𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐤𝐩𝐨𝐩 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 [ ENDED. ]

⁰⁰³ ᨳ𓏲 ateez | j.yh〃

"have you ate today? i can go get s-" he was cut off by his girlfriend's voice; "no, no! i ate. i'm full." she said quickly with a smile displayed on her face.

and yunho believed her. little did he know she hadn't ate much in two days. she had been drinking water and snacking on crackers every now and then.

after talking to each other for a few hours, which is basically how it was every day. yunho would wake up around six in the morning and leave for work around eight. he would get back hours later, make sure his girlfriend was okay. the two would talk or watch movies together, and occasionally go out, for a few hours. usually at eleven p.m. it was off to bed for the two and the cycle started again in the morning.

chae, yunho's girlfriend, did the best she could to make it seem like she was okay. she didn't want anyone to worry about her. she wanted to make those around her happy, but she didn't know that she would later be the cause of everyone's sadness later due to her bad habits.
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yunho yawned as he was woke by the sound of his alarm. he looked over at chae, whose eyes were closed, so he assumed she was sleep.

he brought his arms above his head, stretching out and yawning yet again.

he then balled his hands up and rubbed the sleep from his eyes with them, looking over to the window which was the only source of light for now.

yunho sighed and turned to roll out of the bed, but paused whenever he felt chae's arms wrap around him.

"can't you call off work today? please? it's so boring without you here. every day, it's the same cycle. you get up early, leave me here alone to do absolutely nothing, then you come back hours and hours later only to give me, like, three hours."

yunho sighed and twisted his body around so he faced the female.

"i really wish i could." he said softly and flicked some of her hair back behind her ear.

"i knew you'd say that.." chae whispered. not even the small kiss that yunho placed between her brows wiped the sadness from her face.
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as soon as yunho walked out of the door, chae ran to the bathroom and threw everything up. everything yunho had fixed for breakfast. all he had cooked for her.

he had called his boss and informed him he would be an hour or two late. so that he could spend time with chae, but he didn't include that part.

when chae was finished forcing the food up into the toilet, she flushed it and walked into the living room. she immediately broke down into a fit of sobs. she cried for hours, missing yunho. the cycle had started again, though only two hours later.
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yunho arrived home a bit later than usual. chae didn't mind, though. she didn't even notice. she was asleep when yunho walked into their house.

"chae?" yunho called, setting a bag of food from a chicken place he had stopped by down on the kitchen counter.

he walked into the bedroom. "chae, i brought home food." he whispered and walked over to her, kneeling at the side of the bed.

chae's eyes opened slowly and she smiled as she awoke to yunho's eyes.

"hi, babyyy." she whispered and inched over to the edge of the bed, throwing her arms around his neck. "how was work?" she asked with a quirked brow.

"it was good. tch, hongjoong and mingi got into an argument because mingi hadn't turned in some paperwork that was due." yunho rolled his eyes. "the two are always arguing." he added. "anyways, come on to the kitchen. i brought chicken!" he said excitedly.

chae nodded, trying to seem excited for yunho, but deep down, her heart ached at the mention of food. she wasn't hungry. she didn't want to eat. but she wanted to make yunho happy.
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when the two finished eating their shares of chicken, yunho said he would clean the kitchen. chae didn't mind and excused herself to the restroom with a smile on her face.

yunho smiled and pressed his soft lips to her forehead.

chae turned from him and walked to the restroom. she tried to skip, acting happy, until she closed the restroom door.

she immediately walked over to the scale and weighed herself. the scale read 119 pounds.

chae shook her head. "no.. no, i gai-" tears flooded her eyes. she dropped down beside the toilet, leaning over it and throwing up all she had forced down.

she didn't feel well. at all. normally, she felt bad after eating, but today was.. different. she felt sick. very sick.

and like that, her vision blurred and she lost consciousness, still leaned over the toilet that was full of what once were the contents of her stomach.
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when chae hadn't returned after twenty minutes, yunho walked over to the restroom, knocking gently on the door. "chae?" he called. "are you okay?"

he received no response, so he felt he had no choice but to burst into the restroom.

his jaw dropped. there his girlfriend was, leaned over a toilet, passed out.

"chae!" yunho repeated his girlfriend's name over and over again. he still received no reply. he pulled his phone out of his pocket and quickly called an ambulance for her.

it didn't take long for the sound of loud sirens to be heard all throughout the street yunho lived on.
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yunho had sat outside chae's hospital room for over an hour. he was scared. worried. he felt alone, even when he was surrounded by workers, some relatives, and some people on chae's side of the family. he finally knew how chae felt whenever she was alone at the house for practically all day.

finally, a doctor emerged from the room and explained to the people waiting outside of chae's room what was wrong with chae.

"..it seems she hasn't ate very much in days, so her stomach has grown smaller, and when she ate all the food yunho had brought home, her stomach could not take it." the doctor ended.

yunho nodded and rushed into her room. tears filled his eyes at the sight of his girlfriend. she was hooked up to so many machines and tubes. he couldn't take it. tears flowed down his cheeks.

"baby, you aren't fat." he whispered, kneeling beside her, his hands clasped around one of hers. "you're gorgeous. in every way, shape and form. in and out. you're one of the most caring and gorgeous people i know. i thought you were done starving yourself. you promised me, ch-"

"i'm sorry." chae whispered weakly, her eyes finally opening. she had heard his every word. she looked over at yunho. "i'm sorry.." she whispered again. "i just.. wanted to be perfect for you, and now i've caused everyone to worry." chae rambled.

"stop." yunho interrupted, pressing his lips to the top of her hand. "you are perfect. promise me you'll get better. for me. for your family. for you." he whispered. "please. actually promise me. don't break it." he sniffed.

"i promise.." chae whispered and flashed yunho a small, weak smile.

iM,,,, hello aGain how're you guys? i hope you're all doing well. i'm kind of happy with this story even though i know a lot of it is just criNge. after every ✦, a timeskip happens just in case you're confusEd. i'll try to upload another chapter later, i kinda forgot wattpad existed today x.

anyways, i hope you enjoyed! ♡