PLAYBOY - Kihyuk

19 ~ Stay

I stare at him for a couple seconds, not being able to get a word out. I had expected him to embrace me, kiss me or maybe just laugh at me, believing it was a joke. Anything but this.

"I don't love you", Minhyuk repeats. "You think I could?"

I feel as if he had taken a knife, stabbed my heart with it and twisting it around. Even if he was just talking.

"W-well, I don't love you either!", I yell, desperately trying to force back the teardrops appearing in my eyes. I don't want him to see me cry.

Minhyuks expression turns a little softer. "Kihyun, I..."

"I fucking hate you!!", I yell, ignoring the weird looks from people around us. I cover my face with my hands, dropping what I'm holding.

"Kihyun", Minhyuk starts again. But I don't wanna hear it. I just turn around, running away from there.

"What's up, Ki?", Yoongi asks when I pull open the door. "You're crying... What happened?"

"Pack your stuff", I answer, wiping my face with my sleeve. "We're leaving."

Yoongi quickly nods, not questioning further.

Minhyuk POV

What the fuck? What the fuck just happened?

I pick up the car keys he dropped right before running away.

"Why... why did I say all that?"

Kihyun just confessed his feelings to me. Yoo Kihyun just confessed his feelings to me. And I panicked. I told him "I don't love you", I made him cry.

"What happened?", Jooheon asks, approaching me. "I saw you guys kiss and then suddenly he runs away crying! What did you do?"

I sigh. "I... I broke his heart."

"So he does like you?", Jooheon asks. "But you like him too, don't you?"

"No!", I exclaim. "I mean, yes. I mean... maybe."

"But you told him you didn't, is that it?"

I slowly nod.

"Well, this can easily be solved", Jooheon states. "You just have to get your idiot ass upstairs, apologize, tell him that you love him to and pull him in a deep kiss. Easy, right?"

"Wait, Jooheon", I start. "I don't actually like him!"
But seeing him hurt hurts me.

"Oh, so all that flirting was just you gambling with his feelings?", Jooheon questions. "That is so not cool, Minhyuk."

"Well, I didn't expect the dumbass to actually fall for me!", I exclaim.

"Honestly, Minhyuk, you're the dumbass here", Jooheon says with a cold tone. "I don't understand what he sees in you."

I sigh. Fuck. I really fucked this up.

Kihyun POV

Yoongi picks up the uno game, probably debating with himself whether he should bring it or not.

"Just pack it down", I say, feeling stressed.

Yoongi nods, putting it in his bag. "Give me my car keys and we can leave."

The car keys? Yoongis car keys?

"I don't have them."

"What?", Yoongi questions. "You just had the car and you never gave them back!"

I try to think back where I could have put them. I feel like I just had them. I definitely had them during my failed love confession.

"I fucking hate you!", I had yelled, ignoring the people around us. And when I covered my face with my hands I dropped what I was holding.
I dropped what I was holding.

"Shit", I mumble. "I know where they are!"

But Minhyuk might be there. I can't face him.

"I'll get them", I say, still, leaving the safety of our hotel room.

Peeking down from the stairway I can't spot Minhyuk anywhere. I slowly walk down, yet trying to get as quickly as possible to the place I must have dropped my keys.

Damn it. Where are they? I get down on the floor, looking around, but I find no trace of Yoongis car keys.

"K-Kihyun!", a voice cries out.

I quickly turn around, standing up. "Taehyun?"

"He's leaving today!", Taehyun exclaims, sobbing.

I feel my heart sinking. "Minhyuk is leaving?"

Taehyun look a bit confused. "No, Taemin!"

Oh. Of course.

"Aren't you coming with him?", I ask. "Or don't you have his number or something? I thought you were close."

Taehyun shakes his head at both questions. "When- when he came back after talking to you, he- he asked if I had a crush on him..."

"Did you say yes?", I ask, feeling a slight deja vu from before.

Taehyun shakes his head. "I- I ran away! I freaked out and- and I ran away! I haven't talked to him since..."

"I'm so sorry", I say, the guilt creeping in.

"No!", Taehyun sobs. "This is my fault! You- he gave me a chance, and I just threw it away! I'm sure you did a great job with the matchmaking. But- but I fucked it up, and now he's never gonna want to see me again!"

No, no, Taehyun. It's my fault. I lied to you...

"Uhh, anything I can help you with?", I ask.

"Can you...", he starts, his voice breaking. "Can you talk to him? He- he will leave today and I don't even have his number!"

"Alright", I accept. "I guess I owe it to you."

Taehyun gives me a small smile through his tears. "Thank you so much. Can- can I hug you?"

Please don't.

But I just nod, embracing him. After all, this is my fault, so I need to fix the mess I made.

"I- I don't want him to hate me!", Taehyun cries. "I love him...!"

"Don't worry", I say, trying to sound calm. "I will fix this. I promise."

Stop lying, Kihyun.

Minhyuk POV

I take a deep breath before knocking on his door.

"Kihyun, I'm so sorry, I...", I start as the door is opened. "Oh. It's you."

"Yeah, what do you want?", Yoongi asks coldly.

"I wanna talk to Kihyun", I state. "No, I need to talk to Kihyun."

"Not happening", Yoongi answers. "We're leaving, and he's not gambling with you again! You need to stay out of his life, you're just bad influence. He has changed since he met you, his gambling addiction got even worse and his common sense is nonexistent. So just stay the fuck away!"

I stare at him. "You're leaving... now?"

"Yeah, he's just gonna find my car keys, then we're out!"

"Oh, alright", I say. "Goodbye then."

Back in my hotel room I take out the car keys from my pocket.
Guess he's not leaving quite yet.