flipped. | kaiyuna

chapter sixteen

[yuna's p.o.v.]

yunana:
unnie

yunana:
bona is dragging me to the mall,
can you tag along?

the first thing i did once i woke up was text ryujin. we would plan the things to do one the weekends and make a list of all of the shows we could binge-watch once the break starts.

ryushin:
aw i've got to visit my uncle's house

ryushin:
sorry :)

ryushin:
*:(

ryushin:
oops haha

i might be forgetting something but i know ryujin's family well, and none of her parents has siblings, but it might be a distant on. ryujin has a big family anyway. she never uses :) too. oh wait, it was a typo.

'yuna! are you ready yet?' bona's yell comes through my door.

'i'll be down in a minute!' i shout back.

i quickly throw in anything that was clean and comfy. i wore a simple shirt with sweats and applied simple makeup and soon, i was in bona's car.

well, it wasn't bona's car just yet. she hasn't paid it fully, and she's been working her ass off to pay the bills before the deadline. usually she works in the store and as a photographer's assistant, but she quit that job and applied to become that intern who just delivers coffee to everyone in a magazine office. it's just that, but considering how the much workers and how much coffee they need in a day, it's enough for her to arrive home at 2 am.

we arrived in the mall and i just accompanied bona shopping for some furtinure and clothes for the apartment she'll move into soon.

bona wanted to find some cute plushies. none od the stores sparked her until we passed miniso, and she ran in like a little child.

i catch up to her and she bents down to stare at some of the bunny keychains that were on sale. i walked around the store to see if there was anything that i needed.

and then i spotted something. we bare bears plushies were sprawled on the top shelf. i reach for it, but a boy was faster than i am.

hueningkai held the ice bear plushie and jumped back when he sees me, holding the exact same he was.

'hi.' i chuckle.

'gave me a shock there.' he says, then takes back the plushie.

lea pops up, placing a hand over his shoulder.

'oh, yuna! what are you doing here?'

'bona came to buy some furniture for her apartment.'

'she's here? aish, why didn't she tell me?'

bona appears around the corner and jumped onto lea, hugging her tightly, despite just meeting each other less than a week ago.

'let's go to mcdonalds.' bona rubs her stomach.

'..it's still 9.' i mumble.

'they have a breakfast menu. let's find a seat.'

so that's how we ended up ordering mcdonalds egg and pancakes at 9 am. not the ideal idea of a weekend breakfast; but it's nice to try out new things.

i settled next to hueningkai. we chose a booth so it was pretty squashed. our knees kept touching to the point he slowly started to scoot away from me.

frankly, and i think i'm not the only one who noticed, but we've been cooler for the past months. i don't know if it's just that i got over him or he seems more relaxed, but i enjoyed being with him, other than being this guy that i always followed around back then.

but today, he seems more distant, more distant than the past him, and this strange feeling in my stomach started to engulf me. wait, it might just be i'm hungry. i don't know.

soon our meals arrived and i poked on my pancakes. it was a weird habit i've had earlier then. before i eat it, i would always like to play around with the texture. i find it spongy.

hueningkai glances at me, and i look back at him; and once again, we made eye contact. but before i broke it, he was faster. he looked away, eyes furrowed.

did.. did he just look at me with disgust?

i might be seeing things. get a grip, yuna. maybe it's just early morning effects. i don't wake up this early often.

i needed to do something. strike a conversation. that was easy, right? but once the moment played again, all of the easy topics i could talk to him just vanished like thanos snapping.

oh god. the feeling is coming again.

'i'm going to the toilet quickly.'

before anyone could say anything, i grabbed my phone and sprinted towards the nearest toilet. i entered a stall and locked it.

was i sick? probably the expired milk i drank yesterday, but it felt different. the way he looked at me was also different.

did someone snitched on me?

my mind is playing tricks again. i don't have enemies, maybe that i annoy some people, but that was it. i have a squeaky clean record. except wonyoung.

wonyoung. i forgot she existed for a moment.

i sat on the toilet seat and placed my chin on my palm, letting my mind wander somewhere else. i'm overreacting. this whole thing is just dramatic!

i should tell ryujin about this. i opened kakaotalk and was about to press on my keyboard when i reread the previous chats.

right. i forgot. she's with her 'uncle.' but her parents have no siblings! my god, why is everything confusing me?

i should probably head back soon, i've been in this stall for 11 minutes.

but before i had the chance to lay my hands on the lock, my mouth was full of liquid and i was on my knees, throwing up on the toilet bowl.

probably the expired milk.

[a/n: hey! sorry for the late update, i've been busy with some tests and taking some rests. anyways, earlier this month, i made a bet with carmaander that whoever got 2.5k reads would win and the loser would have to make a crackfic. well, i lost, meaning i'm going to make a crackfic. sucks to be me 😔]