Autophobia: The specific phobia or a morbid fear or dread of oneself or of being alone, isolated, abandoned, and ignored. This specific phobia is associated with the idea of being alone, causing severe anxiety.
Started: 16th of July 2023
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Eunkyung sat behind the counter of the café, absolutely breaking her heart as tears strolled down her face like it was the easiest thing. Unaware of her soundings she continued to slowly rock herself back and forth trying to ease some sort of pain. This didn't seem to be working but she proceeds anyway in hopes that maybe over time it will work.
She was so lost in her sobs she couldn't hear the footsteps slowly approaching her. confusion spread over the boy's face as he was finally let on a break from practice, wanting nothing more than to refresh his senses with a nice cold drink, but when he got there nobody was standing behind the counter.
Instead, he heard the quiet sobs of a girl behind the counter, he contemplated for a split second before confidently making his way around the counter. The sobbing girl came into view the boy immediately ran and dropped to her side, shocked by the site of Eunkyung in this state. "Eunkyung, what's wrong?"
The new presence beside her caused her to look up shocked. "Jisung??? What on earth are you doing here??" She sniffled and wiped her eyes in hopes of hiding her obvious breakdown. "Uhm, we're on a break, I was sent to get all the members something to drink because Haechan left practice earlier when he shouldn't of, so they don't trust him." Jisung shrugged telling her the complete truth.
This time he got no response from the girl as she slowly sunk into herself her breakdown worsening. Jisung sat there, her cradled in his arms as he didn't hesitate to envelop her in his arms. Jisung wasn't good with affection or helping people, so he was trying his best with this hug.
It was evident that the hug wasn't doing much, and this caused Jisung to start to panic. He pulled his phone out of his pocket instantly dialing the number of the one person he knows is closest to Eunkyung. After a few rings the ringing stopped indicating that the call had been answered. "Hyung, come down to the café, now please."
Jisung didn't give enough time for questions to be asked before hanging up on him. He put his phone back in his pocket, bringing the sobbing girl back into his embrace. He kept her like this until another set of footsteps could be heard entering the café. Jisung leaned back and looked at Eunkyung before sighing. "Hey Eunkyung, I'm gonna go, okay? I called someone you trust more than me, I'll see you later, I hope you feel better!"
Jisung pushed himself up off the floor and made his way over to his friend. "Haechan thank god, I found her in this state, and you were the only person I could think of calling, Jaemin hyung told me that Eunkyung doesn't open up to him like she does with you, so I just kinda figured..." Jisung wasn't able to finish his mini-speech before Haechan had bolted past Jisung toward the sobbing girl.
Haechan's heart broke the moment he laid his eyes on Eunkyung. Still curled up in a ball, sobbing uncontrollably, lightly rocking herself back and forth. "Oh, Kyungie... If I'd known you'd end up in this state, I never would have gone back to practice. What's wrong?" Haechan's voice rang through her ears making her perk up. She thought that Jisung would have called Jaemin or Chenle but not Haechan.
