perfectly wrong

twenty-four

From talking about everything, Thomas and Minho didn't even hear the door open and close. It had been a while since the two boys had spoken due to the whole relationship drama with Newt but before that, they were really good friends. They would sit down like they were now and would chat for hours on end. It was nice for them to finally catch up with each other.

"Hey guys." they both hear a voice call and turn to face Teresa, smiling at them nervously.

Minho didn't care for the nervousness because he was incredibly nervous for himself. For the whole day, he was waiting for the moment to see Teresa and tell her everything. He was practically bouncing of joy as he was just soo ready to confess all his feelings, all his love for her. It was finally time. He had waited too long, he had to do it now. He could feel Thomas giving him eyes at the back of his head, which made him laugh inside. Of course, Thomas has wanted this to happen for ages, he wanted his sister to be happy.

"Teresa, we need to talk." the Asian says, getting up to face her.

"Minho, I can't do this right now. I—" she starts but the boy interrupts her, placing his hands on her shoulders.

"I'm sorry but this can't wait."

"Minho—"

"Tess, please. Let me say this... I love you, okay? Always have and always will. I hated that we broke up, you mean soo much and—"

He wanted to continue but all three of them became distracted with the person that entered as the boy was spilling his heart out to the raven-haired girl in front of him. But as he watched, the happiness inside of him faded as the familiar face greeted them all.

"Hey, guys! How you all been?" Brenda smiles, coming beside Teresa and kissing her on the cheek.

Minho felt like falling to his knees at that moment. He had worked up the courage to finally tell Teresa how he felt and she treats him like this? What shattered his heart, even more, is how she took the raven-haired girl's hand and intertwined it into her own, them looking like a perfect fit.

After everything, he actually thought that there might still be something there.

Clearly not.

"Brenda. What are you doing here?" Thomas asks her, Minho could hear his teeth gritting at her.

"T invited me over. We were able to fix things and we're back together! Isn't that great?" the girl practically screams, smiling at Teresa before wandering off into their kitchen. Probably to get a beer.

"I... I should go." Minho mumbles, his hands in his pocket and head hanging low as he swiftly moves towards the door to leave.

"Minho, wait—" the raven-haired girl called out but it was too late; he had already left.

Teresa felt melancholy as if she had lost one of the most important things in her life. She knew that she did but she couldn't admit it, she was too proud to be right. She wished that this day never had happened: meeting Brenda, Minho confessing his love for her. It put her head into a whirling spin of confusion.

She was soo distracted by her thoughts that she didn't notice Thomas come up to her, his face showing that he was absolutely pissed off. She knew his feelings towards Brenda and how much he disliked her. But Teresa couldn't deal with all of that right now. She needed to process what she was feeling first; her resilience with Brenda, her heart aching for Minho. It was all too much for her.

"Teresa, are you crazy? Why are you back together with her?" her younger brother whispers harshly to her, praying that the brunette girl doesn't hear them.

"Tom, I can't deal with this right now. Can you leave me alone for a few moments?" she politely asks, rubbing her head. All the thoughts running through her mind was causing her a severe migraine.

Rolling his eyes, he nods before letting her go to her room. He hated that she was making a huge mistake. Teresa had always been the one to give second chances easily but he never thought she would give one to Brenda. She practically ruined his sister and he wasn't going to stand for it to happen again.

Hearing the smash of glass bottles, he groans before rushing to the kitchen. Of course, he finds it a complete mess: their liquor cabinet was broken into with countless bottles of alcohol scattered across the room, a very drunk Brenda on the floor asleep. He wanted to vomit at the sight, he hated dealing with drunk people, he found it absolutely disgusting. So, to his horror, he had to drag her unconscious body outside his apartment but he wasn't surprised that he had to do it. He did it all the time when Teresa and Brenda were together the first time.

"Gross." he complains to himself as he leaves her out there. He knew that she'll wake up in a few hours and find her way home.

He begins to clear up the mess that the girl had made; he didn't want to bother Teresa with it. But he couldn't understand why she went back to Brenda, their relationship was horrible. It made what happened between him and Newt seem like an understatement. He couldn't let her fall into this trap again, so he sought guidance in the one person that could help him fix all of this.

thomas

we need to talk.

newt

come to mine around 1 tomorrow.

we have a problem that needs fixing.

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never have i been more exciting for the next few chapters. but writing this did make my heart break a little, poor minho :( my precious baby :((

your kind words mean the absolute world to me. all of you are my inspiration and that is the reason why i dedicated this book to all of you: you keep me going on here and you deserve the world and more <33

Faiza :)