Old love (ENHYPEN's Heeseung Fanficiton)

Aftermath

While the landscape passed by in front of the window, I leaned back. Heeseung allowed me to keep his wonderful hoodie. I couldn't believe it. In my head, I rewound time and remembered everything from the moment on I ran into him. His smile, his eyes and the way they looked at me, his laugh, his voice, his scent... I didn't want to hope for too much, but I was suspecting him of feeling the same as I did. Or at least similar.

Until I got home, the movie got to me again. I was feeling a weird mixture of infinite happiness and deep sadness that still lingered on me from the movie's ending. And with that emotional rollercoaster, I walked into the living room. Only now I remembered that the others were over. All four of them sat on the couch, Jake and Jay playing video games while Jungwon and Niki seemingly worked on something. I greeted them, not surprised that the two gamers barely took notice. Therefore, I strolled over to the other two and dropped down next to Jungwon. He always radiated a calming aura and I felt like I needed that the most right now.

"Whatcha doin'?", I asked them. "Working on a project for university", Niki answered, fully focused on the stuff in front of them. "What happened to you?", Jungwon asked me softly. He must have seen that my mind was somewhere else. "Titanic happened", I sighed. "Oh, I see", he laughed and put his arm around me. I leaned on him and watched while they were discussing stuff I didn't understand.

I paid Jungwon respect for trying to get my mind off the movie and directing it to happier things. He asked me questions every now and then, wanted to know my opinion, even offered to shoo the others off the couch so that the two of us could play a match too. But I neglected it. I probably looked worse than I felt. I just needed a bit of time to progress everything. He smiled softly as he looked at me now. "I guess I really can't be of any help right now, huh?", he asked. I shook my head. "Oh, little one, what to do with you?", he sighed and pulled me into a proper hug.

Technically, I was older than him, but he kept calling me little one every now and then, stating that I gave off those "little sister"-vibes. "Feed me and don't forget to cuddle with me every now and then", I mumbled lazily to answer his question. He laughed. "Anytime", he replied. My phone rang. I looked at it and smiled. "Go ahead, answer it", Jungwon told me and let go off me. "Thanks for taking care of me and good luck with your project", I answered before rushing into my own room.

•••••••

"Hi", I smiled into the camera after accepting the video call. "Katy!", Maya exclaimed happily, "So good to see you again. How are you?" "Good, I guess", I told them. "I guess?", Roxy immediately investigated. "I watched Titanic", I explained, knowing that's all they needed to know. "We actually called because we wanted to know if there is any news. Niki recently texted me something suspicious", Maya smirked. I blushed immediately, earning teasing "Uuuuuhs" from both. I laughed. I should have known that Niki would tell Maya. They were such close friends and after all, he was the reason I knew her. They shared every single little news.

"Well, I guess I gotta tell you then", I smiled shyly, "But first – Maya, how's uni going so far?" Roxy pouted; Maya stared at me in disbelief. I leaned back. "No tea spilling until I get updates from you too", I declared. "Well, the professors are okay, the students are nice, the subjects are interesting and the new apartment is really nice. Nothing more to say, now you", my friend answered rushingly. I shook my head amused. "Roxy?", I asked. "Survived all math tests, almost done with the latest big assignment and absolutely impatiently waiting for what you will tell us so go ahead already", this one replied. I grinned. "I don't have a chance, do I?", I laughed and started to tell them everything from scratch.

•••••••

The time flew by as we talked and as Jay peeked inside to wish me a good night, I realized how late it already got. I yawned. "We should head to bed, shouldn't we?", Maya suggested and I nodded. "Yeah, I have to get up early tomorrow, I probably should go to sleep", Roxy agreed. We wished each other a good night and before we hung up, Maya grinned at me brightly. "Hey, Katy, one last thing", she said. "Yeah?", I asked. "Don't forget to keep us updated, you hear?", she teased me and I laughed. "I promise", I replied and waved them goodbye before ending the call.

I got up and went out of my room, almost bumping into Jay. "By the way, I wanted to ask something", he said and I looked at him curiously, "Isn't that Heeseung's hoodie?" I blushed. "He gave it to me", I confessed shyly. Jay smirked. "I won't ask", he then shrugged it off, "After all, I figure an innocent, lovely woman like you might just be the right one for someone like my cousin." I grinned as I nudged him and he sent me a smile before disappearing into his room. I thought about his words. Innocent and lovely? Yes, I knew most people saw me like that because that was what I let them see most of the times.

I knew that Jay knew better. I could be quite scary once I got furious. I was annoyingly moody sometimes. And even though slightly different from Jay, I knew that our fighting spirit connected us. We could both be really stubborn and barely gave up on something we really wanted to achieve. I smiled. Most of the people didn't realize this side of me. And I didn't bother to show it most of the times. They would get to know once I wanted them to know. Or when needed to – which often surprised others a lot. I just wondered... Did Jay mean this side of me as well earlier?