ᴄʟᴏsᴇ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ☁︎ ʜᴜᴀɴɢ ʀᴇɴᴊᴜɴ

5.5

have you ever been in your own world, listening to your favorite music while you're waiting for your brother to pick you up from college since he promised to take you shopping? but then suddenly, the next thing you know, you're being dragged inside the school again?

no?
just eunha?
okay.

"dude- renjun?! what the heck?!"
"the art room's empty come on!!" he said, grabbing her wrist and pulling her with more force, almost getting her to fall.

"hey! i almost fell-"
"ssshh!!"

he abruptly stopped and pulled her to the side, leaning against the wall and putting a finger to his lips for her to remain silent. without questioning it, she obeyed and frowned in confusion which was cleared when a teacher walked by, not minding the hiding pair.

"the teachers don't know" he whispered to her and motioned for her to follow him again.

once they had made it inside the art room (renjun somehow managed to steal the keys) eunha hit his shoulder, making him wince

"one, you made me ditch my shopping day with jungwoo," a hit, "two, you drag me inside of school again," another hit, "three, you sneak inside the art room without the teacher knowing," another hit, "four, what the fuck did you bring me here for?!" another hit

he winced, holding his shoulder and rubbing it, sitting down in one of the chairs. eunha followed and crossed her arms, tapping her foot against the floor as she waited for his explanation.

as soon as he opened his mouth to explain, eunha's phone went off. a call from jungwoo.

the older offspring of dad

"I'm outside, where are you?"

"inside. i think I'll have
to cancel today, renjun dragged me
inside the art room for
some reason"

"oh.. well good luck.
don't do funny things-
OH AND AND AND use this
opportunity to confess to
him!!"

"are you in your
right mind?!"

"yeah- no jaehyun
hyung, i won't let you
talk to her- anyways, eunha
bye!! and think about what
i said, okay?"

he hung up and eunha sighed. she looked up from her phone and at renjun, who she found already staring at her, making her shift in her seat.

"can i talk now?" he asked and she nodded.
"i dragged you here because of the assignment thingy. i wanna paint with you. as for telling the teachers, i just simply forgot to tell them"
"then how do you have the key?"
"our arts teacher has given us all spare keys so if we ever wanna come and paint, we're free. so stop over thinking this all, okay?"

she mumbled something under her breath and he frowned at the low voice,
"what did you say?"
"i said, im only over thinking when im close to you"
"oh"

she fucked up.
why did she say that? stupid, stupid, eunha.
now he'll think she's weird amd their whole friendship will crumble down-

"that's... i feel like I've heard that in a song before.." renjun mumbled and put a finger on his chin

no.
she won't let that happen.

"renjun, there's something i need to tell you,"

she was going to confess.
no regrets. no more wasting time.
she was gonna do it.
for real.

"go on," he urged
"this might ruin our friendship so i hope you won't disband it and stuff. I've been holding it in for about 2 years now, i think its time for you to know and for me to let it out because it's eating me alive and makes me over think a lot and shit"
"just tell me, eun. I'm here to listen, i always-"

"i like you. more than friends"

there was a silence. but she continued.
"I've liked you ever since two years ago, maybe even before that. but i realized it two years ago. when you were with minsu, even if it was one week, it hurt me so much. I felt like i didn't stand any chances with you. but now i have this opportunity and I'm not going to let it slide. renjun, i love you so fucking much.. you're such an important person in my life, you're like my oxygen tank. you've seen me at my lowest, me highest, my craziest and my moodiest.. you've been with me through so much. i love you so much, i don't think i can let you go. i hope nothing changes between us, negatively, at least. if you don't love me the way i love you, please don't push me away. I'm too selfish to let you go like that. i don't know what I'd do without you. but please, don't push me away..accept my love, not my affection, but my love. because that's onw thing about you, injunnie. you deserve love.. so much of it"

she had teared up by the end of her confession, not daring to even look ay renjun but instead, her eyes found the floor more interesting.

it was when she felt herself getting pulled into that warm embrace again, being held in those strong arms, head on that chest so she heard his rhythmic heartbeat, only then she looked up and saw those very eyes that had been covered with glasses looking back at her with nothing but adoration and care- and tears too.

"eunha, you little bitch," he chuckled, his voice cracked and he shook his head, "give me some time to sort my feelings out, huh? because i definitely do feel something for you too..damn how- why.. i just only realized it..now.. let me figure it out, eun, hm? i promise I'll give you your answer. and," he flicked her forehead lightly, "I'd never leave you, idiot. you mean so fucking much to me. I'd be crazy to let someone like you leave my life"

"of course, of course, you just got out of a relationship, of course you need time." she chuckled and hugged him back, putting her arms around his waist and head on his shoulder since she was sitting, "I'll wait for you. but just a warning, I'm not that patient"

"i know, Newton, i know."

☁︎
AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH SHE CONFESSED SHE FUCKING CONFESSED DUDE WHY AM I FREAKING OUT IM THE DAMN AUTHOR I MADE HER CONFESS BJT WTF

BUT YOU GUUUUYYYYYSSS
I ALSO HAVE A KIND OF CLICHÈ YET SWEET WAY OF MAKING THEM GET TOGETHER JUST YOU FUCKING WAIT AND SEEEEEEE

i am so proud of this book, honestly. i hope it does well because i fucking KNOW it deserves to be at least in the top 10 of the renjun hashtag
(well, that's only a goal/wish)

anyways, hope you have a nice day/night/evening/morning / midnight/ noon/ afternoon or sunset or sunrise!
zenslino loves you! <33333