𝐔𝐍𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐔𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐘, 𝐈 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔

sixteen.

- ͙۪۪̥˚┊❛ [CHAPTER SIXTEEN] ❜┊˚ ͙۪۪̥◌
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IN WHICH LOVE
BEGINS TO DO
THE OPPOSITE.

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SNOW falls silently over the city of seoul. jieun stuffs her hands into her coat, humming a quiet tune to herself as she walks towards the office. bells chime as she pushes the door open, heading straight towards the counter. she sniffles and shakes her head slightly, watching as some snowflakes flutter off her head.

"hi," she says, talking to the secretary. "i'm here to give a tour to someone?"

the secretary nods, "miss kang, the student you'll be giving a tour is sitting over there," she points off towards her left. jieun follows her and her gaze lands on a boy looking out the window. jieun thanks the lady and heads over to the boy.

"excuse me," she says, tapping on his shoulder. "my name is kang—taehyun?"

taehyun grins at his older sister. "hey sis."

jieun immediately embraces the boy, excited to see her little brother. "oh my gosh!" she says, beaming at taehyun as she pulls back from the hug. "you got accepted into snu?"

taehyun puffs out his chest slightly. "of course i got accepted," he says, "who do you think i am? an idiot?"

laughing, jieun ruffles his hair. "alright mr smarty pants, let's get this tour started."

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taehyun's in awe as he stares at the college of business in front of him. he sees a few students walking out from a single building, all of them looking like a mixture of stress and relief.

"they just finished their finals," chuckles jieun. she cups her hands and brings them to her mouth, blowing on them. "i have my finals for law tomorrow."

taehyun gasps, looking at his sister with excited eyes. "and then you come home right?"

jieun shakes her head. "i still have my psych finals to do after tomorrow, and then yeonjun has his dance final the day after that. oh, speaking of which..." she mumbles, taking her phone out and texting yeonjun. "yeonjun and i are supposed to head out to eat in a little bit. i'll just tell him to meet us at the entrance of the campus, and then we can all head to eat."

not long after she finishes speaking, jieun's phone chimes. taehyun watches as her smile turns into a frown. he stares at her with his arms crossed over his chest. "jieun, you need to—"

"scratch that," jieun says, sighing as she stuffs her phone back into her bag. "he's busy. we can get going now."

taehyun sighs, walking alongside jieun. he glances at her and starts speaking. "you need to get the surgery, ji. this isn't going to end well for you."

jieun keeps looking forwards, refusing to look at taehyun. "it's fine. this will pa..." she trails off just as they start nearing the entrance of the college. not too far away, in front of them, stands yeonjun and haein. she stares with wide eyes at the scene unfolding in front of them and drops to the ground, a hand supporting her weight while the other rests atop her heart.

"i like you."

those words echo loudly in jieun's ears, ringing. she starts coughing, and taehyun stares in horror at how bloodied the petals look. people would think that they're rose petals at first glance. taehyun takes out his phone with shaking hands, dropping it afterwards from the shock and fear coursing through his veins. his head whips towards jieun when he hears that she's no longer coughing. she tilts her head up to look at taehyun; he notices smudges of blood at the corner of her lips, her cheeks tear stained.

"taehyun," she says, her voice weak and her breathing labored. "i—"

taehyun starts crying, his shaking becoming more violent when jieun falls, laying limp on the ground, her face pale. he drops to his knees, screaming for help as he grabs jieun by the shoulders, shaking her.

"help!" he yells, sobbing as he continues to shake the girl. "please, help!"

a crowd starts forming around taehyun and jieun. everyone stares at them, whispering amongst themselves.

"excuse me... coming through!"

beomgyu pushes past the last few people, stumbling towards the front. he feels his heart drop to the ground when his gaze lands on taehyun sobbing as he cradles jieun's head in his lap. beomgyu runs to them, tripping. the palms of his hands and his knees sting, but he doesn't care about the pain. he stands up and makes it to taehyun, taking his phone out and dialing for the ambulance, his fingers trembling.

"she'll," says beomgyu, his voice shaking as tears start streaming down his face. "she'll be okay, taehyun, don't worry. miss jieun is strong person, okay? she's going to be okay..."

right?

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UNFORTUNATELY,
I LOVE YOU.