Ga Eul skipped happily down the road as she made her way to Yi Jeong's studio. Today had been a good a day for her and the only thing missing to make this day completely perfect was her boyfriend. It was still weird for her to be referring to him as that but she was getting used to it. And she liked getting used to it.

The fact that Yi Jeong didn't meet up with her after her class bothered a little bit. It was unusual of him to not communicate with her after their day's activities. But she set it aside, maybe he was just busy. He's been putting off too much work these past few weeks for their dates, anyway. So she decided she'd just visit him while he was working at his studio. She brought Chinese take out too just in case he was hungry.

She didn't even bother to knock when she arrived. Why would she? She has been coming down here ever since they started their lessons and soon after that when they decided teacher-student wasn't really the relationship they wanted. Ah, their pottery lessons days. It seemed so long ago when it hasn't even been two months. She remembered the awkwardness of having to ask him for lessons all for the bet. The bet…Jae Kyung had brought it up to her a few hours ago. But it wasn't a bet anymore; it hasn't been a bet in a long time.

The studio was empty when entered. She looked around and saw no sign of Yi Jeong ever being here today. She wondered for a while if he mentioned anything about going out today but she couldn't think of any occurrence. Right at that time, her phone rang. That must be him already.

"Sunbae?" she answered without bothering to look at the caller ID.

"Ga Eul yang, it's me." came a voice that was no Yi Jeong's. Ga Eul held in a disappointed sigh. She didn't want to seem rude.

"Oh, Woo Bin sunbae, what is it?" she asked as politely as she could. She took a seat on one of the chairs inside and leaned back.

"Do you know where Yi Jeong is?" Ga Eul frowned at the question. Even his friends didn't know where he was?

"No, I don't. He's not with you guys?" she worriedly asked. Where could he be that's so important that he didn't have the time to tell Woo Bin? That was very unusual of him.

"He's supposed to be. He told us he'll meet us after seeing you here in the Jun Pyo's house but he never came. So we assumed he was still with you." Ga Eul's heartbeat came faster and faster now. He never came for her, either.

"He didn't…he didn't come to see me. Are you sure that what was he said?" She was trying to calm herself down now. There was no way Yi Jeong was in some kind of trouble, he probably had bodyguards trailing him all the time. Yeah, he just probably forgot to mention his whereabouts to anyone.

"I'm pretty sure. So do you have any idea on where he might be?" Ga Eul wracked her brains out again of the last few days. But Yi Jeong never mentioned anything out of the ordinary to her. She sighed and looked around the studio, childishly hoping he'd come out. Of course he didn't. Something on the counter caught her eye, though. She walked towards it, keeping the phone to her ear. It was an opened envelope on top of the stack of unopened ones. She knew that these were the stack of parties or club opening invitations that he got daily. He rarely went out at night these past few weeks which was why these envelopes were unopened. Except for this one, the one she held in her hands. She looked at the return address on the back of the envelope. Instead, she found the name of the new club that just opened in the city.

"I think I do. Can you pick me up? I'm at his studio." she said to the phone before hanging up. She really shouldn't be worried; Yi Jeong partied all the time before. Before her, that is. She exited the studio to wait for Woo Bin outside and tried to block out any negative thoughts about tonight. He was fine; they were going to be fine.

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The horrible party music filled Ga Eul's ears as they entered the club. Thankfully, all the F4 members got an invite so she and Woo Bin had no problem getting in. Ga Eul looked around the place and felt herself getting dizzy from all the lights, this was so not her scene. Woo Bin spotted the VIP room and lead Ga Eul inside. There were only few people here and Ga Eul felt thankful for the mellow atmosphere. She collapsed on one of the couches and looked up at Woo Bin.

"Do you think he's here?" she asked in a worried tone. There was no trace of him downstairs from what she was able to see but the club was huge so he could be anywhere.

"I can't be sure, Ga Eul yang. What do you think he'd be doing here, though?" he asked back. Ga Eul really had no idea. It felt weird, this did. She was his girlfriend, wasn't she supposed to know these things? Why the sudden shutting out?

"I don't know." Woo Bin noticed the worried look on Ga Eul's face. He sat down next to her.

"Don't worry yourself too much. This is nothing, I promise." Somehow, Ga Eul didn't feel any better. There was nothing wrong with Yi Jeong attending this thing, but why couldn't they contact him? Why didn't he tell them he was going out? That was the weird part, that what was she was worried about.

"I guess…" was all she could mutter.

The glass door opened as the room was filled with a female's drunken laughter. The pair sitting on the couch looked that way. A man just entered with two girls on both arms. The girls were obviously out of it as they couldn't even walk a straight line. The man had his head down as he was trying to stifle laughter.

"They're having a good time." Woo Bin commented then looked back to his phone. He was trying to call Yi Jeong again.

Just then, a familiar ringtone reached Ga Eul's ears and she looked back on the trio who just entered the room. The man with the two girls looked up and fished his phone out of his pocket. Ga Eul felt her heart break into tiny little pieces as she got a glimpse of the man's face.

Yi Jeong sunbae…

Ga Eul's head was in a daze. She couldn't remember where she was, who she was with, all she knew was that she needed to get out of there. The sight of Yi Jeong enjoying himself with random whores, while drinking was too much for her. She stood up hurried out of the room, all the while looking down so Yi Jeong wouldn't recognize her. She once again walked through the crowd of part people and she could faintly hear Woo Bin calling for her. But she couldn't look back, or else she would break down. She had to continue moving, so she did. All the way to the exit door where a cab immediately pulled up for her.

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The comfort of her home did nothing for the sorrow Ga Eul felt. By the time she got in, she was as numb as someone who had just been showered with ice cold water. She couldn't feel anything, not even the warmth of her pillows as she descended on her bed and fell into a dreamless sleep. When you sleep with a broken heart, they say waking would be even much worse. No one needed to tell her that, Ga Eul already knew tomorrow was going to be hell for her.

I thought too soon, Ga Eul thought as she stared at the man on her door. She didn't have to wait for tomorrow for the hell she was in for. The devil himself was right there outside, piss drunk.

"What the hell are you doing here?" she demanded with a straight face. He didn't deserve to see her tears.

"Tell me all about it, Ga Eul yang…" he said with as much coldness as Ga Eul felt. She could smell the women and alcohol in his voice.

"What are you talking about?" she eyed him. What was his deal? He goes around cheating on her and now he's here talking non-sense?

"Tell me all about the bet, Ga Eul yang. I want to know."

Just when Ga Eul thought her world was already shattered, it came up again and shattered for the second time that night.