Chapter 82

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"Who are you talking to?"

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"Who are you talking to?"

"Sunghee, why?"

It didn't need a clairvoyant to know, that the older shoudn't have answered the question. Despite my initial plan of hanging up quickly though, I couldn't bring myself to do so.
Every single one of my nerves was completely frozen while nervousness and longing wandered from head to toe.

"Give me your phone."

There it was. The sentence I had expected and slightly feared at the same time. Did I really want to talk to him?

"What? Go call her yourself! We're having a-"

"Just give me that damn phone."

"Stop it you- ah, hey!"

Several muffling noises were heard, along with a few dull knocks and beatings, making it sound as if they were fighting over the Renjun's phone.
I couldn't tell by the voices, whom of them was winning, but it didn't matter anyways. I already made a mistake calling in the first place.

A few more loud breaths and growls were heard, until a door finally fell shut, locking one of the two away from the other.
I noticed how my own heart was now dangerously beating against my cest as if it was trying to break the ribcage that held it hidden and away from what it desired. There was only one person able to make my body feel this way and I was certain, that he was holding the phone in this very moment

"Sunshine, is that you?" Donghyuck's concerened and soft voice sounded, still a bit out of breath because of his little fight with Renjun.

Sunshine. It's been a while and even though our lives were pretty much a roler coaster with busy shedules, he never forgot the nickname he gave me in the first week.
It had always been normal for me to hear him say it, never even realizing, that I loved the way it left his rosy lips.

"It is, right?" he continued talking, my silence only worrying him more.
"What happened? I thought everything was going well between us, but then you started ignoring me again."

"I-" not knowing how to answer his question, I interrupted myself and bit my lip. I lowered my phone a bit and started staring at the red button to end the call.
I told myself to not talk to him and only call Renjun, why was it so hard to simply hang up?

"Just tell me you're fine." Donghyuck's soft and calming voice sounded once again, making me take a deep breath as I felt the countless butterflies in me.
I wasn't able to stay quiet any longer, hesitantly answering while he patiently waited.

"I am..."

Not a second later I heard him sigh in relief, glad that he finally heard me say at least two words after leavig him on read since yesterday.
Maybe he was a bit too relieved, because he started to talk more energetically and happy than before.

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