complicated ♡ k.ms

Chapter 16

Xiumin

"Xiumin!" I hear my mother yell for me downstairs and I quickly run down.

"Yes, mum?" I say to her. She was in the kitchen cooking some food which I think was for dinner.

"Can you buy some paper cups at the store before you go to school? The one near the pharmacy down the road. You can just bring it back after school because I need it for later," she says to me as she hands me a small list.

"Okay, I should get going now if I want to be in time for school. Bye mum," I say and give her a quick kiss on the cheek. I grab my back pack and put my shoes on and leave the house.

I turn on my phone and see a message from Truc.

I'm sick so I'm not gonna be at school today. I have to cancel on you for bubble tea again T_T

I should visit her after school and I'll bring something for her. I reply to her text and quickly send it.

Okay, I might visit you after school. GET WELL SOON ❤

I walk to the stores and quickly buy my mum some paper cups and leave. But before I leave I see Hoseok and a girl. From behind the girl looks like...Truc? But she said she was going to be sick today. Why did she lie to me? Questions run through my head until I realised, I don't know who the girl is. What if it isn't Truc? Truc wouldn't lie to me, would she? I haven't really talked to her all week which is pretty unusual but that only started happening after Hoseok came to the school.

I silently watch from the front of the store as the two talk. They separate and the girl is going the opposite direction from Hoseok. I can't see her face at all and she isn't in school uniform. What if that's actually Truc? She is away today.

Suddenly, Hoseok starts running back to her and gives her a back hug. I can feel my heart start to shatter at the sight of him and Truc together. Are they together? Are they dating?

I decide that I should go start walking to school before I'm late and because I couldn't watch anymore. I walk to school with sad eyes, recalling memories of what had just happened. My heart aches that Truc lied to me and that she was dating Hoseok. Wait. It isn't official. I try to shake off all the different thoughts of them being together.

"Nah, Truc would've told me," I mumble to myself but still feel like something is wrong.

I arrive at school around the same time as Hoseok and see that he has a small smile on his face. Was it Truc who put that smile on his face? I can't help but feel jealous.

I begin walking to my first class when I hear Hoseok call for me. I turn around and see him jogging towards me.

"Yes?" I say coldly as he reaches me.

"I haven't seen you much this week, neither has Truc," he says. We're not even that close. I don't get why he's talking to me. I don't want to dodge around the question that I've wanted to ask so I just do it.

"Did you see Truc this morning?" I say as he furrows his eyebrows in confusion.

"What?" he says.

"I saw you this morning with someone, was that Truc?" I see his eyes widen and he starts to become nervous.

"Oh r-really? Yeah I bumped into her at the pharmacy. Did you see everything?" He says and I clench my fist to stop myself from becoming any more jealous.

"I only saw the two of you talking and left," I say calmly yet coldly. I pretended not know that I saw the back hug because I wanted to see his reaction which was I had exactly thought, relief.

"Oh okay then. We should get to class now. See you around," he says and leaves.

I walk to my first class with my fist clenched. All I can think about is how Truc lied to me and how much I regret not confessing earlier. Yoongi was right, I only had one chance and now it's gone.