childhood friend

eighteen

doyeon pov

we all arrived back from the trip and it was now monday, with mixed feelings my heart was both empty and filled, maybe i'll get the chance to talk to him today. "doyeon i'll drop you off to school today" sunwoo offered, "sure woo". just then the door bell so i went to answer it but juyeon was present, "oh juyeon" i sounded disappointed accidentally "JUYEONNNN" sunwoo enthusiastically called from afar, what is this unique behaviour from sunwoo, what happened between the two? i swear he hates juyeon? "morning hyung" hyung?! since when were these two close,,

"juyeon can take you to school now" sunwoo teasily said, winking at him, weirdos. "i'll text you if i need anything woo, make sure not to watch kdramas all day love you bye" i hurridly say trying to avoid this awkward situation. "aish these two" i cursed under my breath, the journey to school was even worse, we didn't speak at all my mind was occupied with hyunjae, and juyeon - he looked lost as always.

i started to pick my pace up so i could quickly talk to hyunjae before school started, "juyeon-ah i'll go to art early today" i let him know, "okay meet me at lunch" he made me aware smiling at me, wow that was the first time in a while i've seen him so happy to eat food.. i hurried off towards the art department as i heard from a few students that he was in the classroom next to me,, i spot a teacher at the back of the class "teacher! morning, just wanted to ask if you've seen lee hyunjae by any chance i think he's in this class" the teacher suddenly bowed their head down in sadness?? "im so sorry, he just transferred out of this school" transferred.. moved... left... "sorry for bothering" i slowly surrendered leaving the room and breaking down,,

don't tell me he left because of me? what did i ever do? i just met him but he left literally,, why is it always me that goes through this? i thought i had a chance to love someone, but he left as soon as i caught him, lee hyunjae what did i do to deserve this?

lunch came by and i hate no motivation, no appetite to eat, i was surrounded by hoon and juyeon who already would have sensed my mood, "yeon eat please" younghoon asked,, "im full" i bluntly replied, "you didn't eat anything yeon, please just one bite" i couldn't resist him so i ate just one bite of my food before pushing it away and slamming my head on the table,, "why is it always me.." i complain quietly as hoonie and juyeon drop their foods onto the table,

"i dont know what happened but there will be better days do" juyeon comforted, it felt at this point they were just pitying me, i feel bad that im always complaining about my life, i never even have time to listen to their stories ; how selfish. maybe this is karma for the way i reject guys, maybe this was my punishment for being...me? i felt guilty the way i affected everyone and myself,,

we decided to go back home since school wasn't benefitting me at all, with that mindset i had let juyeon stay with me as sunwoo and hoonie went out for their daily boba run, it had been a while since me and juyeon interacted so closely since we cuddled that day, having sunwoo come back made me feel like my life was slowly piecing back together, slowly but surely.. and being with juyeon alone encouraged me to restore our relationship.

we lay again under the covers similar to our old memories, "ju" i mummbled as he nodded in responce "talk to me" i simply put "about what?" he asked with those innocent eyes, "everything" i said "everything...why?" he asked i get that it was such a sudden command "i just want to bring back the old days" i confessed "me too" he replied quietly as i gave him a peck on the cheek he was clearly taken aback,

"to be honest, i missed you so much that i couldn't dance one day without reminising about us, the times when we'd laugh til out lungs hurt or the times when we'd cuddle alone like this" he commented making me reflect on this story for once, "i missed us" he lastly added,, "i do too, lets bring it back?" i ask making him fall into my arms in comfort, thinking about the times when we were close and the times when i had him by my side,, the rest of the day was filled with laughter and euphoria, something that both i and juyeon had longed for so long together..

younghoon pov

me and sunwoo went for our boba daily run, possibly our last.. i wasn't planning on having such conversation with him but it's better he'd be notified than not, my heart ached at what i was about to confess,, as we grabbed our drinks and sat down i caught sunwoo's attention "hyung.." he hummed in response "i need to tell you something" sunwoo slightly tilted his head at my peculiar words,

"im leaving..." my words trailed off as my eyes started flooding with tears and sunwoo pausing mid-sip, "leaving?!" he shouted half loudly but respecting the private converse, "i don't want to leave their sunwoo, i cant bare living without you or yeon, my heart aches just thinking about it" i replied "but why younghoon? why now?" i sat there tears falling hardly being able to mumble words out let alone form a sentence,