I Will Fight For You (A The8 Fanfiction)

Chapter 39

"No."

"Never."

"I don't believe you."

"Hahahahahahahaha. Go away."

That was basically all I had been saying to The8 for the consequent weeks when I returned to work. He had been trying to ask me out or show his loyalty to me. Recently, he stood in front of me and made me watch as he deleted Meili's contact off his phone and showed me he had changed his phone wallpaper to a cat.

Apparently, he had deleted my number during the time we were together when his father was spying on us. You know.... The 3-month no-contact separation we put ourselves through that inevitably led to one of us travelling overseas and cheating on the other. Yeah, that one.

So he had also been trying to get my number. I had told Jun strictly not to give it to him and he protected and hid my number from him well. Now I was a boy named "Henry" on his phone in Jun's attempt to hide my number from him. Hahaha.

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"NO. YOUR SHOWCASE STAGE IS TOMORROW. JUST GO HOME. I have always been walking home on my own. I can fend for myself. I don't need you," I rejected his offer for the third time.

"Hah! You care about me. You're worried I won't get enough sleep fo-"

"As a staff under Pledis, I need to protect the company's interest and that means taking care of the idols. Also, if u do lack sleep, I do not want to be blamed. Now go home." I shooed him away.

He sulked and nodded. Gah! Don't look at it. Don't fall for it. I turned away and headed in the direction of my home. I stopped in my tracks and looked back over my shoulder to see if he had gone away.

"Ah!" I shrieked.

He was right behind me. He slipped his hand in mine and pleaded me to let him send me home. He placed his other hand on top of the one he held.

"You do know my house is not very near, right?" I slowly freed the hand he held captive in his boney hands.

"But I don't mind long-distance relationships."

"There is nothing between us, ok? NO. THING. Just leave me be. Seriously. Go. You need sleep," I told him with a sharp glare.

He flinched. He sighed. He complied and trudged away towards where his dorm supposedly was. I shook my head and quickly headed home.

How long was he going to be at this? It had been weeks. Forgiving was the easy part but to forget? Now that was the difficult stuff. Every time I saw him, my mind would instantly imagine him with that girl. My heartache would be brought up and I would push him away every single time he tried to make a move on me.

But why was I feeling so lonely all of a sudden? Perhaps it was how I walked home alone without anyone to walk with. Perhaps a touch I longed for? I stared at the hand he held earlier. It felt warm. I felt warm.

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No no no. I was swaying again. I shook my hand. I took out a hand sanitizer and cleaned my hands. Done! No speck of him. All clean. I smiled, proud of myself. I was going to be a strong independent woman who needed no man. I was going to overcome this anxiety without the likes of him.

I got home after the 10-minute walk. The apartment was smaller with 2 bedrooms- one for me and one for my parents. The walls seemed to narrow down on me but I guess I was just hallucinating. I closed the door behind me and placed my things down. I changed out and removed my makeup in front of my bathroom mirror.

My mind wandered as I cleansed my face. The event that happened earlier crossed my mind and despite having cleaned my hands earlier, The8's warmth still lingered. It was as if he had just held my hand a split second ago. Maybe it was not enough. The hand sanitizer, I meant. I pressed some soap on the palm of my hand and washed my hands. I shook the water off.