-The Girl's Healer- Kang Taehyun FF

Chapter 27

Hwang Hyunjin's POV:

I crack Haru's door open to check if she's ready. I enter her room and turn my head seeing Haru. She wasn't dressed to go out, she was laying on her bed like she was about to sleep.

"Haru.. Why didn't you go meet with Taehyun? Are you okay? Is something wrong..? I know you like him, so why didn't you go?" I ask, concerned. She's not that dumb. I'm pretty sure she knew it was Taehyun who wanted to meet her. Did Taehyun do something? She didn't respond and just stared at me with guilt. I sit next to Haru on her bed.

"Haru, answer me. Why didn't you go? If you don't answer I'm gonna cancel your fried chicken order." I say one more time, hoping to get an answer. She looks up at me as if she doesn't know what to say. The only thing she does is stare at me with the look of pure guilt. As if she did something she didn't want to.

Hwang Haru's POV:

"Haru, answer me. Why didn't you go? If you don't answer I'm gonna cancel your fried chicken order." He says, trying to get an answer. He was trying so hard to get an answer out of me. It's not that I didn't want to answer, it's that I don't know what to say or how to even start saying it. I just look up at him hoping he knows why I didn't go. I hope this even when I know it is impossible for him to know the exact reason. The only way he'd know is if I told him. But I don't know how.

"Okay, no fried chicken for you." He says, taking my phone out of my hand and canceling the order. "Now, tell me what's wrong. You're guilty because you didn't go but why didn't you go in the first place?" He continues, looking down at me. I felt like crying but I don't even know how. My body isn't functioning as it should.

The more he asked the question, the closer I was to bursting out in tears. I want to speak but my body isn't letting me. I felt my eyes water but I held back the tears that were soon to stream out.

"Haru? Are you about to cry? What is wrong Haru? Tell me. Come on." He says again. He knows everything and how I feel all the time. Can't he just figure this problem out too?! The tears start flowing and I grab onto Hyunjin.

His immediate reaction is to hold me.

"Oh my gosh.. Haru, what is wrong? I haven't seen you cry like this since the day you broke up with Wooyoung.. Please tell me what is wrong." He says. I can tell that when I'm sad, he's sadder. He hates seeing me hurt but there is nothing I can do to fix this. I can't put everyone I love in danger. I'd rather suffer than everyone else.

I just kept crying and he held onto me tight.

"I.. It's because this is the same feeling.. as the day I broke up with him." I mumble, still crying. I couldn't stop shaking knowing that Taehyun is waiting for me at the convenience store. I feel so guilty but this is for the good of my family, friends, and Taehyun.

"What? Haru, please tell me why you're doing this to yourself. I know you like him, why won't you go? You're going to break Taehyun's heart." He says, letting go of me.

"I c..can't go Jinnie.. If I go I'd.. I'd have to reject him. I can't put everyone I love in danger, Hyunjin." I say, crying even more. Hyunjin has never been good with moments like these. I pretend I'm so strong but on the inside I'm going through unbearable pain. I put others before me and they don't even notice. Hyunjin has improved on how to deal with me but sometimes he just doesn't know what to do. Sometimes he goes overboard and yells out of frustration that I won't answer his questions. But he also knows that at times, silence is better. It's stuff like this that helps him understand me more than I understand myself.

"Haru, let's just breathe okay? Take deep breathes then you can explain to me what's wrong. I'm just trying to help so please listen to me. Breathe." He says, trying to get me to calm down as easily as possible. I take slow, deep breathes and try to stop crying. He knows exactly how to calm me down in everyway so I slowly stop crying. My breathing is still shaky and my entire body is shaking. I continue taking deep breathes until my breathing is regulated. Hyunjin realizes I am calm so he says,