On and Offline - 사랑해 [Part 2 of New Text Received]

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Aria's POV

It was already bright outside when I woke up. Yesterday I had received a call from Lee Know who told me Alison had apparently fought with Jisung again and that he would need to rush to his friend now. I had gotten extremely worried about Alison but also about Jisung and I had really wondered what happened as I had just left her with Lucas, our childhood friend. I had texted her multiple times and had also tried to call her but she wouldn't pick up the phone. When I hadn't been able to sit still any longer I had rushed down to the lobby and outside the building. Ally had been sitting on a bench looking wretched, tired and tear-stained. I had immediately hugged her tightly and later on she had explained everything to me. I'd felt guilty that I had left her with Lucas but on the other hand I couldn't have known. I had made food for us which she shoved into her mouth at an extreme pace. I reckon she didn't want to tear up again.

I got up from the bed and wanted to make my way to the bathroom when Ally moved a little. "Morning, honey", I hummed and smiled. "Morning", she answered and yawned. "I'll get changed real quick and then we can get brekky if you want, eh?", I asked softly and dragged my clothes out of my suitcase. "Hmhm..." Ally streched several times and sat up on the bed. When I had finished changing I turned around with arms akimbo and grinned. "Ready?" The girl still sitting on the bed in her pjs suddenly raised her eyebrows and twisted her mouth to a suppressed laugh. "What?" I raised my eyebrow as well. I didn't think this outfit was that bad! Alison covered her mouth with her hand. "Ari, I think you should wear another shirt", she kept chuckling. "What's wrong with my current shirt?" "It's a little ... revealing. You should wear a hoodie or something tight on the collar..." "Revealing? Bitch, please, what's revealing? This is neither a crop top nor does it have spaghetti straps or anything. It's a normal shirt. And by the way, what the heck? A hoodie in summer? You want me to die?" What the heck was she up to? I didn't wanna get a head stroke in this heat. "Uhm...alright so I think you might die if you DON'T wear a hoodie. I recommend looking into the mirror over there..." I kept looking at her somewhat confused while I made my way to the mirror. My eyes grew big. No... He didn't- Alison saw my face in the mirror and burst out laughing. "Guess I'm your lifesaver right here, am I right?", she snickered and finally started to get changed as well. "He's dead! I swear to god. This. man. is. dead!" "So that's why you left so quickly yesterday?", Alison still continued grinning. "Ah it's not-" "Yeah sure! That hickey appeared by talking for sure", she made fun of me and searched my suitcase for something I could wear to cover it. "That's not what I'm saying...but it was embarrassing enough that Hyunjin barged in and now this?!" Ally paused. "Wait, Hyunjin barged in? Ahahahaha. You're really dead. If Hyunjin knows, everyone knows by now!" She chucked a hoodie to me and then went to get ready in the bathroom. "Thanks for your encouragement, bitch..." I pulled the hoodie over my head and checked the mirror. "It still won't cover it ahhh", I whined. "Guess you need to wear your hair loosely today", the voice from the bathroom tossed in. "I will die in the heat of New Zealand. I actually wanted to die in my native country but it seems I will have a Kiwi death. What a shame~" Suddenly Alison's phone vibrated and her face got serious. "Is it...Jisung? Or... Lee Know?", I asked cautiously. "Lee Know...I will read it later...I don't wanna think about this right now", she answered gloomily. "Alright..." "Uhm Ari? Can we please not have brekky at the hotel? I really don't wanna face him right now. I don't feel strong enough. Not yet..." I nodded. "I'll find us a bakery or something like that. "Thank you", she murmured warmly and smiled.

"Aria!", I heard a voice behind me when Ally and I were about to leave the hotel to find something to eat. I turned around and saw Chris. Who else. "Lol are you tired of life? Why the heck are you wearing a hoodie? The temperature is like 38°C!" "Uhhh... it's not that hot, is it?", I replied sillily. "Anyway, where are you going? Are you not having brekky with us?" "No, sorry. Alison had some problem with Jisung. It's bad. She doesn't feel strong enough to face him yet..." "Oh...I see. Be careful", he replied, stroke away my hair and kissed my cheek. Suddenly he paused. Yup. He saw it. You are the culprit why I need to walk around like this, you moron! Chris chuckled. "Oops..." "Shove it up your arse, idiot!", I countered and glared at him. He just kept grinning. "Now go and get something to eat with Alison and be here again by 2pm at the latest. We still have a concert and then we'll fly to Melbourne~" "Yes and after Melbourne we'll go to Sydney and I'm so excited to see my parents again. Though my dad is probably still on his super important business trip. But Mum will be there for sure! She will love you, I'm sure", I cheered. "Ah yeah...I hope so. I'll go back in now. See you two later~" He gently put my hair in front again and grinned. I smacked his head and headed to Alison again. "Dickhead...", I puffed. "He saw it?" "Yeah... let's go, mate. I'm bloody hungry"