THE NERD NEXT DOOR ✔

22 . Stay

Chanyeol

I pressed on the door bell. No response. I kept doing the same, as I got panicked I turn back to look at the guys standing behind me.

"The car shed is empty too. It seems, No one is home right now." KyungSoo said. Yes, He is right.

I tried calling her phone as many times I could, But she didn't attend the call. I hit my foot on the door in rage and grinned in anger.

"Where the fuck has she gone? Wae? Wae Guys? Why it has to be me? Why isn't she picking up my calls. I guess, I lost her already." I said as I slowly landed on my knees and let out a cry. Baekhyun leaned beside me and put his hand over my shoulder and brought my head closer to his chest.

"It's okay Chanyeol. Don't worry. She didn't go anywhere, she'll come back for you." He said as he rubbed my hair. Then suddenly Suho and Lay came rushing to us.

"Guys! I found out something. I had a call from Min Soo and... It's better we all go and meet her right now." He said exhausted.

"What? What happened?" I asked him.

"Please calm yourself and nothing to worry." He said and I thought for a second and then got inside the car.

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20 Minutes later

We all sat around on the couch looking at Min Soo who was standing beside her boyfriend Suho. I looked at her with terror filled eyes, as I was curious to know what happened.

"I am so sorry to say this now guys. I should have told you before. But.." She started but then started to sniff. She started crying more. Suho went up to her and hugged her to comfort. Then suddenly the door burst open revealing Sun Nim who was breathing heavily.

"Sorry guys it took me late to reach after heavy traffic." She said walking towards Min Soo.

"Hey! Are you okay? What happened?" She asked her as she held her hands.

Min Soo wiped off her tears and looked at all of us.

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Flashback

Min Soo

I went to my room after having a heavy lunch with my family. But It would have been more memorable one if Suho was with us too. I smiled and walked inside my room. As soon as I entered my room, I got a call form someone. But before I could attend the call, it ended. I checked my notification it was already 190 messages and 58 missed calls from Shin ah! What the fuck?! Is something wrong?

I got more panicked and tensed, So without a minute wasting I ringed her phone. She accepted the call in the very first ring.

"Hey! It's Shin ah!" She said with cold voice. I felt bad and worried for her.

"Hey dear! Is everything okay? Is something wrong?" I asked her in worry.

"Yes! I am fine love. It's just I wanted to inform you something before leaving." She said. 'Leaving' ? That word freaked me to hell.

"What? Leaving? What do you mean by that?" I asked furiously.

"I am leaving Seoul. I am taking the flight to China at 2 p.m. That's just in an hour I'll be leaving Seoul and leaving you all. I am sorry that it was a sudden decision by my mom and me. We need to leave." She said. She literally gave me a heart attack. She is not that close to me as much she is to Sun Nim. But still we are good friends and we have hang out together twice. She is a good friend of mine. This news just breaks my heart.

"But why? Do they all know about it already?" I asked her knowing I might be the last one she is telling about this.

"No! You are the first and the only one Min Soo." She said which made me shock.

"What?" I asked her in disbelief.

"Remember the guy I use to talk about earlier when Chanyeol was in New York? It seems like he is a bad guy and when everyone came to know about our friendship they all got furious and Chanyeol broke up with me. It was unexpected on that day, while I and Sun Nim where about to head to our class, he came in between and kissed me forcefully. Unfortunately, Chanyeol saw with his both eyes. And then he asked me to leave him forever. It was 2 weeks ago. Ever since then, I didn't receive any calls or messages form them. I did talk about these things to my mom, and she said she wanted me to move away. So she decided to go for a business trip to China. And most probably I won't come back as I am going to get settled in there. I am discontinuing my graduation. I really wanted to say my goodbyes to everyone before leaving. But I don't want it either, I feel ashamed to look at them. So I am letting you know about this. Please don't tell anything about this to anyone. And between, yesterday I came to your house to meet you, but you went out with suho. So, I gave your mom a letter. Please get it from her and hand it over to my ex." Her voice was breaking. I let out a tear. This poor girl has suffered a lot. She has gone through a quite lot these days.

"Hey! Please don't go. They still care for you dear." I said.

"But none of them called me or messaged me." She said.

"Okay. I will miss you a lot. Please come back soon. Okay?" I asked.

"I'll try." That was her last words and then she cut the call.

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Back to the present

"Here. Have it. This is the only thing she left before leaving us all, Chanyeol." I said handing over him the letter she gave. He grabbed it from me and looked at it. He let his tears shred as he stumbled himself to stand on his legs. He was drowned out.

"You guys should have called her." I hitched them.

"She was waiting for your calls and messages. But none of you did it and that's what made her more exhausted and worried. She left because none of us believed her and was on her side when she needed us all. She did tell me a lot about that guy and all I came to know was she treated him like her brother. But I don't know about that guy so much. She trusted me and have shared a quite a lot of things with me. She was faithful to all of us. And more than anything, she was faithful to Chanyeol. She never ever did something wrong. But how come you easily hurt her avoiding her at the very end Chanyeol?" He closed his eyes and started crying even more.

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Chanyeol

I opened my arm looked at the letter in My hand. At the top of the letter it was written as,

'For my nerdy'

The words made me cry even more. What have I done?

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