hiraeth - park jisung

8

i blow my hair out of my face and sigh, craning my neck to look at my phone.

my, super annoyingly bright, screen flashed the time 5:34am as i roll my eyes and set my phone down, my sleep time getting shorter every night. i sit up and yawn as i roll off my bed and head to the bathroom.

i turn on the lights and cringe at its brightness before looking into the mirror and gasping.

ew why do i look like that??

i have bags under my eyes, breakouts, and a puffy face.

ugh. i internally cry and wash my face, brush my teeth, and try to fix the mess i call my hair.

i head back into my room, feeling a little bit more awake and check the time.

6:01am

i slip on my cold, wrinkled uniform and sit in my chair.

i'm gonna have to do my makeup today.

after a seemingly long time, i finally somewhat look decent and it actually only took 30 minutes.

i grab my stuff off the floor and something tells me to go to the coffee shop again, so i do.

"good morning jisung"
"morning hyun- woah" he stops and stares for a good second before i wave my hand at his face.
"what's up? whacha staring at? oh my god is it my makeup?! i knew i shouldn't have done it in such crappy lighting-"
"er sorry to cut you off but- you look.. really good right now.. or whatever.." i can see his ears turning red and i awe at the rare sight.
"thank you sung, it means a lot" i genuinely smile before ordering the same drink jisung got yesterday.

"you waited?" i can see jisung walking up to my seat with his backpack in hand.
"of course!" i grab my stuff and stand, us starting to walk to school together.

we get to school, us arriving before chenle this time, and sit down on the rooftop as usual.

"what's up with you anyway hyun? don't you never wake up early? you've been coming to the cafe pretty early so- sorry if i'm asking too much i'm just a little.. worried.. or what not" he rambles and mumbles the last few words, me still catching them.

"it's okay to ask jisung- thank you honestly- but i just haven't been sleeping well since, this may sound stupid but i'm telling you anyway, this 'person' i guess has always been a part of my dreams but one day- he just stopped showing up and i just haven't been able to get good sleep since." i sigh and crack a smile, not wanting to make our conversation too serious and he looks lost for a second.

"wait but- me too. that's really similar to the reason of my lack of sleep too" he scratches his head and i laugh a little.
"another coincidence- what a coincidence." i giggle and he joins in soon after, us bursting into full laughter for no particular reason at 7 in the morning.

since then, us walking to school together became a daily occurrence.