Chapter 79

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A loud sigh left my lips as I tried to throw a crumpled tissue into the trash, watching it miss with a huge distance instead

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A loud sigh left my lips as I tried to throw a crumpled tissue into the trash, watching it miss with a huge distance instead.
I knew from the beginning that it was too far away, but my lazy self just couldn't help it... even after about twenty attempts.

The tissues of the last day had slowly piled up and were scattered all over the floor, gladly preventing any of the other members of entering my room .
It was currently Wednesday noon and I was lying in bed powerless with a slightly rede nose.

Yesterday's rain had affected me a little, causing me to blow my nose every now and then and cuddle exhausted with the closest pillow I could find.

My body was weakened by the injury, so I decided to do nothing for the rest of today... or maybe the rest of my life, I wasn't quite sure yet.
Enough had happened during the last few weeks and I needed some time to regain my energy and breath peacefully.

The thought of resting itself sounded way nicer than it actually was though.
I know it was pathetic to sink into self-pity, but I really didn't know how to distract myself.
Throughout the day, both Renjun and Donghyuck had texted me numerous messages and even tried to call me several times.

Every time I saw a notification pop up, my heart skipped a beat as if I was trying to dodge my own feelings.
I didn't mean to, but I just couldn't stop my eyes from wandering over to my mothers picture on my dresser, leading me to ignoring the two NCT members continously.

I wanted to write to them, maybe even casually talk to them... but then again, I didn't want to at the same time.
It felt wrong to have these kind of thoughts, especially when the rest of my gang was waiting for me to be my former self.

I had played with the idea of blocking them several times before, but I couldn't bring myself to do that either.
Not to forget that I hadn't answered Momo's messages either.
As much as I loved her, I was just not in the mood to talk to anyone right now.

Since I couldn't really distract myself with my phone, I did it the normal way and tried reading a book.
Surpisingly it even worked for a while, but at some point I would get lost in the words and eventually drift back to what was troubling me.

Once again trying to focus on the page I was currently on, I restarted the paragraph for the third time, hoping I could finally move to the next once.
As I should've expected it though, a dull knock on the door interrupted me.

Curious sat up on my bed, frowning a little before signalling the person outside to come in.

"Hey..." a hesitantly voice sounded after the door slightly opened, a pair of familiar dark eyes peering through the small gap.

I automatically held my breath and tried to stay as normal as possible, but I couldn't prevent myself from feeling a little distant from any DRGNS member.

"Hey," I replied coldly and stared at Soyeon with emotionless and gloomy eyes.

Seeing my already moody attitude, she hesitated one more time and thought about leaving, but apparently she managed to overcome her doubts.
Without further ado, the girl entered the room and let the door fall into its lock, before sitting down at the end of my mattress.

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