before you / jung jaehyun

thirteen

[ 21st march 2018, 2:43pm ]

aeri walked through the halls, trying to find her locker. she was a mess. she had just been crying, for god knows how many times, over the boy she just lost a day ago.

mark's going to graduate soon in a few months. it'll get better for aeri, right?

since aeri lost jiyeon too, she was alone right now. especially, with no one to talk to.  what was she to do now? without her bestfriend and her boyfriend.

mark walks along the hallway, finding for his locker. his eyes met aeri's for awhile, then it drops to the floor, he tried so hard to avoid eye contact. it was hard for mark too. he really really loved aeri. with his entire heart, but he knew he wasnt the one for her.

aeri locked her locker. her heart dropped when she saw the way mark avoided her. everybody near them were whispering, they were wondering why mark and aeri werent walking side by side anymore. soon, everybody found out the truth - that they broke up.

and rumours spread fast. somebody said that mark broke up with aeri because he was still in love with his ex girlfriend. in reality, aeri broke up with mark, because he was still in love with his ex girlfriend. well, at least they got half of that right.

right at the corner of her eye, she sees her bestfriend jiyeon and her new bestfriend yena. yena was secretly grinning, she was the one that spread the rumour anyway. not a surprise that she did what she did. but when she made eye contact with jiyeon, jiyeon had a look on a face that wasnt like before.

the look. her eyes felt like it was trying to send her a message. usually, they'd make eye contact and jiyeon would roll her eyes. but this time, they both stared each other for quite some time. aeri gave her the stare that said, "i know you did all of this"

although aeri didnt know what jiyeon's eyes were signalling her, but deep down in jiyeon, it meant- "im so sorry for getting you hurt. i didnt mean to"

this time, aeri rolled her eyes and then took her bag and quickly walked out of school. she was exhausted. she didnt want to talk to anyone or even see anyone. she just wanted to go home and rest, cry a little and then do her homework and then sleep.

and that's what she did. and that's what she did for the day after, and the day after that. she carried on like that for a week. she stopped using her phone, she stopped visiting the cafe, and she stopped caring for anybody else.

[ 29th march 2018, 8:54pm ]

aeri was up in her room, working on her chemistry homework, when she heard somebody throwing rocks at her window. at first, aeri thought it was a robber trying to get in, so she grabbed a baseball bat from her parents room before taking a peep out her curtain.

she took a deep breath, she told herself that she wasnt ready to die today. when she took a peep, she realized it wasnt a robber. although the boy did look like a robber. it was jung jaehyun. he was wearing all black, who wouldve thought that he wasnt a robber?

she rolled her eyes, she scared herself for no reason. she quietly opened her window and stuck her head out. jaehyun had his hands in his pocket, he was smiling. she sighed, "do you want to die? i had my baseball bat ready to fight you," she complained.

jaehyun laughed, "you look dumb," was all he said. aeri showed him the middle finger, which only made him laugh even more. and that made aeri chuckle a little. it was the first time aeri had laughed after spending a week in despair crying over her ex boyfriend.