Enduring (EXO)

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Here she goes again.

Jinri doesn't wear the thin makeup anymore. Those lips stay dry because the lack of applying lip balm. She doesn't tuck her hair with a clip to get a good view of her face.

Sehun felt his heart tightened and heavy. He frowned looking at Jinri who was walking with her head down ignoring the whole world around her. Obviously, she goes to her depression site again.

And Sehun isn't stupid not to know the reason.

Don't talk about Jinri, even himself and Soojung feel distracted watching Chanyeol and that new girl named Lee Sunbin. She was obviously flirting with Chanyeol though he said they are just friends.

Jinri must be hurt seeing them together like that everyday. But it hurts him more to see Jinri breaking over another guy.

He walked towards Jinri and didn't voice out. Letting her bump onto him purposely, he grabbed her hand as she stumbled back.

" You should look to the front while walking.", he said.

Jinri immediately pulled her hand away from his, and said, " Sorry.".

" Did you even sleep last night?", Sehun asked after observing the dark rings under her eyes.

" Yeah, I did.", she lied. Those depression and nightmares came to her again. It made her sleepless and restless.

" If you excuse me..", Jinri immediately walked passed by Sehun. She doesn't have a mind to talk to someone right then.

Sehun turned to look at her who was leaving. Then his hand, which held her hand a while ago. He couldn't help but wonder why her hand feels so cold like ice.

He just shrugged off and followed Jinri into the building. While she was passing the corridor, he still followed her without caring about going to his own direction.

But then, when they reached the main hall, Jinri halted her steps. And that made Sehun stopped too. Because there was a guy kneeling in front of Jinri, with a flower in his hand.

Sehun frowned. ' What the hell is he doing?'.

" Jinri, I like you. Since the time my eyes lay on you, I can't stop thinking about you. Just like our figures matched, I hope our hearts can match too. Please be my girlfriend, Choi Jinri.", the guy confessed. He is Kang Minhyuk who is also from her class.

Jinri just stared at the flower with the dead eyes. Meanwhile, Sehun was anxious, unknowingly.

" Accept it! Accept it!", the students started to cheer for Minhyuk while Jinri was still emotionless.

" I .. I am sorry.", it was only words she said before walking away to her class. Most of the people were surprised at her bluntness. Minhyuk was still speechless after hearing her simple refusal.

No one expected Jinri to refuse someone like Minhyuk, who is one of the hottest college guys. Even Sehun was taken back. He didn't know that someone timid like Jinri can turn down a proposal without a blink like that.

While others are comforting Minhyuk, Sehun decided to leave. He went to her class and just peeked at her from the entrance.

As if she is a heartbreaker who gets confessed frequently, she was listening to music while her eyes were observing the book in front of her. Like nothing happened.

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Jinri couldn't concentrate at her study anymore. Those giggles and their chuckles were disturbing her all along. Jinri bit her lower lip as she was holding her sad heart.