tw! dissociation.
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"ughhh.." i sighed, leaning back into my car seat. another day of working my ass off and staying out until two a.m. don't get me wrong, i loved teaching dance, but i was so sick of these hours. i pulled away from the studio in exhaustion, but snapped out when my phone began to ring annoyingly loud.
christopher 🎧 would like facetime..
"facetime??" i whined, propping my phone up. when i answered, chris's smiling face immediately popped onto the screen.
"hey!" he cheered. he seemed to be in the studio, as always.
"hey." i said nonchalantly. the tiredness was laced in my voice as i drove down the road.
his face dropped into a frown when he saw my appearance. "jae, are you just driving home? what about the 'not overworking yourself' deal we had?" he sighed.
i pulled off into a pit-stop, nearly falling asleep at the wheel. i was anxious, my body was shaking and i was exhausted. "i'm so tired channie.." i whispered, focusing on the people outside my car. suddenly, my mind began to fill with empty thoughts as my vision became blurry and disoriented.
"i know jae, i know. i'm so proud of you, you know that right?" he consoled.
his words were muffled and were pushed to the back of my mind. when i looked back outside, the people didn't seem real. i looked down at my hands, which were still shaking profusely.
"jae? you hearing me?" he asked again.
no response. "what is happening..?" i whispered out loud. i didn't even realize what what happening until chris spoke up again.
"ah-hey baby? you're slipping princess, come back to me." he hummed, concern lacing his voice.
my eyelashes fluttered open to look up at the boy. his expression was soft with a kind smile plastered on it. i attempted to speak, but a jumble of inaudible words just spewed out.
"hey no it's okay, you don't have to talk, okay? you okay to drive? nod if you're okay, baby." chris spoke.
i nodded sheepishly, sitting there for a few more seconds before starting my engine up again. we sat in a comfortable silence for a little while. "talk about your day." i managed to huff out.
"oh-okay!" he smiled. "well changbin, jisung, and i woke up around 9 in the morning.." chris went on about what they did today, something about minho almost beating the shit out of changbin.
i giggled at that part, but mostly just focused on the road. after what seemed like an eternity, i finally pulled into my driveway. shutting my car off, i unbuckled my seatbelt and let out an exasperated sigh.
"jaehyun.." he sighed at me.
"gotta go." i frowned. i smiled lightly at him, waving at the screen. "bye chris."
"wait- jaehyun?"
"yeah..what's up?"
"will you be my girlfriend..?"