Zen (Bad End)
“A scholarship?” Zen asked, “That’s wonderful, babe!” Zen picked them up, and spun them around. “You worked so hard for this, I am so proud of you!”
MC laughed, happy at how he was taking it, but MC hadn’t told him the bad part yet. “I’m going to be gone a while, though.” MC said.
“W-well,” Zen faltered, but kept smiling, “it is a scholarship at your dream school. Hhow long will you be gone? A term?”
“Two years.”
Zen’s face fell. Two years? Two years without his prince/ss? He couldn’t even imagine it. But then he saw the face they were making, he knew how hard they worked for this, how much this meant to them, and he didn’t want them to feel guilty about it. Zen sighed, “Well, I suppose we better spend as much time together as we can, then.”
For the next few weeks, Zen and MC were inseparable. He took time off work so he could be with them, and just took them on random dates whenever. He treated them like royalty and made sure to satisfy them in every way. He even threw them a surprise going away party the day before, and made all the RFA members sign a giant card for them, on top of all the gifts he already gave them. MC almost cried.
That night, Zen found MC sitting on the couch in the living room crying. Zen went up to them and hugged them from behind.
“What’s wrong, my love?” Zen asked.
“I’m just thinking about what I’m leaving behind.” They whispered.
He sat next to them so they could face him. “You’re not leaving anything behind, darling. Everything will be waiting for you when you get back.” Zen kissed them on the cheek.
MC smiled and kissed him on the lips. “How ‘bout you remind me what I’m coming back to?”
Zen was barely keeping it together. He tried to distract himself from MC leaving by spending all his time with them, but now, standing there at the airport, the fact that they were leaving was all too real. MC tightened their grip on his hand and Zen smiled.
“It won’t be long.” They said.
Zen took them in his arms and kissed them. He didn’t want to let them go. “Do you really have to go?” Zen said.
MC laughed and kissed him again. “Yes I do. Don’t worry, love. I’ll be back before you know it.”
As MC was leaving, Zen called out to them again, “MC!” He said and ran up to them, taking them into his arms and kissing them passionately. “I love you.”
“I love you too.” They laughed.
Zen and MC talked as often as they could, but given that he was getting more popular, he didn’t have as much time for them as he wished he did. He’d try to make up for it with selfies and videos though, and insisted that they send him a lot as well.
MC’s schoolmates were also giving them a hard time, saying that their relationship probably wouldn’t last, or that he was probably with someone else already that’s why he was so busy. MC tried their best to ignore them.
One day, however, while MC was scrolling through their newsfeed, they saw an article that had a picture of Zen, so they clicked on it. The article talked about how Zen was caught one a date with someone else and how Zen and MC were probably broken up by now. MC was heartbroken. They didn’t know what to do. Were their friends right? They knew that long distance relationships were difficult, especially for people as busy as Zen, and why should he wait for them? He was perfect, he could get anyone he wanted, and MC was just, well, MC. They decided that they wouldn’t make things difficult for him anymore.
[Bonus]
Zen didn’t know where it went wrong. One day, MC just stopped responding to him. They only ever talked on the messenger, and only about the party. They hardly ever went online when he was there. Zen finally asked Jumin for help so he could go and see them. But he had to agree to do another cat commercial, that jerk! When he got there, MC didn’t look happy. While their friends were freaking out over him, they just stared at him coldly. He was finally able to get them alone.
“Why are you here?” They asked.
“I-I wanted to see you, my love.” Zen said. “I missed you.”
MC said nothing, and just stared.
“Did I do something wrong, MC? I know we’ve been busy lately, but-“
“You shouldn’t have come.”
“MC, I-“
“Goodbye Zen.”