Minju's POV
I heard the steps coming towards me which made me look back to see it was Hyunjin.
"I think Malcolm-ah got mad or something and left. I'm gonna go look for him, okay?" I told him.
"Yeah, you should go. He must be close" Hyunjin said as he looked around.
I inserted my hand into my pocket and grabbed the keys and gave it to him.
"You can take the car and go home with Han" I said.
"W-wait! I don't have a license" He said as he looked at the keys.
"You do! Stop lying since Eric told me" I pouted and he stood speechless.
"I'll take the bus with Malcolm-ah" I said and he nodded before we separated paths.
I jogged through the streets as I looked everywhere for him. I stopped and checked my phone if there was anything but there still wasn't any. I dialed his number again and waited for him to pick up the call.
"The person you are trying to reach is unavailable" The phone said as I looked at it.
He won't pick up
"Where is he? He doesn't even know this area" I sighed before jogging again.
I kept jogging and jogging. It felt like forever but I wasn't going to give up. Not for him. I called again but still nothing. If it wasn't for all the working I've done, I would've passed out like before from all this running.
My eyes widen as I saw him sitting at the bus stop.
"Malcolm-ah!" I called out which caught his attention and looked at me.
I jogged towards him and panted as I stopped infront of him.
"Yah, Malcolm-ah...I was looking for you. Why didn't you pick up?" I asked before sitting next to him and he just looked at me before looking down on the ground.
"What are you doing here alone? Were you here the entire time?" I asked and Malcolm nodded before taking a deep breath.
"What is it? Is something wrong?" I asked.
"What's wrong? Something is always wrong...with me" He replied in low voice.
"I had just forgotten, that's all" He added and I couldn't help but feel sad as I listened.
"I was so sick of my life...I hated waking up in the morning" He said.
"I'd wish that the...the world would come to an end, so there would be no tomorrow" He paused and looked at me with a smile.
"But that all changed when I met you" He smiled.
"When I woke up in the morning, and before I went to sleep...I would feel something flutter in here" He chuckled as he pointed at his heart.
But, not long after, his smile dropped and was left with a sad expression.
"But after getting all dressed up today to make you annoyed, the reality of my life hit me when I joined the two" He said.
"What do you mean by that?" I asked and he hummed as I noticed he was stopping himself from crying.
"After my mom's company went under, she was sent to prison for fraud. It's been years. I've never gone to visit her but I spent my free time on a blind date" He explained.
"My dad...is in denial and borrows money from loan sharks, and makes his creditors come for me at my school. That's my reality" He finished.
"No matter how hard I try, I can't escape from it. This is why I shouldn't get excited about you" He said as he looked at me with teary eyes.
"This is why I can't be with you" He says with a shaky voice.
I felt my eyes get teary as well and I saw his hand. I put my hand on his and began rubbing circles on it to comfort him. He looked away as he did his best to avoid crying.
After a while, Malcolm calmed down and decided to go to the bus station. We got inside and found no one in there. We heard the news in T.V and groaned as it explained why there wasn't a train tonight.
"We missed the last bus" Malcolm groaned as we looked at the T.V.
"What should we do?" I asked and he sighed.
"We'll have to take the first bus in the morning" He replied as he looked at me before lazily walking to the benches and sitting down and I followed.
"I'm hungry" He sighed and I fished out a snack I had in my coat.
"Have one of these" I smiled as I held it out to him.
"Where'd you get that?" He asked.
"You haven't eaten all day" I chuckled which made him smile and hum before he taking it.
I fished out a small drink from my pocket and thankfully I bought snacks from that cafe I was in earlier.
"Drink this too" I smiled as I gave it to him.
"Is this...the third night we've spent together? No, wait. It's the fourth if we count the storage room" He said as he gasped in realization and we looked at each other.
"We're always spending the night together" He said which made us both giggle.
"So good" He mumbled as he took a bite of the chocolate cookie I gave him.
I took out a printed photo of the thing he wrote on my forearm the other night and put it on the spot where he wrote it and showed it to him.
"What is that?" He said as he looked at it.
His eyes widened as he took the photo and stared at it.
"Yah! Why did you take a picture of this?" He asked and I took it away from him before we looked at it together.
"It was gonna rub off eventually and I wanted to keep it forever" I giggled and stood up as he tried to take it away from me.
"Stop it! Yah! Give it to me!" He said, with a big smile plastered on his face, as he chased me around the waiting area.
I giggled as I stuck my tongue out to tease him.
I want to be yours forever even if you say we can't
