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April 14, 20XX Tuesday
Over and over, I thread my fingers through my hair as I stare up at the ceiling.
I close my eyes (dry from how long I've had them open for) and inhale deeply.
I thought a bottle of wine would knock me out, but instead, I'm left counting down the minutes until I have to step out and catch a plane back with Taehyung.
"What if I just drive all the way?" I murmur, rolling my head to the side. "What if I ask Sungjae to come to get me?"
Sungjae.
What did I even text him?
I pat the bed for my phone, catching the end of it at my fingertips, but accidentally throwing it across the room when I attempted to view the screen.
Of course...
With a groan, I get up and go over to it. When I stumble to the ground, I just I give in and lay down, becoming okay with it when I feel the cool press against my warm cheek and legs.
It took a bit of energy to move again, but I finally checked my phone, nearly blinding myself with how bright I left the screen.
I squint my eyes and open the series of texts.
⇨ I'm tired of being hung up on Taehyung...
⇨ It hurts too much, Sungjae.
⇨ Help me forget him.
I look towards the door where on the other side Taehyung lies.
After this night, I'll finally cut my ties with him.
I bite my lip as I try to keep it together, the sting in my heart overbearing.
It's finally hit me that I've already lost Taehyung.
I thought that I cried myself dry already, but sometimes you can cry without tears and it's even more painful.
I didn't even realize that I had dozed off, until a loud noise jolts me awake.
With a gasp, I sit upright, the smoke detector's blaring coming to a silence.
Was that my imagination?
I push myself off the floor and check the doorknob before slowly opening it with a racing heart.
My eyes land on Taehyung who stands on the couch, waving a magazine so that the smoke would clear from it.
Frowning, I search for the cause of the smoke and when I spot it, I seethe.
