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Chapter 16

February 2023

Haneul's POV:

Half term had finished and sadly, school started again.

I got off the bus and was walking to school when I saw Minho.

"Hey Haneul" he sighed.

"Hey, is something wrong?"

"Nah, I'm just tired. I can't be asked for school anymore"

"Relatable" I chuckled.

He then stopped talking for a while as we walked into school. He looked as if he wanted to tell me something but couldn't.

"You alright, bro?" I asked him, concerned.

"I think you should move on" he sighed.

"What do you mean?"

"You should stop liking 19 and move on"

"Why, what happened?"

He hesitated before saying, "I think he likes someone else"

My heart dropped.

I knew there was no way I would've had a chance, but I also thought there was no way any other girl did either.

All he cared was himself and his grades, he didn't seem the type to even like someone right now.

"Do you know who it is?" I asked him.

"I can't tell you. You wouldn't like it if I told someone else about 19, would you?"

"Fair enough" I sighed, I was too tired to ask again.

Too tired meaning too heartbroken.

"Are you sure he likes someone?" I asked, still not believing all this.

"I mean, I'm not too sure, but he's giving off the vibe that he does like someone right now"

I paused in deep thought.

If Sunwoo really did have a crush on someone right now, Changmin would've told me.

"Does he make it obvious in person or online?"

"Online" Minho answered.

"So, it looks like he likes this girl on text?"

"Yeah," Minho replied sadly. "I'm so sorry, Haneul"

"It's fine" I sighed. "And you really can't tell me who it is?"

"I wasn't even meant to know, it was by accident"

"Fair enough" I sighed again.

I was just too out of it. So tired and so heartbroken and it was very clear to Minho because all he did was apologise again and gently rubbed my arm.

But all I knew was this.

If he wasn't going to tell me who, I will just find out myself.

Even though, I did have one girl in mind.

Chaewon.

"Hey Changmin?" I whispered to him during maths.

"Yeah?" He whispered back before looking at me.

"If 19 had a crush on someone, you would tell me, right?"

He gave me a confused look.

"I mean, you don't have to tell me who but you would tell me if he liked someone, right?"

He then started to laugh, "Why, what happened?"

"Someone told me 19 likes someone"

"Who?"