Jackson entered Irene's life when she least expected. Things had been hard, painful almost. She lost the will to live. The will to survive was no longer in her heart. She lost her smile, her life been plagued with nothing but work to try and escape the fights that took place between her mother and grandmother. Things had been like this since her father had past away. He had committed suicide and ever since then a void had been filled in her life. A void that prevented her from loving. She buried herself in her work which meant that she shut off her heart to everyone and everything. She watched her family fall apart every day. Her family wasn't normal, it was broken but she loved them with all her heart. Her mother who sacrificed everything to give her and her younger brother and sister, bringing them up as not only a mother but as a father too. Irene got easily frustrated, anger her middle name. What she did was done to perfection. And she was completely against love. The complete contrast to her best friend joy who fell for every boy. She stood with her in a queue for coffee. "Gosh Irene look at him he's so cute." She rolled her eyes taking her hot chocolate as they continued to walk away as a strange bumped into her, a drink pouring down her, she let out a frustrated scream as she wiped at it. She turned around as joy continued to blabber. "Shut up. Just shut up. Boys..boys...boys that's all your interested in. What will happen after you get the boy...you will get married, have his children and then what...he will leave you...what the fuck will you do then?" "I'll re marry." Irene laughed bitterly walking off. When she reached home she opened the door to her room seeing her brother, sister and mother praying on their knees. It wasn't nothing new. The pray for an angel. A pray for a saviour to take the pain away from them all. A pray that had remained unanswered for so long. She crouched down her eyes closing as she  prayed along with her family for love, for an angel. Her eyes flashing to the previous scene, to the man who had bumped into her, he left coming back with a tissue whilst she raged at Joy. Her eyes closed again trying to grasp onto the figure. Watching as he listened to the conversation in amusement.  Jackson stood on the balcony, the snow falling on his beautiful hair sticking as he stretched out his hands feeling the snow. He looked out to the other house seeing a family praying, his eyes softened as it travelled along the line his eyes halting and widening at the beautiful girl who had tears lightly cascading down her face. He looked at them one last time. Their guardian angel had arrived.

She hated him. He was annoying, and he tested her to the limit. Delivering home truth after home truth that made her question the decisions that she had previously been so sure off. He made her angry. Angry that she seemed to fall so quickly. He made her smile. Made her laugh in a way she hadn't even know she was capable off. She began to fall in love with the way he challenged her. She began to fall in love with his smile, his warmth, his love, that mended their hearts and dried their tears. She fell for him, harder than anticipated. She sat in front of him. About to confess her feelings, feelings that had grown over the months. That had made her crazy and had caused her to run away from another man who was equally in love with her. Suho. But they had left it at friends for her love for Jackson. Suho phoned Jackson telling him in advance as she entered his house drenched from the down pour out side. He grabbed a towel drying her hair covering her eyes so she didn't see the tear that disappeared as soon as it came. She looked down her eyes catching onto a photo. "Who's this?" She asked. "That's my wife Wendy..." he said watching in torture as her face fell. "She's the reason why me and mum came. We have been married for three years. The first two years were great but then you know me I can be quite rude, she got angry and left for Seoul, her parents live here so I came after her. But here she is still being stubborn. I was supposed to tell you about her before but I always forget the most important information." He said laughing to mask the way his voice cracked. "Isn't she pretty?" She turned her face away nodding as she stood. "I need to go." She left moments later giving the flowers she had brought to his mother. He turned away, hearing the door close behind her. His mother looked at him. "You love her?" "No I don't love Irene." "When did I take Irene's name?" "I don't love her." "I'm your mother, you can lie to the world Jackson but not to me." "So what do you expect me to do? Tell her the truth...she won't be able to bare it. How do I say that for the first time this weak heart is beating for someone...that it is breathing for someone's name. How do I say Irene the love in this heart is strong but the heart itself is weak. How do I give her my weak heart Mum? How do I tell her that the girl in the photo is not my wife but my doctor who is working day in a day out so that I have more days to live. I'm dying mum." "No." She said turning away. "I can hide my tears Jackson...but will you be able to hide your love?" "It's not my love. It's someone else's. I just have to reach it to it's right destination that's my last wish." He turned around Wendy entering with Mark, his best friend. "What did you tell her jack....we saw her run out of here crying." "What's to tell her?" "Jackson." "Look Irene thinks that everyone she loves leaves her and goes away. If I leave her she will go insane. She's already half way there. All my life I've run away from love. And now as life is running away from me I bumped into love." They stared at him watching as he left the room. His tears finally falling as he leaned against the door.

She sat with Suho for lunch talking about her feelings for Jackson. "He's married." She said his eyes widening. "Why didn't he say that before?" She shrugged her shoulders, laughing bitterly. "Before I was complaining I couldn't fall in love and now I can't fall out of love." She spoke her heart thumping. "Do you think you could ever love someone again?" He asked watching her as she chose to remain silent. Her silence saying all. No.

