[EN] HIM (HyunChan)

IV.

[Seungmo] Sun, 11:52 a.m.

Hyunjin :)

[Seungmo] Sun, 11:55 a.m.

Are you alive? :(

[Seungmo] Sun, 12:01 p.m.

Please text me back :(

[Seungmo] Sun, 12:34 p.m.

Something wrong? :(

[Jin] Sun, 12:40 p.m.

Sorry, I just woke up now :(

[Seungmo] Sun, 12:41 p.m.

Cool :) Are you okay?

[Jin] Sun, 12:42 p.m.

Yeah, I'm just tired, so I think I'll go back to sleep :D

[Seungmo] Sun, 12:43 p.m.

I get it :D What were you and Chris doing outside the diner last night? You were there for quite a while :D

[Jin] Sun, 12:46 p.m.

Wouldn't you like to know :D

[Seungmo] Sun, 12:46 p.m.

:(

Dude :(

[Jin] Sun, 12:48 p.m.

Nothing happened, we just hugged :D

[Seungmo] Sun, 12:49 p.m.

For almost five minutes? :O

[Jin] Sun, 12:50 p.m.

Yes, for almost five minutes :D

[Seungmo] Sun, 12:50 p.m.

Okay, I'll take your word for it this time :D

[Jin] Sun, 12:51 p.

Dumbass :D

[Seungmo] Sun, 12:51 p.m.

I love you too :D

[Jin] Sun, 12:52 p.m.

:D

I'm off to bed, see you Monday :)

[Seungmo] Sun, 12:53 p.m.

Bye bye :)

***

As soon as they met outside the school on Monday morning, Christopher couldn't help but notice how tired Hyunjin looked. He was pale, with dark circles under his eyes and his lips even more cracked than usual for this time of year. He wondered if it had something to do with the way his stomach had turned for a while after his first drink on Saturday night.

"Are you okay?" He asked cautiously, then put his hand on his shoulder. He touched it carefully, afraid that if he applied any more pressure, it might crumble under his hands.

Hyunjin nodded. "Yeah, I'm just not used to going out in the evenings and staying up late. Kind of knocked me out," he chuckled, which was followed by his typical mischievous grin, though this time it didn't hide his tiredness.

Even though the elder didn't completely believe this statement, he nodded. He didn't want to make him talk about something he didn't want to talk about.

"What happened? You're usually the last one here," laughed Seungmin, who joined them after a while.

Christopher shrugged and smiled. "I must have gotten up five minutes early."