ᴄʟᴏsᴇ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ☁︎ ʜᴜᴀɴɢ ʀᴇɴᴊᴜɴ

4.3

eunha was awake when renjun came back from the restroom and cutely pouting at the screen of her phone

"how are you feeling?" she asked, feeling the bed sink from the other side, putting her phone aside and turning to look at him
"I'm better. i guess I've accepted the fact that it wasn't meant to be and what feelings i had for her were just.. a crush. it still hurts but," he sighed, "I'll get over it"

eunha half-heartedly smiled at the boy and reached over to pat his head, "it's okay, child. people come and people go"
"you're quoting an exo song"
"yes, and what about it?"

the boy just chuckled and layed himself down properly next to the girl
"eunha"
"what?"
"thanks, eun"
"heck yeah. you should be thanking me for putting up with you, do you know how hard it is to take care of you? i feel like your mother"

the boy just shook his head and shut himself up from saying any that else and eunha thought of it as the perfect chance to talk to him

"renjun i have something to tell you" she said and he hummed for her to continue
"first, you have to promise you won't be mad at me- or any of us"

his brows clashed together at the mention of the word 'us' but he nodded nonetheless, "i promise, eun. have i ever been seriously mad at you?"

the girl shook her head and begun her explanation, "so the thing is.. the other day when i was out with jisung and chenle and we went to get ice cream.. we uh, we saw minsu and we overheard her and her friend talking about how.. you were a dare"

"you knew?" he asked, finding her eyes and she nodded as she gulped
"i.. I'm sorry, jun.. all of us knew.."
"why..?"
"we.. we saw how happy you were.. you hadn't been that happy in ages and we didn't want to hurt you.. I'm sorry, renjun" she let out, her voice an octave higher than a whisper as she tried to avoid his eyes

the boy remained quiet. his silence made eunha's stomach churn and her heart beat went erratic. her mind was all over the place, putting herself down continuously

it made sense to renjun, though. besides, the incident happened only two days prior. even if they were to tell him, they wouldn't tell him one week into his relationship. he looked down at eunha who was trying her best to keep her close but he could see right through her.

he read her like an open book. he knew her like he knew his alphabets. every little thing about her, he knew and adored. she had always been there dor him and he had always been there for her. their friendship was one to go down in the history books, he thought. he knew she was always looking out for him, this time too.

"eun?"
"I'm so-"
"it's okay, i understand," he let out softly and embraced the girl, "i understand, eun. i wouldn't want to lose a friend like you. you're just taking care of me and I'm thankful for you to do that"

friend.
and all of a sudden, eunha felt little again. the butterflies beginning to wake in her stomach went back to sleep. she hugged back, though.

'if it keeps me close to him, im willing to stay just friends until one of us ends up in the grave'

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"are you sure you're good to go?" eunha asked the boy for the nth time and he groaned,
"yes, eunha. geez its like im underage and you're my legal friend making sure I'll be okay at a college party"

"but like, you just got your heart broken yesterday. we can stay home and-"
"i cant just keep on hiding from the truth, Newton. i need to just accept the reality. it hurts, it hurts like shit but its life."

eunha blinked, taken aback by his words then chuckled, "look at you being all realistic again"
"reality is often disappointing"
"okay, Thanos. go get ready"

(zenni: if you understood those references ily)

it didn't take long for renjun to get ready. he wore a black hoodie and jeans that he had left at eunha's from previous sleep overs. however, for eunha, even choosing what to wear was like choosing between brownies or a lava cake

"renjun, denim or plaid?" she held up two skirts and renjun hummed, raking eyes between the two
"denim. plaid's too short and it'll make you look like a middle schooler. especially with your height"
"you better watch your words, mr.huang"

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kind of a filler ig. but get ready for the next chapter, its gonna be your guys' favorite i think