polaris ;; taehyung

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"i'm going to die soon."

the three of them looked at sora blankly for a good minute, then they burst out laughing which made the people in the building look at them weirdly. sora remained silent the whole time. she waited for them to stop laughing. 

they finally realized that she wasn't laughing with them to which their laughter died down.

"you're kidding, right?" alyssa asked. sora remained silent. "it's not a funny joke, sora!" alyssa exclaimed a bit. she looked down at the floor and back at them, biting her lower lip and rubbing her arm.

"wait... are you really serious?" yuki asked her. "yes..." sora pursed her lips, stopped for a bit and looked at them in the eye, "dead serious."

"remember, yuki? when i sent you the picture? i actually told my parents about it and they took me straight to the hospital. it was really scary," sora said. "wait, that was eight months ago. you were sick for that long and you didn't even tell us?" yuki said to her angrily.

"i... uh, i even made an invitation for my funeral. i'm sure it's in here somewhere, let me look for it," she changed the topic and looked inside her shoulder bag, trying to find what she was looking for. "i found it!" she took out the envelopes.

she handed them the envelopes one by one.

"since the doctor said i'll probably die on my birthday, i made these envelopes!" sora said enthusiastically. "to make it seem like it's more of my birthday than the day that i'll actually pass away," she added. 

"did you tell elio and eli about this already?" alyssa asked while looking sadly at her. "no, not yet. i'll tell them tomorrow, don't worry," sora said in reply. "plus, we three are in the same uni and eli's my classmate so i told you guys first since it'll be easy to tell them," she added.

they all were silent for a long time.

"can't it be cured?" yuki looked at sora with tears in her eyes. she was about to cry. she couldn't imagine losing her friend. despite yuki's mean facade, she's actually a softie inside. she didn't want to lose any of her friends.

sora cleared her throat. "well, i'm sure you all have lots of questions to ask, but we're all so busy. maybe you ask them in another time," she said. "i'll be going back to the hospital now. i'm only allowed to go outside for an hour."

"are you going to commute?" taehyung asked. he finally spoke up.

"yes, i don't have a ride. my parents are busy with work and my sister's busy at her condo. she's working at one some art firm now," she replied. "let me join you... in case something bad happens. it's already dark," he said. "no, it's okay. i can handle myself," sora said as she shook her head. "also, the hospital's in medical city which is really far from here. we have to take a train and a bus to get there. it'll take 3 hours for you to get back here considering the traffic. i don't wanna take too much of your time."

taehyung angrily stared at her which made her smile nervously.

"okay, fine. you can come."