Without You {hwang hyunjin}

{ Prologue }

5 Years Earlier:

Naeun POV:
"Yah Naeun, let's just end things. You don't have to be nice anymore like nothing happened." I look up to meet my boyfriend's serious face, confused. His words came out of the blue.

"Hmm?" I stop sipping from my straw and he just sighs and brushes his hair back as he looks out the window. He asked to meet me after school and brought me to a coffee shop because he said he wanted to talk.

"W-What are you talking about? Are you...breaking up with me?" My voice becomes dry and I swallow, attempting to make the-now-forming lump in my throat go away.

"Naeun-ah, sorry. Find a nice guy, I'll get going now. I won't cause any more problems for you."

"Hyunjin-ah..."

"I'll pay on my way out, take care Muffin" Muffin. I never knew that an endearing nickname could come with so much pain in that moment. With that, Hyunjin half-smiles and pays for the bill before walking out of the shop. I sit here, unable to process what had just happened. Did Hwang Hyunjin, the boyfriend I had for one and a half years, just break up with me...just like that? I look down, my vision suddenly becoming blurry. I reach up to my eyes and take off my glasses. Of course, it's tears. So I just let the tears fall, since it's the only thing I can do right now. I didn't care how many people were probably looking at me right now but at this moment it feels like I'm the only person here. I felt alone and humiliated. I just wanted to get out of here as quick as I can so I gather my belongings and quickly say thanks to the owner of the shop before exiting, only to be met by the dripping sounds of rain. I exhale, stepping out into the open- not caring about getting wet. I look down in shame, clenching my fists. Just then, my phone rings. It breaks me from my trance and although I'm still crying, I do my best to pull myself together before answering the call.

"Hello?" My voice is still croaky, and the voice on the other line can hear my sniffly cries.

"Naeun, you ok? You sound like you've been crying...where are you? It's pouring outside, did you bring your umbrella?!? Is your boyfriend there?" I dry my tears before taking a deep breath and speaking, the voice of my twin sister comforting me from the other side.

"Nari...we broke up..." I sniff, hearing a sigh from my sister followed by an awkward silence. She speaks again after a few seconds.

"Ice cream's out of the fridge, come home as quick as you can. I'm really sorry Naeun..." I nod, whispering out an 'alright' before hanging up and catching the bus home.

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1 Month Later:

I look at myself in the mirror, examining the new me. My sister and best friend decided that after my saddening breakup, it was best for me to cut off my ex entirely- no contact, whatsoever so I did. I blocked his contact number and on socials and didn't bother to give him any energy. My twin also gave me a makeover, describing it as 'glow up'- a new start for myself. So here I am standing in a bob-style black wig with bangs and silvery-grey contacts. Nari had suggested for me to actually dye it from blonde to pitch black but me and my best friend both disagreed since it was quite recent that I dyed my hair blonde and I didn't want to damage my hair again with hair dye. So as much as Nari was annoyed, she gave in to the wig option. I didn't like wearing contacts though, I absolutely hated them- they irritated my eyes but I soon grew used to the feeling of them, learning to endure the pain and itchiness. Nari suggested that I take my mum's surname- Lee, in case anyone asked. It wasn't a big deal but if I did somehow run into my ex again at least I would recognise him and not the other way around. So I lived my new life, me and Nari both graduated school and got into the universities of our choice. She aspired to be a model and I wanted to run some sort of business together with my best friend of course. I got a part-time job with mentioned best friend and I was happy. I moved on with my life and soon forgot about Hyunjin. All my happiness was right here with Nari and my best friend by my side...

P.S: Stan DAY6, Stan talent :)

(Wow, the chorus actually suits the atmosphere of this chapter really well :P)

A/N:
Hi everyone lolllllll, welcome to my first skz ff HAHA! I'm going to keep this brief, this is ENTIRELY fanfiction and MY original work/plot :) 

I do not own stray kids and the personalities/characters portrayed here may or may not be accurate to the real life counterparts.

all images/media used in this story do NOT belong to me, and all credit goes to the original owners :) 

I'm sure all of you are mature enough to differentiate the difference between real life and FANfiction lol so yeah, ENJOY THE STORY HAHA! 

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