C L O S E R || hwang hyunjin

calling

I had seen Changbin get off the phone. "It seems they know where he is." 
I felt a relief in my chest as I heard that. I sighed and checked the time on my phone.
"Excuse me, we are about to close." I heard Jeongin say. 
"Yeah, sorry." I waved to him. 
"How about we get something?  I mean it's a bit rude to come here without buying anything right?" Changbin smirked and walked up to the counter. "Well, you really don't have to." I flustered my hands. 
"But, I want to." Changbin made a light smile and ordered some tea. "Since it's late I will get some tea."
I looked at him and saw the gentle look. I looked down quickly and walked away. He grabbed the teas and ran up behind me. "Here you go." He handed me the cup as we walked out of the door. 
"I wonder where they found him." We felt the cold come over us. 
"Yeah me too, but they both seem to know him well. I am close to them but I have always felt like a third wheel for every party I have been in, does that make sense?" Changbin shrugged as he looked ahead to the road in front of us. 
"Ah, I guess I am similar in that way too. But, things have changed in the course of months..I feel more at comfort now." I said with a sigh of relief. 
"Ah. Is it because of Hyunjin right?" Changbin made a small laugh.
"Why do you always mention him when you're around me?" I scratched my head and I started to think. "He's right, even if Hyunjin and I haven't known each other long, I felt like he had made a greater impact on me than anyone ever has." With that thought, I started to get a tingling feeling in my heart. I was being drawn to see Hyunjin, I wasn't sure why, but, I wanted to see him. I wanted to be with him. I smiled at the thought of that. 
"So, it is?" Changbin shrugged. "I was hoping to win you over." He made a small smirk and skipped ahead. 
"What is that supposed to me?" I scratched my head.
"Ah, It's nothing. I guess I am drawn to you, wanted to get closer to you, but I feel like something is hindering me from that." I heard a sigh in his breath. 
"Well, I consider you a great friend of mine..and we are close, I think?" I ran up beside him with a smile. "You think so?" He shrugged. "Just a friend huh?"
I started to feel like Changbin wanted to tell me something. "Does he perhaps have feelings...?"
As we approached the street to my home. I saw someone standing across the street, in a long coat. Changbin and I both stopped. 
"It's a Hyunjin." We both muttered. I saw Hyunjin glaring at both of us. We quickly approached him. "What are you still doing up?" Changbin asked.
"Uh, so this is where you went..I was worried about you." Hyunjin had a low voice, he had looked down, shoving his hands in his pockets. I had felt a weird vibe from him. 
"Oh, I was just-" I was trying to say, but he interrupted. "It's okay, I understand." Hyunjin waved his hands with a nervous smile. "Maybe my feelings were mistaken." I saw him glare over at Changbin and brushed his shoulder as he walked away. I wanted to call after him.
"It's late, you should go home. See you later." Changbin waved as he left me in front of my house. I wanted to chase after both of them. But, my heart kept thumping for Hyunjin. "Why did he seem so defensive just now...?"  I started to feel that pull, the urge again, as I approached the door to my house. I wanted to turn back, but the cold was numbing my face, so I had walked in. 
As I looked around I saw Jisung laying on the couch with his arm over his face. "You are finally home, huh?" He muttered, I could barely understand what he was saying. I slowly dragged myself to my room, my eyes were so heavy, but I was fighting the urge to run back to Hyunjin.
"Why am I fighting this?" I whined as I shook my head. "What is stopping me from getting closer to him?" At this moment I felt frozen in time, my head was spinning, and I wasn't sure what to do. I couldn't fall asleep with it spinning in my mind, so I quickly got up. Without even thinking, I had left my house again. I paced forward and looked around frantically. I felt my heart thumping. "Am I just acting upon my emotions? Why does my time seem so still?" I quickly ran up to Hyunjin's door, I was going to knock, but I stopped my hand from hitting the door. "What if he is sleeping?..." I muttered to myself, but I felt the door slowly open.
"What are you doing here?" I quickly looked up to see Hyunjin's gentle face. He looked tired. 
"I-" I didn't know what I was going to say, I wasn't planning anything in my head. I shrugged. "Well, I just felt the urge to come here..something was telling me to see you."
"Oh. Like you were being called to me..?" Hyunjin muttered. 
"Yeah, I don't know. I just couldn't stop thinking about it and it was bothering me, so I just came." I looked down. "Sorry for coming so late, I was just acting on my emotions." I quickly turned around but I felt a grip on my hand. 
"Please stay." by his word I felt my heart start to flutter more and more. "But, why?" I quickly looked back.
"I was calling you and you heard it..I guess I was right, but I thought I was wrong when I saw you and Changbin together."
I turned around so I could face him again. "What do you mean?" I gulped. 
Hyunjin looked up at me with a glare. "Our hearts are connected, Annie. Haven't you noticed that?" 
By the glare he was giving me, I felt my heart rushing more and more, I felt my body start to heat up. "Uh, our hearts..?" 
"Yeah, I realize that now." Hyunjin's glare turned into a quick smile. He turned around and walked deeper into his house. I slowly walked in, closing the door behind me. "I tried to avoid it, but I couldn't. I tried to take Seungmin's advice and ignore you but I just couldn't." But his words I was getting more and more drawn to him.
"My father, my father passed his ability to me, the ability to slow a person time down, to long their life, but the thing is I have no control over it, it just comes to whoever grows love for me..and I have noticed that in you." What Hyunjin was saying, wasn't easy for me to comprehend. "Wait...is your father-"
"Park Jinyoung, yes. I took the last name of my mother when my father passed away. I didn't want anyone to trace his name back to me, I didn't want anyone to be in danger, and yet-" The way Hyunjin was speaking I could tell the hurt in his voice. There was only one thing I felt to do, without a blink of an eye, I quickly ran up behind him and gave him a hug from behind. "It wasn't your fault at all," I didn't know what to say or feel. I just held tightly onto him. I felt the warmth of his body and the rapid beating of my heart. 
Hyunjin just stood still, letting me hug him. The room filled with silence but my heart was all but silent. I wanted to tell him everything but yet couldn't find the right words to. "You should head home," Hyunjin suggested. 
"I don't want to leave," I muttered. Hyunjin grabbed my hands and turned around. I slowly lowered my hands. "You are really tired, right?" I saw that Hyunjin was tired too. I made a slight nod. "I will go home so you should rest." I turned around, with a smile grown on my face. I knew the truth about him, but I didn't think about that at all. I could think about was him. I made a small wave goodbye and went back to my house. But, by the time I had walked into my room I started to see the sun start to rise. I made a big yawn. "Already?" I muttered to myself as I rubbed my eyes. I laid in my bed hoping to get some sleep before I had to go to school and work, but I couldn't get my heart or mind to calm down.

