Then There's Us. [ Hyunsung ]

13

The result of Jisung going to the small party Chan made was awkward. There were some faces he recognized but that didn't make the uncomfortable feeling he had in his stomach fly way. The number of people inside the living room wasn't that many. You can probably count it with your finger. There were nine people including him inside the room but the only thing he did was to grab the empty cup in front of him and filled it with the soda that seemed to be very tempting in his eyes.

Chan who was talking to his friends a second ago, immediately stared at Jisung. The younger who felt uncomfortable under the stare, pulled the blanket he had closer to his chest and hugged himself, constantly avoiding Hyunjin's heated gaze. He kept rubbing his shoulder although chan had already raised the air-conditioning temperature to a suitable number.

Chan stared at Hyunjin and nudged him. "What?" Hyunjin asked while frowning. Chan lifted his head and motioned at Jisung. "Talk to him" it wasn't his plan to be involved between Jisung and Hyunjin but he wanted Jisung to open up— to be as cheerful as he was before. Hyunjin seemed to be just the right choice for this but Hyunjin didn't do a single thing to help Jisung albeit seeing his almost going to puke face.

"I need to go to the toilet" Jisung said in a barely audible voice. "Do you remember–"  Jisung had already ran out and Hyunjin soon stood up saying that he wanted to take a breath outside. "Alright" chan said while scratching his had before he continued talking with his friends.

Jisung didn't lie he did went to the toilet. He went there to clear his mind. He washed his face and took a deep breath before sighing. "That was bad" he said as he soothed himself by patting his chest. He wasn't used to be surrounded by that many people. He grew to be awkward around people because of what he went through. "It's not to late to go home. You can just tell chan you have some business back home" Jisung told himself before he walked out from the toilet.

He stopped at his track and looked up at the guy who seemed to be standing there for a while now. "It's unoccupied now. You can go in" Jisung said as he started walking away but as he did, Hyunjin held his hand and pulled him back. He didn't say anything and merely stared into Jisung's eyes. Under his intimidating gaze, Jisung almost muttered a"I'm sorry" to him although he hadn't done a thing to anger Hyunjin.

Jisung glared at Hyunjin, thinking he would bring up the little incident that happened between them. "I told you not to think abou-"

"Are you alright?" That took Jisung by surprise. The man who had been forcing and dragging him around like his opinion didn't exist was actually asking whether he was fine or not. The man who had helped him out of annoyance was actually asking him this with such concerned face but Jisung wasn't swayed by that kindness. He knew Hyunjin hated him. He pulled his hand away and rubbed the his wrist that was held by the taller. "I'm fine, thank you for your concern" he said and he didn't mind sounding like a robot.

Hyunjin showed a sign of disappointment towards Jisung's cold attitude. "Right, I wanted to say this since long time ago" he turned around again and faced Hyunjin. "For what I did in the past. I'm sorry", he looked up at Hyunjin, no longer looking like a heartless robot. His eyes showed sincereness but it soon faded as he turned around. " because I didn't know " he continued and Hyunjin frowned. Didn't know what? "I didn't know that me glaring at you would anger you that much" Jisung scoffed. He did glare Hyunjin a lot in the past, back in middle school and that probably angered Hyunjin, hence explaining his behavior when he first transferred to their current school.

"I won't glare at you anymore. So, please be happy" an angry vein popped on Hyunjin's forehead as he questioned Jisung.

"Are you mocking me?" Jisung shrugged before he turned away. "Seriously, this guy" Hyunjin opened his mouth in disbelief. When he started walking again, Hyunjin realized something wrong with the way Jisung was walking. He was walking funny and Hyunjin couldn't help but stop the smaller boy again. "What's wrong with your leg?" Jisung stared at his leg and at Hyunjin's hand. "It's nothing" he answered rather in a lukewarm manner. "We should go back"

"What do you mean by you're fine? I can see clearly that your leg is turning blue!" Hyunjin said angrily but Jisung ignored him as he continued marching to Chan's room but when he arrived in front of the room, he stopped himself from opening the door. "Do you think Hyunjin will make a move on Jisung tonight?" Jisung scrunched his nose while trying to hold his anger. He opened the door with a slam and went inside. He took his things and told chan. "I don't feel well" he immediately went out while glaring at Hyunjin.

"Who am I kidding with? That was bad" Jisung said, talking to himself totally not minding the people around him who was disturbed by his words of cursing. He used to be a good talker but he slowly kept all his problem to himself turning the him in the past into this guy who was filled with insecurities. "Jisung wait!"

"Your leg!" Jisung ignored the voice and continued walking to the taxi that had stopped after he waved his hand. As he entered the car, he glared at hyunjin once again. Maybe what he did in the past was partly wrong but it didn't mean that Hyunjin could play some trick on him. Giving him some glares and ignoring the fact he was bullied...it wasn't that wrong was it? He did tell the principal about it! He wasn't at fault!

Once he arrived inside his house, he smiled at his mother and went inside his room. He covered his face and threw himself on the bed. He sighed before sitting back up. Rather than thinking about the thing that happened a while ago, Jisung preferred drowning himself with his studies just like how he usually did.

He pushed himself up and carried his bag to the coffee table he had inside the room. He pulled out a notebook and started reviewing for the pop quiz in chemistry class. Jisung was that kind of person who would review the lesson 2 or 3 weeks before the real lesson begin. He felt safer with his books than with people because books don't lie, they don't talk...they appear as they are. They appear with information that wouldn't make Jisung feel insecure because those words were nothing but pure fact.

However, none of those formula he should be memorizing and understand was registering into his mind. Hyunjin's concerned look kept on repeating itself inside his mind. "If he is going to be that concerned...he shouldn't have bothered me to begin with"

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I double update because they made a vlive and I'm in ugly tears. Yes, you hear me. I'm in ugly tears and Chris is a freaking sweetheart. Jeongin's hair. Omygod. I miss them so much.-hunny