𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗗 (𝗁. 𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗃𝗎𝗇) ✓

nineteen

* flashbacks

"Hey, hey, Lia wait up!-" Renjun called out when he sees Lia walking past his classroom. The boy quickly running out of the class as he tried to talk to her. When hearing that someone had been calling her name, she stopped at her traces to look behind.

"Renjun? Do you need something." She asked him, kinda weirded out that he wanted to talk to her.
"Uh I just wanted to ask you if there's anyone who's been getting really close with Lily." He replied. Fidgeting with his own fingers as he asks her that.
"There is this one guy called Sunwoo. He's been getting close with Lily, she's also been hanging out with him allot. To be honest Renjun, I'd love it if you'd start being more ummm.. what's a nice way of saying it? A lot more braver when it comes to showing her your feelings. You have a strong opponent and if you're going to keep admiring her in silence and afar then I'm afraid that you'd lose against Sunwoo and end up getting heartbroken." Lia answers. Her answer making Renjun's mood drop.

Oh, someone else likes her as well. I mean who wouldn't?

"Oh. Alright then... I was asking that because I was planning to confess to her today.. I guess not." He said in sorrow.
"You still have a chance. Sunwoo hasn't confessed to Lily yet, if you're quick enough then she might accept your feelings. You've got this Renjun, I'll be rooting for you!" Lia patting his shoulders as he smiles at her softly.
"Thanks Lia."

Dismal, heartbroken, and defeated is what he felt right now. As the boy was trying to find Lily, so he could confess to her, he had accidentally overheard Sunwoo's confession to her. Of course she accepted his confession. It was an unintentional rejection. He didn't even need to confess in the first place to get rejected. He felt pathetic. How idiotic of him to even like her in the first place, well knowing that she would never feel the same way.

"Hey Renjun you ok?" Jeno asks him. The four group of friends currently in a cafe. Well the three friends decided to bring Renjun there so it'll be able to cheer him up. But it was no use.

"Yeah I'm fine. You guys don't need to keep asking me that every five minutes." He lied to them. Looking away so his friends wouldn't be able to see how sad he was. Or was he trying to hide his tears from them?

I'm not fine. How could I be fine?

"You don't need to lie to us. We know that you're not ok. It's ok to tell us if you feel like shouting, crying, heck you could even start hitting us from frustration?! There's no use trying to hide it from us. So tell us Renjun, are you really feeling alright?" Haechan complains. He did have a point there.
Renjun looks over at them. His friends all having a concerned look on their faces.

"No I'm not ok." The boy finally broke his act as he breaks down in front of his friends. Haechan pulling his dear friend into his embrace as he let's him cry on his shoulders.

...

"Look who got themselve a boyfriend." Minghao teased. Lily and her family currently having dinner together and what better way then for him to tease his little sister?
"Lily has a boyfriend? Who's your boyfriend dear." Her mother asked in excitement. Expecting for her daughter to say the guy with the initial 𝑹'𝒔 name.

"Sunwoo." She replied whilst smiling widely. Her father congratulating her as Minghao continued to tease the shit out of his younger sister. As for her mother, she was a bit taken aback from her response. Could she say that she felt a bit sad that it wasn't Renjun? But nonetheless she congratulated her daughter. If she truly did like Sunwoo and was happy to be in a relationship with him then who was she to not accept it. If Lily is happy then she's also happy with her daughter's decision.