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ILLIAD MOON 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙮: 𝙨𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜
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a buzz from my phone scares me awake. it continues to buzz over and over and i sigh before grabbing it and answering it. "hello?" my voice is beyond raspy when i answer.
"moonie?" i hear hyunjin ask slightly laughing. "what do you want? it's like 2 am" i say rubbing my eyes before taking a sip from my now room temperature water that sat in the glass on my nightstand. "i got back from my date!" he yells into my ear and i push my phone farther away from it, i don't want to burst my eardrums this late at night.
"with ara! remember! i just told you before i left!" he says. "that was at like 7 when you left and it is now like two in the morning, i'm supposed to remember this stuff?" i ask him throwing my blanket over my face. "yes, duh, you're my best friend."
"well how was it?" i ask him, scratching my head. "it was amazing! she's so pretty, moonie" i know, i think in my head, but i don't say anything and i continue to let him talk about his time with the popular girl. he talks for a few straight minutes before i'm even able to get a word in. "i'm happy for you jinnie, i hope she's the one that's writing the letters to you" my face forms a small smile, it's faker than any other that i've produced.
"thank you, moonie" he says and it goes silent between us. "okay jin, i'm going to bed because i'm going to breakfast in the morning and i have to wake up pretty early" i say, blinking slowly, looking at the photograph on my nightstand. it's a picture of hyunjin and i, our arms locked at an amusement park when we were 14. we looked like complete dorks but it was still a cute picture.
"ooh! can i come with?" he asks and i breathe out. "jaemin and i are going if you want to tag along with us" i start to bite the skin off my lip. "oh, just you and jaemin?" he asks and i answer him with a yes, before continuing to bite the skin off.
"um, i'll see if i can join in the morning" hyunjin says and i nod. "i'm going to sleep now, night jin."
"night moonie."
i shut my phone off and i'm asleep within seconds and although my mind races about hyunjin with stupid ara, my brain shuts down and i'm able to fall asleep.
i wake up a few hours later and get ready to go to breakfast with jaemin. i throw on a yellow sweatshirt and a pair of black leggings with a pair of beat up old sneakers out of my closet. i grab the brown beanie out of my box that stores all of my winter type clothes and i pull it down over my hair after i brush it through with my comb. i put a few coats of mascara on before grabbing my bag and throwing my phone in it.
