Jisoo deliberated about it for a while more, but eventually decided against doing so. She took a deep breath and put her phone aside, staring outside the window as she waited patiently, listening to the quiet tick-tocking of her watch fill the empty art room.
And finally, when a gruelling fifteen minutes of waiting was up, Jisoo didn't want to admit it. Taehyung had never stood her up like that before. Looking down into her phone, she had a weird feeling in her gut that he wasn't late - he just wasn't coming.
And the Instagram message arrived in her inbox at that very moment.
[@sooyaaa_] @kmthyng_ has sent you a direct message.
With her hands trembling, Jisoo hovered a finger over the notification and slowly pressed down. The message popped up on her screen at once, shattering her heart into a million pieces.
@kmthyng_: hi, jisoo. as you're reading this, you must be probably wondering why i'm late. the answer is that... i'm not late, i just never intended to show up. i know you might be confused right now, wondering why i told you to meet me there if i'm not going to show up anyway... well, i told you that i was going to give you an answer to your confession yesterday, right? i'm not there... and that's my answer. i'm sorry.
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Jisoo had tears in her eyes as she read the last sentence. That was his answer? Why did he have to do this? Why did he have to get her hopes so high, imagining about all the possibilities between them, only to leave her all alone in the art class waiting for him? Why did he have to do something so cruel to her? It wasn't like him-
Jisoo began typing back quickly, but deleted everything at once, because of how pathetic it made her look. She could be heartbroken, but she had to keep her head high. Jisoo swallowed hard as she erased the message and dialled Jennie's number into her phone instead. The phone rang three times and the call was through.
"Hello? Unnie!" Jennie said softly. "Did you manage to get hold of him? Or did he arrive? What did he say! Are y'all a couple now or what? Tell me! I'm so curious!"
Jisoo choked up upon hearing Jennie's excited voice coming from the opposite end of the line.
"Unnie...?" Jennie continued hesitantly, clearly sensing that something was wrong. "He came, didn't he?"
Jisoo let out a tiny wail.
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