vol.² ▎DIFFERENT ✓

CHAPTER 49

I hate myself for realizing this now.

+a/n: can yall guess whose hand it is? 🙃

"How has it been on the other side for you and the boys?" Nari asked before taking a sip of her iced drink. Jinyoung shrugged, "Dull as ever, Jihoon can't stop talking about Minji and Daehwi is still unlike himself. It's awful seeing them that way."

She sighed, "Minji looks pretty normal and chill but I know that she's still hurting inside. You can see it in her eyes, maybe she's doing it so I don't have to worry about her but I still do. Also, there's this secret admirer giving her gifts and letters. Does it perhaps have to do anything with Jihoon or others?"

Jinyoung choked on his drink making Nari get up and walk to his side, patting his back. "Easy there . ." She neevously chuckled.

"N-no not that I know of. The boys are too sad to do anything." He shrugged.

Nari sighed, "I just hope that someday, everything will go back to normal." Jinyoung held her hand, their fingers lacing, he smiled. "Don't worry, it will be. We just have to be patient."

Nari melted upon seeing his bright smile. It calmed her down.

*

Minji jogged up the stairs to her room only to find her father examining the box of chocolate given by the annonymous person.

Her body stiffened as Mr. Kim turned around with an 'explain-what-this-is' expression. "I-i don't know who gave it to me . . I swear I'm not in any relationships right now, I'm only focused on my studies." She explained, her heart raced and her body was numb.

This was the last thing she wanted her father to find out.

"If I see that your grades are low, I'm taking your phone away. You should be focusing on your studies and if I find out that you're seeing another boy or Jihoon, you'll be grounded. I expect you to get As." He strictly stated before walking out of the room.

Minji frowned while closing the door.

All she has been doing was study, study and study, why couldn't they notice that? Why do parents always see mistakes yet forget about accomplishments?

Minji has been locked up in her room for hours, after school. The girl even forgets to eat dinner most of the time, that's how pressured she was. Exams occupied her mind more and more, the thought of Jihoon, the secret admirer and the issue slowly slipped out of her mind.

She was becoming distant.

Minji sighed as she closed the box of chocolates, it was half empty since she snacked on them while she studied last night.

The girl turned to her dressing table and examined herself. Dark bags under her eyes started to form, she looked extremely jaded and awful.

But she didn't care, Minji wanted to work harder in order to get good grades and prove her father that she's been studying even if it meant staying up late and losing sleep, she was still going to do it.

>>

"Wow, it's continuous." Nari chuckled as Minji opened her locker and out came a deep red envelope, the same one from the other day.

Minji yawned before opening the envelope and reading the letter inside.

To: Minji ♡

I'm sad.

Seeing you tired and sad makes me sad. I know exams are coming up but please don't stress yourself too much, bub. Those dark bags under your eyes, your face getting thinner and your skin getting pale. Don't torture yourself like this.

Take a day off from all the studying, eat and be happy. Please do those, I want to see my girl the way she was before. Happy and healthy.

Last thing I want you to be is sick :(

Like I said before, don't stress yourself. I believe in you, you'll do just fine.

Also, I think it's about time to finally tell you who I am, right? You must be curious. Meet me at the garden at the start of lunch.

- 16 10 8♡

+a/n: if you can solve what that means then ily ^

"What does it mean by '16 10 8'?" Minji asked herself. "I dunno' I'm not that smart." Nari shrugged, locking her locker.

>>

Minji scribbled notes down in her Biology book, writing down every single information she remembered. The more she tried to think of Biology things, the more the numbers on the letter occupied her mind.

What could 16 10 8 mean? She thought.

Jihoon stole quick glances at the girl next to her, unfortunately, Minji came late to class so she had no choice but to quickly sit next to Jihoon.

She wanted to wipe that stupid smile off his pretty face, it annoyed her.

Her classes went on per usual, the normal revising and taking down notes.

It was now lunch time, "Hey, aren't you going to eat? You barely eat lunch nowadays." Nari frowned, her hand grabbing Minji's forearm. Minji smiled, "Don't worry, I'll be back. Secret admirer is finally revealing himself."

Her friend's eye's widened, "Tell me who it is okay? Don't forget to drop by and eat, you're becoming thinner." And with that, Nari made her way to the Cafeteria.

Minji didn't know why but she was kind of scared to meet the annonymous person. What if it wasn't the person she was expecting?

Just like people say, expect the unexpected.

The girl slowly made her way down the long student-filled hallway, her heart racing faster as time passed. As she set foot on the pavement, she felt like turning back.

Minji felt uneasy about this but kept walking towards the garden nonetheless.

She could feel her hands slightly shaking and her head spinning, is this what meeting you secret admirer feels like? Minji thought.

Just as she was about to set foot on grass, someone grabbed her forearm making her whirl around and facing that person.

"Minji . ."

Daniel?

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oooooo shiet it was daniel all along ?????????? hmm 🤔

sksjkaa but can yall believe that i could've written changed person in just two months? like this book has been up for only two months and it's already near changed person's ending chapter. is that how slow i was at updates?

anyway im pretty sure this book will surpass changed person's ending chapter.

wait wtf someone enlighten me, i just went through twitter and found tweets about jonghyun attempting to suicide im confused some ppl are saying he's dead and some are not ?? im so sad my shawol heart omg