❝ figure me out ❞ park sunghoon

-19-

"here's your phone." he handed her the phone. julie was looking at him. "I... I was" he tried, "I was out of town this week." julie raised a brow. "my grandma passed away."

"oh" she said. "im sorry"

"do you wanna go back to the prom?" he asked.

"no." she said, hughing herself. she looked down.

"okay..." he paused. "we can go to the riverside"

when they were almost there, julie looked like she was cold, so sunghoon gave her his jacket (THIS IS SO CRINGE IM SORRY) julie smiled a little.

they were walking beside the river bank when sunghoon said, "marco told me yesterday that he was taking you to prom. but..."

"it's okay."

after a few minutes she said, "It's my fault really. he always had a thing with kelly. I was never even in the picture."

"I wish I could take you." he spat, then regretted. he didn't wanna say it. julie looked at him. "should've asked me then."

"I wanted to. but then I got caught up in these. my grandma passed away and I didn't know what to do." he paused. "im not defending myself. I should've reached out. I hate myself so much"

"I hate you too." she smiled. "it's okay though. we're not that close. you asking me out for prom would be weird anyway."

"we're... not close?"

"hm?" she looked up at him.

(you guys pls pretend i know what im doing)

"I thought..." he stuttered, "I thought... I mean we spent so much time together. we even kissed."

she smiled. "we did yes. but am I really that close to you sunghoon? it doesn't matter if we spent two seconds or a lifetime together. what matters is that if I'm really close to you. do you think about me at random times of the day? do you wish you could see me when you're away? do you feel like texting me, telling me whatever you're doing but are too shy to do it?"

"what if i say yes?"

"then you'd be lying."

"what if im not?"

she went silent for a moment.

"you don't like me sunghoon. I've known this my whole life."

"that is the problem. I think I do." he slipped his hands into hers. a very gentle breeze was blowing and the city lights were reflecting in the river. "what if I say I don't ever want you to go away from me, I think about you every minute of the day, I want to tell you about my everything, I want to know your everything. I've always vaguely felt like this towards you. I'm the kind of person that avoids things that make them nervous. but I don't think I'm nervous anymore."

"that's..."

"shhh. let me finish." he smiled. "I didn't know when it happened or how it did, but I like you a little too much julie. and yes I really wanted to ask you for prom." he took out the necklace from his pocket.

"what is this?" she asked.

he put the necklace in her neck slowly and gently.

"this is so cringe" she said.

he smiled.

"okay. I like you too. fullstop." she said. he laughed.

"I think..." she said then, "I think I will always love you a little bit more than you love me, you know?"

he looked at her, perplexed. "I will prove you wrong." he paused for a moment. "so should we kiss right now?" he asked, smirking.

"just for the cinematic value." she said before kissing him. they giggled against each other and hugged ever so tightly. the cold winter breeze blowed over them as the water in the river made pleasant sounds. winter was almost at its end, spring will soon be here.

hi guys ig I will end this book here cuz I have no ideas😨 also everytime i post a chapter I internally scream and cringe cuz how tf could I write something so cringe but thank you sm for reading ig ur delusional like me too I get u babes dw. also be friends w me pls I love to make new friends but I don't have much.

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