Better - ATEEZ

Chapter 6

"He said what?"

"That if I like you..."

"He is such a douchebag. How did he look when he said all that?"

"He was sad and angry. Like he was ready to kill anyone"

Seonghwa put his finger under his chin and nod. He was observant like every other times and suddenly grew wide.

"How was the reunion though? You never tell me anything other than the murder scene"

Semi sigh and lay on her back facing up the ceiling wall. It was hard to see so many familiar faces that dont recognized she was the pity little girl they used to bully in High School.

"The dinner was nice if you ask me. And for once in my life have I never get so many interactions with people who are interested in me. It was nice in total until that tragedic action"

Seonghwa breath out and look out the window from where he is sitting. He was worried for her but knowing she enjoyed in that little moment, made his heart warmth. He wish she could always be this happy and doesnt have to be reminded of the monsters in her past every night. He wished that she wont have to cry all night getting her pillow soaked and wake up with puffy eyes every morning. It was hurting him as well.

"I know everyone is a trash and that was the first reason I didnt even attend the reunion. But no one deserves to die, not Jaeil, not Haein, not the two girls from last year and especially not Hana..."

"Hana deserves to die!"

"Semi..."

"Dont you get it? She was a coward and a loser. I'm quiet happy she got run over by that car. Prisoning Seo Eunhye was just a compensation for setting Semi free"

She was talking in third person again, making Seonghwa's breath clitch. He slowly walks towards her and kneel down in front of Semi who was already in a sitting position.

"How long?", he asked softly.

Semi's eyes shows confusion as she arch her eyebrows.

"How long what?"

"How long have you been like this again?"

She widened her eyes and quickly get off the bed and stood tall in front of him. Seonghwa stood up as well and put his hands in her shoulders.

"I'm not feeling sick again Park Seonghwa", she was glaring at him and tried to shook off his hands from her shoulders.

Seonghwa's mother open the door to Seonghwa's room before they could talk any further and smile at the two figures who were looking like they were having a good time.

"I know you guys are doing some bussiness but dinner is ready so come down and help me serve them"

Semi's cheeks reddened at the teasing tone of Seonghwa's mother and look at Seonghwa with a judging face.

"We're not done yet Park!", she whisper earning another snort from Seonghwa's mother who heard her and thought she meant something else again. It was nice for her to see her two favorite children bonding together, so lovingly.

Throughout the dinner, Semi acted as if nothing was wrong a while ago and joke with Seonghwa's parents. His eyes never leaving her actions, even monitoring how she uses her chopstick and how she take put the side dishes in her mouth.

His father finally noticed the expression on his son's face and nudges his leg underneath the table. As a psychologist, it wasnt difficult for him to realized what his son was thinking and motion for him to meet him after dinner.

The lunch was nice and tasty but Seonghwa didnt have an appetite and quickly follow his father when he finished his dinner. Semi quietly watches him leave as several thoughts enter her mind. He knows something is wrong and Semi didnt want him to.

"Do you like Semi?", it wasnt the first time he gets the question but he feels offended everytime people asked him that. She was like a little sister to him and he didnt want to change that.

"Its not like that..."

"Is something wrong?"

"Thats what I want to ask you father. Do you noticed anything different with Semi?"

His father furrow his eyebrows and thought about it for a while.

"Not at all. She still seems fine from the last time she recovered. Dont worry too much, it probably be her personality trade"

Seonghwa left his parents' room and watches Semi doing the dishes with his mother across the kitchen.

'She seems fine, but is she really?'

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A/N : Assignments have been such bitches to me and I still didnt finish them but knowing I havent updated for a very long time, I wanted to post atleast something. Sorry if it is boring because I'm still not in my right mind yet 😭😭