downpour + k.daniel

十六。sixteen

" why didn't you tell me this? "

Hyerin woke up to her hands carded tightly in between his. Still in a daze, she struggled to open her eyes as she was greeted by the binding lights of the hospital room. She carefully glanced down, only to find Daniel sleeping peacefully while sitting on the chair beside her bed, head resting on the bed inches away from her waist. She studied his facial features quietly, running her fingers through his tousled hair gently. That must have woke him up because Hyerin had totally forgotten that he was a light sleeper, and the next moment he was already rubbing his eyes, and staring right into her soul.

Hyerin kept her head down, avoiding his eyes as she fiddled with her fingers, staring blankly at the white sheets.

She wanted to scream at him; she wanted to hug him; she wanted to fall into his embrace - a part of her still loved him, but every time the way he threw her away like used rubbish would come haunting her, his cold eyes that would flash through her mind. Daniel let out a huge sigh.

" Hyerin, do you hate me? "

This time, she could control her feelings no longer. Like a sudden outburst of volcano, she snapped at him.

" yes. I hate you to the core. I hated you for throwing me away, I hated myself for agreeing to help you in that stupid dare. I hated-"

" I was scared. "

Daniel interrupted.

" I was scared to lose you. "

" You reminded me of my childhood friend - we were real close. At the age of 6, there was no such thing as love, or anything in our dictionary. But my heart did flutter whenever I saw her. We wrote a story together, that we'll get married if we ever meet again. We were in our idolascence years, we made that innocent promise that was never meant to be fulfilled. And then we lost contact, forever. Everything just seemed like a childhood memory, until you came; the way your eyes curve into what seems like a crescent moon when you smile, the way you'd bite your lips when you're nervous, even the tone of your laughter, it was so identical to hers. I could vaguely see her in you. I thought I took interest in you because you resembled her so much, but I was wrong. I really fell for you. I fell for who you are. And I knew, I was going to write my happy ending with you inside. But at some point, I grew scared. I was scared you'd disappear like how she vanished - "

" Daniel, you were right. It wasn't love. "

Hyerin vented,

" I don't know your heart,but at some point, you must have deceived yourself that you really fell for me, just like how I misled myself into thinking that you really fell for me. I was wrong. We were wrong. We started a groundless relationship with absolutely no love involved, how could we have really been in love? "

Hyerin let out a bitter chuckle as she bit her lips, fighting back the tears that were threatening to fall any second.

" We were wrong since the start, this whole 'relationship' was just wrong. "

She sunk her teeth into her lips even deeper, trying to stop the sobs that were pounding against her chest from coming out. She could vaguely taste blood of her lips, but oddly, there was no pain. Each word she retorted, she could feel herself tearing apart.

Once again, silence clung to them like a poisonous cloud that at any moment could choke the life from them. Hyerin scanned Daniel's face for any sort of contortion or response, but he just stared straight, emotionless.

" Daniel, "

Hyerin started.

" I don't think I'll ever be that female protagonist in your story. "

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HI GUYS! UPDATES BECAUSE I'LL BE BUSY DURING THE WEEKDAYS AGAIN HHUHU. anyways, I was casually reading my past story ( aka neighbor, ) and I have extremely shOOKT BY MY CRINGY ASs WRITING HAHA