She sat with her mother, who stroked her head as she ran away from another fight with her grandmother. "I love him mum. I love him so much that I can't breathe. He harasses me, he makes fun of me, he eavesdrops on conversations and still I love him so much. Why do I love him mum?" Why?" She said both oblivious to Jackson who sat on the other side of the table they occupied listening into the conversation. "Everything will be fine Irene. I know our angle is watching. He will make sure your life is filled with love again." She said taking Irene back home as she dried her tears.

Jackson and Suho sat in front of each other. "Why are you letting go of your love so easily?" Jackson questioned. Suho stood up "welcome ladies and gentlemen to lalaland where Suho loves Irene, she loves Jackson and Jackson is saying to Suho not to let go of Irene and so Jackson is basically insane." Jackson shook his head. "You love her. Fight for her." He said ignoring the dull ache in his heart.

They stood in front of each other chests heaving as they ran after Irene who had heard about their plan 'girl in six days' they chased after her panting as Jackson tried to take it easy catching his breath as Suho tried to talk to her. "Irene just listen." Said Jackson moving forth his hands holding her as she fought against him. "Listen." "No." He watched her walk away taking out Suho's diary. "Irene I love you." She halted her back remaining turned. "My day isn't complete without you." He turned the page, it stared back at him blank. He looked up flicking the page. "And when I close my eyes I see you. When I open my eyes, I long to see you
Even when you are not near me,
I feel you in everything I'm surrounded by
Every second... every minute... all the time...my eyes search only for my Irene. Call it love, madness or my heartbeats...it's the same thing for me
A lot of people have loved before... but my love stands apart from all of them because...they don't have you. I can never forget you Irene.
I don't want to forget you. You are mine and I will love you forever. I will love you till I die...and even after that. That's what it says." He said, tears in his eyes as he handed Suho the diary back walking away his heart heavy.

And within a month after Irene had made a decision, Suho proposed. And she said yes. Jackson smiling as his eyes shone with tears that only his mother could recognise. The tears of a lover.

He fixed things. He fixed the ever strained relationship between her mother and grandmother, her eyes watching as he sprouted out the truth about her father and his affair that resulted in their younger sister that her grandmother was so adamant to reject. He opened their eyes to the amount of sacrifices her mother had made his grandmother begging for forgiveness over and over again. And with the final wound sealed the wedding preparations began. Irene and Suho met Wendy at the mall shopping for rings, the truth finally coming out as Mark opened his mouth. Irene took staggering step back running away as Suho tried to run after her. She ran, Wendy instantly phoning Jackson who was in hospital. He pushed himself up pulling out the drips he was connected to and pulling a shirt over his head. And he ran. He ran despite the pain in his chest. He stopped at Suho's house. "You lied to me. You love Irene." "No I don't." "Don't do that. This isn't going to change the truth. She loves you and you love her. Where do I come in this love story?"  "Love stories are made with two hearts Suho and in a few months my heart won't exist in this love story I will be just a memory. You are the reality." "But I don't have the strength to fight a memory Jackson." "You don't have the strength. How can you say that? That means you don't love her as much as I thought you did." "What do you know about my love?" Suho questioned "Irene is my everything. She's my life." "And you'll let go of your life so easily?" Jackson asked challenging him. "Why don't you understand Suho. She will get me only to lose me. Her love is yours all it needs is time and that's something I don't have. If not for yourself. If not for Irene at least do this as a dying mans wish, you can't leave her." "What would you have done in my position Jackson." "I wish I was in your position." He said leaving. He reached Irene moments later as she barrelled into his chest, his hand resting on her head. "Why do you love me so much?" She questioned. "That your willing to drown in grief and hide from me. Jack please." She sobbed, as he held her his own tears falling freely.

She married him, Jackson watching his final wish torture him. He wanted her happy and he did what he set out to do. His health deteriorating. His time nearing faster. His eyes opened looking into their eyes as he interacted with the family who then left leaving her and Suho at his side. He looked at her. "You've gained weight after marriage." He said laughing. She sat on the edge of his bed. "How are you feeling?" She asked. "Fantastic." He replied watching as the sob she tried to contain ripped through. She ran out moments later as Suho sat with Jackson. "Suho....Irene is yours in this life. But in every life after this she will be mine. I'm letting you have her for this life and this life only, she's my other half, she has been in every life before this and will continue to be." He said.

It wasn't long before  he left becoming nothing but a memory. A foundation for all of her other relationships. He was her first and last love. She was his forever, and she waited for the day that death would reunite them.

The end.

Authors note:
Lol this was supposed to be a happy week considering their birthdays are coming up. I hope you like this one shot though, I wanted to try something different so let me know what you think about it in the comment section below. I look forward to hearing back from you guys. Lots of love and best wishes to you all. Stay safe xx