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somewhere amidst the walk from the mess hall to said classroom yeonji was making her way to, she regained her composure and felt the presence of another taking the same route as her. her assumption was correct when she heard the door click behind her a few seconds too long after she made her way into the barren room. then that oh-so-familiar voice speaking out also confirmed it was who she had in mind that followed her here.
yeonji’s back was still to the older and she took this to her advantage to buy her time. she dragged her feet over to her desk, searching for the supposed something she told her classmate she lost. in reality, yeonji was searching for her courage. the girl was so used to running away from everything and it was not in her personality to confront anything. but somehow, anything related to jaeho was never in her personality and it was quite a thrill dating the boy … until she fell too deep.
the green monster called jealousy was a ferocious being. at the beginning stages of their relationship, yeonji had prepared herself for his lifestyle since she wasn’t one that got jealous easily; at one point in her life, she accepted that everyone always preferred someone over her and it pained no one but herself to be envious over such petty things. but as she started getting more invested, the green monster managed to slip itself into her life, devouring her alive. it really was a beast always finding ways to degrade her life. if even jaeho couldn’t put her above others, then there really was no one that put her of importance. this raised a giant red flag warning. she didn’t want to go back to her old days of wallowing in self-pity so she decided to raise the white flag early and call it quits.
even if she had been the one to end it, she could never bring herself to be around the other. she had dove too deep into the game the two were playing that the damage wasn’t something that healed itself instantly. but now that the other player was just a couple feet away from her, there was no where to run.
when enough courage was mustered and there wasn’t enough time to outthink herself out of it, yeonji raised her head for the first time. she couldn’t even find the decency to give him a half smile before answering. “ i thought i left something behind. why are you here? ”
a part of her scoffed to herself at such a dumb question she asked. of course jaeho was here for her, but seeing that nothing had changed with him, she didn’t understand why. “ what happened to the girl you were just with? ”
















