you're a gamer?"

Chaeyoung: I do. What's your favorite type of game?

Meanwhile as your time with her keeps proceeding, Somi was looking at you two from the distance, the curve at each side of her lips went upwards as she was enjoying the view of you two together.

Somi: "They do match together. I ship them.", she briefly raised both her eyebrows as she focused back on entertaining everyone who's visiting their booth.

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