stars and whispers // minsung

Chapter Twenty Three

hyunjin

hyunjin:
Sup

U awake?

I want to talk w/ u

You:
hiii
yeah, i’m in my dorm

you can come

-

Jisung dropped his phone on his bed, looking at the roof.

So he does have a girlfriend.

And it actually was a date.

Fuck, Jisung, why does that annoys you so much?

Why… Why does it hurt?

Before he could think of anything else, someone else knocked at the door.

He got up and went to open, meeting with Hyunjun who was smiling. “Hi.” he said “Can I come in?”

“Of course…” Han muttered, opening the door wide.

They both sat on the couch.

“I’m sorry," was the first thing that Hyunjin said.

Jesus, how many people are going to apologize to me on this same couch?

“I-It's literally okay, Hyun. Don’t worry,” Jisung said, smiling.

“No! It’s not, I’ve been such a mean person to you since… What do we call it? Decades?”

“I don’t think that we have been alive that much…”

“Okay, whatever but still… Look I… Fuck, I don’t know how to use words, all right? Just come here.”

Hyunjin wrapped Han in a tight hug making him smile and laugh a little.

“Oh my god…” he chuckled “You’re so extra..:”

After a few seconds (maybe two minutes) Hyunjin finally let his friend go and smiled.

“What are you doing today?” he asked.

“I’m dying.”

“Oh.”

An awkward silence installed himself with them until Jisung realized and scoffed. “I was joking, I’m not.”

“Oh! Okay then, want to secretly follow Minho to his date today?”

Oh.

Jisung’s smile faded away and his lips opened as he was processing what he had just heard.

“Huh?” he asked, hoping that he hadn’t heard well.

“You didn’t notice? Minho is always so fucking obvious when he’s going on dates with her…” Hyunjin laughed, clapping a few times.

“I-I… No, I didn’t notice.” Han muttered, faking a bright smile. “I didn’t even know about… wait, who's ‘her’?”

“Gyuri! They’re almost the same age. Can’t believe he hasn’t talked about her with you…”

“Oh… You? They…? Wait, sorry I…” Jisung scoffed, looking down.

What’s going on with me?

Is she his girlfriend?

“Wow! Looks like you didn’t know at all!” Hyunjin noticed.

“Y-Yeah I- she's his... girlfriend?” Han finally asked, looking at his friend.

“Is that even a question? Of course she is!”

It’s funny how a single emotion can be felt in your whole body and transmitted to your brain.

And it’s funny how Jisung couldn’t understand why it hurt so much to listen to that.

Minho had a girlfriend.

“He loves her so much, oh my god…,” Hyunjin added, laughing and laughing.

And he loved her so much.

What is he laughing about?

Fuck, Jisung, why are you mad?

No.

Control your emotions, come on, Hyunjin is here.

Why didn’t he tell me?

Why did he…

What were you thinking about, Han Jisung?

“Oh Dear, you have to stop thinking that way! Nobody actually loves you, it’s all in your head.”

And why I’m I hearing her voice out of nowhere?

“Han?”

Jisung looked up.

Hyunjin was looking at him, confused. “You okay? What are you whispering about? I feel like you’re about to invoke a demon.”

“Oh, sorry. I didn’t realize, sometimes, it happens,” Han laughed.

Hyunjin chuckled and nodded. “Okay then! So, what were we talking about? Oh, right. Minho and Gyuri’s date. Want to come and spy on them?”

“Sure! Do you do it often?” Jisung asked, getting up.

“All the time! It’s so fun to look at that side of Minho. Normally he’s all serious and stuff but he becomes so cringe when he’s in love!”

Each word that was coming out of Hyunjin’s mouth felt like punches on the stomach for Jisung.

And still, he had that smile on his face.

The one that he hated but still used every day.

The fake one.

They got out of the dorm, looking at Minho’s location through their phones.

Okay Jisung, you got this.

It’s a normal friend-activity.

A straight one, but still.

Let's sneak and peek at Minho and his girlfriend.

Gyuri that he loves 'so much'.

Sigh .