.harin pov.
'stop it!' i said, teasingly hitting his arm.
'sorry, jagiya. you're just so cute.'
'aww thanks. oh by the way, minkyu-ya, let's take a selfie while we're here!'
'you know, jagi, that's the first time you've called me by my name since we started dating, but i'm not complaining.' he smiled and my heart pounded, but i couldn't stop thinking about how seungwoo used to make me feel like this. 'yah, are you okay?' he noticed the change in my expression, 'did i make you upset? sorry.'
'no, no. it's nothing. let's just take the pic.'
.ffwd.
'class, who's missing today?' ms kwon asked while banging her ruler on her table.
'seungwoo, again.' jo yuri, the class prez, said with annoyance.
'again?! he's been gone for over a week! is he sick? did something happen to him?'
minkyu and i looked at each other, and in the corner of my eyes i could see yena looking at our direction.
without warning, the door suddenly slammed open to seungwoo with a black hoodie and the hood over his head.
^pretend that's a hoodie
he looked empty. like his life was drained out of his body. mumbles started filling the room. i overheard some, like 'i heard his mom and dad got divorced, that's why he didn't come to school lately.' to worse ones like, 'i heard he got harin pregnant and left her and the baby. but the worst part is, harin aborted the baby.'
i tried to shake those rumors off, and just shrugged my shoulders. seungwoo looked at my direction, where he was supposed to sit next to me, but his seat was occupied by my new boyfriend, kim minkyu. he looked pissed, and took the seat behind mine. he laid his back to his chair and took his hood off.
he looked as if he was about to cry, but he held it in. his eyes finally landed on mine, and we glared at each other, until he suddenly scoffed and looked to yuri and she stared back. til i noticed he winked at her. my heart stung a little, until minkyu noticed me and held my hand tightly. he mouthed an 'it's okay.' and i felt reassured as i pasted a flat smile on my face.
'yah, han seungwoo. care to explain?' ms kwon said.
'no.' he said plainly.
'do you think you're better than me now? detention!' she slammed her ruler once again.
'ms kwon, i think you misheard him. he said 'well' but you might have overheard it!' yuri suddenly blabbed.
'you too, young lady. detention to you both!' from the corner of my eye i saw seungwoo smirk and that's where i realised that he actually did use me.
i looked down in disappointment as tears started to form on my eyes.
'yah! jung harin, are you crying?! you must be on his side too, detention you three!' she said again, angrier.
'wait, ms i can explain!' minkyu stood up for me.
'four of you, detention! after school, this classroom.'
'fuck.. so much for standing up for me, jagiya.' i chuckled. and ms kwon left.
jagiya. that word killed seungwoo to the core. he choked at his own saliva and stared with wide eyes at me. 'yah, harin-ah. stop calling him that. you know we haven't broken up right?' he said softly to me, while tucking on my flannel.
his voice made my heart flutter and his touch made it sink. 'y-yah, go away. i don't want to talk to you.' i said. yuri looked at me with this annoying bitch face. seungwoo looked over at her and she instantly changed into a smile, 'yah, you say we haven't broken up and you still look at other girls?' i said to him, my eyes flooded with salty tears.
'you dated someone else without me knowing.' he snapped back.
'you cheated on me with my best friend. now fuck off from me!' i saw yena look at me after i said that, and i stood up and sat on the empty seat for extra students, before minkyu shortly followed me.
he held my hand and he said, 'it's okay, harin-ah.'
'no it's not. you always say it's okay, but to me it's not.'
'he doesn't matter to you, you dated the wrong guy and i'm here to heal your scars.'
i sniffled and looked at him with teary eyes, 'are you?'
he flashed a sweet grin.
.flashback.
as i read the letter my heart shattered into a million pieces. it's like someone just hammered it and stepped on it after. his words made my knees feel weak. i shed a tear. 'you fucking bitch. you cheated on me with my best friend and you still want to use me. among all the toys in the world you decided to play with my fucking feelings. fuck you.' i said softly as my voice cracked in between every word.
i felt two arms wrap me up from behind, 'honey, you'll get through this.'
'i'm sorry i lied to you mom.'
i turned back and pulled her into my embrace. her smell reminded me of seungwoo, it made me feel like i was in seungwoo's arms.
.ffwd.
i promised to meet minkyu in the cafe, and when i entered i saw minkyu wave at me enthusiastically, until he noticed my gloomy expression. his smile quickly turned into a worried frown and he swiftly pulled me to his embrace. i was shocked by his sudden action, but hugged him back anyway. 'do you mind telling me what happened?' i nodded and we sat on the table he sat on earlier.
'no way! gosh, i knew it was about that bitch.' he said while curling his fingers into a tight fist. i held his fists and told him it's okay and that i'll heal quickly. his hands released themselves from the tight ball and held mine. 'harin-ah, i promise i'll be there for you. please stay with me, forever. let's be best friends.' he paused and stopped smiling, 'wait, i want to be more than best friends,' he looked down in embarrassment. before i could reply, he suddenly took his hands off me, 'yah, minkyu you dumbass, she has a boyfriend. what are you doing?!' i smiled at him being nervous and scratching the back of his neck.
i took his hands back, 'minkyu-ya.' i smiled, and he looked up at me. he slowly flashed a sweet and tender grin. the feeling i felt at this time was a feeling that only one person could make me feel back then. seungwoo.
he brought our faces closer and the gap between our lips slowly closed.
.end of flashback.
'jagiya, saranghae.' i said with glistening eyes.
'yah, i told you to stop!'