GTFO

Chap 61: Goodbye

Jaemin's POV

"Jaemin, why are you packing.. your bags..?" Jeno's voice faltered as he stood by the door after returning from his afternoon classes much earlier than I had calculated.

I hung my head low, looking up only when I felt the bed being weighed down on the other side and saw Jeno taking a seat in front of me.
"Jaemin, what happened? Do you not like staying in the same dorm as me?"

His brows were raised due to concern and his voice was filled with worry at what my answer would be.

He lifted his hand up to my face and caressed my cheek, melting me into his touch almost immediately. I opened my mouth to answer, but my eyes competed in sending tears to run down my face before I could allow words to flow out. My heart was aching in my chest and the endless fear of breaking Jeno's heart once again while unfolding the truth I had hid from him for as long as I could only allowed my voice to be as shaky as ever.

"Jeno.."
I cried my heart out while he pulled me into an embrace almost immediately, although he didn't have the slightest idea of what was going on. And even though I feared to tell him, I still had to.

"Jaemin, is something wrong?"
He pulled away from me to look me directly in the eye as he used his thumbs to wipe my tears away.
"Why are you crying?"

"Jeno, I'm a terrible person, I'm.. I'm so sorry. I wish I had the guts to tell you right away but instead I chose to lie--"

"Lie? What lie?"

"That I was never going to leaving you."

"What?"

"I love you, Jeno. I really, really love you. Don't let them take me away from you. I want to be with you."
I continued to bawl my eyes out while hugging him tightly in the fear of having to part ways with him.

My mum had called in the morning to tell me that they had already withdrawn me from the school and was not ready to hear any of my protests.

No matter how much I begged, she refused and told me that she was going to continue my home-schooling from the next term onwards.

"Jaemin, slow down. Who's taking you away?" Jeno asked as calmly as he could although his voice was shaky too. He tried rubbing circles on my back and his comforting touch made me cry harder.

"My dad--"

My phone rang and though I knew who it was and what it meant if I picked it up, I still had to, so I did.

Jeno was still confused and held onto my hand tightly without knowing what was happening.

I walked downstairs while on the phone with my dad since he said he had arrived and told me to hurry downstairs without ending the call.

When I reached the gate, he was right there, waiting where he said he would. He took my bags and reluctantly agreed when I asked him for some time to talk to Jeno.

By now, Jeno seemed to have understood everything and looked hurt as he slowly let go of my hand.

"So you never meant any of it, huh?"

"No, I--"

"Save your lies for your next boyfriend, Jaemin. Lie to him and then leave him too."
He gritted his teeth while holding back his tears and turned around to walk back to the school.

My legs ached to run after him and tell him how real my feelings were for him but, before I could, I felt my dad dragging me back to the car, saying that my time was up.

I guess it really was up.

I had to live with the biggest regret of not telling Jeno everything sooner, when I still had time.

I sat in the backseat and felt tears prickling my eyes once again as the thought of never seeing him returned back into my mind.

"Goodbye, Jeno."

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UWU Im sorry if this chapter is so late that you forgot the Nomin plot, but yeet.