solitude • kihyun

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"why are you really here?" the words echoed inside the living room as yuna remained standing straight, looking at him. 

it seemed as if something or someone had sucked the energy out of the kihyun she usually knew. he looked both weak and miserable. 

he remained silent the first seconds, just staring at her with empty eyes. "w-what do you mean?" his voice finally came out as a soft whisper. 

yuna swallowed hard as she only took a step closer. he looked tired, as if he hadn't gotten a night sleep in years. definitely looked different from what he usually looked like. 

"it means what it means. what are you doing here?" she asked, tilting her head aside as she eyed carefully his reactions. 

kihyun sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "i came here to clean my brother's mess." he said after a sigh. but yuna didn't believe him. 

she approached him with a clenched jaw. suddenly all the cute moments she lived with him in the previous days somehow vanished. right before here was someone completely different from the kihyun she met the first time. 

it was hard not to imagine he'd be lying too. after all, she's been lied too much. "why are you really here kihyun-ssi?" she asked with determination. 

he stared at her, blinking softly and yuna noticed how his eyes filled with tears in a second. they already looked as if he had been crying but now it was materializing right before her eyes. 

"i am sorry." he simply said looking down. at first yuna got even more confused. reading the notes that kibum left for him were surely worrying. but she couldn't understand why he'd be apologizing to her.

"why are you sorry? what are you sorry about?" she asked, her eyes widening each passing second as she approached him fierlessly. she felt the blood rushing through her veins as her natural instinct kicked in. 

but kihyun wouldn't look at her. instead he buried his face on his palms and shook his head. "kihyun-ssi!" she called his name steadily. 

quickly he turned around and stared at her with widened eyes. "you ruined everything!" he yelled. his voice rumbling in the room. yuna jumped in surprise, since she didn't expect him to react that way. 

but now she was even more confused. "what do you mean?" she dared to ask. 

kihyun's frustration was obvious when he ran a hand through his long black hair. he shook his head again, biting his lip. "you weren't supposed to be here, why the fuck are you here? why won't you leave!?" his tone became more violent as yuna took a step back only because she felt threatened by his menacing eyes.

"i don't understand... why are you saying these things?"

he rolled his eyes, again with a frustrated mannerism. it seemed like the kihyun she knew was long forgotten and right before her was another completely different person, who happen to look just like him. it was scary. 

kihyun stared at her, his chest going up and down faster as he clenched his jaw. "you shouldn't be here-

"here?"

"yes! here... in this house, you should leave as soon as you can." he said pointing to the door. yuna was utterly confused. he seemed to be nice with her the previous days, even if their first encounter wasn't exactly good.

"why is that?"

he closed his eyes and sighed. "well... because i wasn't counting with you being here and to be honest, this is my house now." he looked furious as if something had happened since the last time they spoke, a few hours ago.