01:27
JAEMIN
heyJAEMIN
one of my groupmates saw
us talking and he thought
u were cute so he's asking
for ur #JAEMIN
should i give it?NARI
are you hooking me up
with someone, mr. na?NARI
what is he like?JAEMIN
no, i'm just genuinely
asking you 🙄NARI
don'tNARI
i don't think i want to
have a new friendJAEMIN
goodie, he's a jerkJAEMIN
he's hitting on every girl
in my classJAEMIN
i won't let him go near
you anywaysNARI
then why did you even
bother to ask me 😭JAEMIN
i shouldn't decide for u
nari, u knowJAEMIN
i'll just guide and protect
you with your decisionsNARI
you sound like a dadJAEMIN
daddy? ;)NARI
go to hell 😭JAEMIN
see you there 😇JAEMIN
btw have you eaten yetNARI
jaem, we have just
eaten a while agoJAEMIN
so you haven't ate 😡NARI
i don't feel hungry?NARI
we finished a whole cake
earlier wdymJAEMIN
okayNARI
okay whatNARI
jaem, are you okay?JAEMIN is calling...
nari furrowed her eyebrows but still picked up the phone. jaemin left her on read then the next thing she knew was he was calling her.
“hello?”
“my sister loves cake.”
“oh, that's why you bought
another cake earlier.”“...i miss her.”
“do you want to talk about it?”
“...can i?”
“i'm sorry if i'm distur—”
“i'll listen to you, i promise.”
jaemin told nari about his sister. his parents separated two years ago, mainly because of they were arguing every single day. jaemin was left with their mother while his sister is with their father. somehow, the siblings lost contact with each other for a year due to jaemin's sister and father kept on moving to different places and went abroad. this year, his sister found a way to contact him but they only talk with each other every other month.
nari didn't know what to say but she felt something. warmth. jaemin seemed to love his sister a lot. it made her heart hurt when she heard a sob coming from the other line. she felt guilty about telling jaemin her problems not knowing that he's going through something like this.
“thank you for listening. it
meant a lot, thank you.”“have you blown the candles
on the cake you bought?”“...n-no, i'm—”
“make a wish. i know you're
both wishing for the same
thing.”jaemin closed his eyes, wishing that they could reunite again. soon, he slowly drifted into slumber, tears drying on his face.
“good night jaemin. i'll wish for
that too.”
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chewing gumㅡ재민
Short Story❝ leave me alone, i'm fucking stressed! ❞ ❝ well, i'm fucking asthmatic! ❞ + in which na jaemin found himself chewing a gum instead of smoking a cigarette because of an asthmatic strawberry enthusias...