I carried myself through the halls wondering: "What is going to happen next? Why do I feel like something is going to happen soon?"I looked around because I felt a weird vibe. I looked around to see if I could find anyone I knew, and I saw Changbin and Minho chatting. I quickly ran up to them. "So, did you find Felix..? You never called me yesterday." I scratched my head. 
"Oh yeah, you should thank Macy for that." Minho scuffed. 
"Oh?" 
"Yeah, did she tell you?"
"Tell me what?" 
I looked around and saw Macy walking down the halls, holding onto books. 
"What?" I gasped. She ran up to me with a smile.
"I thought you were supposed to go back to your school?"
"I decided to transfer..I mean, I can still do what I love while being around my friends right? I did learn a lot already and I was putting it off for so long so.." Macy looked down with a pout. 
"I- I wasn't expecting that." I scratched my head. "So what made you decide you wanted to switch?"
"I will tell you later." Macy shrugged and walked away with a slight smile on her face.
"What is up with her?"
"Well, If you couldn't tell she has an admiration for Felix." Minho laughed. "Ahhh. I see, so she wants to be here for him so she could get closer to him right?" I took a deep breath as I watched Macy walk down the hallway to class. 
"Yeah, but I mean, why would she risk her whole career for him? Our parents aren't too happy about it." As Minho Shrugged the bell rang and we quickly went to the classes. I quickly ran in and sat beside Hyunjin who was already there, I made a big yawn.
I noticed That a lot of new people were in our class and things were quickly changing. Eric sitting next to Gracie, and Macy sitting right behind Felix, next to Changbin. My mind couldn't focus on all that was happening. I quickly shook my head and buried my head in my arms on my desk.
"Ah. How has your week been?" I heard Chan say. A bunch of moans hovered over the whole class. 
I felt a nudge on my shoulder I peaked my eyes through my arms to see Hyunjin leaning down at me. "Did you rest well?" He whispered with a smile. 
I felt my face start to get red but I buried my face again so he wouldn't see it. "No, I didn't get any sleep at all," I whined. 
"Ah, Maybe I can let you rest in the club room again. Hehe, that was a nice time..being there beside you." I saw him make a giggle, but I have never seen him like this before. My heart started to rush. "What does he mean by this? Why is he acting this way?" I flustered to myself. 
I peaked my eyes, to see him looking straight at Chan while he was talking. I saw his soft smile and the softness of his skin. His calming face, the sparkle in his eye. He looked happy. I felt my heart racing, and my chest getting super hot. I gulped and muttered the words: "I love you."
"Hm?" Hyunjin darted his eyes towards me. I wasn't sure why I said that but my heart was racing. "Did you hear what I said?" My eyes widened. 
"No?" Hyunjin made a quick pout. 
"Okay good." I made a bit sigh of relief, I sat up. I shrugged back and looked ahead. 
"What did you say?" Hyunjin looked over at me with beating eyes.
"Nothing." I crossed my arms. 
"That's not true." He whined. 
I didn't say anything but, Hyunjin was making me smile. "Look ahead." I pointed with a whisper. Deep down I didn't know what I was thinking when I was saying that, but I couldn't get rid of the smile on my face.
"Thank goodness he didn't hear what I said." I laughed to myself.