Our Love

❃ 12 ❃

~The Next Day~

Hamin never answered any of my calls last night and I didn't see him at all this morning when I was on my way to school, but luckily, we're in the same class which means I will be able to catch him with ease.

I entered our classroom and saw him sitting at his desk with three of our classmates cheerfully chatting with him.

I made my way on over to them with a classmate taking notice of my approaching figure and said, "Hey (Y/n)."

I sent a closed eyed smile and waved at her and stopped in front of Hamin's desk with a serious gaze and stated, "We need to talk."

Those who who were around proceeded to quiet down as they were surprised by my tone of voice.

Hamin nodded his head and stood up from his seat as we walked out of our classroom and made our way outside near a secluded area with very little students walking by.

"You didn't answer your phone last night," was the first thing I said.

"My phone was taken away," he responded with very little emotion.

"Oh..." I said as I felt slightly embarrassed about the numerous calls and text messages I sent, but I redirected my attention back to the main issue. "Last night was a disaster. You...didn't really mean what you said...right?" I hesitantly asked.

"... I did mean it."

My heart began to slowly sink as I reached out and tenderly grabbed ahold of his hand. "Hamin, I know you're doing all this to protect Jaemin, but...can't we find a way to still make this work between us? We'll find a way to hide our relationship from your parents again."

He stared at our hands for a second before he slipped his hand away from mine. "It's not about Jaemin. I realized that lately... I don't feel the same way as I did before. It was a mistake to change our relationship. We should have stayed as friends."

Hamin did his best to remain composed on the outside all while crumbling and breaking down on the inside as he despised every word that he uttered.

"Your feelings have not changed. The love you have for me is genuine and I feel it everyday," I asserted because he never once put up a facade with me. He was able to freely act and express himself whenever he was with me.

"I never said that I loved you. I only said that I liked you, but even those feelings changed in the blink of an eye. I don't like you anymore," he bluntly stated as he gazed down at me without a hint of warmth in his caramel colored eyes and I could feel a chill run down my spine.

"Stop lying to yourself!" I exclaimed as I grabbed ahold of his shoulders and lightly shook him.

It slightly angered me that he was spewing lies and purposely trying to hurt me with his words and it was something that I could not accept.

"I think it's better if we forget about our relationship," he choked out as he covered his face with his hand to hide the tear that managed to slip out.

"How could you ask me to forget about us and act like nothing has happened! How could I easily forget someone I have known my entire life and someone who I love!" I cried out with an ever growing aching pain in my heart and tears threatening to spill from my eyes.

"Ooo a lovers quarrel!" Loudly announced someone and when Hamin and I looked to our right, we saw a group of students who seemed to have heard a portion of our dispute.

"Well from what I heard, it seems more like Hamin is trying to break up with her, but she isn't letting him. How selfish of her." She disappointedly shook her head at me.

"Wait until everyone hears about this," said another girl as she quickly typed something on her phone.

"No, it's not like that, I-," but I stopped myself because it would be futile to explain this to them when all they care about is having a prey whom they can look down on and gossip about.

I turned to look at Hamin who didn't dare meet my eyes nor utter another word. I removed my hands from his shoulders and lightly scoffed before I muttered, "We're not done talking yet."

I turned on my heel and walked away from him and as I was walking past my classmates, I heard one of them nastily say "Did you really think Hamin would stay with someone like you?"

I gritted my teeth and stormed back inside with my eyes casted downward as the news about us had already spread like a wildfire with everyone's eyes following me.

'This is humiliating.'