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Crying, I get out of my house in the middle of the night.

I wipe my tears with the back of my right hand. 

I softly gasp as I just realized that I did. I wiped my face with my right hand that has cream for my eczema all over it... I didn't only wipe my tears, I also messed up the cream.

I sit on the porch done with myself. I cover my face with my hands as I sob.

I lost my retainers...

I still don't have a job to buy new ones... I'm so scared of facing my parents.

Why am I so stupid? I'm already giving them so many problems with just my existence.

"Yun?" I hear someone call me softly.

I look up. Through my tears, I'm able to see a male figure in front of me.

"Koo...?" I say out of instinct.

He gets closer to me. "What's wrong?" He asks worriedly.

I close my eyes as he cups my face. We are so close to each other...

"I-I." I'm not able to utter a word.

He's making me nervous and I feel like trash already. Why is he here...?

He comes closer to me until our foreheads touch. I feel my cheeks heat up right away. He wipes my tears before letting go of my face.

He takes my hands in his...

I panic the moment he touches my right hand. He notices the cream on it right away. I clean his hand with the sleeve of my hoodie.

"You should wash your hands as soon as you get home," I mutter.

"Huh? What was that?" He asks curiously.

I laugh nervously. "I'm a lot of things but healthy and perfect are not part of that list..." I trailed off.

He looks at me expecting further explanation that I don't want to give but don't have an option.

"I got eczema on my hand..." I barely said louder than a whisper. "You just wiped my cream for it..." I chuckle. "You should go wash your hands and go to sleep you know..."

"I don't mind Yun... a-and I want to be here with you."

I shake my head. "That cream comes with a warning that it shouldn't be on healthy skin at all Koo... I don't want something bad to happen to your hand."

He pouts. "I will be back after I wash my hands then." He turns around without letting me protest.

A little smile appears on my face without my permission. I go back inside to apply the cream again over my hand. Luckily for me, mom is already sleeping.

I take a deep breath before I get out again. Is this really happening...? Is he for real coming back?

I sit on the same spot no longer crying.

After a couple of minutes, he comes back. My heart flutters the moment I see him again.

I'm falling for this boy already...

He sits on my left. He takes my wrist and raises it up so the moonlight illuminates it. Once he is sure that there's nothing on it, he interwinds our fingers.

I'm gonna faint.

"Why were you crying?" He asks worriedly as he looks at me.

I don't hold his gaze for long. "'Cuz I'm stupid..."

"No, you are not!" He quickly protests.

I chuckle as I shake my head.

"I lost my retainers... I took them off two days ago... we were in a hurry to get out so I left them in the bathroom wrapped in toilet paper to dry them." I rest my forehead on my wrist. "I haven't seen them ever since."

He pulls me closer to him making me have to bite my tongue to not squeal.

"It's okay," he says running his fingers in my messy hair.

I close my eyes to enjoy his touch better. This is what I needed.

With him, I don't feel like I'm drowning anymore...

"Why are you still awake?" I ask in a whisper.

He chuckles. "I hung out with Taehyung and Jimin. We lost the notion of time. I was on my way back when I saw you here."

All my soul is grateful that happened. If he wasn't here I would still be crying.

I need to control my own emotions though.

"Thank you, " I say smiling.

"Why?" He asks softly.

"For being here."

My eyes widen as I feel his soft lips over my forehead.

"I will always be here if you let me."