relationships

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i was already distracted enough with the fact that seungyoon didn't appear today and that he got into a fight with sehun. i delivered the wrong orders to the wrong customers, gave them a wrong amount of change and accidentally toppled over a few cups of coffee. yet, it didn't make it any better when everyone pointed the arrow to seungyoon, saying that he was the one who started the fight. during lunch break, all of us gathered together and ordered some pizza. as we were eating, a few of them began discussing about the rumours they heard.

"hmm, i wonder why seungyoon got into a fight with unnie's boyfriend..." hayoung started.

"well, i don't know the reason, but i heard that seungyoon was actually the one who started the fight."

"really? that's impossible... he doesn't seem like that kind of person."

"it's true! you should never judge a book by its cover okay."

"yeah yeah, i also heard that seungyoon was the one who started the fight."

all this while, i was mentally cursing them. first of all, they weren't even embarrassed or cautious about talking about it in front of me when my boyfriend was involved. secondly, how could they just believe a rumour they heard? we should always know both sides of the story before during the situation. but then again, was seungyoon really the one who started the fight? but from what i know he really isn't that kind of person though... aish where on earth is he when all these is happening?

after the long day full of confusion and worries finally ended, i was so tired that i had to drag my feet to the locker room.

"chaewon, is there anything wrong? you seemed out of your senses the whole day today."

i was startled by the sudden voice talking to me and turned around to see that it was actually the manager.

"huh? oh... nothing. i'm probably just too tired, that's all."

"really? well, okay then. ah, do you happen to know why seungyoon didn't come to work today? did something happen to him? he didn't even call to inform and his phone couldn't be reached no matter how many times i called him."

i shrugged my shoulders and replied, "i'm not very sure too... i'll try giving him a call afterwards."

on the bus journey home, i made constant attempts to call seungyoon, but the reply was always "the user you're trying to call is unavailable. please try again after the 'beep' sound." i began wondering if anything happened to him, or if he was in any trouble. but my worries were all useless because i couldn't even contact seungyoon. even after reaching home, i continued to call him, but to no avail. i was about to give up when my phone rang. the caller was seungyoon. i was so surprised that i immediately replied to his call.

"yah, kang seungyoon, where have you been today? why didn't you come to work?" i began scolding him a little.

the line on the other side was silent for awhile and i thought he had fallen asleep.

"are you there? seungyoon?"

"ah! chaewon-ah!" he giggled a little.

"w... what's wrong? did something happen?"

"of course not! what could happen to the mighty kang seungyoon? haha." he spoke in a happy tone.