"What the heck did I just tell him to do?!" Ningning got back to her senses when she remembered that she told Jisung to give Renjun the letter she wrote. The thing is, she even told Jisung that she doesn't care if he tells him the truth or not.
"Unnie, do you have a power bank? Please, I badly need it!" Ningning asked Koeun, who was seated at the front seat of the car.
Koeun raised a brow, but searched her bag for the power bank the younger was asking for. "Here." She said, handing her the power bank.
"Thank you so much~"
Ningning grabbed her phone that already went off. She connected her phone to the power bank and prayed that Jisung was still awake.
It was already 10 in the evening, and they were still on their way home. They had a formal meeting to attend to, which explains why they're still outside.
'Yah, Jisung!!!! Are you still up?!?!?!?!' She wuickly pressed send and took a deep breath.
Moments later, her phone vibrated and she was relieved to see a reply from Jisung.
'Because you woke me up? Yes.'
She rolled her eyes and replied. 'Have you—'
She stopped typing when another message from Jisung arrived. 'I'm sorry but Renjun-hyung asked me to... throw your letter away. I don't want to tell you this but I feel like I had to...'
She took a deep breath and smiled bitterly. 'It's okay, Jisung-ah. Did you tell him that it was from me?'
She locked her phone and looked outside. They were already near their dorm. She also noticed that her friends were already fast asleep. She was the only one in their van who was still awake, except for the driver, of course.
Her phone vibrated and saw another message from Jisung. 'Of course I did not.' She sighed in relief when she saw the message. She then continued reading the rest of his message. 'Otherwise he'll gladly accept he letter if I told him that it was from you.'
'Alright, alright. Thank you, Pwark.'
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"Wait, he really said that?" Chenle asked Jisung, not believing what he's hearing. "He rejected Ningning's letter again?"
Jisung nodded and clutched onto the strap of his bag. "Yeah, and I kinda feel sorry towards Ningning really bad... it seems like she likes Renjun-hyung that much."
Chenle sighed. "It doesn't look like it's a simple crush anymore. She could've fallen for him already."
"Renjun-hyung should stop being a cocky airhead before they both get hurt. Like, real bad." Jisung said which made Chenle laugh. "Renjun-hyung also looks like he likes her."
Chenle nodded, agreeing with what the younger boy said. "But is still in-denial."
They both sighed, thinking about what they should do with Renjun. It's not just Renjun they're thinking about, but also Mark, who looked like he was about to give up.
He would look at his phone, every now and day, just waiting for her reply. If it was possible, he would even stay up 24/7.
"Mark-hyung too..." Chenle sighed. "I know that he's really worried about Eun-noona... I also know that he misses her... but I'm also worried about Mark-hyung."
Jisung nodded. "We all miss Eunmi-noona... but the least we can do now is to wish for her success."
"What are my two babies talking about? And why do you look so serious?~" Taeyong swung his arms around the two of them and pinched their cheeks.
"Oh, hyung." Jisung greeted.
Chenle shook his head, "It's just about Renjun-hyung... oh, and Mark-hyung too." He said.
Taeyong stood up properly. "I understand that you're talking about Mark..." He nodded. "But what about Renjun?"
Jisung sighed. "Hyung, Ningning asked me to give him another letter." He said. "Renjun-hyung just asked me to thrownit away."
Taeyong raised a brow, "Did you tell him that it was from Ningning?" He asked.
The youngest of the three shook his head, "Of course I didn't... otherwise he'll gladly accept it if I told him that it's from Ningning." He said.
Taeyong nodded, realizing that Jisung was right. "But did you throw it away?"
"I didn't. It's in my drawer. Just in case he'll change his mind."
"Did you read it?" Chenle asked.
"Why would I?!"
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Renjun entered the locker room, and to his mild surprise. He saw Ningning standing in front of her locker.
"Ningning...." He approached the younger quietly.
These past few days, he's quite bothered that the girl was subtly ignoring him. He doesn't know why, but he's kinda used that they talk every time they see each other.
But these past few days, Ningning was ignoring him, and he doesn't know why. Maybe she's busy, but she can't be that busy to tell me that she got lots of things to do, right? Maybe she's not in the mood for a talk, but she always talks to me! Maybe I did something wrong, but what did I do?!
Ningning slowly turned around and faced Renjun. "Oh, hey..." The corners of her lips tugged upwards when she saw Renjun.
And somehow, he was relieved when he saw her smile. It feels like a thousand knives has been removed from his heart.
The girl suddenly remembered that she ignored him these past few days. She looked down, feeling horrible at the thought.
"Look, these past few days..." She started. "I'm sorry if I acted.... bad. I'm sorry if I ignored you and acted like a total wench. It's just that... I've been busy with school works and I don't just want my time to be wasted.... Well, I'm not saying that you're a waste of time!" She quickly raised her hand and shook it, signaling a 'no'. It made Renjun laugh. "Yeah... I'm sorry..." She sighed and looked down.
She doesn't even remember the exact reason why she decided to ignore Renjun anyways. It's not like the guy knows that she's yz.
It's not like they're the best of friends.
Schoolworks? But Chenle and Jisung aren't doing any schoolwork at the moment. To think that Chenle is even the first in their class...
Renjun smiled. He was amused at the girl in front of him. They weren't really the best of friends, and yet they bicker like a couple— wait, what couple?
He placed his hands on her shoulder, and the next things that happened shocked the girl.
Renjun was hugging her.
"G-Ge—"
"I told you not to call me gege!" He said in their mother tongue.
She chuckled and decided to hug back. "Alright, Renjun."
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That night, Renjun was smiling, and his room mate was starting to be creeped out. He would silently squeal and smile and laugh and smile over and over again.
Jisung wanted to ask why, but Renjun looked too happy. He also wanted to give him another letter that Ningning asked him to give, but he also doesn't want to ruin Renjun's mood.
It's been a while since he saw Renjun smile like that.
He sighed, deciding to place the letter inside his drawer like he did with the last one.
—tbc
i hope i'm not too late for the update ㅠ.ㅠ it was our recognition last friday, and i went back to my hometown yesterday. also, i wasn't feeling really good last night, that's why i couldn't update~ i'm back now, though✨