Someone Like You

chapter twelve.

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Chenle was on his way to his literature course and he was beyond nervous. He pulled at the strings of his hoodie and tried his best to slow down his heart. He walked into class and found a handful of students already in class. He's never been this early to class so it drew other students' attention, he looked down at his feet and walked towards his seat.

Chenle paused on the way to his seat to look over at Jisung's usual seat and there he was. He was on his phone with one headphone in his ear and his free hand was playing with his hair. Chenle smiled at the sight and took a deep breath before walking to the back of the room.

The closer Chenle got to Jisung, the faster both of their hearts would beat. Jisung was well aware that Chenle, his soulmate, was walking towards him but a conversation that had occurred that morning kept replaying in his head. Finally, Chenle stopped in front of Jisung and the other was too afraid to look up.

"Hey~" Chenle didn't even get to finish his greeting.

Jisung had run out of the class, he had knocked over his chair in the process causing everyone in the room to turn their attention to the running Jisung and the still Chenle. Chenle watched Jisung run out of the class at full speed and his heart sank. This felt like rejection and Chenle was so close to falling apart.

He had hoped that this would finally give him an opportunity to talk to the guy that he's admired for so long. He thought that this would be his chance to finally be friends with the boy he had fallen for. He thought that maybe, just maybe, Jisung would give him a chance.

Chenle's bottom lip began to wobble and his vision was getting blurry. He sniffled and walked back to his seat. All hope had vanished and once again, Jisung had broken his heart. He blinked away the tears and bit his bottom lip, he inhaled deeply then tried to pull himself together.

'What did you expect, Chenle? For an epic love story? Don't be so delusional.' He scolded himself.

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In the middle of the hallway, many classrooms away from his literature one, sat an out of breath Jisung. Both his hands on his head and regret written all over his face. Students that walked by looked at him in confusion but he didn't bother to get up.

He had finally found his soulmate and he ended up running away from him. He ran away from the most important person in the world. The one person he was supposed to love and spend the rest of his life with.

"Jisung?" A familiar voice echoed through the halls.

He looked up and watched Mark, Jeno and Jaemin run towards him.

"What are you doing here? Isn't your class on the other side of campus?" Jeno asked, amused.

"I ran away from him. Ugh, I ran away from him! He tried to talk to me and I ran out of class." Jisung groaned.

They looked at him in disbelief. Mark and Jeno shared a guilty look before sitting down on opposite sides of Jisung. Jaemin just watched the two, his arms were crossed and he looked angry. His anger was towards the two idiots that were sitting on the floor apologizing to Jisung.

"We didn't mean to psych you out." Mark apologized.

"We were just joking. We didn't mean to make you overthink it." Jeno apologized.

"I thought he was going to tell me that he didn't want to give me a chance or he just didn't want a soulmate. I ran away and now I have no idea what I just did. Did I avoid rejection or did I hurt his feelings." Jisung sniffled.

Jisung had begun to silently cry and this angered Jaemin even more. Now it was Jaemin's turn to console his child and he would do a much better job than the other two.

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"He ran away from you?!!" Haechan fumed.

"I'm going to kill him." Renjun grumbled under his breath.

"It's fine. I'm fine." Chenle smiled weakly.

"You are clearly NOT fine." Renjun retorted.

"I know but let's just pretend like I am because I really don't want to be sad right now." Chenle chuckled.

"We should really talk about when we're going to go fight Jisung." Haechan whispered into Renjun's ear.

Renjun nodded in agreement and Chenle rolled his eyes at his best friends but a small smile slipped past his lips.

"Aren't you glad you wore a hoodie! Now nobody will be able to tell that you've been crying." Renjun joked.

"You have a point." Chenle giggled.

"Incoming!" Haechan whispered harshly.

"What?" Chenle asked. He noticed Renjun's wide and scared eyes. He noticed Haechan panicking and turned around to see why his friends were reacting this way.

He watched Jeno, Jaemin, Jisung and another guy walk towards him.

"You know what, he ran away from you first!!" Haechan shouted.

Chenle felt a hand wrap around his wrist and he turned to look at the owner of the hand. Renjun hurried him off his seat while Haechan packed all of their belongings and they all began running to a familiar bookstore.

"They're running." Mark stated.

"Yeah, we can see that." Jeno fired back.

Jeno felt annoyed and kind of angry that Renjun was still avoiding them. He just wanted to have a civilized conversation with the one person that he's been looking for almost all of his life. He knew that Renjun wasn't ready but he just wanted to hear his voice again, Jeno wasn't as patient as Jaemin could be.

"I blew it." Jisung mumbled.

The moment Chenle had turned around to look at them, Jisung locked eyes with Chenle. He noticed that Chenle's eyes were puffy, the tip of his nose was pink and his lips were red as if he had been chewing on them for days. It was a heart breaking sight for Jisung but at the same time it left him breathless because though he had been crying, Chenle looked beautiful in Jisung's eyes.

'I made him cry.' Jisung thought to himself sadly .