in another life | yang jungwon ✔️

4.2 | the thread is cut

ayame was slapped across the face as the cafe closed, "so when will you do your job right?"

"when you stop treating me like im trash" ayame spoke and her coworker sighed before slapping her again

"you deserve to be treated like one because that's what you are" he grabbed her wrist, pulling it up and showing up all her scars, "all these stupid scars because of your messed up life. killing yourself how many times and it doesn't work out?"

ayame just let his words sink in and didn't even budge a tear out of her eyes.

"when are you going to do it? when are you finally going to end your life and just put yourself out of your misery? no one has to deal with your bone-like self who just starves herself and harms herself everyday"

ayame took her arm away before beginning to walk away to just ignore him and continue cleaning but stopped when he said something, "your fake happiness these days won't last"

she turned around, looking at the boy. she took in a deep breath before unwrapping the apron from her waist and shoving it at him, "i quit" she spoke simply and walked out from behind the counter and she left the coffee shop. she walked down the side walk, not bothering to look back.

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it was now 10 pm and still ayame was not at the festival and even though he was worried, hyunjin was telling him not to and that ayame would text him if she was going to come.

heeseung and sunoo came back with slices of pizza and a few drinks. the five sat at the tables outside in the dark but the fairy lights were illuminating the place.

"thanks for inviting us by the way" jay spoke, "it's fun being back here"

"you literally graduated 2 years ago" sunoo responded

"that's a long ass time alright?"

jungwon just chuckled, "no problem. i always invite you guys to everything"

"how did you guys even become friends? you guys are all different ages" hyunjin then asked curiously

"well-"

"no!" sunoo shushed jay, "every time you tell the story of how we met, you mess up the story and try to blame it on me. so i will tell it"

jay just rolled his eyes and let him do so

"okay so jay-"

jay smacked the back of his head and sunoo immediately shouted at him, the two arguing

"both of them!" heeseung then started, cutting off their arguing "did something. anyways. jungwon went to a school an hour away from here and that's where he met jay and sunoo who were already 3rd years while jungwon was a 1st year. jay and sunoo were playing basketball at the courts when jungwon was being given a tour and one of them ended up throwing the ball to far and it hit jungwon in the face. they felt really bad and from there they became friends and here we are now"

"that's an unbiased point of view i guess.." sunoo muttered, knowing it was jay who threw the ball but jay said vice versa.

"how did you know him then?" hyunjin questioned, pointing at heeseung

"i became friends with sunoo and jay in college so from there, i met jungwon" heeseung explained and she nodded

she then looked at jungwon, "so you got hit with a ball?'

"stop! it was embarrassing" jungwon sighed and the four just laughed at the boy.

jungwon's phone buzzed inside his pocket and he grabbed it seeing the notification