Falling for you | sunki ✔

49# ᰔᩚ𝙎𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨ᰔᩚ

"Mind if I join you?"

Sunoo |

I agreed to Ni-ki joining me by the window, my heart beating a little faster. He sat down next to me, and his expression turned more serious. I braced myself, knowing that this conversation was long overdue.

"I want to talk about everything that has happened the past weeks," Ni-ki began, his voice soft but determined.

"I need to apologize. I'm sorry for hurting you, and I'm sorry for being such a coward that I didn't address this earlier."

This was the conversation I had been waiting for, the chance to finally address the tension and unspoken feelings that had been lingering between us. I nodded, encouraging him to continue.

"It is true that I wanted to hurt you because I was hurt by myself. But as we spent more time together, I started seeing a different side of you, a side that I couldn't ignore."

My heart skipped a beat as he continued, his words resonating with me more deeply than I had expected. "The truth is... I saw myself falling for you. And that terrified me."

I took a moment to process his confession. He had hurt me, yes, but he was owning up to his mistakes and sharing his genuine feelings now.

I found myself at a loss for words. There was a part of me that wanted to interject, to share my own feelings and thoughts, but Ni-ki's words were pouring out with an intensity that seemed to carry the weight of his emotions.

It was as if he had been holding onto these thoughts for a long time, and now they were finally finding their way to the surface.

"After I lost my parents, I was overwhelmed by this sense of hurt and anger. I felt like I had no one to rely on except Jay. So, I lashed out and hurt others, because I wanted them to understand the pain I was feeling."

"But then," Ni-ki continued, his gaze locking onto mine, "I met you. And something changed. I started to see that my way of dealing with things was wrong, that hurting others wouldn't heal my own wounds."

"I realized that I had never truly been loved by anyone, aside from my parents. And when I felt myself falling for you, I saw it as a weakness, something I needed to destroy. I tried, Sunoo. I tried to bury those feelings, to convince myself that I could move on."

"But I couldn't. No matter how hard I tried to deny it, I couldn't stop myself from caring about you, from wanting to be around you."

Ni-ki's eyes glistened with unshed tears as he concluded, his voice barely above a whisper.

"I fell for you, Sunoo. And I'm sorry for hurting you in the process. I want to make things right, to try to be the person you deserve."

A small, fragile smile tugged at the corners of Ni-ki's lips. "I just wanted you to know the truth. I understand if you can't forgive me right away, but I hope we can find a way to move forward."

I suddenly found myself overwhelmed with a mixture of emotions.

Each word he spoke seemed to touch a chord within me, and I fought back tears, not out of sadness, but because his sincerity and vulnerability were almost too much to bear.

As his voice quivered while admitting his feelings, I felt my own heart racing, a warmth spreading through my chest.

When he finally uttered those four words, "I fell for you," tears welled up in my eyes, spilling over as I couldn't contain the rush of emotions any longer. It was a beautiful revelation, one that I had hoped for but never truly expected.