Who You ?

{ twenty five }

Youngbae’s P.O.V

I was writing down notes while listening to lecture. I got so bored that I scribbled words on my book. ‘4:25’ I kept looking at the clock. I then yawned for the nth time today.

‘Haisss, wish Jiyong is here.’ I thought. Class would be less boring when he is around. Sadly, we do not have the same interest in everything. Or maybe we’re not major in the same things.

“Alright, class dismissed!” I then heard the professor say while I counted the seconds till lecture end. ‘Wow that was fast.’ I thought. Maybe the professor noticed how tired the students were that he purposely ended the lecture early.

I packed my stuffs in my bag and got out of the lecture hall, alone. As soon as I got out of the hall, I received a call from Jiyong. Ahhhh speaking of the devil. He seems to memorise my schedule that he knows that my lecture has ended.

“Yeobeoseyo,” I greeted

“Youngbae-ah!” I heard him exclaim. Oh man, this guy! I mentally face palmed and thought, why do I have such friend. But he is the friend I am missing right now and wish to be with.

“Ne, bro. What’s up? You seem excited,” I said. It’s been so long since I heard him this excited and delighted. Ever since he broke up with Hyelin, it is so rare to see him laughing all day and exclaiming anytime and anywhere he wanted.

I then heard him laugh. Without realising, I smiled upon hearing it. I make sound like a creep now but that's what a proud friend would feel, am I right?

“I skipped class today,” he said after laughing. I then heard him continue laughing after that.

‘Did he hear himself? Or did I hear it wrongly?’ I thought. Bruhh is he insane?? What was he thinking when he skipped class? He was lucky not to be here or I would have slapped him.

“What? Are you crazy?” I asked, making my thoughts heard to him. Yes, he is definitely crazy and he won’t admit it. What is he up to now? Firstly the revenge, now what?

Then I remembered. Oh, don’t tell me he’s spending time with Hyelin that he skipped class. I am going to kill him if he did that.

“Ani, I got things for Chaerin.” I heard an explanation from him while I was assuming things. Then it felt like a whole load of burden came off my shoulder. Good, it was for Chaerin. I felt selfish for being fine when it comes to Chaerin but whatever.

“Oh, so you’re done with your plan? You’re apologising to her, aren’t you?” I asked.

“Yes, I ….” I heard him say before things went haywire. I heard a loud crash and the line was cut off after that. I no longer heard Jiyong’s voice.

I got panicked that I called out his name a few times on the phone but I didn’t get any response. My eyes became teary. He didn’t get into accident, right? I asked myself. No, that can’t be. He has been a very careful driver when he is sober. He would follow every traffic law and never got fined. But what happened?

“Jiyong,” I called once again, but my voice was not heard. Instead, I started sobbing. No, his handphone is just dead. Maybe it fell under the chair and he couldn’t get it cause he was driving. I was starting to think every positive things that possibly happened.

I entered my car and tried to track his location. I’ve done this a lot when he just broke up with Hyelin. He would go drink at the bar and tried to drive home even though he was badly drunk. He wouldn’t call me so that I won’t be worried about him but I managed to track his location and fetch him home everytime.

I put on the seat belt and went to the location he was at. I continued praying to see him in a well and healthy state. But that wasn’t the situation I witnessed as soon as I arrived the location.

There was a crowd with a truck that hit a tree next to it. ‘This doesn’t seem good.’ I thought. I quickly went out of my car and joined the crowd. I pushed the crowd aside to see what was happening.

Jiyong was safely brought out from his car but was bleeding profusely. I couldn’t withstand my weight that I fell to the ground next to him. I searched for his car and saw it badly crashed at the side of the road.

“Jiyong!” I shouted and grabbed his lifeless body. I shook it with the energy I had left in me, hoping that it would wake him up just like how I always wake him up from sleep.

‘No, I have to be strong. Jiyong needs me.’ I thought. I forced myself to stop crying that I almost choked myself. I pulled his head and put it on my lap.

“I’ve called the ambulance. They should be here anytime soon,” a teenager approached me and said, tapping my shoulder and asked me to stay strong.

I managed to give a smile and thanked him. I then stroke Jiyong forehead, putting his hair to back which exposed his forehead more. He seemed to be in a peaceful sleep while here I am, worrying so much for him. How unfair can life be.

After a few minutes, the ambulance had arrived together with the cops. The paramedics took him away with a stretcher. I trusted them that I decided to stay.

‘I got things for Chaerin.’

I need to find them and passed it to Chaerin. She needs to know his situation too. I then called Seunghyun hyung so that he could head to the hospital and update us about Jiyong’s condition while I go get Chaerin.

“Sir, I found these in the crashed car and I think I can pass it to you.” I turned around to see a police officer handing to me few dented paper bags.

I was beyond shocked with the number of things he had gotten for Chaerin. With shivering hands, I accepted the bags from the officer and managed to thank him. I smiled and excused myself before heading to my car to drive back to school.

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Oh man that is a short chapter 😢
But I really LOVE Jiyong and Youngbae's friendship !!! Who's with me ??? 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️

Till then, good night 🌹

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