5.09 ;; dirty looks

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We went on another hike the next morning. I kept glancing down at Seunghun's hand, wanting to hold it, but I knew that there was someone watching us.

"Here." Yonghee, who had been behind us the whole time, held out Seunghun's flashlight. Seunghun took it.  Behind him, another person hummed. "Have you seen Jinyoung?"

Yonghee turned. "I thought he was with you?"

"I thought he was with you. He left the cabin yesterday during the night, and I haven't seen him since." The guy turned towards me and Seunghun. "Um, hey."

"Oh, right." Yonghee began introducing us. "Kim Seunghun, Lee Byounggon, Yoon Hyunsuk." He paused for a moment as Seojun announced something. "He probably has his own stuff to take care of. As do I."

Hyunsuk and Yonghee continued bickering, but I couldn't focus on their words when Seunghun gripped my fingers with his own for a moment. "Wait, who are you guys looking for again?" he asked.

"Bae Jinyoung. Know him?"

Seunghun looked at me. Yeah, I knew him, but not closely. I shook my head, and Seunghun turned back to Yonghee and Hyunsuk. "Not really. I've seen him around once or twice, probably."

Yonghee and Hyunsuk deemed their search to be a failure there, based off the way that they finished talking. We moved through the hike in quiet, then returned to camp. On the opening tarp of my tent, a note was stuck to it.

"Oh," I tugged the letter off the flap, entering the tent. "It's from Jinyoung."

"I thought you said you didn't know him," Seunghun stated, following me in.

"Well, more or less." I began reading.

hi.

i know that you and i don't really know each other, but i'm in a really tough spot and i don't know who else i can talk to.

i'll be coming to your tent after lights-out. expect visitors.

bae jinyoung

A tear on his name.

"He wants to host a meeting via our tent."

"So that's just... going to happen? I was hoping we could be alone tonight." There was a frown on Seunghun's lips, one that I pecked away.

"It's fine. We can figure this whole thing out later."

Seunghun grabbed my hand. I hummed lightly.

𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗧𝗢 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗦 (𝟭-𝟲). ❥ cix.Where stories live. Discover now