mask // bang chan

chapter 3

3rd person P.O.V

Alex was now standing in front of Jisung's house, hoping that the recent news hadn't hit him too hard. In one hand was a bag of steamy, spicy fried chicken and she rustled into her coat jacket for her keys. She found them after a few minutes and began fumbling with the lock whilst mumbling curse words under her breath. The door unlocked and she rushed in, quickly slamming the door shut behind her, calling out,
“Jisung? where are you?”

A barely audible sniffle from upstairs caught her attention, and she made her way towards it, taking the stairs two steps at a time. In front of her were six doors, and she instantly headed for jisung’s room, careful to not step on any loud ass creaks in the shiny floorboards. With her hand now clamped around his door handle, she softly pushed the door open, peering around into the dark room, her hair brushing against her back.

“Jisung?”

At first, there was silence, before a loud hiccup from the corner of the room gave the orange haired boy away. Alex took a deep breath, saying “Jisung, i saw the-”
“Go away, alex.” came the quick, muffled reply. She moved toward him and sat herself down next to him.
“Jisung, i-”
“Alex, i said leave me alone.” Jisung turned away from her then, huffing and hugging his legs closer to himself. Alex sighed and wrapped her arms around him, careful not to squeeze the air out of his lungs.
“Look, I know this hard to take in, but we’re gonna find him. Him, Hyunjin and Woojin, I p-”

Jisung let out a low growl, turning around to glare at her. His eyes were full of fury, and there was practically steam coming out of his nostrils. “Are you stupid? Do you really think I can believe that? How can you promise that? It’s been three weeks since Hyunjin, two weeks since Woojin and now Minho! There’s been no leads as to where they are and you’re promising that we’re gonna find them? How can you say that, in this situation? Don’t lie to me Alex, you know just as well as me that there’s no chance! We’re never gonna find them… never…” he paused, breathing heavily, tears running down his cheeks. “We’re... never gonna... see them again…”

Alex felt her heart clench at the sight, pulling him closer and resting his head on her shoulder. He didn’t say anything or move away, silently crying and letting out the occasional hiccup. She felt tears prick at her eyes and she let out a long breath she hadn’t realised she was holding.
“Jisung… I-I’m sorry you’re hurting like this… but you can’t look at it so negatively. I know-”
“But Alex, you don’t know! You don’t know what I’m feeling! This Minho thing… it’s all my fault. If I had just let him stay over for the night-”
“Listen to me, Han Jisung! I know Minho was close to you, and I know that this isn’t easy on you but do you really think that? You really think that it’s your fault? You didn’t know this was gonna happen, you didn’t know Minho was next. And if you did, do you really think you would’ve left him alone for a second?” Alex took a deep breath, looking Jisung in the eyes.
“We’re gonna find him and the others and we’re not going to stop until we do. That’s something I can promise you. Pinky promise.” She held up her pinky, and took Jisung’s in hers. Jisung stayed quiet and the room became silent. Not an awkward silence though, a comforting blanket that wrapped itself around the two, keeping the room in a still, warm state.

After what seemed like hours, Jisung spoke up, his voice soft and unwavering. “Alex… about earlier… sorry, I didn’t mean to come off so hostile, I was just-” Alex shushed him, shaking her head and giving him a small smile.
“Don’t worry about it. I mean that’s what friends are for, right?”
Just as Jisung opened his mouth to respond, his stomach growled. He looked down, then back at her, embarrassed. “I-”
“There’s food downstairs. I don’t think it’s going to be warm after all the time we’ve spent up here but, it’s chicken and rice, who’s gonna complain?”

Chan's P.O.V

I think my legs are going to give out on me. Why does Jisung's house have to be so far away ? At least we can enjoy the food I bought once I get there, that's if i can even get him out of his room.

I get to the door to find it is wide open
I shug it off and just walk in and put my food on the table.. Chicken and rice ? Someone must be here already but he needs all the support right now so I walk upstairs.
Soft murmurs escape his room and I peak through the slightly opened door to find him and Alex tightly hugging...

I don't know why but a wave of anger and perhaps jealousy washed over me, I decided to leave them to it and and leave like I wasn't even there in the first place.

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I got home and took my phone off charge to find a message from Alex

Hey were you at jiji's earlier ?? I played off like the food was mine but why did you leave ?

Of course I left the food like the dumbass I was

No did you ask Binnie ?

Yeah he said no so it has to be you ... What's wrong, why did you leave ?

Don't worry.....
Read...

I'm such an asshole I need to clear my head

YoYo Binnie wanna go for a walk round the park ??

yeah sure have you eaten yet ?

No bring money I paid last time, your turn

unfair .. see you in 5
Read

I grab my phone and my jacket and start walking to the park.
"CHAN"
I turn around to see Changbin out of breath
"What's wrong, What happened?"
After a few seconds one name slipped out of his mouth
"Jeongin"

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Ooh cliffhanger
I haven't updated in ages oOps