《 What if we run away? 》

↠ chapter nine

I walk outside the building and sit down on the stairs in front of it. I try to hold it in but tears are flowing down my cheeks. I know that Hansol and me aren't together anymore but why does he have to kiss that girl at my farewell party? Just the thought of it hurts so bad.
"Y/N why are you sitting here alone?" Hoshi looks out of the door and walks towards me. 
"Hey.. what's wrong??" he says worried when he sees me crying. I just shake my head to show him that I can't talk right now because of crying too much and no words would come out.
He nods and puts his arm around me. He doesn't say anything, he's just there for me as always.

We sat there for some minutes until we go back inside to the party. I don't feel like celebrating anymore, I just want to go home and be alone. I go to my friends and tell them that I don't feel well and that I will go home now. At first I thought they would be disappointed that I leave the party so early but they are all so caring and understanding. And Ally was the only one that noticed that something is really upsetting me, but it's nothing new that she knows exactly how I feel. She is literally like my other half. It's as if god split us into two seperate beings, condemning us to spend our lives in search of our other half. She knew everything about me and I knew everything about her.
She asks me if anything happened and I tell her about my encounter with Hansol and that I saw her kissing this girl. She felt really sorry for me but angry at the same time. She couldn't believe that he would do that. She wants to walk me home but I tell her that she can stay and have fun, and that I want to be alone anyway. Hoshi said that he will call a taxi for me, so I don't have to go alone. Ally accepts my decision with a heavy heart, I hug her and leave the party. I wait together with Hoshi for the taxi to arrive in front of the building.
"I don't know what made you this sad today, but I hope you will feel better very soon! I don't want to see you cry" says Hoshi. I turn myself to him and just hug him really tight. I don't know why but I just felt like it and he is always there for me, always caring.
I hear a car stop in front of us and we release of the embrace. We walk towards the taxi and right when Hoshi wants to grab the handle of the car, Hansol shows up out of nowhere and opens the car door for me. I stand there in pure shock and just stare at him.
"I'm going to take you home. Thanks Hoshi for taking care of her the whole night" says Hansol.
"Oh, sure. Get home safely, Y/N" says Hoshi and Hansol and me get into the car.
We don't say anything the whole ride, we just stare out the windows. I notice that he would take a glance at me from time to time and quickly look away again. I don't know what's going on and where he came from all of a sudden. My head starts to hurt.
I take in a shaky breath as I try to sort through the jumbled words in my mind. I need to take this risk, or nothing will ever change between us two.
„Why did you kiss her?" I finally say. He abruptly looks down and plays with the ring on his pinky finger.
„I didn't kiss her, she tried to kiss me. I avoided it and as soon as you saw us you ran away. I flinched back and stood up to follow you" he says.
„Is this an excuse?" I look straight into his eyes to see if he's lying.
„No, not at all. I'm serious. She approached me at the party, I don't even know her. At first it was nice to talk to someone new but after sometime she became quite annoying" he explains. I could tell when someone would lie, and he didn't. I believe him.
We reach my apartment and get out of the taxi. I'm thankful that he came with me but I tell him that he can leave now. I don't want to see him.. I will leave South Korea on Monday, that's in two days and I can't stand seeing him. It breaks my heart because I'm beginning to want him again; I actually never stopped wanting him.
„The time we spent together was beautiful. It was the most beautiful and fun time in my whole life to be honest. I never felt this way before and I'm so thankful for every minute with you" says Hansol.
„Me too. Loving you was the best decision I made but the most painful aswell.." I bite my bottom lip to hold in my tears.
„I will miss you, Y/N" Hansol takes a step closer and hugs me. I put my arms around him and we hug for the longest time.

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The next morning I wake up, eyes heavy as they lift open. I could see the light peeking in through the edges of the window. I move to grab for my phone to see the time, but instead I see a new message from Melody. I wonder what she wants and open the message.

「   10:24am
       Hello, Y/N. I'm going to keep it short:
       Wouldn't you want to extend your contract and
       stay a little bit longer here in Korea?
       We would need you here in our school and I would
       be glad to have you still around! How does that sound?
       Please call me in the evening.
       Much love, Melody                                                                                     」

Why didn't I think about that in the first place?? I could extend my stay in South Korea and be here with my new friends, and.. Hansol.. I get myself ready to sort everything out with my school to extend the contract. I can't wait to tell my friends that I will stay for another 6 months! They will be so surprised and actually I'm still surprised myself.
I finished doing my makeup and head out for lunch together with Ally and Claire.

We three went shopping after lunch because I need some new clothes since I'm going to stay in Korea for half a year now and I found really nice ones. I just adore the stores here in Seoul. They are exactly my style and I wish they would sell them in my hometown as well.

It's 5pm already and I'm on my way home. I remember that I still have to call Melody. I look for her number on my phone and call her.
"Hey, Y/N, I just thought of you! How are you doing?" answers Melody.
"I'm great! Thanks for offering me to continue to work at your school. I already arranged everything and I can extend my contract for another 6 months" I say excited.
"Yay! That are great news. I'm so glad and I think Han will be happy to hear that as well" she giggles.
"Han? Do you think so?" I say shyly.
"Of course! He really likes you, darling. I hope you know that" she says.
At this moment I'm not sure if Hansol ever told his parents that we dated, so I pretend not to know.
"Oh, he does?" I stutter.
"Yes. Do you want to come over for dinner tonight?" she asks. I place my hand where my heart is. It feels like it would burst anytime.
"Um.. yes sure!" I say.
"At 7 pm at our house?"
"I will be there on time!" we hang up.

I retouch my hair and makeup and head out to the bus station. It takes 20 minutes by bus to get to Hansol's house.
I get there 10 minutes earlier and Simon opens the door for me. We greet each other and he offers me to step in and feel just like at home. I sit down in the living room and look around. I'm so impressed every time I see Melody's art works, she is seriously so skilled.
"Han is not here yet. You can go upstairs to his room if you want!" shouts Melody from the kitchen while preparing the food.
"Do you need any help?" I ask her.
"No, it's fine, thank you!"
I stand up and walk towards the stairs just when the front door opens and Hansol enters.
"Oh..? W-why are you here?" he asks confused.
"Your mom invited me for dinner" I say.
"Really? I didn't know that you would come as well. She said I really should come home for dinner today" he says.
"Yeah, I guess she wanted us both to come over for dinner" I smile.
"Han, you can take Y/N to your room. I will call you when the dinner is ready!" says Melody from the kitchen again.
Hansol takes my hand and leads me to his room. He sits down on the bed and taps his hand on his right side to signalize me to sit down next to him.
"Come here, babe" he says. His stare is so captivating, I can barely breathe.