Messages [ Soonhoon ]

Message # 20

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"Jihoon hyung!" Seokmin ran up to Jihoon who was talking to a random girl.

"I don't know. Sorry." The girl replied after looking at Jihoon's phone.

"Oh. Ok." Jihoon said, uninterested and turns to his saeng, "What is it, Dokyeom-ssi?"

"What are you doing?" Seokmin said while scratching his head and looking to Jihoon curiously. "Just asking around." Jihoon said and showed his phone, in which he recieved a laugh from Seokmin.

"What's funny-" Jihoon curiously said and was cut off by Seokmin shaking his hands. "Nothing. It seems like you're really eager to know this guy, huh?" Jihoon just frowned and shrugged.

"We just had a deal, okay?" Jihoon said to clear out any suspicion. Seokmin just nodded his head, but Jihoon knew that he wasn't buying it. Even if it was his "real" reason.

"Hey." Jihoon said and poked the shoulder of a student that was casually passing by. She looked at them and raised her eyebrow. "Do you know who's this number from?" Without looking, the girl shrugged, not really interested.

"Why not try calling it?" She simply replied and walked out. "Not everyone is nice, huh?" Seokmin replied, laughing again.

Jihoon thinks of that idea and mentally facepalm-ed himself. Of course, he was too busy and bothered to even think of that. He bid his goodbye to Seokmin since his classes were going to start.

Maybe not. There was pretty much enough time to do his plan. He rushed to the hallway when there weren't much any person and decided to dial the number of his "mystery" guy. It was ringing, he looked around, maybe that guy was near him-even it was clichè. To his dismay, there wasn't any rings to the people around. His phone kept ringing but to no avail, no one answered it. "I'll just try later at lunch."

When Jihoon entered, he felt like something was missing, he looked around and saw his bubbly friend, Soonyoung wasn't around. He nudged Wonwoo that looked at him curiously. "Where's Soonyoung?" Jihoon asked and Wonwoo scratched his head. He was currently reading a book. He puts down his book and adjusted his specs, "You didn't know? He's sick." Jihoon blinked a few times and sighed. He shook his head and decided to sit down to his seat.

Was he this busy to forget to ask his friends how they are? He'll really punch that guy whoever who he was and what's his condition. He's messing Jihoon's normal and peaceful life.

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Soonyoung choked while he was drinking water, he saw the screename on his phone. His other phone, that only few people know.

"Jihoonie <3 calling"

"Why did he decided to call me? Did someone tell who am I?!?" Soonyoung said and coughed suddenly, he was sick after all.

He practiced changing his voice and answered the call, he smiled to himself. He just missed hearing Jihoon's voice.

"Hell-"

"Whoever you are, I swear- I'm going to chop your head off." Jihoon scoffs on the other side of the line, not letting his stalker, Soonyoung, to greet him.

"Are you on your mens today, princess?" Soonyoung teased while imagining Jihoon's face if he said that infront of him.

"Tsk." Soonyoung was able to hear it, he smiled a little bit. 'Looks like Jihoonie can't recognize my voice like this.'

"You're stressing me out." Jihoon mumbled, he didn't even expected he would search for someone this deep. He sighed, there was just something. Something off by the way this guy types and how he speaks to him. He...reminds Jihoon of someone, he just can't say who.

Soonyoung was going to let out a cough again but he remembered that Jihoon knows HE was sick and his stalker should be fine.

He knew about it when Wonwoo texted him, saying that Jihoon was eager to know who's his stalker is. Just like Seokmin said to him earlier. Actually, most of their friends knew it was Soonyoung. He just pleaded not to tell, not yet.

Soonyoung reasoned out and made some noises instead, faking the call was getting choppy. "Brrzzzt brzzzt. Yah brzzt- Signal is getting weak. Goodbye, sunshine!" He quickly ended the call and let out his cough. He sighed in relief and flopped on his bed, mind was filling up with thoughts.

He was happy, but at the same time, he was getting scared as the time passes by. The more time that he is able to speak out his feelings to his Jihoon, the more chance that he might know who 'he' is. He just wanted to show his feelings without any worried, without crushing their friendship, it was really hard. But he wanted this. He smiled bitterly, he was going to be dead by doing this. But he'll lie for a little bit more. Just for a more time. He wants to be selfish, it was bad. But he can't help it.

He considered himself as a.. "Coward." Soonyoung said and sighed afterwards. He closed his eyes since his guilt hits him again plus the headache he was feeling.

He knew he was in a mess, he didn't even thought of it but he was getting ready for Jihoon's reaction if he knew. And thinking of it... It was already a pain for Soonyoung.