Six Degrees of Separation [JunZhe]

3. Crack of Dawn

Prepare some tissues

Gong Jun hugged another pillow after the last one was completely soaked in tears, he curled himself into a ball and continued crying hoping to fall asleep from the exhaustion, but suddenly his crying session was interrupted by the buzzing of his phone; it was very late at night and he wondered who could possibly be awake at this time. He rubbed his eyes drowsily, wiping away the tears but not the sadness, and read the message.

[Are you safe?]

Without rethinking his action, he pressed the video-call button, and waited and waited and waited...

Calling... Ringing... Ringing... Ringing... Connecting.

[JunJun]

And when Gong Jun heard that voice and saw that face, his tears started flooding again, pouring ten times stronger than before.

[JunJun... are you crying? Turn on the light]

[No...]

[Let me see you. Turn on the light]

Gong Jun hiccupped and sniffled, wiping away the tears with his sleeves, trying to regain his composure, he turned on the light. [I... don't want you to see me like this...]

[JunJun...] Zhehan was speechless, [what happened? Why are you crying so much?]

[I just...Miss you] He whispered, his tears still shedding no matter how hard he tried to stop them.

[What? Let me get my headphones...] Zhehan grabbed his headphones and continued, [tell me, JunJun, why are you crying? what's wrong?]

[Bad day...] He lied but it wasn't a full lie.

[Do you have water beside you? Drink some water and calm down.]

[Why did you message me?] Gong Jun knew that the message had a reason behind it and it wasn't a casual or a random greeting, not at this time, especially from him.

[I heard you weren't eating... And not sleeping... I told you to take care of yourself, is that how you do it...?] Zhehan seemed genuinely concerned.

[So they told you to come talk some sense into me?]

[I messaged you because I care about you]

[Is that why you left without a goodbye and ignored my calls for four days? it's because you care?]

[JunJun... you can't stay like this]

[I waited for you... only to find out that you already left...]

[I'm sorry...]

[You could've told me you don't want to see me, you could've told me you don't love me, you could've done it a million different ways... why did you choose the cruelest way to hurt me?]

[I didn't mean to hurt you... I...] Zhehan truly didn't know how to explain or how to make him feel better.

[You hurt me] Gong Jun's voice was breaking, [all you do is hurt me... And you're hurting me right now]

[JunJun... Please... don't just assume that I'm hurting you on purpose... I just...] Zhehan couldn't complete the sentence, [You must move on]

[I feel like I lost everything. I don't want anything. No career, no fame, no fans... I want none of these.]

[Is it worth it? to throw all your hard work to waste just because of a broken heart?]

[Just because of a broken heart?] Gong Jun shouted at the screen, [You think I'm stupid right? That I'm doing all this to get your attention? You still take my feelings as a joke, right? Why don't you believe me, Zhang Zhehan?!] He yelled the name so loud that Zhehan had to take one earphone off to protect his ear.