Say It Back || SoonHoon (#wattys2019)

fifty-nine

우지
I'm walking down the hallways, heading towards the exit of the school.
I really just want to go home.

It's a Friday.
I can finally go relax, at least for the rest of the day anyways, before I go back to studying.

I doubt I'd sleep much though. I've been thinking about so many things, I actually think I'm going crazy.

Thoughts about you.
About what Heecheol said.
About all these possibilities.

They all occupy my head.
And adding school work to that, doesn't make it any better.

Life really sucks.
I swear, I'll be dead before I turn thirty.

My eyes are looking down as I walk out underneath the sunny sky.

But it doesn't feel sunny.
It feels like dark gray clouds float ominously above, blocking out the happy sun.

I raise my head, only for my eyes to land on something I don't want to see.

All of a sudden, in my gloomy world, rain starts to fall.

호시
I really miss talking to you.

I miss you, who always listens to all the useless random stories I tell.
Who actually puts up with me even though I'm annoying as heck.
Who doesn't hate me even though you know the real me.

I let out a sigh as thoughts of you run through my head. I picture your small adorable smile. I miss that.

I walk out of the school building, my shoes brushing against the cement road in a rough manner.

"Don't act like nothing happened."

I hear a voice, cold with an underlying sense of hurt.

It belongs to you.

I turn my head to where the sound came from. I see you, tiny compared to the two tall men who stand in front of you.

Something is troubling my heart, but I can't quite place my finger on it.

"Come on, Ji," the guy with black curly hair and large eyes says. "That was a long time ago."

Your face paled and your body grew tense, right before you choked out a reply.

"Two years, Seungcheol. It's been two years. You've forgotten, but I haven't."