Cherry | K.TH

chapter twenty seven

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I finally said the truth about Sunday. That lump in my chest just faded away, and it feels good, trust me. But it also feels embarrassing. She might think I'm joking just to get away from our argument.

But whatever, I said what I had to say. If she thinks about something else then let her be.

"When are you going to confess?" Yugyeom said out of blue. I flinched slightly when he said that. I was sure that I was alone at this moment, where did he come from?

I thought for a moment as my friends sat beside me. One thing I could see was Loren listening carefully with full attention. His face showed it all, he was ready to tell the truth now.

But I wasn't ready at all.

I looked straight at Loren. "Friday, after my class."

Yugyeom smiled at me. "Y/n as my sister-in-law. I just can't imagine that. My little bro is growing up so fast!" He baby talked to me, squeezing my cheeks. So uncomfortable.

Why the fuck he's thinking so fast?

Loren was looking at me, straight in the eyes. Everything around me seemed to vanish. I can read his eyes, he knows that I'm going to lie again. I just know it. When is he going to snip the truth? I wish I could see the future, I wish...

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It was Friday, the day I was going to tell everything. Nervousness, fatigue and pain took over my body. The reason I'm tired is because I stayed up all night for 4 nights straight, thinking, maybe overthinking that Cherry might leave me. I had so many scenarios in my head that haunted me.

Even now, at this instant.

Pain, for the simplest reason. She's going to get hurt, or even the reverse. There's a high chance that I'm going to get hurt first, or not.

Fuck, I hate this so much. I shouldn't have accepted that stupid bet. But that bet gave me so much more. It's funny that I didn't accept the money that Yugyeom offered, even though I needed that money.

Maybe the situation I'm in right now, wouldn't be bad after all. She'll understand me for sure.

Pushing those thoughts away, I didn't realized that it was the lunch period. I've planned to go alone, to join Cherry. We barely talked after that little argument, it's not even an argument, I don't know what it was.

I'm crossing my fingers, hoping that she'll be alone today. I don't know her schedule and I wish I knew it.

I enter the cafeteria, picking up the tray; taking my time to examine the hall. I was trying to find Cherry in all of the tables.

There was no sign of her.

The only thing that passed through my mind was trees. She might be outside. That's the only option I have, right now.

"Can you fucking move? There's a long line here waiting for your ass to move!" The guy behind me, yelled at me. I turned around annoyingly. He gulped, saying sorry before I move out.

I just lost my appetite.

I threw the tray gently on the side, before jogging my way out. I pushed some students aside to go a little faster. My next class is about to start soon and this is the last time I could talk before I tell her my feelings.