ᴄʟᴏsᴇ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ☁︎ ʜᴜᴀɴɢ ʀᴇɴᴊᴜɴ

4.4

eunha pulled her denim jacket closer to her for warmth as her and renjun walked inside the already noisy house. she thanked herself for going for a casual fit, seeing as nobody was wearing any ballgown dresses. her fit was simple; a denim skirt, a white top and a denim jacket with white sneakers.

"dang, sooyoung's rich." renjun muttered underneath his breath, eyeing the mansion. eunha couldn't help but agree, sooyoung was really rich (but nobody tops ceo chenle)

eunha spotted the girl greeting guests at the entrance of the house and she waved excitedly once she saw the two approaching and hugged eunha once she was close enough
"happy birthday, casually acquainted person"
"thank you, acquaintance" sooyoung smiled and pulled away from the hug and renjun greeted the girl with a happy birthday too

"here," eunha handed the girl a small, well-wrapped box. she had bought her gift the day when she was out with the rest of the 00 line
"aw, thank you! you didn't have to! come on, I'll guide you to where the rest are. to be honest, i was waiting for you to show up. you're like- the only bearable person i know"

eunha just chuckled at the girl and let her talk as she listened while they walked to where the rest of her friends were.

renjun was immediately attacked by donghyuck in a big hug, "I'm sorry, dude. she wasn't that cute anyway"

the shorter just snickered and pushed the other away, greeting the rest of the boys as he sat down on one of the chairs next to the kitchen counter

"so.. did eunha talk to you?" mark asked and he nodded
"yeah, it's okay guys. i understand. now I'll just have to get her out of my head somehow"

"i still can't believe you're an adult now" jaemin said in a motherly tone as he squished jisungs cheeks
"let's get started on downing some giggle water, bitches!"

whereas the boys were hyping each other up as they drank drink after drink, the three girls sat at the empty backyard and chatted away

"-like i heard her saying she'll break up soon but not that soon! a week, was it?" asked sooyoung to which eunha nodded

"well, it was one sided, bound to end one way or another" shrugged haein
"what about you and donghyuck?" eunha wiggled her eyebrows and nudged haein who scoffed
"what makes you-"
"i notice the heart eyes. and don't think i don't know that you guys text often"

haein didn't say anything but the tips of her ears turning red were enough to answer eunha. the taller girl dismissed the matter and turned to sooyoung,
"what about you, soo? you got any action in your love life?"
the girl shrugged, "i don't like the idea of being so exposed to someone that they know how vulnerable you are, you know? love can be scary"

the other two hummed in sync and they fell into a comfortable silence.

"but I've heard it's amazing. love. to be in love. every little thing. it doesn't have to be a person. love is everywhere" said eunha, looking down at her hands, "it makes you vulnerable, but it gives you reason, doesn't it? it gives you something to lose, a will, a reason to fight. and it shows you how to love yourself as well"

before the girls could reply, a shout from inside interrupted their calm session

"YAH BAEK HAEIN, YOU'RE REALLY CUTE"

the three chuckled at the yell from the house's balcony and looked up to see donghyuck waving at the three. haein held up her hand to wave back which caused the boy to jump giddily

"looks like your romeo likes you too" sooyoung nudged the girl who turned all shades of pink
"shut up"

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"eunn~~~" renjun drawled out and crashed himself into the girl's arms
"ew, you smell like.. alcohol," she said, pushing him away and he pouted

"no fair, newton! you are my best friend not haein's best friend!" he whined and stomped his foot, making the girl laugh at his child-like drunk acts
"no, my best friend is haein." she said with a huge smile on her face which made renjun whine even more as he tried to hug her again

she eventually gave in and let the boy hug her as he attempted to whisper in her ear, but in his drunken state, he said it in a normal voice,
"hyuck likes haein and he and her are hubsand and wife"
"it's pronounced husband, jun"
"hehe.. hubsand" he giggled but pouted again soon, "eunha?"

"yes?"
"i want a hubsa.. hub.. hus.. husand.. husband too," she chuckled at him but her amusement didn't last long

"be my hubsand, eunha"

her heart skipped a beat and butterflies swarmed inside her stomach. her legs felt wobbly and he lost control over her thoughts but soon she told herself he was drunk.

drunk, drunk, drunk. it didn't come from his heart. he wasn't thinking straight. heck, was he thinking at all?

"never knew drunk renjun after a break up would be so clingy" jaemin joined their side and raised an eyebrow
"and i never thought I'd see drunk jisung" mark, who was beside jaemin, joined and they all matched their gazes to where jisung was trying to kiss jeno's foot as chenle laughed hysterically at him

"where's hyuck?" asked mark, noting his absence
"haein took him home because he had a little too much to drink" eunha explained

"i think you should take renjun home too, we'll take care of those three," mark said, patting eunha's back and she nodded
"actually, i plan on helping sooyoung clean up after the party's over, so you'll have three drunks to cater, hyung" jaemin sheepishly smiled

"welp, tell sooyoung we left and we had fun today!" she said, waving the two boys goodbye, noticing that renjun had begun to drift off on her shoulder

"jun," she shook him, "picasso, dude wake up lets head inside the car and you can sleep on the way back"

the boy woke up and mumbled a few incoherent words as he walked- or stumbled- his way back to the car with the help of eunha. she sighed in relief when the drunk boy remembered to put on his seat belt himself so she hadn't to do it for him. and in an instant he fell asleep.

on the way back, all eunha could think of his words from before. sure, he was drunk. she knew that. but those words still found a way to mess with the girl's heart and wake up chew on her bottom lip.

after parking the car outside of the building and stepping out, she walked to the other side and opened the door. the shook the boy in attempts of waking him up,
"renjun, get up.. we're at your apartment, cmon lets go in and I'll tuck you in bed, hm?"

the boy groaned and got out of the car and leaned on eunha, mumbling different words that made no sense to eunha. she continued to lead them inside the building and the elevator.

it felt like a long walk to apartment number 23 in which renjun resided, but eunha made it and smiled victoriously.

"renjun, where are your apartment keys?" she nudged the boy and he stopped his staring contest with the plant outside the door and fished for the keys in his pockets, getting it out and handing them to the girl who unlocked the apartment and got in with the boy.

"eunha.." renjun called out to her and she turned around after locking the door again.

what she wasn't expecting was for her best friend to press his lips against hers in a kiss once she turned around.

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a little spoiler;
there's only one kiss in this story.
its over all a soft story of how two people come together and complete eachother, so i dont really think a lot of kisses would fit the book's vibe yk

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they kissed :o