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nine

Friday came fast and it was dawned sullen and sodden as the rest of the week, and it looks like the weather for the rest of the week was also strangely similar on what Jisung was feeling- heavy, dark, and sullen. The clouds were heavy and there was almost no sun at all, and rain falls lightly from time to time since this Tuesday. The news says that there will be an upcoming storm in the country but Jisung did not know where and when it will land as his brain was clouded because he was thinking of lots of things lately- he has to finish his school works who suddenly piled up, thinking about Chenle's kiss, thinking about what kind of reasons he should say to Lami for pulling away from the kiss and walking out, and he was also thinking hard about his feelings lately and why he was not acting in his usual self.

"Lami asked me about you," said Jaemin as he fixed his bag. "Why are you hiding from her? Did you fought?"

Jisung shook his head in refusal to answer Jaemin's questions, "It was nothing."

Maybe I'll talk to her today. Jisung thought. He has been avoiding Lami since he walked out of her house last Tuesday. He was embarrassed and ashamed of himself for doing that. Jisung kept on telling himself that it was a stupid act to push his own girlfriend away, but what could he do? Lami's kiss makes him weird, it felt like a sin to him.

Fortunately, Chenle did not call or text him this whole week and Jisung treated that as a blessing. Jisung was also avoiding Chenle. He did not know what to say or act when he saw him in person or talk to him through phone, but now he had to get his grip together because he still had to go to the Zhong Mansion for his tutor session with Chenle. He got no choice but to do his job, and maybe he would just act normal- act like they did not kiss.

While on his way to the Zhong Mansion, Jisung's phone rang. It was Lami. Jisung was hesitant at first if he should answer the call or not, but then he realized that he should not avoid his own girlfriend, so he picked up the call.

"Hey," Jisung greeted awkwardly through the phone.

"Are you avoiding me?" Lami asked straight.

"No, no," Jisung denied. "I just got too busy because of school works."

It was a long awkward silence after that, then Jisung heave a deep breath. "Babe, I'm sorry for walking away last Tuesday. I got flustered because of the kiss and I did not know what to do."

"It's okay. I'm the one who should apologize. I kissed you too sudden," said Lami calmly but her voice was shaking.

"So, uhm, bye," said Lami as she dropped the call.

"What did he say?" Herin asked. She was Lami's best friend who was currently with her.

"He apologize," Lami answered and then she sighed. Since the night Jisung pushed her away, she started to overthink about why Jisung did that. Did he not like the kiss? Why did he walk out? Doesn't he want her anymore? Does he have someone else now? Those kinds of thoughts never left Lami's mind. "He also said that he's not avoiding me, he was just busy because of school works."

"I think he's hiding something from me," said Lami. "Don't you think that maybe he's cheating?"

"Jisung? Cheating? That's impossible!" Said Herin as she shook her head. "I can't imagine Jisung doing that! He's the nicest guy I've ever met and he always sticks to what's right, it's absurd to imagine him cheating."

"Maybe he was just really busy. Don't think too much, Lami," said Herin, comforting her friend who was overthinking because of what had just happened lately.