𝙞𝙡𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙤

hurry, i'm worried. the world's a little blurry, or maybe it's my eyes. the friends i've had to bury, they keep me up at night.

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han: okay

han: enjoy risking it for whoever comes next

han: i couldn't do it for you

nari: thanks for continuing to rub it in

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han: how can you be mad that i didn't go back to my awful life for you?

nari: i'm not haneul

nari: i'm not mad.

nari: sorry i'm not jumping for joy over the reason you broke up with me i guess ? fuck

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han: i did

han: i had an opportunity to have a better life what was i supposed to do? go back to my life?

han: you know i had nothing to go back to and at that time nobody else would have given me a chance to be what i am now

nari: yep

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han: is that what you really think?

nari: you wanted to tell me why you really broke up with me.

nari: you started talking about choosing, risking, all that shit

nari: i've put two and two together. i'm stupid but i'm not that dense

nari: you chose. career over me.

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han: i can't let you risk it for me

nari: you made it awfully clear you wouldn't risk it for me

nari: so there's not really a problem.

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han: i guess

han: i didn't know you'd risk that

han: people get banned from everything so easily

han: i'm not worth risking that

nari: i guess we'll never know will we

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han: and you think they would allow that if you go against what they said?

nari: there's different companies

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han: you'd risk your career?

nari: could go solo

nari: or even duo with daebin

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han: have i?

han: and when they tell us to choose between our careers and us what would you do?

nari: again with the choosing

nari: tell them to buck up or watch eclipse disband and lose all of that income

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haneul .

Han thought back at what happened, taking a few seconds to process it. “You didn’t have to flirt with him the way you did. You seemed very interested.” he defended, not wanting to seem crazy for snapping at her because of it. “I hated seeing that.”

    ⟨    𝑎  𝑚𝑖𝑟𝑡𝘩𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠  𝑐𝘩𝑢𝑐𝑘𝑙𝑒  falls  from  her  lips ,  taking  a  step  back  from  him  as  she  holds  his  gaze  with  a  steely  one  of  her  own .    “ what  right  do  you  have ,  haneul ?    huh ?    you’ve  broken  up  with  me  twice .    you’ve  broken  my  heart  more  times  than  i  can  count  on  two  hands .    and  you’re  throwing  a  fit  because  i  fucking fake  flirted  with  him ?    do  i  need  to  remind  you  how  many  girls  you’ve  rubbed  in  my  face ? ”

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han: maybe that's why i can't date you

han: you'd end up crying even more

nari: now you're just making stupid excuses

nari: you've been making stupid excuses this whole time

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haneul .

“Enjoy that new dance partner of yours then.” his words came out sounding harsher than he meant them to. Considering he didn’t want to be too obvious he was mad about it. “A coward?” he questioned, smiling before looking around them. Noticing there wasn’t anyone looking at them he grabbed her arm and pulled her inside the room she had just come out of, assuming it was empty. “I think it’s bullshit that you’re already going for someone else after telling me you wanted to get back together.” he didn’t want anyone to hear what they were talking about. “And you know I have always enjoyed being with you and I will never deny that.”

    ⟨    𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟  𝑎𝑟𝑚  𝑦𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑠  away  from  his  touch  like  it’s  burned  her ,  blinking  confusedly  as  she  stares  up  at  him  from  the  private  dressing  room .    “ it  was  for  the  show , ”    she  seems  almost  astounded  towards  him ,  brows  furrowing  slightly .    “ i  had  to  flirt  with  you  too .    it’s  my  fucking  schtick ,  haneul .     it’s  how  the  fans  like  it . ”

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han: i know

han: i hate that i do

nari: if you hated it that much you wouldn't do it anymore

nari: but you do. continuously.

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han: i hate seeing you cry

han: wish i didn't have to see it ever

nari: funny

nari: you say that but you're always the one that ends up making me cry in the first place

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haneul .

Han laughed, knowing she wouldn’t have kept going back if he was as bad as she was claiming. It was still fun to see her try though and he enjoyed getting under her skin, just as she had when she kept flirting. “Is that why you kept coming back for more? Because I’m bad at it?” he questioned, looking at her curiously. “Let’s not pretend you didn’t enjoy it.”

    ⟨    𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑖  𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠𝑛'𝑡  𝘩𝑎𝑣𝑒  a  solid  retort  to  give ,  so  she  keeps  her  mouth  shut  for  a  few  seconds  to  think  hard  on  a  response .    “ you  always  act  like  i’m  the  only  one  who  kept  coming  back .    quite  literally ,  haneul ,  it  takes  two  to  tango .    you  were  fun  while  you  lasted ,  but  i  need  a  new  dance  partner .    preferably  one  who  won’t  call  me  ‘ sloppy  seconds ’  because  he’s  too  much  of  a  fucking  coward  to  say  what  he  really  thinks . ”

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han: i can't

han: it's a conversation to have in person

han: we don't have to do anything

nari: it's like you get some sick amusement

nari: out of breaking my heart in person

nari: you wanna see me cry? because i can just have daebin film me crying.

nari: you can get off to that instead of me crying in person

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haneul .

Han scoffed, acting like that was such a ridiculous idea. Him, jealous? No way. Never. Only thing was that maybe he was a little bit jealous, yes. Maybe even more than a little. Okay, he was very jealous. “Are you crazy? Why would I be jealous of him getting my sloppy seconds?” he chuckled faking amusement when really he hated that she was flirting and possibly getting with that guy. “Besides, you downgrading is mostly funny. Have fun but you know I’m still the best.”

    ⟨    𝘩𝑒  𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠  𝘩𝑎𝑠  to  open  his  mouth  like  that ,  has  to  say  such  unpretty  things  to  her  to  cut  her  deeper  than  he  needs  to .    she  aches  just  being  around  him ,  the  words  only  add  insult  to  injury .    nari  balks  at  the  meaning ,  tongue  pressed  against  white  teeth ,  before  she’s  putting  her  walls  back  up .    he  can’t  hurt  her  if  she  doesn’t  care .    “ the  best  at  what ?    getting  off  before  me ?    yeah ,  that’s  a  real  accomplishment . ”