MATE {Jungri}

30.

his eyes snapped to the falling person on the edge of the road, his heart fell down to his stomach when he realized it was yeri. he quickly get off of his car, runs to approach the devastated woman.

"what is wrong with...." he grasped onto yeri's arm. "yerim!" almost sound like yelling. he bent down a little to raise yeri from her fallen form.

yeri is sobbing. she raised her face looking at the man, rubbing her eyes as her eyes fogged up over her tears.

"tae-taeyong." yeri mumbles as she finally can see the face clearly, freezed.

taeyong helps her get up, limping a bit due to the aching knees, taeyong raised her up on his arms like a bride. put her down on the bench under the tree near the side road. he kneeled down, looking over the bleeding knees of yeri. raised his eyes as frowns still lingers all over his face.

he's worried.

yeri didn't utter a word. the thing within jungkook and eunha keep palying in her mind. now, she had to add up taeyong into her all day concern. what a bad day!

yeri hiccuped. her sobs didn't stop but her tears stop falling off on her cheeks. she looked down on the ground as she could sense taeyong eyed her the whole time, with a curious face.

"stay in here!" taeyong said as he sighed deeply over the mute yeri, her eyes swollenly red. he has no idea why would that woman looked like that, it breaks his heart. "don't go anywhere until i came back, okay." he warned sternly.

Instead of replying, yeri stares at him as he got up. looking over his back who immediately faded into the car.

she sits there eventhough she has no reason to wait for taeyong.

after just few minutes, taeyong came back with a plastic bag on his had, he runs over yeri, scooted down almost kneeling while put the plastic bag next to yeri. he smiles to the fact her form still in there.

"i don't know what happened, but you shouldn't hurt yourself like this." he murmured, clean the blood stain gently. "i wouldn't ask you what happen, but i would be gladly to hear why." he said as he plastered on the cut. "it hurts me to see you like this."

yeri's eyebrows jump at that. she sniffles a little before asking him why.

"look at your red bloated eyes. how can I'm not worried?" he puckers his lips. he raised his form standing infront of yeri before sits next to her.

"because I'm jennie's friend?" she laughs curtly, thinking the reason could be absurd. "im not that closed to her anymore." she added.

taeyong grazes his shoulder on yeri's. yeri turned her face to his side as taeyong turned over her as well. their eyes on each other's view. taeyong slightly shakes his head, and mutters "its not because of jennie." he smiles sweetly.

yeri furrows.

"i liked you long time ago, yerim. since high school." he suddenly confessed, yeri's form shaking at that. she had enough of frustration knowing he likes him since they entered the college now he liked her since high school?

"when you entered the same college as mine, i couldn't be happier. but, i thought you date jungkook long time ago." yeri's heart fell on that, in an awful state the fact hits her like a truck.

taeyong slightly laugh at it, but his eyes gone watery. "it was funny how fate played with me. i once had the thought of proposing you when i was on my third year, it was when you entered the same college. I really wanted to have you as my girlfriend during my graduation, to be honest." yeri's jaw clenched at that, her tears fall down again.