anywhere // : jihan [slow updates]

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**EVEN IF YOU READ THE PROLOGUE, DO NOT SKIP THIS CHAPTER! **

Jeonghan's P.OV

"Let me go, what the hell!" I breathed, trying not to choke up but I could hear Junhui continue on with the letter. "Let me go bastards!" I thrashed but Mingyu was excessively strong and didn't even move once from my thrashing, only holding me tighter. I suddenly felt my head jerk back involuntarily and a sharp pain at my head, causing my voice to cut off.

"Jesus Christ you never stop talking." Wonwoo sighed quietly, his hand gripped tightly around a fistful of my long hair. I was only distracted by that for a moment, my attention turning back to Junhui who was reading quite loud, he must have noticed we were at the end of the hall but somehow Jisoo hadn't.

"Your eyes brighten my day, your smile makes my heart race." Junhui looked up from the letter he was reading and smirked at Jisoo, who was looking away. "I've had these feelings ever since that time in middle school." He read from the paper again. "You remember, right? You stood up for me from Wen Junhui."

Junhui couldn't help but laugh at how lame this letter was, but he continued anyways. I watched Jisoo's eyes soften from afar as he slowly began realizing who this letter was from.

"You make me so happy, even though we don't talk much.  I want to be yours. I want to be your boyfriend. I've spent countless nights wondering if you feel the same about me, if maybe there's even slightly a chance of us being together. It's time I need you to know how I feel, I can't hold it in anymore. And I have to know how you feel too. Jisoo, Josh, you mean so much to me. I think I love y-"

I sobbed out, at that moment, my body shaking. Wonwoo gripped my hair a little tighter, making my head go a little numb from the feeling. "That's enough!" Jisoo swallowed, glancing at me. He finally noticed I was there. I was crying and I just gave up on trying to get out of being held back back Mingyu and Wonwoo. I guess I looked so mortified that Jisoo had to look away again. I was mortified.

"Let him go, you guys are hurting him." Jisoo said almost too quiet for them to hear. But, I slowly felt the grip on my hair loosen and the bruising hold on my body let up. I collapsed to my knees, sobbing into my hands. I was embarrassed, I was in pain, I was angry. Is this love?

Junhui raised an eyebrow as Jisoo ripped the letter from his hands and crumbled it up. "..that's enough," he murmured again as he tossed it in the trash. Then he faced me. There was something in his face, something that made me shudder.

"Jeonghan..I.." he exhaled, looking pained to say what he was about to.

"I'm taken."

We made eye contact but he didn't say anything. My mouth was wide opened and more tears fell, but I didn't say anything either. I couldn't. Jisoo quickly looked around the hallway once. He looked like he was going to come up and hug me but instead, he walked passed me.

He walked passed me.

I think I felt my heart rip in two at this exact moment. I wanted to punch Mingyu, Wonwoo, and Junhui but I didn't have the motivation right now. I wanted to close my eyes and pretend I was anywhere else but a voice made me open them.

"How does it feel?"

"I-" My voice was sad and hoarse and I could really talk.

I looked away. Junhui got really close to me, lifting my red, blotchy and still wet face to stare into his eyes.

"How does it feel to know that you went through all this trouble, you pretended to be my boyfriend for gods sake, and he never even liked you anyways."

He let go of me and snapped his fingers, motioning for Wonwoo and Mingyu to follow as he walked away.

I heard Sungcheol and Jihoon running up behind me, asking me if I was okay and I just nodded my head a little bit because my hearing was muffled and I didn't really hear them. I grabbed both of their hands and tried to get up but my entire body felt so heavy. They placed my arms around my shoulders and helped me stand up.

"Yah!"

"Yah, Junhui!"

"You think you're so big and bad?! Just because you made Jeonghan cry?" I heard Jihoon screaming. I'd never heard him this angry before, he sounded like he was ready to do some damage.

"Get over yourself, Wen Junhui!"

The three boys just ignored us, continuing to walk away though I could hear Jun laughing all the way from over here.

After that, everything was silent. The entire hallway was so tense that none of us looked at each other for a long time.

Sungcheol suddenly spoke in a quiet voice, breaking the silence. "I'll kill him."

"It's not worth it, I-I just.." I sniffled, using my shaking hand to wipe my eyes again. "Junhui isn't worth it."

Sungcheol wrapped his arms around me and I hugged back. I felt Jihoon rubbing my back, muttering curse words under his breath about Jun. I pressed my face into Cheol's shoulder as he murmured "I'm not talking about Junhui. I'm going to kill that bastard Hong Jisoo and use his hands to slap Junhui after I chop em' off." He huffed. It made me giggle a little bit but it barely helped the pain in my heart.

Jisoo was taken. What was all of this for then? Fucking nothing.