Run Away- Choi Hyunsuk

CHAPTER 4

The next day was Saturday so I had no school. When Seughun tried to wake me up around 12:00 pm, I still wouldn’t budge.

“Wake up Seunghee, it’s already past noon,” Seunghun pleaded. 

I waved his hands away, trying to get some more sleep. He persisted and tried to shake me awake and pull the blankets off of me but it did not work. I may have been half asleep, but I was stubborn as well.

“I didn’t sleep well last night,” I grumbled.

“Why?”

“Because there were big brain thoughts going through this big brain of mine.”

“As if.” He yanked the covers off once more, this time succeeding.

“It’s true!” I sat up. “I will get up but you will owe me something.”

“Fine.”

I smiled cheekily and skipped towards the living room, my vision foggy from just having woken up. Right as I blinked, I bumped into something that was not the wall, because it was a straight path from my room to the living room.

“Gah!” I exclaimed.

I rubbed my forehead, which had taken the most impact, and looked up. Hyunsuk stood there, disoriented just like me. I didn’t bother apologizing and passed him as I went for the front door. I didn’t want to be home so I put my shoes on and went to Choa’s house.

I knocked at the door impatiently, and Choa answered. 

“Oh my goodness, Cho, you won’t believe all that has happened,” I continued to explain every last detail to her and she didn’t say a word.

When I was all finished, she just nodded and tried not to laugh.

“What’s so funny?” I demanded.

“Give the man a break! First you yell at him for not talking to you and then you bump into him and don’t even say sorry! I mean, now I’m starting to think you hate him.”

“No... That’s not what it is. I tried to talk to him and he responded with something that I have no idea what to say to. And then I was up ALL NIGHT thinking about that jerk, he has the audacity to get in my way, so I think I have a right to be mad.”

She simply shook her head and said,

“Just know that he does not hate you, I can guarantee that.”

“How?”

“Ask him.” She kicked her feet up onto the coffee table. “I have no clue.”

“I won’t ask him, but thanks.”

I spent a few hours at Choa’s until someone knocked on her door. I assumed it was Seunghun but sent Choa to answer it anyway. 

“Seunghee, come here,” Choa called.

I went to Choa at the front door and dreaded to see Hyunsuk, who had the guts to show up here when it should have been Seunghun.

“Oh, come on.” I groaned. 

I turned on my heel and walked back into the house, but someone grabbed my arm and pulled me back quickly, and before I knew it, I was outside and the door was being slammed shut. Hyunsuk held onto my arm and kept walking down the street, but not towards my house. I pulled my arm away and scowled at Hyunsuk.

“Why did you come?” I interrogated.

“Seunghun asked me to.” He did not look at me.

“Did you tell him?”

“Did I?” He smirked.

“You piece of--” Hyunsuk’s hand met my mouth, stopping me from saying whatever I was about to say.

“Don’t say that~” He mused

“Eat my shorts,” I mumbled looking away.

We kept walking, but once again, we were not going in the direction of my house. 

“Where are we going?”

My feet were starting to hurt because I didn’t have proper shoes.

“On a detour.”

“My feet hurt,”  I whined.

He glanced at me, regret flashing in his eyes.

“Do you want me to carry you?”

I scoffed.

“I’d rather walk, thanks.”

“We’re almost there, anyway.”

I stayed silent for a moment before remembering what Choa said and asked,

“Do you hate me?”

He snapped his head toward me with wide eyes and crossed brows.

“No!”

“Really? It kind of seems like you do.”

He stopped.

“I don’t hate you. Do you think I would be here right now if I hated you?”

“I guess not…”

After hearing the words from him I was able to believe it better, but my mind was still riddled with questions. I just wish he’d make up his mind on how he felt about me. I don’t care what it is, I just wish it would stay that way.

“Okay, you don’t hate me and you don’t like me. I understand.” I nodded my head definitively.

I turned in the opposite direction, this time going home.

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When I finally ended up at my house, Hyunsuk was lagging behind. I stopped at the door and pointed my finger right at Hyunsuk’s face.

“Don’t you dare tell Seunghun about this.” 

He nodded.

“I’m home!” I sang as I opened the door.

“What took you so long?” Seunghun asked.

“Hyunsuk,” 

I stuck my tongue out at him quickly. 

“Did you guys bond?” 

“No.” Hyunsuk and I said in unison.

“Two negatives make a positive.”

I rolled my eyes and closed myself into my room. I didn’t feel like coming out for any reason so I didn’t.

“I’m leaving,” Hyunsuk announced.

I still stayed in my room and out of other thoughts emerged one thing; My grades. Earlier this week I had failed my literature test at the very end of the school year, meaning I’d failed the class. I thought it might not be a big deal, 7 other classes, a couple of them have to be passing. 

Results kept coming back. I had everything from B all the way down to F. I told myself all the time that grades didn’t judge character, and you could still be a good and successful person without good grades. But for some reason, these took a big toll on me.

I had applied for one college and was still waiting for a response. I checked the mail first thing every morning but it wasn’t until the next week that I finally got it. I ran into the house, calling for Seunghun to see if I got in or not.

“Here it goes,” I opened the letter and read it out loud.

(A/N) What will the letter say? PLEASE COMMENT AND VOTE LOVE YOU ALL❤❤❤❤