[EDITING] Stay With Me | Lai Guanlin

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"Yunhee?"

I felt my shoulder was tapped lightly, waking me up from the deep slumber. I slowly opened my eyes, and the white ceiling was on my vision again.

I wished the voice belongs to him, but it wasn't.
And I wished everything that happened was just a dream, a nightmare to be exact. But it wasn't.

"Wake up, honey. It's already morning."

That's way too impossible to be true.

I got up and sat down, directing my gaze towards the woman in front of me. Upon looking at mom's face, I somehow felt tears were forming in the corner of my eyes.

Dude, why am I tearing up again?!

"What happened, Yunhee? You were sleeping without even changing your clothes."

I shook my head, refusing to tell her the truth. "I'm fine, mom. Maybe I was just too tired that I fell asleep," I replied, lying.

Mom shook her head, not believing my answer. "You're not fine at all. You were crying in your sleep, too," she said, startling me. "I.. I cried?" I asked, and she nodded.

"You did. I actually wanted to wake you up, to ask you to eat and change your clothes. But you looked really sad and exhausted. Is everything fine? Did something happened?"

I gazed into her eyes, and slowly a tear rolled down to my cheek.

She quickly held my hand, caressing it. "Hey, what's wrong? Are you stressed because of school? Hmm?" I know it was supposed to be comforting, but tears kept on streaming down my cheeks continuously.

I didn't say anything and just hugged her tightly. "Mommy..." She hugged me back, patting my shoulder. "Shh.. It's okay, Yunhee..."

After my emotion was stable again, I slowly pulled away. I wiped my wet cheeks with my hand, stopping myself from crying again.

"Mind to tell me everything?"

I smiled bitterly and spoke up, "Nothing, mom. You're right. I'm just a bit stressed. That's all."

Maybe I shouldn't tell mom.

"Are you sure?"

I nodded. "Yeah. Nothing to worry about."

Well it indeed is something to worry about.

"If that so, good then. Well since you said you're a bit stressed, how about we hang out? I'll be free this weekend," she happily said.

I am still sad, but that doesn't mean I have to keep drowning myself in tears and sorrow, right?

"Call!"

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From afar, I could see Sohye at her locker. I bit my lower lip and sighed deeply.

I need to walk pass her to go to my locker.

Being a nice girl I am, I walked towards her and smiled. It was an awkward smile, I bet. "Hi, Sohye," I tried my best to not sound awkward. But she just eyed me from hair to toe.

"So.. how are you doing with Guanlin? Is everything fine?" I asked when she didn't reply me.

She let out a scoff, a smirk formed on her small lips. "Everything is fine. Things are going really smoothly, and I treat her better than you did," she said, emphasising the word 'better'.

Her words snapped me real hard. It's true. She's right. Never did I treat Guanlin nicely as he did to me.

"Well.. That's good, then! I'm happy for you, buddy!" I flashed a sincere smile to her, but she replied me with a glare.

"Don't 'buddy' me. You and I aren't 'buddy' anymore."

My eyes widened in shock at her words, "What? Why?"

As if everything was planned, Guanlin came to us and grabbed her hand, interlocking with his. "Why are you talking with her?"

There, my heart hurt again at the painful sight.

However, I still held the smile on my face. "I'm happy for you two!" I said, even though the truth is I'm breaking like crazy inside.

Guanlin rolled his eyes in annoyance. "Let's go." He then pulled Sohye with him, leaving me alone again.

It was true, though. I am happy as long as my best friend is happy. I will still love my best friend even if she is now dating the one I love. And if the boy I love is now hating me, it's fine as long as Kim Sohye is happy.

But Sohye too, is now hating me. She abandoned me.

_/_/_/  _  \_\_\_

I began to worry about my condition when I could not answer the question asked by Mrs Oh.

I originally am the one who is a fast learner, but today I just kept on spacing out.

"Yunhee. You've been off for almost a week. What actually happened to you?" She asked in a strict yet caring tone.

"I'm so sorry, ma'am."

At the end of the class, Mrs Oh called me and I didn't have any choice but to go to her.

"Mind to tell me what's wrong? You're lacking, Yunhee. And I don't want your grades to lack, too," she said as I scratched my head, sighing.

"I'm sorry, ma'am. But can I change my seat with Sohye?" Well, letting them sit together would be better. Right?

Mrs Oh gazed me with a curious expression, her brows knitted as she asked, "Why? Are you having problem with you seatmate? Is that why you were off?"

I quickly shook my head in denial, even though it was all true. But of course I wouldn't tell her anything. "No, nothing. It's just.. just... Ergh.. Nothing, ma'am. Maybe I'm a bit stressed because of some issues out of school," I said, denying the fact.

"Are you sure?" she asked again, eyes still landing on mine.

I eagerly nodded, making sure she would trust me.

Mrs Oh nodded and tapped my shoulder lightly. "Fine, then. But if you really have any problem, make sure it won't disturb your study. Okay?"

I smiled and nodded. "Yes, ma'am."

With that, she then went away.

I sighed and got back to my seat. I guess I have to deal with the situation for few months more.

What a life.