REALITY | hwang minhyun

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"so, that's how it was." she said, clasping her hands together. looking down to the ground.

minhyun looked at her with pity eyes and was about to say "wーwait, I'm so sorー" but get cutted off by haneul.

"no, don't be sorry for it, and, don't pity me. pity my aunt for taking care of me until my teenage year." she chuckled a little.

"so, you got like 2 boys in your side now, I see." he playfully nudged his arms to haneul.

"what do you mean by 2 boys?"

"joochan and woojー"

"woojin. is. just. a. friend. okay? not gonna lie but he looks cute. but! he's just a friend!"

"and, joochan?" he raised his eyebrow while smirking.

"wellー heー uhー yeahー he's my fーfriend too butー uhー" she hated herself for stuttering.
"well! okay! your time is up and it's time for you to leave!" she pushed minhyun to go out of her room.

"hey, but I still need your ansー"

"see you tomorrow!" and she slammed the door. she hurriedly go to her bedroom and checked the box that was filled of joochan's letters.

she sadly smiled remembering his letters, she wished to turn back time. they still have each others contact but they rarely talk to each other right now. she didn't know where he live, and how was he. she opened her phone to decide whether to text him or not. she hesitated a little bit, but remembering he was her best friend, she decided to text him.

it's not that big deal right?

you
hey, how things are going?
sent 1 minute ago

"that's... uhー so awkward?" she said to herself while looking to the ceiling.
"I've never been this awkward before..."
she threw her phone to her bed.

then she crawled up to her bed and saw that it has been 3 minutes and he hasn't answered. she thought it was the worst idea she took.

"okay, delete delete!" when she was about to delete it, she thought about it again. "but what if we can talk again like we used to?" then she decided to not delete it.

she left her phone on her bed and went to watch tv in the living room while eating potato chips. luckily, joochan replied to her when she was out of her bedroom.

joodumb 🤕
hey!! how're you now? I heard you left your aunt's house 3 years ago！！（＾ν＾）

joodumb 🤕
I went to your aunt's house to play with you but you left lol, no big deal though! I wish you could've just told me （╹◡╹）

joodumb 🤕
where are you now? (*'ー｀*)

she was still watching tv, she huffed and hoped that joocan can reply because it has been 3 years of her not seeing him. she went back to her bedroom, hoping he replied.

when she saw his messages, she jumped and screamed. then she saw the emojis at the back of his sentences. still the same old joochan, she thought to herself. when she was about to reply, joochan called her.

            incoming call from joodumb 🤕
                          deny | accept
"hey joodumb!" she greeted first and they both chuckled.

"still that name?" he chuckled and shaked his head.

"of course! how are you?"

"I'm fine, just you know, busy with all of these assignments because I'm going to graduate from hell akaー"

"high school right?" she chuckled.
"me too. I've been suffering these days because of the assignments."

"where do you live right now?"

"Busan PD Apartment. sorry for not telling you, I'm so sorー"

"hey, it's fine. by the way, are you free tomorrow?"

"not really, after school I have to finish my assignments which it'll end sometimes at midnight."

"can we do it together? maybe you can help me with these assigenments..." he trailed off.

she chuckled. "sure! do you know where do I live?"

"no, I don't. but there's this thing called GPS though." he said while smiling.

"my joodumb isn't dumb anymore,"they both laughed.
"alright, see you tomorrow. night night!"

they both hung up their phone. she charged her phone and opened her window, the weather outside was really nice. she decided to go to the rooftop to admire the sky, but first, she took her lollipop with her. when she stepped outside, she saw minhyun sitting in front of her door while playing his phone.

"why the hell are you still here!?" she yelled-whispered.

"I heard it all."

"that was none of your business."

minhyun looked at her right hand and saw something suspicious.
"oh. my. God. is that a cigarette!?" he yelled-whispered and jolted from the ground.
"look, do you need help? I'm always here, so if you want to vent your problems with me you can tell me everything! and I'll do anything to help you!" he rapidly said, looking everywhere but haneul.

she laughed when she saw how caring was he for her, that left minhyun confuse.

"why are you laughing? this is a serious problem, lee haneul!"

she put her hands on his shoulders "it's a lollipop, see?" she showed off her lollipop in front of his eyes.

he exhaled a deep sigh and put his right hand on his chest.
"where are you going?" he continued.

"rooftop, the weather is nice so I decided to go there."

"oh, I see. I'll go home then, see you tomorrow, I guess..." he trailed off.

"what do you mean by I guess?"

"that means I don't know whether I'll come to school tomorrow or not."

she facepalmed "that's not what I ask, what's the reason behind it?"

"things."

"we all know there are things behind it butー" she decided to not go further since this boy in front of her was really dumb.
"good night hwang mindumb, be careful on your way home!"

she slammed the door and went to her bedroom while smiling, lollipop still in her mouth.

he also left with a huge smile, but was replaced with a flat face knowing what he had to suffer tomorrow.