i love you ➝ taejoy/vjoy

四十一

cuarenta y uno
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as joy's eyes fluttered open, she found herself lying down on a bed in an unfamiliar room. it took her a few moments to remember what had happened yesterday and how she ended up to where she was currently staying at.

dragging herself off the bed, joy headed out of the room half asleep and walked towards the bathroom which eunwoo instructed to be at the very end of the hallway. finding the door unlocked, joy stepped in and stared at her reflection in the mirror. afterwards, she turned on the faucet to wash her face.

it might have been the fact that joy was still half awake that she failed to notice nor hear the sound of the shower running. oblivious to the noise, joy turned the faucet off and looked up to face her wet reflection on the mirror. then, she looked around for a towel in the bathroom to wipe the water dripping down from her face. but just as she found one, the curtains that covered the shower slid open, revealing a rather unpleasant sight in the morning.

well, it wasn't completely unpleasant. in fact, it actually might be a blessing and favourable for some. however, standing in the shower was cha eunwoo, completely naked, his entire body dripping wet and exposed to joy's eyes.

when eunwoo saw joy, he immediately shouted and slid the curtains back to cover himself. meanwhile, joy stood completely frozen, her mind too shocked to even work ─ her virgin eyes have been tinted.

"yah!" eunwoo screamed. "what are you doing here?!"

joy remained quiet. eunwoo's words simply acted as a muffled noise in the background. joy couldn't hear anything since her mind was too occupied with numerous thoughts. it's not like she haven't seen a man's body before ─ she saw her brother's multiple times when they were young. but this was different. eunwoo was different. he's not her brother but he's a man joy barely knew.

with her mouth left agape, joy felt her face heat up as she slowly backed away until her back felt the door. when her hand found the doorknob, joy quickly twisted it and forced it open. as she exited the bathroom and slammed the door close, she shouted:

"i'm sorry!"

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a/n: this is so long overdue, i'm sorry. i actually planned to update last week but a very unexpected news came up and i just had to take a break from wattpad and social media (considering it was filled with the news).

it's still so hard for me to believe that kim jonghyun is gone. it was very unexpected and indeed i was extremely shocked. i woke up that morning to the news that he passed away. it was my friends who told me when i arrived at school so i thought they were pranking me. but when they told me it was all over ig, i checked and saw the massive amount of posts about jonghyun. i'm not a fan but i knew shinee, i knew jonghyun and in fact, i liked him. i liked his voice when i heard it from a video i watched. it got me so sad that when my science teacher was teaching us during the first period and just had to mention carbon monoxide and i began crying. i couldn't control my tears. who would have thought that jonghyun was in pain? i never thought of it because he seemed so bright. then maybe i shouldn't judge people so easily by how they act. who knows what they're hiding behind that smile? depression is a silent killer and jonghyun was a victim. however, i hope he is happy. i hope he is free. a star that shined brightly on stage for 10 years, now a star of the skies. fly high, our beautiful angel. may you rest in peace, jonghyun. you did well.