You answered
Hyuck 🎀’s call.
—
“Jiha! Hello?”
“Hyuck. Hi.”
“I’m so glad you
picked up.”
“. . . . .”
“Jiha, I miss you.”
“I miss you too, Hyuck.”
“I’m so sorry.”
“I’m such an ass.”
[ s a r c a s t i c l a u g h ]
“I think we’ve established
that already, Hyuck.”
“Jiha.”
“Hehe. Kidding.”
“Ji?”
“Hyuck?”
[ s i l e n c e . . . . ]
“I know you’re leaving
Seoul soon—”
“My god, Hyuck. We’ve
talked about this.”
“And I want to talk about
it again.”
[ s i l e n c e . . . . ]
“I don’t want you to leave
with things between us
like this. look — I’m sorry.”
“And I know you are.”
“I just don’t want to hear
about my whole leaving
thing.”
“It’s kind of upsetting.”
“I’m sorry.”
[ s i l e n c e . . . . ]
“How about we meet up?”
“But where?”
“It’s almost midnight.”
“I’ll go to your place.”
“We can go to the park or
something like that.”
“Hyuck, you’re tired from
practice.”
“It’s better if we do this
tomorrow.”
“I’m not tired at all.”
“I can pull through.”
“I just really want to see
you right now.”
[ s i l e n c e . . . . ]
“Okay, Hyuck. I’ll wait
for you at our gate.”
“I’ll be there in a few.”
“Okay.”
“Be safe.”
CALL ENDED.
6:37 minutes.
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Short Story⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀YOU'RE ALL I SEE IN ⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀DARK STARRY NIGHTS. OR IN WHICH lee donghyuck ended up finding himself falling in love with his matchmaker, funnily enough. © TRISH, 2018
