Chances

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a/n slanted is english kk read my children 👹

once at his house eunhyeok dragged me into his room as he got ready. as he got dressed in his restroom i looked around his room. he had a lot of shoes laying around the floor. random toy cars on his shelves, some of those funko pops of anime characters on shelves as well. posters of women i've never seen before. all of a sudden he rushed out of the restroom and yanked off the posters before rushing back to the restroom without a word.

i watched the bathroom door shut and laughed at him for a bit. he came out a minute or so later his cheeks slightly red.

"let's go..." he said looking around his room as if he missed something. before grabbing my hand and having me follow after him. "what store are we going to?"

"i need clothes so wanna go to the mall?" he smiled at me before nodding. we walked to the mall once there we went to lots of stores, i tried on shirts, shorts whatever caught my attention. eunhyeok genuinely just watched me.

"why don't you try something out?" i asked him once we left another store. he shrugged and grabbed my bag for me.

"nah i like watching you try out outfits. quite enjoyable." he said kissing my hand.

"nerd." he smiled at me before kissing me softly.

"strawberry?"

"what?"

"chapstick..?"

"no, cherry."

"is that the one you always wear?"

"no i switch between vanilla and cherry." i said as he moved hair out of my face.

"i like the vanilla one better." he said before kissing me again.

"y/n?" a voice called out from behind us, i turned around to see a friend i had back in the states.

"lili?" i said as she got closer.

"i thought that was you, how have you been? i haven't see you in forever!" she said before pulling me into a hug.

"what are you doing here? on vacation?"

"no no it's a school trip for the scholars, i believe about 150 of us came." she said letting go of my and holding my hand.

"who came?"

"me obviously, daniel, jessica, mimi, wesley, and... elliot..."

"elliot is here?!"

"yeah but he's been with danny and wesley most of the time. but i don't know they just wonder off a lot of the time." eunhyoek watched as lili and i spoke looking ready to leave.

"it was good seeing you but ive gotta-"

"you got plans tomorrow?"

"we're not doing anything tomorrow right?" i asked eunhyoek who shook his head in response.

"no i got nothing to do tomorrow." i smiled at her. she nodded and looked at her phone.

"wanna do karaoke tomorrow? there's this place i saw earlier but since im alone right now i can't talk to much people without looking like a fool." she rubbed her neck awkwardly.

"i don't really do karaoke."

"really?! but you're so good at it with your voice you could be an idol." i shook my head and grabbed eunhyoek's hand.

"you wanna go to karaoke tomorrow?" i asked him squeezing his hand.

"are you going to sing?"

"i don't know yet."

"alright ill go with you." he smiled at me.

"okay so what time tomorrow?"

"i'll text you." she smiled at me before walking off. "see you guys tomorrow." she waved before running off.

"who's that?"

"someone i used to know...come on let's go get matching rings."

"we already have that."

"matching shoes?"

"you just bought a pair."

"matching trauma?"

"you're lucky you're cute." he said before kissing my cheek. after awhile eunhyoek dropped me off and went home. i was home  alone for a bit when dohwa called.

"hello?"

"why'd you lie to him?"

"i can't tell him the truth."

"y/n...i can't support this lie, he should know. plus i think i saw elliot today. he should know, he should know before somebody tells him."

"what am i supposed to tell him dohwa?! that when i was...i can't dohwa...i can't...i tried to so many times...i can't...i try not to think of it but i can't. i can't you know how people look at you after you tell them something like that?! you know how they treat you?! how they look down on you or treat you like you'll break!? i can't dohwa. i can't i want to so badly i want to tell him everything to get it out in the open but i can't."

"you home?"

"yeah..."

"i'll be there in ten." he hung up and i sat in my room crying in a corner. after awhile i heard the door bell ring and went to open the door. dohwa looked at me and pulled me into a hug. "i know you can't, i know it's hard for you. i understand that. but he should know, you can't keep something this heavy from him. especially if the source could be close." he said guiding us inside.

"i know...but i don't know...i can't tell him that, you know how embarrassing it is, pretending i had a joy in the states, i was there for 4 years, and i was beaten at school and at home. tossed around like trash...i had two friends, and one of them hurt me the most when i needed him. i can't tell him, and you can't either."

"then why did you tell him the plot of your favorite book. he's going to find out you lied to him."

"he won't if i don't read that book."

"y/n that 'story' you gave him had holes he's going to find out you lied to him. and su-ae and i won't help you cover it up. you have to tell him the truth."

"i'll tell him when the time is right dohwa..."

"what?! when you faint in front of daniel again? or what if you end up face to face with elliot?!"

"i'm not going to."

"and how sure are you on that?"