🔞I May be Falling in Love // Hwang Hyunjin🔞

🖤Chapter 26🖤

After a long morning of dancing I got to spend my spare lesson with Cole in the music room. As I step through the door I never realised how good this room smelt compared to every other room. The smell was very floral like a vanilla tree had been planted in the centre of the room however, the smell was coming from none other than Cole.

"Did you steal my perfume?" I immediately accuse as Cole has never smelt so good in his life. I'm not saying he smells bad, he's just one of those people that generally don't have a smell.

"No, Felicity gave me a small tube of vanilla perfume as a thank you gift for helping her class out today." Cole says and he can't help the slightly red colour appear on his cheeks.

"Felicity, huh?" I nudge him on the arm causing him to look away from me.

"She's just a colleague; wouldn't want you getting jealous." He teases causing me to laugh.

"Oh please, I think imma have a break from romance for a while." I reply and the room goes silent. All that could be heard was the analog clock ticking on the wall and the slight breathing of both Cole and I.

"Good, you deserve someone more like Felix." Cole says breaking the silence.

"Cole, I'm not doing this again." I roll my eyes. I'm tired of arguing, I'm tired of defending Harley and I'm tired of making the wrong decisions.

"Sorry." He apologises and he walks over to the piano. A beautiful tune begins to play from the instrument; something I've never heard before. The song wasn't slow nor fast, it felt intense as if Cole was playing the song with frustration.

"What song is this?" I ask softly as I make my way over to him and sit on a chair beside the piano.

He finished playing the song and turns to face me. "I wrote it, the sheet music is over there." Cole states, pointing to the teachers desk where the sheet music lays. I pick up the papers and notice the title of the song, 'Her Poison'. I lower my eyes and begin reading the sheet music but I notice there are lyrics written underneath each bar.

My eyes begin to scan the lyrics, 'He is killing her; her precious soul. Controlling her; it's his own little world.'

"Cole, what is this song about." I say before reading any further.

"Isn't it obvious?" Cole looks me dead in the eyes, I can almost feel the hatred reflecting off of them.

"Harley is not controlling me or killing me Cole!" I stand up and smack the sheet music on the desk before storming out the door, bumping into the one I was trying to avoid the most, Harley.

"Woah, are you alright?" Harley chuckles as he holds me upright to regain my balance.

"We should talk." I state, not answering his question. Harley looks at me with terror behind his eyes and then looks into the room where I came from to see Cole standing by the desk with his arms folded across his chest giving him a deathly stare. He nods and I take him towards an empty music classroom.

"Is everything okay?" Harley questions as soon as I close the door behind us.

"No, everything is not okay. I'm lost."

"But we talked about this, we said we are going to take it sl-"

"We said that but we both know for a fact that it's not going to turn out like that." I say interrupting Harley. I can feel the lump in my throat begin to expand, 'Don't you dare start crying' my thoughts scream at me.

"But... I love you."

I freeze for a moment, it's the first time hearing those words escape his mouth. "N-no you don't, we both don't know what love is." I stutter my words, not believing his. A thick layer of silence falls between us as I look to the ground. The tears are starting to form and I can feel my body growing weak and tired.

"I can't do this, it's not healthy for both of us." I break the silence.

"Then what do you suppose we do." Harley says through frustration.

"We... l-leave it... here."

"So, that's it? We're done? For good?" Harley shouts as he takes small steps closer to me.

"Yes, we are." I snap while looking into his eyes, trying to hold my tears back.

Harley's eyes grow dark and heavy as his expression grows angry leaving me almost frightened. "Fuck you." The harsh words fall from his lips as he storms past me and slams the door behind my back. That is when the tears pour. Why would he say something like that?

I just sit down in the corner of the room, knees to chest and let my tears do their thing. Was I making a mistake? Should I be running after him? Is he going to go back to drinking? Fuck

All these thoughts crowded my mind for the entire hour that I sat by myself in the dark room. Cole didn't come near me; he didn't text or call.

When the bell rang I pulled my phone from my back pocket and looked at my face in the reflection. Mascara had run down my cheeks, my foundation was patchy and some of the concealer had come off on my neck exposing the marks I wished weren't there.

I stand up after wiping my cheeks to make my appearance as normal as possible and not like I had just gone through a teenage breakup. I walk straight pass Cole's classroom and head straight for Felix' where the door is already open. Felix is practicing a dance and stops in his spot when he saw my swollen eyes look his direction. Closing the door behind me, I run up to him for another comforting hug.

"It's over." I whisper to Felix and his grip tightens around my body, pulling me closer to him.

"I'm so sorry to hear, everything will be okay." He replies at the same level of volume before his head rests gently atop of mine. "Why don't we head out of here? I have no class this lesson, it was meant to just be us two practicing." Felix pulls away from the hug and smiles at me while wiping the tears that pooled beneath my eyes.

I nod and we gather our things before walking out to his car. Felix opens the door for me and not just because he is a gentlemen but mainly because the door is broken and has to be opened a certain way.

"Sorry about the car, you're probably used to Harley's." He laughs as he climbs into the drivers seat and begins warming up the car. I laugh along with him as he drives off.

"Where would you like to go?" Felix asks turning down the stereo so he is able to hear me.

"I'm not sure."

"We can head back to my place, Chris won't get back until late so I can show you some of the stuff we have been working on." Felix smiles as his eyes remain on the road ahead of him.

"You and Chris live together?" I ask, shocked.

"Yeah, I probably should've mentioned that. We make music together, sometimes with the others but we mainly write our own stuff." He explains and I'm interested. Felix singing? What other talents does he have that I'm not aware of.