trapped // hwang hyunjin ✔️

chapter thirty-four

this time it doesn't hurt

choi luna (one month later)

"i'll get it!" i yell to chan, skipping over to the door to answer it. i pull it open, my smile immediately dropping.

"luna! i was expecting chan to answer... sorry i'll um... i'll come back later." he turns around quickly, walking down the steps.

"hyunjin!" i call him. he slowly turns around.

"y-yeah?" i roll my eyes at him.

"come here." i tell him. his eyes go wide and he reluctantly makes his way back up the stairs.

"um... what's up?" he asks awkwardly. i giggle.

"i've missed you." i breathe out.

"i-i've missed you too..." he replies, i could tell he was trying to hold back. so i pull him into a hug, standing on my toes to wrap my arms around his neck. he responds instantly, wrapping his arms around my waist, pulling my body into his. i relax instantly under his touch.

"luna who was at the— oh." chan's voice causes us to separate. "i'll um... i'll give you two a minute." he smiles sheepishly before walking away, causing hyunjin and i to laugh.

"your hair got longer." i tell him, pulling on one of his locks.

"it does that." he jokes.

"smartass." i slap his arm lightly. "aren't you gonna say anything about how i look?" i question him.

"um... you look pretty." he cocks his head at me.

"lame." i roll my eyes.

"i've been going to therapy." he states out of the blue.

"huh?"

"i've been going to therapy. for the last month. they um... diagnosed me with BPD, i take medication for it and have regular therapy sessions."

"oh... that's good." i smile at him.

"i'm doing a lot better." he smiles back.

"what were you here to see chan for?" i change the subject, unsure of how to respond to that.

"oh, he called me over, said he had something to show me." he shrugs.

"oh, well come in, i'll go find him." he quickly comes in, plopping himself on the couch. i giggle at him before i head to the kitchen, where chan went when he said he'd give us a minute. "chan?" i call out, not seeing him in the kitchen. "huh..." i walk through the kitchen and enter the laundry room, also empty. i leave the kitchen, going to see if he had went into the garage instead. "chan?" i call again. no response. "that's weird..." i walk back out to the living room.

"is he coming?" hyunjin asks.

"i can't find him, i'll check his room." i say, he nods. i quickly make my way up the stairs, lightly knocking on his door. "chan?" i push the door open, sighing upon seeing that he wasn't in there either. i walk over to his bathroom door, placing my ear against the door, listening for any signs of life before i pushed it open revealing no one. "where in the world did he go?" i leave his room, quickly checking each guest bedroom and each bathroom, but he was really no where to be seen. i make my way back down the stairs.