broken butterfly

chapter 9

Siyeon pov

My eyes followed my mom as she walked out of my room. A wave of emotions hit me and tears started to well up in my eyes. I turned my head and looked at Bora, the worry clearly readable in her eyes. She carefully moved her hands to mine and when I didn't pull back, she took mine in hers. That was the first time I noticed how small her hands really were.

"What's wrong Siyeon? I know we haven't known each other for that long, but please, talk to me. I want to help you."

The tears finally fell down and made a trail down my cheek.

"I...I..." I stumbled, not knowing where to start.

"It's ok, take all the time you need."

She took a tissue from the box on my nightstand and softly used it to wipe away my tears.

"I don't really know where to start..."

"Why don't you start by telling me why you fainted."

She started making small circles with her thumb on my hand, while she continued to catch the stray tears with the other hand.

"I didn't eat that day...on purpose...like almost every other day..."

She looked a bit taken aback but quickly recomposed herself.

"I need you to promise me something."

I nodded and let out a soft sniffle.

"Promise me you'll try to eat at least a little every morning, noon and evening. Even if it's just a few bites. Do you think you can do that?"

"I'll try." I managed to say between sniffles and I offered her a soft smile.

The smile she gave back was only described as the feeling like everything was going to be ok. I let the comfort set in for a few seconds before she spoke again.

"Why don't we watch a movie?"

"Sure, which one?"

"You choose."

"What about a horror movie?"

"I uhm...don't really like horror movies...I get scared too easily..."

My smile widened.

"Don't worry, I'll protect you." I joked.

"HEY, DON'T TEASE ME, I'M BEING SERIOUS. THEY ARE SCARY"

"I thought you said I could pick the movie."

She pouted slightly.

"Fine...IF you eat a cookie."

I looked at the plate that my mom had brought to my room earlier and slowly picked one of the cookies and took a small bite.

"Is this enough?"

"Nope, you need to eat the whole thing."

I sighed. I knew that she wasn't going to push me if I really refused, but I wanted to try. Bite after bite, I managed to eat the whole cookie. She proudly smiled back at me, knowing how hard it was for me to do that.

"I guess it's my turn to keep my end of the bargain. Put any movie on that you like."

I picked movie that wasn't too scary, but not too boring either. I had seen this one a while ago, so I knew that this one wasn't too bad at all. I hit the play button and sat back in the bed, Bora settled down on the spot next to me.

Sua pov

"Oh god, why did I say yes? I'm so easily scared, this is just asking for trouble." I knew it wouldn't me long before I was hiding under the blanket. I was glad she ate the cookie tho, it made me...proud. Proud that she ate, knowing how hard that must've been for her. And yet, she pushed through and did it. She hit the play button and after a while I started stress eating the cookies.

"You don't have to eat them all", she giggled.

"Whatttt, I'm hungry that's all."

I tried to sound as convincing as I could while filling my mouth with cookies.

"My stalker is scared huh?"

"You're really still going to call me that?"

"Yep."

She replied, smiling proudly.

A ghost suddenly appeared close to the camera. I, of course, didn't see the jump scare coming and screeched. I crawled up into a small ball and leaned against Siyeon. She laughed, causing me to sit back up in the bed as fast as I could.

"Are you really scared by this?" she said, clearly amused.

"Maybe just a little."

She paused the movie.

"Let's watch something else before you pee your pants."

We ended up watching an action movie until Siyeon's mom called us downstairs for dinner. I checked my phone. "7:34 pm"

"Shit, it's late. I should get going."

"You can always stay if you want, my bed is big enough for us both. And besides, it's dark outside already."

"ok, let me just text my mom."

I said, smiling widely. It's not like my parents cared but I still wanted to send them a text.

"I'm staying at a friend's house tonight.", that should do it.

We walked downstairs. Her mom was in the kitchen, cooking something that smelled delicious.

"Bora is going to stay the night."

"Ok, put an extra chair at the table please sweety. Dinner will be ready soon."

Dongmin pov

I felt overwhelmed with anger. Did Siyeon really just ditch me to hang out with a girl she had only met yesterday. How dare that girl even, did she know how inappropriate that was. Either way, that girl should stay away from Siyeon or she would have to pay.

A/N:

Here I am againnnnn. Life is a bit messy at the moment so I almost wasnt able to upload the chapters of this week lmao but I made ittttt