𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ✧ 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐞

Chapter 37

"Oh no it wasn't you, you looked uncomfortable so I did it." He said, looking a bit embarrassed. But I could tell he didn't regret it, which made my face turn a light shade of red

"Don't do you it again.." My words mad him flustered, as if he did something wrong. "I'm owing you too much..." I finished, a sigh of relief escaping his mouth, along with a little laugh.
"Gosh you scared me."
"How did that scare you-"
"I thought I did something wrong, judging from that reaction."
"Oh..hehe?" I said, making the both of us let out a chuckle.

"But it's no biggie, you don't owe me nothing, just consider me returning the favor."
"Return what favor?"
"For giving me a second chance." He whispered, his voice so low I couldn't tell what he was saying.
"What?"
"Nothing.." he finished as the bus stopped, arriving at its destination.

"Uhm we should get out now..." I said, as it had already been a few minutes since the bus stopped and more the half of the students got off by now.
"Yea we should..." He said and got out, giving me space to get out myself.

We both got out, me making my way to my friends and him heading to his.
"So..how was the ride?" Yiran nudged, expecting something more or less cute.
"I slept throughout the whole ride." I rolled my eyes, most of them making disappointed noises.

"Ok guys, enough chitter-chatter, we should really get going now, the teachers are looking at us." Ahyun said, batting an eye to the direction of the grumpy looking teachers so we could notice them without getting caught.
"Ya we should..." Haeyoon agreed.

"Wait guys one second..." I said squinting my eyes, looking at someone from afar, someone who looked oddly familiar to one of the people in my friend group.
"I need to confirm something...." I said, taking out my phone and dialing a number before calling it.

"Hey Miho, how're you doing?" I asked, acting enthusiastic as usual.
"Oh I'm great.... why'd you call all of a sudden?" She asked, sounding nervous.
"Oh nothing just checking up on you guys," I lied, "I'm really missing y'all here. By the way, where are you at now?"

"Oh me.. I told you guys I'd be at my parents house..for you know, a little family reunion..." She said, trying not to sound suspicious.
"Oh.. parent's house... Uhm..ok then, enjoy your time there...bye.." I said, cutting the call, as the girl far infront of me did the same. By this time I was sure that the girl infront was Miho. First of all, she looked exactly like her. Second of all, she picked up and cut the call at the exact time as me.

I was confused and felt betrayed. Not at the fact that she had come here without telling me, but because she lied about going to her parents house. If she told me that she was here I wouldn't be this mad. Maybe I would've held a grudge on her, but we would eventually make up. But now, I don't know anymore. I had to confront her.

"You guys can leave without me...I need to do something..." I said, looking at them with a sorry smile.
"No, it's ok, we can come with."
"You guys sure, there'll be a lot of drama..."
"Trust me, we love drama. Or atleast I do hehe...but we're still coming." Xiumi said back.
"Please, girls. Go without me. It's kinda personal..so I'll see you guys later?"
Ahyun was about to protest but Elysia stopped her.
"Ok then, if you insist..." She said, as the rest of them waved at me and started walking towards the roller coaster, as I walked towards Miho.

I went from a direction of which she was facing her back at, and held her eyes as I reached her.

"Guess who~"

She immediately recognized my voice,  I could tell by the fact that the hairs on her hands were now straight.
"Wh-who is this..."
"Who else?" I said, pulling my hands apart from her eyes, still resting them on her shoulders as looked behind. "Tan-tada! Miss me?
"Oh..you..." She tried to avoid eye contact.
"Oh wait, you didn't." I pouted sarcastically. "If you did you would've atleast told me that you were here...some kind of friend you are.." I scoffed, face twisting in disgust.

"I..uhm.."
"Have nothing to defend yourself with? Yea, that's exactly what I'd say if I lied to one of my closest friends. Or do you even consider me as that?"
"Choyeon! You're going too far now!" She screamed, startling me. She'd never done that to me before, nor did I see her scream at anyone else.

"Calm down. Fine, I'll give you a chance to explain yourself.." I calmed myself down as well, stepping back as I crossed my arms over my chest, waiting for her to speak up.
"You seriously need to grow up. I just said that cause I wanted to hang out with my other friends. You guys aren't my only friends are you?"
"Sure, I never said you can't hangout with any other soul on this planet other than us, it's totally normal. I just wanted to know why you lied to me." I said, keeping my cool, but I was starting to hurt on the inside.

"Ugh, cause you'd cling to me 24/7 if you knew I was going, duh." She retorted. I was shocked. She had never been the harsh one. That was usually Jihye. It felt like I was talking to a stranger. It felt like I didn't know her anymore.
"So..you don't want me around you anymore? Are you embarrassed to call me your friend..?" I shouted, immensely hurt.
"You know what, yea. That's right, stay away from me." She said and walked away, her group of friends,(who were real popular) walking behind her, giving me looks.

I stood there, confused and lost, thinking that I had just lost a friend. Why the fvck was I so good at losing people I loved? Why was my luck so damn sickening?

I started breathing heavily. I went and sat at one of the empty benches in a corner, where no one but the elderly really sat. I started gasping for air as I frantically searched through my purse for my inhaler, tears threatening to fall. As soon as I could feel it I took it out and took a blow, feeling like my lungs finally opened up. But I couldn't prevent my tears from falling. I hated crying, it made me feel weak, much like some sort of prey. But as soon as one droplet left my eye, I didn't even feel like stopping them anymore, as countless droplets kept falling.

"Yes! I'm weak! What about it?" I yelled to myself not expecting a reply.

"Don't ever say that. You aren't anything close to weak."

It suddenly felt warm, and I realized the pair of arms around me as I looked up to get a clear view of the person, even though I was certain of who it was.

"Anton I.."
"You think too low of yourself."

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