boy next door ; k. junkyu

15

third person.

junkyu was staring at his phone, sighing as he looked at his and yeoreum's message thread. it has been a week since they last talk and he was really worried. he was still sending her messages everyday but he got no responses... not even a seen.

"hyung, does ahreum talk to you?" yedam said, drinking his banana milk as he sat beside his older friend. they were at the cafeteria waiting for their friends, but it was only the two of them since some of them might have probably been held back by their professors.

"no." junkyu frowned as yedam nodded. "we're on the same page. i have been sending her messages but she does not response, it's been a week since we last talk." yedam told him.

"i wonder what happened. jaehyuk hyung is really off these days. he seems distracted." yedam finished slurping his banana milk while junkyu stared at his phone and sighed. he knew something was up, but he can't point it out.

their other friends arrived as the table became noisy while junkyu was just looking down, thoughts full of ahreum while trying to figure out what is happening.

"junkyu, are you okay?" yoshinori asked as everyone paused and stared at junkyu. he looked up and saw that all eyes were on him. his gaze landed on jaehyuk as he said "is ahreum okay?"

jaehyuk was taken aback at the sudden question. he couldn't speak and started stuttering. "i-i..." how could he tell him about ahreum's current condition?

"she has not been responding to my messages." junkyu told him. yedam raised his hand. "mine too."

jaehyuk sighed in relief as he smiled at them. "don't worry, i'll talk to her." he said and quickly dismissed the topic before he could say something he is not supposed to say.

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"ahreum, it's time for your check up." jinhee said as she went inside ahreum's room. ahreum who was lying on her bed, sat up. jinhee sat on the edge of her bed and started examining her.

"are you okay? you have been so quiet the whole week?" jinhee asked worriedly. ahreum looked at her with dead eyes, before nodding. jinhee sighed as she continued her work. she knew something was up and she's worried about the girl.

jaehyuk also went inside ahreum's room. it was saturday so he was at home. "hello, ahreum! jinhee!" he said and amiled brightly.

"hi jaehyuk." jinhee greeted back whilst ahreum stayed quiet. jaehyuk looked at jinhee, as she shrugged and shook her head telling him she had no idea what was going on. jaehyuk looked at her windows which were close.

"why is it so dark in your in your room?" jaehyuk said and opened the curtains to let the sunshine in. "there. much better." he said and went closer to them. jinhee listed ahreum's body temperature ending the check up she was making.

"junkyu hyung and yedam asked me why weren't you responding to their texts." jaehyuk told ahreum. "you should talk to them."

ahreum did not answer instead she looked down. jinhee and jaehyuk exchanged looks, worried about the girl in front of them. "ahreum..." jaehyuk called ahreum.

"so no one was planning to tell me that i only had three months to live?" ahreum finally spoke but it caused the two of them to be speechless. ahreum looked up only to see jinhee and jaehyuk's surprised [pikachu– jk] faces.

"ahreum honey..." jinhee started.

"eonni did you know about this too?" ahreum asked, tears building up. jinhee closed her eyes. "we didn't mean to hide it-"

"so when were you planning to tell me? when i only had a day to live?!"

jaehyuk was about to go closer to ahreum. "out please." ahreum said which made him stop.

"ahreum..." jaehyuk said. "please just leave me alone." guilt was painted all over jaehyuk's face as he sighed and left with jinhee. ahreum curled herseld up before crying her heart out.

she did not know what to do.

ding!

she looked at her phone beside her.

junkyu:
stop crying.

junkyu:
please.

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y'all debut is fast approaching!
hopefully i would still be a yedam stan 🙏