DANGER // YOONMIN

8

we fell asleep with the coarse sand lying underneath us, and the waves gently lapping at our feet.

we woke up tangled together and you quickly shuffled backwards, embarrassed.

our gazes were interlocked when a strange voice called out to you,

"Woo hyun?"

what confused me the most was that you responded to that name,

when I recollected that you went by jimin.

I gave the boy a confused stare, and he just averted his gaze, pulling you away from me.

from the looks of it, you and he were having a heated argument.

all I could make out from the muted string of words flying from both mouths were just a few small words that confused me more.

"why"

"are"

"again"

then you spoke.

"don't"

"me"

"out"

"this"

my brain was working on overdrive trying to figure the cryptic message that I had received.

then it dawned on me.

"why are you doing this again?"

I wasn't the only one.

"you don't own me, leave him out of this."

after that I left.

you didn't notice and neither did he.

I walked and walked, but for some reason I couldn't shake those two simple sentences out of my head.

I never let you explain yourself,

instead I avoided you for weeks.

you had tried to contact me, but I wouldn't have it, I ignored you.

I realized that all along this whole thing had been a game to you,

that you had never really outgrown your youth,

that you were stuck with a childish mindset.

and no matter how hard I tried to find a different plausible solution to this,

my mind always drifted off to this one explanation,

it was a game.

you see, I saw right through you.

you were only playing a game,

and I was a mere pawn,

being controlled by your every whim.

and maybe my assumptions were way off,

and I misinterpreted everything, but something about the way you acted, something about the way you were, told me that I was right.

all during that week you never stopped trying to reach me, but still I ignored you.

you would throw fits outside of my door almost like a child would when they don't get their way,

but still, I ignored you.