Hidden Love | Minsung

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~ Jisung Pov.

Since the argument, Minho and I hadn't spoken to each other and even after the visit, nothing had changed.

Since then he hadn't spoken a word to me, didn't pick me up from school or drive me home and avoided me at college. He had even sat down away from me and that gave me the rest.

The others in the group couldn't relate to Minho's behavior either. He still showed up at our lunch table but ignored me as if I didn't exist.

If I'm honest, Minho's absence hurt even more than my unrequited love.

Minho and I had been through so much together and had known each other for a decade and now suddenly he was no longer a part of my life.

It tore me apart inside and haunted me even in my dreams that I couldn't sleep anymore.

Almost every night I was awakened again and again by the same nightmare and woke up every time drenched in sweat.

But I had given up praying to Minho for a conversation and to finally talk to me in plain language, why he so suddenly distanced himself from me.

I didn't know what was going on inside him.

Completely exhausted and finished, I closed my locker and packed my books into my backpack, which I then put back on my shoulder afterwards.

It was Friday by now and that meant that I would be going with Minho to his parents' beach house.

Sighing, I turned away from the locker and walked down the hall towards class.

Now that I had chemistry, I would also see Minho again but he had also sat down away from me like in every other class.

Once there, I sat down with Changbin, who was still sitting in the same seat as always and sat down next to him.
"Hey little one." He gave me a gentle smile and patted me on the shoulder as I grabbed my stuff from my backpack.

"Hey..." I tried to return his smile but it looked more like it was hurting for myself to smile.

My head feel totally empty and then again totally heavy.

The last nights were for me the horror and even the other classmates looked at me as if I were a zombie.

Well, with my blistered skin and my dark eye circles, one could well think that I was some monster that was experimented on.

"Didn't you sleep last night again?" Changbin's brown eyes filled with worry and scrutinized my crumbling face.

Without returning his gaze, I just nodded dumbly and somehow tried to focus on class, which didn't work at all. My eyelids felt so heavy, as if stones had been put on them and threatened to collapse under the heavy load at any moment.

A small yawn escaped me and I saw a certain person looking over at me from the corner of my eye.

Minho had not taken his eyes off me for the last few minutes and I had noticed that without looking at him. His gaze was so intense that you could feel it. As if he was trying to see right through me. Although his looks almost pierced me, I ignored them and continued to concentrate on my notes.

After class, I left the room with Changbin and we walked down the school hallway together.
"Ji..." the black-haired one started to sigh and shook his head in a non-contextual way.
"Are you sure we shouldn't even talk to Minho? I can see how messed up you look." he stopped and stood right in front of me, his brown eyes locked on mine.

I knew that everyone meant it well but I didn't want to burden anyone unnecessarily.

After all, it wasn't just Minho and I who were on bad terms but Hyunjin and Seungmim hadn't gotten along since then either, although I still didn't know the whole story.