MESSAGES [JEON WONWOO]

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"are you sure?"

"yes ma'am, i am. i'm so sorry."

and with that, he disappeared down the hall once more.

the room is spinning. i begin to feel lightheaded. this can not be happening...

i make my way out of the hospital, and i walk to the nearest bus stop. i pull out my phone and call wonwoo's roommate, mingyu. the only reason i have his number is because wonwoo and i have talked on his phone a few times.

"hello?"
"hey mingyu."
"areum?? wow, its been so long? how are you?" he doesn't know. i decided not to say anything.
"i'm good." an obvious lie. "i was just wondering if you knew where wonwoo's parents live?"
"uhmm, yeah. they live on ******* a few blocks from ******* hospital."
"thank you, bye mingyu."
"bye areum."

i sit on the bench and wait for a bus. when it arrives, i tell them the address and ask them to drop me of as close as i could get with the amount of money i had. which was just loose change out of my pocket.

when i arrive, i tell the driver thank you, and continue on the journey that will possibly be the hardest thing i will have to do.

i go to the address mingyu told me, and ring the doorbell. my heart races, how are you supposed to tell your boyfriend's parents that you just got notice that their son might be dead...

"hello dear, i'm mrs. jeon." she says as she opens the door. 
"hello mrs. jeon, i'm areum. do you remember me?"
"areum! sweetheart come in!"
"it's been awhile.. is mr. jeon home?"
"yes, he is. i'll go get him. please sit down." she pointed to the couch as she disappeared upstairs, coming back a few minutes later with mr. jeon.

"honey, this is areum. do you remember her? she was wonwoo's best friend back in america.."
mr. jeon smiled at me. "my oh my, look how grown up you are."

he opened his arms for an embrace, and i gladly accept it, and soon mrs. jeon also joins in. i mean can you blame me? they used to be like my parents.

"mr. and mrs. jeon, i have to tell you something. wonwoo and i recently got in touch again, and he flew out to see me. he stayed a few days and flew back. but, but.."

"but what honey?" mrs. jeon spoke up

"his plane crashed. and i flew out as soon as i could. i went to the hospital where the victims were transported, but he wasn't there. i spoke with the doctor, and he said that he more than likely passed away.." by this time we were all crying.

"i'm so sorry, this is all my fault. if i had never messaged him bac-"

"areum.." mr. jeon spoke up. "this is not your fault, sweetheart. things happened they way they did because this was supposed to happen." he continued to sniffle and comfort mrs. jeon.

i get up and walk to the door, but mrs. jeon interrupted me.

"areum, honey, you can stay here as long as you'd like. once your ready, we can pay for your ticket back."

"really? t-thank you.. i just need to leave for a moment, i have to tell mingyu." i walk out the door, and i text mingyu to meet me at a coffee shop.

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rip this sucks but i really wanted to get this out for you guys -kai♡