Sober Heart

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2:40 pm
Hi, I know you're busy, but can we talk?

3:45 pm
My class already ended. Are you free to talk? I will wait.

4:40 pm
Please. You've been avoiding me for a week now. You don't need to say anything, just hear me out. Please.

Koeun sighs as she reads Mark's 20th message for the day. She's been avoiding him since Monday and it's already Friday.

"Just talk to him already. He's also bugging me since that incident. Even Jaemin." Hina while munching her vcut chips, Koeun's best friend.

"Ugh, why did i do it anyway?? Im so stupid." Koeun said, messing her hair.

"Because you're stupid." Lami, their other friend.

"I know.. You don't have to say it again." she then covers her face with her hair.

"Well, at least you already told him about your feelings.. He's now aware of what you feel. You've been liking him since freshman yr and we're already Seniors, Eun." Hina said. "There's another message.."

5:00 pm
You're with Hina, right? Jaemin will walk her home. Can I come with him? It's okay if you don't want to talk to me. I will wait. :)

"Why is he so nice?.. Why can't he just hate me instead?.." Koeun said frustratingly.

"What did he say?" Lami takes Koeun phone and reads Marks message out loud.

"You know Mark can't hate you right? You're his best friend." Hina said.

"Hey, Hina be sensitive. You should censor the best friend word." Lami said doing the quoting-unquoting actions in the best friend part.

"You, guys are annoying!" Koeun said while putting her notebooks inside her bag.

"So.. are you coming with us? Or you will still avoid Mark and we will tell him again your new excuse why you're not going with us? Because they're already coming our way.." Hina, while fixing her things.

"Im going with you. I just cant avoid him forever.. but please stop with the teasing." Koeun said then she saw Hina doing the ok sign to Jaemin and Mark.

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The five of them decided to eat first. Surprisingly, the walk was peaceful for Koeun because Mark was true to his words about not talking to Koeun. But her friends especially Lami is absolutely doing destiny's work which Koeun knows that she's doing it on purpose.

"Eun, remember the bet we had few days ago? You were the loser right? I want some ice cream now." Lami said.

"But my money is just for the two of us.. I don't have extras right now." Koeun said looking suspiciously at Lami.

"They can afford to buy for themselves. Let's go, i saw an ice cream shop over there a while ago." Lami said dragging Koeun by the hand while the other three just follow them.

While ordering, the shops door open revealing their other friends Haechan, Jeno and Renjun with their groupmates Mina, Arin and Dino.

"Heyy!!!! Long time no see." Haechan said while hugging the girls. "I miss you, Eun. Haven't seen you since Monday during lunch."

"She's... busy" Lami said while laughing with Hina.

"Why are you here? Don't you have practice?" Jeno asks Lami. "I saw Herin, Chenle, Jisung and Sungchan practicing." Lami is two years younger than them together with their other friends.

"Im the only one who separated from the group. We're already done with our performance tho." Lami, while looking at the ice cream flavors and pointing the strawberry one. "Eun, i want strawberry flavor."

Koeun on the other hand observing all of them. Jaemin and Hina arguing who will pay for their order but Jaemin wins. Arin and Dino walk away to look for a table to sit. Mina and Mark exchanging smiles, acknowledging the presence of each other.

"You're still not done with your group reporting?" Jaemin asks Renjun.

"Not yet. We will finish it today, though. Good for you guys, you're already done with it."

"Do you want to leave?" Lami asking Koeun secretly.

"Are you guys staying? There's a vacant table beside us." Dino asks Mark.

Mark looks at Koeun. Mark knows that Koeun is uncomfortable with the presence of others especially her ex, Mina.

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Thoughts?? 😅

not proofread, sorry for the grammatical errors.