𝐔𝐍𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐔𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐘, 𝐈 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔

eleven.

- ͙۪۪̥˚┊❛ [CHAPTER ELEVEN] ❜┊˚ ͙۪۪̥◌
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IN WHICH THE
DISEASE SEEMED
TO SPREAD.

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"HAVE a nice night, ma'am," says jieun. as soon as the lady walks out from the restaurant, jieun heaves out a sigh as she wipes her hands down on the apron she has tied around her waist. her manager comes out from the back and heads over towards her, patting her back.

"good job today, miss kang. now let's start locking up so we can leave."

jieun nods. she sets off towards the back and brings back a bucket of cleaning supplies. they, along with a few other coworkers, get to work. luckily, everyone seemed desperate to leave as fast as possible that night, which made the whole process quicker than usual. in less than an hour, everyone heads out from the back door, immediately bidding everyone goodbye and going their own ways.

the night sky's dotted with a few bright spots scattered across. jieun stuffs her hands into the pockets of her coat, heaving out a small breath and watching as a white puff of air leaves her lips, disappearing shortly afterwards. shuddering, jieun picks up her pace and walks out from the alleyway. her worn out boots click against the ground as she walks towards the parking lot, spotting yeonjun's car.

yeonjun stands in front of it, leaning on his car as he looks down at his phone.

"you didn't wait too long, did you?" asks jieun once she's close enough for the boy to hear.

yeonjun shakes his head, slipping his phone into the back pocket of his jeans. "nope," he replies, walking over to the driver's seat and getting in. jieun then gets into the passenger seat, dropping her bag to put on her seatbelt.

the drive back to the campus was quiet. yeonjun knows that jieun appreciates when there's silence when she's tired, but he can't help but to open his mouth to say something. "we should have a movie night," he says, getting out of the car after he parks it. he knows that things are still rather awkward between him jieun, so what better way than to have a movie night to move past it? yeonjun swings his car keys around his pointer finger, walking to the dorms as jieun hurriedly jogs up to him.

"well, what movie would we be watching?" jieun looks down at her hand, putting a finger down one-by-one as she starts listing things. "we can't watch horror movies, romance and comedy are okay, we can't watch those sci-fi movies that end up being like horror movies... what else..."

yeonjun stops walking. he squints and stops breathing for a moment before coughing. jieun whips around and drops her bag, running towards yeonjun. she pats his back. her heart's racing as yeonjun keeps coughing.

he stops.

"are you okay?" asks jieun, her eyebrows furrowed in worry. she crouches down to yeonjun's level, trying to take a peek at the boy. yeonjun abruptly turns his head, avoiding eye contact with her. "yeonjun? is everything okay?"

he stares at the ground, standing up afterwards.

"yeah."

yeonjun's reply is breathy, worrying jieun. her face grows pale, eyes widening when she sees a cherry blossom in front of him. he clears his throat, plastering a smile on his lips as he quickly stands up, tucking the cherry blossom away from her sight.

"come on, ji. it's getting late."

jieun nibbles on her bottom lip, following yeonjun quietly. she shakes her head.

it's probably some random cherry blossom that fell off a tree...

right?

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UNFORTUNATELY,
I LOVE YOU.