༊*·˚ fools
when she got back into the room, donghyuck was fast asleep, snoring soundly and occupying the majority of the bed so she decided to stay awake and shower. by the time she was finished getting ready, it was six and breakfast was being served so she took the opportunity of having an empty dining hall and the food being fresh out the kitchen.
there was a variety of options and hyerin took one of each to try them all. besides that, she didn't know when lunch would be and she didn't have any snacks laying around.
by the time she was back in their room, that's when the majority of the others were waking up. donghyuck? he was still fast asleep in the bed. he'd never been much of a morning person so hyerin was happy at least that part of him hadn't changed either.
none of her friends were awake either because they too were night owls apart from dongmin so she sent him a message to hang out. she needed to speak with him about the other two anyway.
"i'm surprised you're awake so early," he mumbled when he greeted her.
"i couldn't sleep," she admitted.
dongmin's face fell and his lips curved into a frown. he knew that whenever she "couldn't sleep" it was because of the nightmares.
"you okay?"
"trying." she let out a frustrated sigh. "anyways, have you had breakfast?"
he nodded. "have you?"
she nodded. "good. now let's go for a walk."
the two friends walked for a while talking about minor, unimportant things to keep the conversation going.
"how's sharing a room with donghyuck?" he questioned.
"it's... okay. i don't mind it. i don't think he does either. i guess we just act like either of us aren't there," she admitted.
he let out a breath. "why don't you talk to him?"
"about what?"
"something. anything."
"i can barely talk to him without him bursting into flames." she snorted.
"why don't you try to find out what got you in this position anyways?"
they stopped at a crossing point. "you think i havent tried?"
he pressed the button. "try harder. try to get it out of him. stand your ground if he starts snapping."
hyerin kept her lips sealed and they changed the conversation topic.
the two friends walked around for a little while until a message was sent to their group chat from myunghee asking their whereabouts so they headed back to the hotel.
she met donghyuck on her way past the dining area - they brushed past each other with little regard to one another that it even made renjun look at them weirdly.
"what was that?" he questioned to donghyuck.
"what was what?" he muttered.
"that. with you and hyerin."
"there's nothing with me and hyerin." he grabbed a plate to put some fruits for his breakfast.
renjun didn't speak any more after that knowing that donghyuck would probably not be willing to talk about it.
after breakfast, all the students gathered by the hotel lobby waiting for the teacher to arrive in their pairs. donghyuck was looking everywhere other than her and she was looking at him.
"are you ignoring me?"
he glanced down at her. "why would i be doing that?"
"that's what i thought." she turned away, crossing her arms.
they hopped onto a bus which led them to their destination for the day. them and other students gave their presentations which, despite them not teamworking like they should, went really well. it seemed like donghyuck cared enough about his grades to put at least some effort in.
in the evening at the hotel, she was rummaging through her luggage in search for something when the door closed behind her and she peered over her shoulder to see him once more.
"are you not going to tell me what happened this morning?"
he stood poised by the bed with his hands crossed over his chest looking demanding.
she got up from the floor and turned to him. "what happened this morning?"
"when you woke up in a cold sweat."
she pursed her lips and glanced off to the floor. "i was having a nightmare."
"about what?"
"why are you interrogating me?"
"you seemed really scared so i want to know. did something happen?"
"and what if it had? what's it to do with you?" she shot back.
he lowered his brows, sensing she was starting an argument. "i'm just asking what happened to you so i can understand. you don't have to start screaming at me."
she scoffed. "we're incapable of having a civilised conversation now you know that, right?"
"because you start to get defensive."
"me?" she pointed a finger at him. "don't act like this is on you."
he appeared confused with his brows knitted together. "what's that supposed to mean?"
"you know what? never mind. i'm sorry for waking you up. next time i'll just not sleep at all or sleep on the chair so your highness doesn't get woken up from his beauty sleep."
his voice softened. "why are you like this to me?"
she blinked once then twice and laughed. "you can't be serious. donghyuck, you were the one that turned around one day and decided to be a dick to me without any explanation. years of friendship down the toilet overnight and i never got an explanation why."
"you know why," he replied, sternly.
her mind flashed back to last night.
"don't you think it's time for you to just move on? it's been two years, hyuck, she's probably forgotten about it and you will too. you threw away a friendship with her just because you saw her with junmin. you probably don't even know the full story."
"jun...min?"
even saying his name cost everything in her to not throw up.
"there we go!"
every single interaction she'd had with junmin ran through her mind soo she could pinpoint which one donghyuck could've seen including that one.
and that's when it clicked in her mind.
her eyes widened in realisation and she slapped a hand over her mouth to conceal a gasp from coming out. tears brimmed her eyes as she looked at him standing in front of her appearing confused.
"get out."
"what?"
"i said get out. leave!" she shouted.
"no, why should i-"
she couldn't be in the same room as him so if he wouldn't leave, she would instead and slammed the door behind her she feared she could've knocked it off its hinges.
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apologies for taking so long. i had covid and writers block wasn't helping (: