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Chapter Six

CHAPTER SIX

The quiet atmosphere at E-Cube Mall was making me sleepy and I was really close to falling asleep. My eye lids were heavy and threatened to close any second. Only a few people walked around, but they never entered the store. They only passed by the narrow hallway and then they were gone. At 10:34am, I didn't think there would be anyone.

Renjun sat quiet next to me, as he has been since he picked me up this morning. He has been in a bad mood ever since yesterday. I knew it was because of his breakup and the quick change of things. One moment, you had someone to come running to after a long, tiring day and the next moment, you don't.

But just as Renjun had said, they had been drifting apart ever since. So it wasn't as bad as breaking up when you still loved them. And honestly? I could understand where he was coming from. I went through something nearly similar, just six months ago.

yukhei:
good morning! any customers
at your place? 

jinseo:
no one. and i'm getting
sleepy...

yukhei:
if you fall asleep, i'm
going up there to take
a picture of you

jinseo:
why the fuck-

yukhei:
black mail purposes

yukhei:
just kidding, it's so you'll
wake up, you sleepy head

jinseo:
oh so it's abt blackmail

yukhei:
bitch i was kidding ;-;

All of a sudden, I felt a nudge beside me. I looked up from the screen of my phone and looked at Renjun, who had nudged me earlier. I raised an eyebrow, wondering what he needed but he didn't say anything. As I was about to look away, he asked, "Are you going to eat lunch with him later?"

At first, I was confused as to who he was referring to but when I saw his eyes indicating at my phone and the chat that was visibly open as of the moment, I nervously slammed the screen of my phone towards my chest and looked down. "I—uhh, no. I don't know. I want to, but I don't want to leave you."

Renjun gave me a weak smile. "You can go with him if you want. I know you like him."

"I—what?" I had said it a little too loudly that Hyung had woken up from his nap and Man Bun was watching me a little oddly but he gave me an easy going smile when we made eye contact. Clearing my throat, I asked him, "What makes you think that?"

Renjun laughed, though it didn't sound the same as his laughs from before. It sounded a little hollow, like something was missing. It hurt hearing or seeing him this way. "You're so obvious, you know? You like him. Don't deny it."

I tucked a strand of hair behind my hair before getting annoyed and thing it up in a half bun. I pressed my lips that were tinted with lip tint earlier into a thin line and looked away, blinking a few times. "Maybe I do like him. I don't know. I liked him before but I don't know about now."

"Feelings can always return back, you know," he knowingly told me.

I stopped staring at the floor and decide to look at him this time. "Can it really?"