3 am and jeonghan was wide awake, staring at the ceiling of his bedroom. If it wouldn't be raining outside he could have been on the beach for a nice walk. Or on one of his trips to the 24/7 convenient store. But for now he just had to do it with a boring ceiling in his teenage room.
For the nth time he shifted his position but for some reason finding comfort was nearly impossible. And it annoyed the hell out of him. Until he decided it was enough and he would let his friends suffer together with him. He grabbed his phone from his nightstand and walked over to his window, sitting on the windowsill and listening to the steady sound of raindrops falling.
jeonghoes: guys
jeonghoes: guys
jeonghoes: guys
jeonghoes: guys
jeonghoes: guys
jeonghoes: guys
jeonghoes: guys
jeonghoes: guys
jeon wontoes: say the word guys one more time and i swear i come over to break your neck like a twig
jeonghoes: guys
jeon wontoes: that's it.
american dude: literally guys it's 3 am
american dude: let me sleep
jeonghoes: i can't sleep
american dude: make yourself some warm milk and stop bothering me
american dude: goodnight
jeonghoes: nooooo come back!
american dude: what
jeonghoes: aren't we friends for a reason?
jeonghoes: i'm happy, you happy
jeonghoes: i suffer, you suffer too
american dude: i hate you and your stupid theories
jeonghoes: i love you too<3 :))
energetic kid: so
energetic kid: i'm asking you politely
energetic kid: but please turn my name back into something that's actually not offensive??
jeon wontoes: sorry to disappoint you but jeonghan doesn't have the words 'not offensive' in his dictionary
energetic kid: you're right:(
american dude: ^^
jeonghoes: don't be like that:( i can be nice!
energetic kid: PROVE IT
energetic kid: I DARE YOU
[jeonghoes changed 'energetic kid' to 'hamster']
hamster: THAT
hamster: is actually kinda cute love you hannieeeeee<33333
jeonghoes: love you too baby sooonnnn<3333
american dude: i hate y'all
[jeonghoes changed 'american dude' to 'americano']
jeonghoes: that's better
americano: i hate you the most among you all
[jeon wontoes changed 'jeonghoes' to 'jeongtoes']
jeon wontoes: about the suffering together part huh?
jeon wontoes: i officially welcome you to my toe squad
jeon wontoes: although i still don't understand what's wrong with my toes
jeongtoes: y'all see that?
jeongtoes: i sold my soul to a toe
americano: this conversation is literally getting weirder every message
americano: can you just go to sleep i'm begging you??
hamster: i'm kinda enjoying this ngl
jeon wontoes: it's called midnight thoughts
jeon wontoes: respect our toes
jeongtoes: yeah man, respect the toes
americano: literally what cult did i join when i decided to become friends with you??
hamster: I'M WHEEZING
[jeongtoes changed 'americano' to 'americatoe']
jeongtoes: the toe cult, now shut up and respect the toes:)
americatoe: i hate you:)
jeongtoes: no you don't:)
americatoe: yes i do:)
hamster: i wanna join the toe cult tho:(
[jeon wontoes changed 'hamster' to 'soontoe']
jeon wontoes: here you go
soontoe: YES THANK YOU! LOVE YOU WONTOE
jeon wontoes: ew go away
[jeongtoes changed the group name from 'weirdos' to 'toe cult🤤🥵🥺🦶🏻 ]
americatoe: it's time for me to get some sleep. y'all it's literally 4 am and we have to wake up in two hours
americatoe: i will chop off your toes if you don't stop spamming right now
americatoe: goodnight<3333
soontoe: AWWWWW HE SENT HEARTS
soontoe: ILY JISOO GOODNIGHT
jeon wontoes: you dare touch my toes and i break your neck too
jeon wontoes: creep
jeongtoes: yah jisoo you can't chop off our toes
jeongtoes: you joined the toe cult yourself
jeon wontoes: well, you kinda forced him into this
jeongtoes: zip it toe
jeongtoes: i'll snap your body like a twig beat that!
soontoe: STOP BEING MEAN YOU'RE THE BIGGEST TOE
americatoe: IF YOU DON'T STOP TALKING ABOUT TOES RIGHT NOW I WILL PERSONALLY HUNT YOU IN YOUR SLEEP AND CHOP OFF ALL OF YOUR TOES TO KEEP THEM ON A DISPLAY
jeon wontoes: that shit is scary as fuck
jeongtoes: ^^
soontoe: ^^
americatoe: GOODNIGHT
jeongtoes: goodnight <33
soontoe: GOODNIGHT<3
jeon wontoes: bye toesssss
Jeonghan turned off his phone again and embraced himself in the darkness. His gaze averted to the window. Raindrops that fell on the transparent glass slowly slid their way down, a sight that brought him at ease. Although he admitted he preferred a clear night without any clouds or rain so he could watch over the million tiny stars in the universe that decorated the black night sky.
His friends cheered his mood a little up again. Nowadays the only thing he did at night was crying his eyeballs out. Even when he went outside to clear his mind he would spontaneously start crying all over again. Especially when he went out to the beach and no one else was around. It was just another way for him to let his feelings out.
But tonight there was something different. Something that made him resist the urge of crying. It was about the boy named choi seungcheol. The stranger he had met the day before.
For some reason he couldn't get him out of his head. Most of all because he felt sorry for what he had said to him. Because Jeonghan was aware after what seungcheol told him, he had his own problems too. And it caught his attention.
Seungcheol understood him.
In a way his friends couldn't. He had seen it in Seungcheol's eyes, the pain he had been carrying with him ever since his parents divorced. It was something his friends didn't have to fully understand him. The only thing they could was pity him and that hurted Jeonghan only more. But Seungcheol was different.
Maybe he shouldn't have yelled at him like he did before. But maybe it was the best way to discover he wasn't alone.
In a few hours he would have to attend classes again and to his luck, his first four were to work on the project. If he was lucky, Seungcheol would be in their classroom working on it. And he would go over to him to apologize for what he did. Because he was determined to do exactly what Seungcheol told him to do.
To accept the challenge he was given.