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17

It's almost 3 month since I last saw Beomgyu. We tried looking for him in his house in Daegu but he wasn't there too. The housekeeper told us that the last time Beomgyu visited was when he brought us with him.

I'm currently at Hueningkai's apartment. I've been sleeping over at his place since being alone in my apartment always ended up with me crying until 3 AM and not having an appetite the next day. I promised myself I'd never throw myself away just because of love, so here I am.

It's currently 3:30 AM. I looked over to Hueningkai's bed to see it empty.

𝙈𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙚 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙣?

I went out of the room and made my way to the kitchen.

"Where are you? Everyone has been looking for you."

I hear Hueningkai's hushed voice. It seems like he's talking to someone on the phone.

"Talk to me when you get back okay?"

I went to the kitchen when Hueningkai dropped the call.

"Who were you talking to?"

He looked at me, surprised.

"T-Taehyun! You're awake?"

I nodded.

"Who were you talking to?" I asked again.

"I-It was a former classmate of mine. He didn't attend our last reunion and he only contacted me now," he answered.

I nodded to his response.

"Do you want a glass of water?"

I nodded again.

"Here you go," he gave me a glass of water and went back to sleep.

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Days passed quickly and nobody still knows where Beomgyu is. I've been trying to not think about him by making myself busy with work. I still work at the convenience store every other day and I also applied to work at Yeonjun hyung's cafe.

"Thank you for coming, see you again."

I am currently working my shift at the cafe. I was cleaning the table the customer who just left occupied when I saw a letter.

𝙄 𝙜𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙛𝙩 𝙞𝙩. 𝙄 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠.

I was about to give it back to the customer when I saw my name on the letter.

To: Taehyun

𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙚?

I kept the letter in my apron's pocket and went back to work.

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I am now at the convenience store. After my shift in the cafe, I slept for 5 hours and went here.

"Taehyun?" I look over to the entrance to see Jaeho hyung.

"Hyung! I thought you already went home?"

"I was about to," he walked closer until he reached the counter.

"I just wanted to ask if you already finished reading that book you always bring with you? I remembered I already finished the last book I was reading and I haven't bought a new book yet so I was wondering if I could borrow your book."

"Oh, I haven't finished reading it yet hyung. Sorry." I can't let anyone read it until I'm sure that the book is really about Beomgyu and I.

"Oh, no it's okay. I guess I'll just have to buy a new book later then."

Jaeho hyung went home already after buying coffee.

"Speaking of that book, I haven't been reading it lately." I looked for it in my bag but it wasn't there.

𝙈𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙚 𝙄 𝙡𝙚𝙛𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚...

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