Drown - (Seo Changbin Short Story)

Lost Souls

"Please stay for one more night, hold my hands and I'll be here with you. We are in this together."

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"Here's your coff--Elle? NO! OH SHIT!" Changbin ditched 2 cans of coffee that he was holding and ran towards Eleanor as he saw her standing on the edge of the cliff. His hands quickly pulled Elle's coat from the back and she fell back to Changbin's arm.

"What the f---Yo what are you doing, man?!" Elle yelled at Changbin as she pushed his chest. 

"No, what are YOU doing?!" Bin yelled back.

"Me?? I was just..chillin'? What's with the sudden back hug?!"

"What back hug? I didn't...oh..wait, chilling?" Changbin quickly -and awkwardly- took his arms off Elle, "Chilling?!  On the edge of a cliff?!" he added, half-yelling.

"..Yeah? I was just bored so I took a walk here whilst waiting for you to come back," Elle paused for a second, "wait...you think I was gonna jump off the cliff?" she added a small laugh. Not with Changbin. His eyes pierced deeply to Elle's, clearly he wasn't amused. 

"Hey stop staring at me like that hahaha," she laughed as she punched Changbin's arm lightly, then Changbin quickly grabbed her wrist. 

"Do you think it's funny, Eleanor?" his deep, husky voice stopped Elle's laugh.

"Hey, come on," Elle rolled her eyes and pulled her hand from Changbin's grip, but he did not let go, "Fine, I'm sorry, Bin. I didn't mean to make fun of you," Elle sighed, "can I have my hand back, please?"

"Bin?" still no answer.

"My wrist hurts, Seo Changbin."

Changbin shook his head a bit, and let go of Elle's hand, "I'm sorry," he said as he turned his back. He felt his eyes were burning, so he looked up, not wanting his tears to fall off in front of the long-haired girl. But Elle noticed that anyway.

"Hey, come here," Elle pulled Changbin's shoulder, turning him to face her, "Look, I'm sorry, Bin. I didn't mean to make you worry."

"And I'm sorry for yelling at you, you got me startled when you pulled me," She patted the young man's cheek lightly.

"No, it's okay, Elle," Changbin sighed, "I was just...scared. You scared the hell out of me," he threw himself to the ground as he felt his knees gone weak, almost lost his balance.

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It's been almost 3 months since they started to meet each other every night at the beach, talking about how their day was, telling each other's fear and secrets. Showing each other's dark sides, whilst trying to light it up. At first, Elle hesitated to talk to Bin, but as the days gone by, she started to open up to him. She felt kinda better, so did Changbin. 

"Let's go," Elle said as she sat on the passenger seat whilst looking out the car window with her sad eyes.

"Hey," Changbin turned his head to Elle, "everything's gonna be okay. You've got this, and remember..I'm here." he caressed Elle's hand.

"Thanks, Bin," Elle smiled.

After 2 hours, they finally arrived at the cemetery. Elle let out a deep sigh, trying hard to hold her tears. She clenched her left fist, whilst her right had was holding a bucket of white lilies. Changbin's hand carefully reached out to Elle's fist whilst caressing it as he noticed, trying to calm her down. Changbin smiled, as their eyes met.

"Hi Peter," greeted Elle as she put down the white lilies near the tombstone in front of her, "Are you okay there? Mama missed you so much, my dear," her voice cracked.