Chapter 8

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Mingi's POV
I looked at mijoo coming out of ari's room with a tray of food in her hand. She looked at me and shook her head. I sighed and nodded her back at a response.
It's been 2 days since ari found out about the incident and she hasn't left her room or eaten any food.
I was in my room, staring blankly at the computer screen in front of me when mijoo rushed into my room.
"Mr. song! Unnie , unnie , she's ........." she stuttered.
I didn't wait her to finish her sentence and rushed out of the room. I saw ari about to leave the house with a suitcase in her hand.
" Ari, what are you doing?" I asked her.
She turned to face me, " I'm going to leave," she continued, " I don't want to be with you at the moment."
"No. Please ,sweetheart. Don't leave me," I begged, " please, I can't live without you."
She took in a deep breath, " mingi, I have already decided . I need some time to think about all the things that happened to me, and I can't do that with seeing you everyday."
"Then, I will leave," I said, " if someone has to leave the house, then I will. Please, stay here. I can't stay not worrying about your well-being without knowing where you are or how you are."
" that's exactly why I leave, mingi," she said, "I wanted to be alone and think alone. Don't worry, I can take care of myself."
She left.
She left me.
I ruined everything.
I broke her trust, I lied to her, I make her disappointed.
Now, she's gone and the only person to blame is no other than me.
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Ari's pov
I took a seat in the passenger seat beside yeri, who was waiting for me in her car outside the gate.
"Thank you yeri," I said, "for picking me up and letting me stay with you."
She shrugged it off, " don't worry. That's what friends are for."
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"Here! This is your room for now," yeri opened the door of a room, " I hope you don't find it messy," she joked, "If you need anything, you can come to me, okay?"
I nodded, " thank you, yeri. I'm sorry that I've become a burden. Don't worry, I'll only be here for a time being. I'll move out as soon as possible."
Yeri narrowed her eyes, " will you stop with that thank you things? You've already said it for thousand times.I already told you there's no need."
she pretended to be mad, "and you're not a burden. I'm glad that you come to me instead of keeping everything to yourself. That makes me feel like I'm doing a great job as a friend," she beamed, "you can stay here as much as you want. I don't mind. And my roommate is also okay with that."
"Oh right, what about your roommate?" I asked, "where is she? Is she really okay with me staying here?"
"Yeah," yeri answered, "she even helped me cleaned the room. She will be back in the evening , then you can meet her," she patted my shoulder, "don't worry, nayeon unnie is very kind. You are going to like her."
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I was helping yeri in the kitchen, more like cleaning all the mess she made, when I heard the front door opened.
"Unnie, you're back?" Yeri greeted, "here, this is Ari."
I gave her a smile.
"this is nayeon unnie I'm talking about." Yeri introduced us.
Nayeon didn't rely anything and just staring at me blankly .
"Hi, I'm Ari. Thank you for letting me stay," I started the conversation.
She got snapped back into her thought and gave me a smile, "hi, Ari. I'm sorry, I was tired," she said, "and, no need to thank. just call me unnie."
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Yunho's POV
"Mingi? mingi?" I have been calling his name for thousand times.
But he didn't respond, just staring blankly at the computer.
I hit his shoulder gently, "hello mingi? Are you here?"
"Hum? Yeah? Yeah?" He got startled and responded.
I sighed, " I have already called you for thousand times. Did you hear what I said?"
"Ah yeah ! that's good! Just go with that one," mingi replied.
"Which one?" I raised my eyebrow.
Mingi sighed, "just choose one. I believe you."
"Mingi, that's very unlikely of you to ignore your works like that. Are you okay?" I asked.
He sighed heavily and rubbed his face with his hands. "I don't know, Yunho. She's running in my mind 24/7. Is she okay? Where is she? What's she doing? How's she sleeping? Has she been eating well? I'm worried about her. I miss her."
I patted his shoulder in comfort, " she will be okay , mingi. You know how strong she is."
He cried, " she hates me now, Yunho. I messed up so bad. She will never want to see me again."
I just rubbed his back, silently comforting him.
He asked, "did you get any contact with her?"
I shook my head, "she didn't pick up my calls either. Well, she must be angry with me too. I also lied to her."
I continued, "but right now, I'm more concerned about you .Did you even sleep? Or eat? Look at yourself. I have been your friends for decades but this is the first time I'm seeing you in this condition ."
" how could I fall sleep knowing she hates me, Yunho?" He replied.
"That's the reason you need to take care of yourself more," I stated, "she may be angry with you at this moment but I believe she will never hate you. Apologize her until she forgive. Try to correct your wrongdoings . don't just sit here destroying yourself."
He gave no answer but I know that he's thinking hard about what I said.
I should also try to meet and apologize ari before the situations get worse.
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