this december ~ enhypen niki / nishimura riki

13

it was now close to midnight and you were making the terrible decision to stay up late the night before you return to school. why was this decision being made ? because sunghoon decided to facetime you an hour ago and talk about everything that's been going on since he started track.

he had heard some news from his friends that you and niki had been talking more and was greatly offended that you weren't the one to tell him but after a long talk about everything that happened in chicago it was safe to say he dropped the joke of pretending to be mad. he was a good friend, he always has been. you weren't feeling so bad anymore and told him that but he still wanted to take time to comfort you.

the sweet, caring sunghoon lasted for all of 15 minutes after which he got right back to teasing you about riki. you honestly didn't mind as much anymore, you just managed to fully convince yourself that the whole "he likes you" joke was never gonna be anything more than just that, a joke.

"i'm just saying when you start dating i called it" sunghoon said with his phone resting on the wall beside his bed

"you're so dumb. we're just friends he doesn't like me and i don't like him anymore."

"wait, the getting over him thing actually worked ?" sunghoon raised both eyebrows and looked at you a bit taken aback

"i... honestly don't know. i keep saying it did but the more we talk the harder it is to make myself believe that. i just don't wanna stay hung up on the same guy anymore especially if he never had feelings for me." you answered the question truthfully, for the first time to anyone other than nayoung

"try talking about him." you looked at sunghoon after he spoke a bit confused what he meant

"what ?"

"just start talking. tell me about him. i know him the way i see him, but i want you to tell me how you see him."

you were still a bit lost but decided to go with it anyway. it couldn't hurt to try letting him figure it out for you.

"well, i've known him for a few years. i remember when i first met him i didn't pay much attention to him, but then i got curious and he started talking to me and we were friends. starting that year i," you paused

"had a crush on him. i tried to get over it and now we're here. we're friends again. he's a good guy and he's helped me a lot. he's nice and he's funny and he gives good advice. if i feel bad, i feel better when i talk to him. when i get sad, he makes me happier even if he doesn't know i'm sad. i like talking to him. i still get excited when i get a text from him. but im still too nervous to talk to him in person but from what i know from before he's always been as good out loud as he is over text. i've been told i smile when i talk about him which i didn't know until it was pointed out but i guess it makes sense because sometimes, when i'm texting him back i don't even realize i started smiling right away. i guess, that's most of it." you had been looking down the whole time you talked and when you finished you looked back at your phone to see sunghoon smiling back at you before he spoke

"just a hunch but, i don't think it worked y/nie" he said with a teasing grin

you groaned and made a face at him.

"i hate it when you make me realize things"

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5:45am, everyone's favorite time to be awake and getting ready for school while running on a solid 2 hours of sleep.

goddamit hoon...

if last nights epiphany wasn't already mixing your brain up enough, you now had to go back to school which you had been absent from for a week evidently missing a truckload of work. great.