ACT TWO
"y/n! over here!" jungwon smiled and waved his hand, signaling for her to come sit by him and his friends. y/n sighed and shook her head, a slight smile still plastered on her face as she walked toward them and sat down next to jungwon.
"you had to yell from across the cafeteria?" she nudged his shoulder and just he laughed.
"what? are you embarrassed of me or something?"
"only when you embarrass the shit outta me on purpose."
jungwon chuckled and shook his head, punching y/ns arm. y/n winced dramatically to get a reaction, but jungwon didn't even consider asking her if she was okay or not.
maybe the year isnt off to a bad start, y/n thought to herself. but only if-
"you guys didn't tell me you weren't eating outside like we usually do!" jay came over suddenly, snapping y/n out of her thoughts. "i looked like an idiot roaming around trying to look for you guys."
"jay, you're in our group chat." niki raised an eyebrow and grinned.
"obviously i don't pay attention to it then." jay shrugged, setting his trey down on the table and sitting down next to sunghoon. right in front of y/n. he smiled at her, causing her to chuckle nervously and smile back at him.
"nobody pays attention, jay." heeseung commented.
sunoo shook his head. "hyung. you're always active in that group chat. don't even."
"i have nothing else to do and you guys are texting it constantly!"
the younger slowly reached for his back pocket, taking a deep breath. "well, if we look-"
"don't even think about it." heeseung demanded, obviously feeling defeated. the rest of the table laughed at the two.
y/n laughed with the rest until her phone suddenly buzzed, causing her to take it out from her jacket pocket and look at it in excitement. it was a text from one of her best friends, sunghoon, who she hadn't seen since 5th grade because he went to a different middle school.
hoon ^^
you're hanging out with a bunch of dudes that aren't me and my friends woww
y/n <3
it isn't that hard to approach me weirdo
BUT SERIOUSLY I WANT TO SEE YOU SO BAD WHERE TF ARE YOU.
hoon ^^
DID YOU SERIOUSLY NOT NOTICE THAT IM ONLY A COUPLE TABLES BEHIND YOU
y/n sighed and looked behind her, scanning all the tables up until the third. she saw sunghoon sitting on top of the table with a couple of his other friends, phone in hand. she giggled to herself and put her back in her pocket. standing up, she was stopped by jay and jungwon stopping her at the same time.
"where are you going?" they both said in sync, startling the two boys themselves.
"i gotta go see someone real quick. i don't know, i might be back." she was obviously in a hurry so jay just nodded slowly.
"you better be back here in time to go to 5th period." jungwon smiled and y/n nodded.
"i will, i will." she rolled her eyes playfully and turned again, running over to sunghoons table. sunghoons opened his arms, only causing y/n to giggle and run into them, ignoring the tears forming in her eyes. sunghoons eyes widened as he almost fell over from the power of her leap.
"holy shit, y/n. you miss me or what?" he teased and rubbed her back. she smiled and hummed into his shoulder.
"dudee, who is this?" an unfamiliar voice spoke, but y/n ignored them, continuing to hug sunghoon as tight as she could.
"chill out, jake. she's a childhood friend. i haven't seen her in 7 years."
the nostalgia set in once she finally processed sunghoons words. its been 7 years since they actually hugged each other. 7 years since they had a proper real life conversation. 7 years since they laid an eye on each other.
flashback
"you're not going to warren middle school? b-but it goes up to high school too! it'll be better! easier!" y/n tried persuading sunghoon, but he shook his head.
"i would if i could, but it isn't my choice. i don't wanna leave you, but my parents think it'll be better for me to go to this middle school. they told me its more.. uhm.." sunghoon trailed off, trying to find the right words. "upper level?"
"i-i don't care! i don't want you to go! please don't go."
"i told you i couldn't. i want to stay, but i guess my parents don't."
"that means i wont see you until high school.. high school!"
"i know and i'm sorry. i keep saying that, y/n."
y/n frowned and wiped the tears from her eyes. sunghoon was leaving? her best friend for the past 8 years of her life. he always told her he'd never leave and that wherever she went, he'd follow. but now he wasn't. they were going separate ways, which absolutely broke y/n.
"please..?" y/n breathed out for the last time.
sunghoon sighed. "i'm sorry."
END OF ACT TWO
