Sacrifice || ENHYPEN FF

𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖊𝖗 125

~guess which cutie is backkkkkkk~

-Start of Chapter 125-

Y/N's POV

Something feels... off.

Not wrong. Not loud. Just—off.

Like a silence where sound should be.

I sit by my window, staring out at the same sky Jungwon and Isla are probably under right now. Somewhere out there, they're laughing. 

And still, there's this ache in my chest I can't place.

It's been quiet lately. Too quiet.

My visions haven't shown me anything for days now.

Most would think that's a good thing. A sign of peace.
But I know better.

Because it doesn't feel like peace. It feels like fog.
A thick, soulless fog that clings to the corners of my thoughts and whispers: You're missing something.

I try not to let it show. Especially not around the others.

Especially not around Jungwon.

He's... changing. Softening. There's something warm in him lately, something fragile and sweet he tries to tuck away behind that old quiet prince mask.

But we see it.

We all see it.

I've never seen him so happy.

And maybe that's why the feeling scares me more.

Because just when everything feels safe, calm—
That's when the cracks tend to show.

That's when the storm rolls in.

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I don't want to think too much of it.

but I do. I always do.

So I find myself walking the quite halls, turning corners I've turned a hundred times before, until i stop in front of Heeseung's study.

I knock once, twice.

"Come in" the familiar voice calls out from inside.

With a push of my hand, the door creaks open and he's sitting behind his desk, engrossed in the too many papers s[read before him, but not too many to make him annoyed by my interruption. His gaze softens when he sees me.

"Y/N-ah" he says placing his quill down. 

"Are you too busy?" I ask hesitantly sitting in the crimson velvet cushioned sofa in the middle of the study.

"Not much, just finalising trade routes. and the dealers are trying to lower their prices after they've made the deal. It's exhausting dealing with people who smile with their mouth not their eyes." He gets up from his chair walking over the seat opposite him before sitting down with a exhale.

Nodding sympathetically I say "Must be hard huh?" 

I earn a slight nod from Heeseung before his eyes search mine. "What brings you here? Is everything alright?"

I sigh, giving a small nod. "Yeah... I just—"

He raises an eyebrow.

"Your expression says otherwise" he murmurs.