"Jisung, a mistletoe is just some scam that a sleazy guy came up with, just to get girls to kiss him."
"Am I sleazy, Jade?" The younger asked.
I groaned and pinched the bridge of my nose. "No, you nitwit...." I muttered.
"You're too in...
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“Noona!”
I looked up from my phone to see Jisung, with a completely different hair color, running towards me with a big grin on his face. That smile of his is something that I've gotten used to seeing for the past few weeks. Though, I was a bit confused because he was approaching me.
Wasn't Jisung supposed to hate me now?
I shook the thoughts from my mind and gave him a faint smile. “Hey Jisung…” I spoke quietly. The younger's eyes widened, probably in shock because I actually called him by his name for the first time since we met.
“You said my name?” He spoke, his smile widening.
A laugh left my lips at his reaction. “You're adorable.” I said with a shake of my head, tucking a curly strand of hair behind my ear. Jisung sat next to me, and there was silence between the two of us for a while, until he spoke.
“I spoke with the guys the other day…” He trailed off. I looked at my hands with a sigh and muttered lowly, “I know….” Jisung blinked in confusion at my response. “How?”
“I was sitting at the table next to you.”
I frowned lightly, “Look, Jisung…. I understand that you may hate me----”
Jisung gave me a sad smile. “That wasn't your fault, Noona….” He began. “You couldn't have known that he was going to do that."
I scoffed bitterly. “Jisung, he threatened that he'd do it if I left him….. I couldn't deal with all the shit he did to me anymore.”
“I just didn't care...”
“You don't mean that.”
“That boy broke me, Jisung...."
I scoffed slightly as I finished. "Yet, I'm the one people blame because he's dead.”
Jisung frowned deeply. “Noona, what did he do?” He asked softly. “I spent a month in the hospital because of him.” I stated.
“He thought that I was cheating on him with Donghyuck…. and I ended up in the hospital with a bunch of bruises, three broken ribs, a busted lip, and a fractured wrist.”
I didn't even realize that I was crying, until Jisung wiped my cheek with his thumb. The boy was the only person I ever told about what really happened that night.
“Listen to me…”
I looked over at Jisung--- he had a sad smile on his face.
“You're a good person, Jade…” The younger said as he pulled me into a tight hug.
