Seungcheol suddenly stood up from his seat, "Where are you going?" Yeoreum asked and stood up too. They caught everyone's attention and it made Minhyuk stop from what he is doing.
Seungcheol looked at Jeonghan and Minhyuk, fixing their posture and he sighed. "Somewhere," Seungcheol answered, but with Yeoreum's fast movements, she followed Seungcheol out of the cafeteria.
"Whoa. That was kinda tensed and awkward." Jihoon whistled, while Seungkwan smiled in victory.
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"Yah! What's happening to you?!" Yeoreum shouted, asking. No one's in the hallways anyway.
Seungcheol didn't answer, and instead he kept walking away. Yeoreum started to chase him again!
"Yah Choi Seungcheol!" She called out.
She tried so much to catch up with him, and she succeeded. She stopped him from walking away.
"What is wrong with you?!" Yeoreum asked, trying to catch her breath. Seungcheol avoided her gaze.
Seungcheol doesn't even know what's happening to him. He's quite sure that he's already healed. But, he's confused now that Jeonghan is finally back.
"Don't tell me you still love him?!" Yeoreum already got a hunch, but asking that question hurts her so much.
"Seungcheol, Uncle Choi is already planning both of our futures already! It's been years!" Yeoreum shouted and couldn't control her tears!
"I don't know, Yeoreum okay?! I don't know!" Seungcheol shouted in frustration and catches his breath. Inhale, exhale.
"How come you don't know, Cheol, huh? Cheol ask yourself! Did you already moved on or not?!" Yeoreum directly asked and pointed at Seungcheol's heart.
"Cheol, you will never start a new life ahead of you if you will keep on going back to him." Yeoreum calmly waking Seungcheol up from the reality.
"He's not meant for you, Cheol." Yeoreum slowly bursted into tears.
Yeoreum sighed and wiped off her tears, "Can't you see? He already moved on, Cheol. He isn't affected with your presence at all." Yeoreum tries to wake him up to reality.
"Don't you notice that? And probably, he might end up with Minhyuk!" Yeoreum shouted, and calms herself down. "Don't hurt yourself, Cheol. You deserve more than that." Yeoreum caresses Seungcheol's cheek.
With all of what Yeoreum said, Seungcheol's knees slowly weakens. He slowly sat down on the ground and cried loudly. Lucky them, there are no students around that area.
Yeoreum who's also in pain, seeing the man she loves looking like this, hugged Seungcheol, making him feel that he's not alone. That he has someone to go to for comfort.
"I'm here, Cheol. I'm here." Yeoreum said and continues to pat his head and back.
"I wish it was you whom I loved."
Jeonghan's heart broke hearing those words from Seungcheol. "I told you. You need to be ready for this kind of scenarios." Minhyuk said, who's leaning on the wall and stares out of nowhere before turning his head on Jeonghan who's leaning also on the wall and cries silently.
"It's almost three years, Han. We can't control his feelings if it changes. You need to accept it." Minhyuk said.
Jeonghan sighed, before wiping his tears off. "I'm not here for him anyway. I'm here for Miyeon." Jeonghan fixes his posture and removes himself from leaning.
"But why are you crying?" Minhyuk asked and stood up straight. He walked towards Jeonghan who's now lowering his head.
Minhyuk lifted up Jeonghan's face and wiped off Jeonghan's tears using his thumb. "I won't get tired of wiping off your tears if I must to." Minhyuk cupped both of Jeonghan's cheeks.
Jeonghan's eyes are getting puffy and red, that's why Minhyuk decided to ruffle Jeonghan's hair. "Let's go back to the classroom. Fix yourself first. You look like an elementary school student who got rejected by his crush." Minhyuk cracked out a joke, which somehow, made Jeonghan laugh even for a bit.
"You're too hard-headed! You never listen to me, tch." Minhyuk wrapped his arms around Jeonghan as they walk towards their classroom.
'We might stay like friends forever and we might not get any far from that, I'm already fine with that as long as you're happy.' - Minhyuk.
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- 10.16.21
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