broken promises [hrj]

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"did you seriously have to bring 2 suitcases? and a cargo?" annoyingly, sicheng asks. we've finally reached the airport after a three hour drive. okay—in reality it was just an hour away from home but sicheng decided it would be best we visit all the places he used to loved going to he can say goodbye. so we basically drove for 3 hours stopping every 20 minutes and waited another 10.

"well we're literally going to be renting out an apartment in seoul for a month and a half so that mom doesn't easily miss you, what did you expect? me bringing only one suitcase? please." i roll my eyes. honestly does he really expect me to wear the same clothes over and over again? i'm sorry, but when i'm in seoul i'm going to look like a boss with no repeats.

also the fact that i hope to be noticed by some beauty company or something.

eh, who am i kidding? i don't stand a chance to even think about joining—i'm ugly as hell.

sicheng sighs and leaves me alone to my world of watching high school musical for the like 27365th time. i'm on the second movie by the way, and it's getting heated between troy and gabriella.

i decided to stop watching the movie after a while since i wanted to cry in private on the plane (ya know the scene). i pulled my phone out and well, to be completely honest with you i am shook at the amount of messages i got.

5 messages from xiuluiyuikoi
2 messages from unknown number
3 messages from satanic dolphin
4 messages from madré 💆🏻‍♀️

i opened up chenle's message because that's probably a warning/heads up for me on hat xinliu has to say.

satanic dolphin
hey, did u get messages from xin?
sent 7 minutes ago

you should reply ASAP, it's kinda important.
sent 5 minutes ago

i replied instantly.

mememei
what in the world cld be so important smh

5 messages from xin isn't much of a big deal i mean she has spammed me like 289 messages before on what face mask to use next. 5 messages should be nothing serious.

xiuluiyuikoi
hey
hey
there's something i need to tell u
pls dont get mad
ily

mememei
what did u do now
did u sneak out again

instantly, she replies.

xiuluiyuikoi
wtf no??
im a gud dotter ok
pls take a seat
grab a popcorn or
idk
its gonna be a long ass ride

mememei
hm ye cut the crap

xiuluiyuikoi
jeez, did ms red stain come again?

mememei
ha ha ha im cracking

xuiluiyuikoi
okay okay
so i went searching for this huang renjun
and so i found this guy
same name, same origin
and he lives in seoul

mememei
ye so?

xiuluiyuikoi
so i pm-ed him
and he said he knew u
so i gave him ur num
and i think he messaged u

that ass. why would she ever?

mememei
wTF xiNlUi
u rat
i—

xiuluiyuikoi
weLL whAt DiD u thiNk
I WAs tRyNa HelP U

mememei
wym help?
im fine???
i think
idk

xiuluiyuikoi
well idk the past week consisted of u
talking abt this moomin guy
like
hellOO
u miss him
its clear

mememei
i dont?
we ended our friendship
years ago.

xiuluiyuikoi
if u say so
u cld always just delete the message
or say ure not u
and he'd leave u alone

mememei
hmph u rite
idk
gtg

to be completely honest, i actually wanted to talk to renjun. but i have a feeling that he's not the same as before, which makes me kinda scared to talk to him. i mean, people change, right?

i took a deep breath and opened up his message.

moominjun
hey
is this meihui?
sent 20 minutes ago

should i reply? or should i just let it be between the two of us?

mememei
no. i think u got the wrong num|
yes its me|
new phone who dis?|

"you should just fess up, stop being a scaredy cat," i hear sicheng say behind me.

"but what if he isn't the same renjun i know?"

"then, why would he believe someone he doesn't know?" he leaves, going to a video game store. i thought deep and long about what sicheng said.

i mean its true, he believed xin—and i know xin can easily come off as a psychopath.

i turned my phone to reply again. this time, i didn't hesitate.

mememei
yes, its mei.