I'm Not Cold; Just Scared

~~\(T_T) Chapter 43 (T_T)/~~ <Out of the ordinary>

Married to someone he didn't love.

Mr. Bae tried to think of a way to stop her from going to Seoul, or at least delay her going there. He was sure that when she found out he had left, she'd go there immediately.

"I'll call Dahyun first, in case she knows anything" She muttered, dialing the girl's number on her phone. After a few rings, she picked up.

"Hello?"

"Hello, Dahyun darling. I was wondering, do you have any idea where Jinyoung is? He isn't at home"

On the other side of the call, Dahyun smiled to herself when she realized that Jinyoung really had left. 

"Oh auntie, we had to go to school earlier than usual today so I picked him up at 6.45. We're already at the school" she lied. It was better to lie and have the woman at ease. 

Dahyun knew that Mrs. Bae would know about her lie when school finished, but that didn't matter. It would buy Jinyoung some time for sure. Thank god the boy had given her Daehwi's number to call him incase something happened. 

She could literally hear Mrs. Bae calming down. "Ah, is that so? Then thank you for picking him up, Dahyun. I'm sorry for troubling you"

"See, you worried about it for nothing" Mr. Bae said gruffly, trying to hide his surprise. So Dahyun knew about Jinyoung leaving Jindo? When did he tell her? And was she teaming up with him against her? Did the girl actually lie in order to buy Jinyoung more time?

Even if she did that, his wife would find out about the truth sooner or later. He just hoped Jinyoung (and his boyfriend) would be safe.

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Seoul 

It was a completely normal morning for Hyungseob, only today, his mom wasn't at home. She had however given him a long ass list of chores that had to be done. 

He was cleaning the windows when something caught his attention. A blonde haired guy, wearing a black hoodie was approaching his house. Feeling weirded out, he peeked closer. The stranger kinda looked like a drug dealer.

Why is he coming closer to my house?

Is he a thief? What if he breaks in? Ahh I'm too young to die!

Am I overreacting? Yes I am!

Sheesh, why is he coming even closer?!

The stranger suddenly stopped and looked up at the house and for a split second, Hyungseob felt as if his heart had fallen out of his chest.

"Is that...Jinyoung?" he mumbled to himself. 

No way, it couldn't be right? According to Seonho, he had seen Jinyoung in Jindo just the day before! Why was he suddenly in Seoul? It couldn't be him. He was just imagining things. 

The twenty year old started at the window blankly, even though the stranger had long gone. What if it really was Jinyoung? A sudden bang on the door shook him out of his thoughts. He made his way downstairs, still feeling uneasy.

"Woojin? Why are you here" He asked, opening the door.

Woojin stepped inside, pouting. "Why? Can't I come over to my boyfriend's house, hmm?" He whined, hugging the boy.

Hyungseob rolled his eyes, though he was smiling. "Tell me the real reason why you came. There has to be something, otherwise the Woojin I know wouldn't get out of bed before 10am."

"Ugh" The snaggle toothed boy groaned. "The kids don't have school today so they're all at my place. They're so noisy and it's annoying so I wanted to be with you"