Serendipity KTH

Chapter 6 - The Morning After

"Get in." Hani's driving. The fact that she drive all the way here means she really contacted me all night.

But she didn't say anything. She was just silent.

"Let's go to my house... you look like a mess." She said.

She gave me a set of clothes to take a shower.

When the water doused on me, I closed my eyes. I can still feel Taehyung's kisses in my body. His marks are now turning blue.

Hani was waiting for me outside the bathroom.

"... I think I —" I began to say when she hugged me.

"I'm sorry, I was looking for you but I wasn't able to find you anywhere. I even asked Jae. I'm sorry, I won't be able to forgive myself for what happened." She was crying.

"Hani... nothing bad happened" I said. "I was just... I'm ..." Where would I start explaining?

"It's okay. Just rest. We'll talk later. I'm just glad you're here now."

We both fell asleep.

The sun rays woke me up. Hani charged my phone.

I looked at the messages.

Jae: Wonpil said he'll take your morning shift. See you at 6pm tonight. Glad you're okay.

Then, it was all Hani. Cursing at first and then slowly calming down and then cursing again. 12:30PM. This could give me enough time to go home and change to my uniform.

Hani was already downstairs cooking something.

I sat down the dining table. She smiled at me.

We began eating. Still no words.

"Hani, nothing bad happened." I broke the silence.

"You were almost crying when you called this morning. You never cried before!" She began sobbing.

"Okay, something kinda bad happened... but it's not your fault" I said and then Hani bawled.

I began to feel irritated.

"Stop it! Stop crying or I'll go without explaining." I said.

Hani stopping bawling but was still sobbing.

"I got trapped inside the Ladies Room, that may be the time you were looking for me. When I got out, you were no longer at the party." I told her.

Hani didn't say anything, I continued. With the creeper guy and then meeting Taehyung.

"I ran out of battery. I wasn't able to call you..." I said.

"... what made you cry then?" She stopped crying.

"... I got drugged. Some aphrodisiac drug. At least I think I did." I turned my head down. "I... I... I've had sex with him. I wasn't able to helped it." My voice begins to crack but I tried not to cry.

Hani began to frown again. Fuck my life.

"Don't feel bad, he was a nice guy..." I held her hand assuring her "It ... well the situation is not exactly what I had in mind but... we're all bound to lose it anyway."

She cried again. "He wouldn't have taken advantage of you if I just waited for you." She said in between sobs.

"He got drugged, too... it's just that my feet is killing me in an unknown place...  plus the fact that I did something that I'm not used to... I guess, that made me broke down." It was the truth. Hani was still sobbing.