The Silent Boarding Gate II Junhui

第八章 chapter eight

About a month has passed since then, Hana is also vacillating. It's definitely not an easy choice anyone can make. Although she understands if she were to leave him, it would only make her life more miserable. But if they continued to stay together, who knows what the world would do to them. Time is passing and rushing her to make her decision.

For the time being, she went on hiatus with her work. This gave her free time to attend Seventeen's concert. The last time she's been able to attend one of their concerts was at least a year ago. Although she was more than exhilarated, she let go of the sorrow in her heart.

The day of the concert had come and Hana was backstage with the other members. "Whoah, it's been so long since you've been to our concert!" Minghao exclaimed. "Yeah, it's been a long time, I'll look forward to your performances!" she smirked. She turned to look at Jun who avoided her contact. Things are still a little awkward between them.

Just minutes before the concert starts, Hana notices Jun sitting alone in the corner of their resting room. Jun was never the type to express his emotions, but knowing him, she could easily tell he was nervous. "Don't worry." Hana said, sitting down beside him, putting her hands over his shoulders. He didn't respond and just looked at her with his long gazing eyes.

"Jun. You always work so hard even when no one is looking. You're very talented. You've shown your fans just how amazing you are. To them, you are more than precious. You should have more confidence." Hana said as she patted his back, comforting him.

In the end, she succeeded in relieving his stress and Jun went up to the stage feeling reassured because he knew somewhere among the audience, Hana was there, watching him.

When the concert started, Hana sneaked into the audience seats to get a better view. She couldn't feel happier watching the boys she deeply cherishes performing their hearts out on the stage.

Before she knew it, it was already nearing the end of their concert. As their last song before, they performed "thanks". This performance especially sank into her heart. "Thanks" is her favorite song of theirs. She also helped compose it a while ago.

Every word in the lyrics, every beat in the melody, every move in the choreography. It was impossible to forget. But what captured her the most, was Jun. Even with thirteen other boys, her eyes were glued to Jun.

Before she knew it, the performance ended. "I've made my decision." she quietly said and sighed, "it's the end, huh?"

The concert ended and Hana went backstage to meet the boys again. "That was a great performance!" Hana cheered. "Yeah, it was amazing!" Seungcheol added. "I feel like we performed 'thanks' especially well this time." Jun commented. "Yeah, you did." Hana whispered to herself.

After a while of rest, the boys decided to go out for a late dinner together, which Hana went along with. Before they entered the restaurant, she pulled Wonwoo aside. "Hey, you got a minute?" Wonwoo knew what was coming.

    "You've made up your mind?" Wonwoo asked. "Yeah." She said, "It's the end." Three words was enough for Wonwoo to understand. "I can't say I fully support your decision, but I respect it." Hana knew what he meant too. "Thanks." She patted his back and they followed back inside the restaurant.

    Since everyone was already old enough, they all drank until they dropped. But Hana held back her liquor. "I'm going to the bathroom for a sec." Jun said. "Ahahah, he drank too much!" Hoshi laughed.

    Wonwoo whispered to Hana, "You should let them know first." And Hana nodded in response then said, "I have something to announce." The others looked up, pondering what she had to say. She took a deep breath, "I'm quitting and moving back to China." Jeonghan spit out his alcohol, "What?"

    "I'm going to end my career here and start a new one in China." She repeated. "What do you mean? You're quitting?" DK said in disbelief. "No way..." Dino faltered. "Does Jun know about it?" Joshua asked. If Joshua hadn't asked the question, someone else would. She shook her head in response. "No way..." Vernon blurted.

    "Wait.. don't tell me..." Seungkwan knew what was coming, "Are you ending it with him?" Hana sighed and nodded. They all covered their mouths in shock. "There's no way..." Mingyu said, "Wonwoo, did you know about it? You don't seem shocked." Mingyu has a good intuition when it comes to this kind of things, "Yeah." Wonwoo answered.

    "When are you going back?" Woozi asked. "Within the next month or two." She answered, making everyone gasp, "This soon?"

    "Yes, please keep it a secret from Jun for now. I will tell him about it myself." Hana pleaded. "How are we supposed to hide this kind of thing from him?!" Seungcheol argued but quickly shut up when he noticed Jun coming out of the bathroom.

    After getting back to the table, Jun noticed the atmosphere definitely feels off but didn't think too much about it. "Maybe someone just threw up from drinking too much," he thought. But the rest of the night, no one could really laugh again and he understood something serious happened.

    Hana also felt a little regretful for ruining the mood like this. But in the end, what needs to be said, has to be said.

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