The party was alive and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves creating a perfect contrast with the loner hiding in the corner watching as people took the space of the living room and made it theirs. I was the loner. Looking from afar just as a joyful Jack danced with that one girl he was eyeing all night. I couldn’t help but scoff at the ridiculous smile he had on his lips and the hand he dangerously placed on the very small of her back.
“You’re pathetic,” I jumped scared of who spoke so close to my ear. I froze in my shoes knowing how real his words were. I didn’t have to turn around to know Sehun had a stupid smile on his lips and his eyes were looking at the same couple I observed.
“What are you even doing here?” I asked not bothering tearing my eyes off of the dreamy couple. “By this time you should be locked in a bathroom with some chick already.”
Sehun laughed faintly the way he knew I couldn’t bear. One of his hands landed on my hips and although the touch was strange and provocative I needed it to keep me grounded in order not to trip on the nightmare happening in front of me. But Sehun had no business being sweet and supportive, he sure had his own agenda to fulfill. His daring hand got firmer and pulled me a little closer to him touching his chest to my back.
“Will you forget that guy?” he asked his lips very close to my ear. My knees were fragile and almost gave away to the deep sound of his voice. Bastard.
“If you lock me in the bathroom with you?” I laughed leaning back even closer to him resting my head on his shoulder. I could feel Sehun’s eyes looking at my face waiting for a trace of anything. I watched as Jack and his girl danced their way out of the living room and took it somewhere else, somewhere my brain didn’t want to know. And my heart crushed even more but I was standing still, holding up strong pretending to the rest of the party that nothing could faze me.
“I didn’t mean it that way, but if you’re willing to try…” Sehun didn’t quit looking at me and I knew. He snaked his arms around my torso, rested his face in my neck and I could feel his breath fanning over my skin, warm and steady. I closed my eyes and sighed.
“Sleeping with strangers, that’s not how you fix a broken heart.” I closed my eyes and sighed. If I had no self-love, I’d be giving myself away to Sehun and called it a night. But I couldn’t bear his antics, his know-it-all demeanor, his confidence that never seemed to cease. Yet, there he was, breathing on my neck and I didn’t bother telling him he had no business getting so close to me.
“I wouldn’t call myself a stranger,” he said in a whisper but if it wasn’t for the proximity I wouldn’t be able to listen over the music. I didn’t bother responding because I didn’t have to. Sehun placed a kiss on my neck and released his arms from around me. I turned my head around to find him still standing there but giving off the energy that he was about to leave. He looked back at me, making me feel so small having to tilt my head up to fully see his face. Unlike other times when he messed with me and made my blood boil with his terrible attitude, Sehun had no trace of expression on his face, not even a proud one for what he just did. It shook me to the core not knowing what was going on in his head. He was a blank sheet of paper, there was nothing to read. “I'm gonna take off.”
