𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗼𝘀 ! ఌ 𝗲𝗻𝗵𝘆𝗽𝗲𝗻 !

【💌】。eleven ☆

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SUHYE PULLED THE BOXES FROM UNDER HER BED. Old magazines and clothes decorated her rug, her room was particularly messy that day. Her phone flashlight was propped up against a never-read book.

Her cookie tin was nowhere to be seen.

The girl laid on her cluttered floor defeated. Thoughts spiraled through her head, over and over again.

"Suhye! Jay wants to see you!" Her sister came running into her room, only to stop abruptly once seeing the absolute mess blocking her path.

The girl didn't bother to raise her head because she knew how panicked she must have looked. "Seoyeon, tell him I'm not here. Say I'm at a student planning meeting or something."

"Why... Oh! That means I get to hang out with him instead, right?"

"Knock yourself out."

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Suhye had successfully left her house without seeing anyone and was now sitting on a park bench. The sun was starting to set, yet many clouds were still suspended in the sky. A sigh escaped her lips as she assessed the situation.

Why is this happening to me? They were supposed to be just for me...

"Hi Suhye, it's um been a while, hahah.?" The voice awkwardly yet enthusiastically spoke.

No.

Almost comically, Suhye slowly turned her head to be met with a certain face. A stupidly pretty certain face.

He was a bit out of breath, cheeks tinted slightly pink. She could easily guess where he had just been.

"... Sunghoon."

"Can I sit here?"

Dazed, she nodded, watching him pull something she did not want to see out of his bag.

"About this..."

It was taking everything she had to not just run away and leave the boy. Though she couldn't stop the embarrassment seering into her cheeks, "Oh, that uhm stupid piece of paper? I am so sorry you - well - had to read th--"

"No, I uh liked it."

He turned away from her, messing with the cuffs of his sleeves. This was the most flustered she had ever seen Sunghoon. Realization hit her face: He liked it!?

"I really liked it," he mumbled to himself.

Suhye tried changing the subject, "So how's skating?"

Sunghoon looked up at the sky, "It's the same as it always is." He sighed, "My parents are at a school thing for my sister, that's why I was walking home myself. I wouldn't have seen you otherwise, but I'm glad I did."

A minute passed before he continued.

"Did you purposely run away from me at lunch?"

"Can I have the letter back?"

He looked saddened by the request, "Why?"

"I just... Want to read it again. By myself." Suhye's eyes were locked on her sneakers, she just couldn't look at him. Not out of embarrassment or disinterest, but out of fear. She was scared of what was happening, while of course flustered and nervous around Sunghoon. What would happen? Did Sunghoon like her? What about the other letters? What was she to do? How should she act?

"Okay. But, you'll return it right?" He searched her eyes for reassurance, but she would not meet his eyes. He placed the letter gently in her hands, noticing the redness in them.

Gripping the letter, she stood up, "I should go."

"Wait."

Sunghoon stood as well, and he wrapped his scarf around her. "You're cold, right?"

The girl's eyes widened, "But won't you be cold? I can't take this from you."

He half-smiled, "No, I'll be okay. You can return it with my letter."

And before she could protest any further, he walked off, leaving her dumbfounded. If only she could see the smile adorning Sunghoon's face then.

Suhye stood there for another minute, only snapping out of her trance-like state when her phone buzzed. Pulling her phone out of her pocket, her heart dropped when she read the notification.

New message from 'JAY':
taehyun said there wasn't student planning today ?

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652 words.

note.
well it's been multiple
months, i'm really sorry :(

also sorry for the short
chapter! i'm out of practice,
but we have some drama hehe

so how's everyone been doing?
my mental health hasn't been
great, but i've been having
an overall good summer :)

thank you for the constant support on this book and my work in general!