𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽! 彡 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧

33 | rebound of some sort

୨⎯ "CHAPTER 33" ⎯୧
rebound of some sort
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Minho had been waiting for your text.

He doesn't know why, but he just knew you would text him for some reason. The same happened yesterday, and he already got the feeling today would be the same thing.

Yesterday he had seen you arrive at the club. He saw that you were walking in with your friends and a couple more strangers, but he had hoped you would text him and dance with him. He had been thinking about asking you to come for a while since he had a shitty day and needed some distraction. But then you walked in with your friends and seemed to have a good time, so he let it go. Maybe someone else wanted to dance instead.

But even yesterday you texted him. The "Are you free to go to the club? I need a distraction" text was enough to make him ditch his friends and look for you instead so the two of you could dance. He wasn't sure why you would want to dance with him, but the guy didn't care. That was the kind of relationship you had with hot guy Minho –it was just for distraction. Minho knew, and he agreed. You were the same for him.

Just two friends that like to distract each other from time to time when things get rough. And apparently today was a day like that, too.

"See, that's why I like you. You don't ditch me, and I already know you don't like me in that way. But you also don't lead me on, either. I like that."

Minho sighs and nods. "Of course, it's just for distraction, huh?" he asks, looking at his drink. He doesn't know why you're feeling this way, but he's a little concerned. You seemed just fine yesterday. Sure, you were sad about that guy, but you weren't this sad. What changed over night?

Yesterday was fun, he always has fun when it came to you. The dancing, the flirting, your lips brushing over each other but not yet kissing; it was something he enjoyed doing from time to time. And he knew you felt the same way. You both talked about it when you were going out for coffee once. Just for fun, no hard feelings. There was a soulmate waiting for you anyway.

Yesterday wasn't anything else. You two were just dancing, and then the jealous guy came. You already told Minho that you were mad at some dude. He wasn't sure what kind of relationship you two had, but he assumed he was just your friend. Friends have fights too, he must have gotten on your nerves or something. And Minho was there to distract you from him. Until, of course, the guy came to the two of you and shoved Minho away. He was very jealous, Minho could tell as much. He didn't exactly know why, because why would a friend be jealous of him dancing with you? Maybe it was the way you behaved. He had no idea. But the guy desperately needed to talk to you. You agreed, so Minho let you.

But today is different. He's sitting next to you at the bar. You told him you needed a distraction again, so Minho agreed to come. As soon as he did, he saw you sitting at the bar with a drink in your hands. It was your first cocktail from the day, but the drinks were coming and coming and that's when he knew something was clearly wrong.

It's not really fun right now. You're sad, and it makes him sad too. For some reason he cares about you. He doesn't want you to be sad. He'd rather see you dance and laugh with him. But this? This is concerning.

He isn't sure where you were going with Chan yesterday, or what happened. He remembered how you mentioned the guy pissed you off, but why did you go with him then? He knows it's not his place to say so, but he wished he could have told you not to go with Chan and stay with Minho instead. Maybe you wouldn't be sitting here, drinking way too many cocktails and mixed drinks.

The girl at the bar walks up to the two of you and winks at him. Minho grins a little and winks back. She smirks and decides to clean the bar.

He's always been good with the girls. He himself thinks he's just some average guy. To him, there's nothing special about his appearance. But the girls around him seem to think otherwise. He's always getting attention, but the one he truly wants doesn't see him as he sees her. It surely is a shame.