Your apartment was in disarray, but it wasn’t to a point where it bothered the you. After that video was posted, you had to hold back the urge to say that all the rumors are false without any evidence so that you can go back to the time when you were happily making videos with your friends.
It frustrated you to no end that this anonymous student from your old highschool would bring this up now, how come they get to remember what you can’t?
As of right now, you were under your covers, scrolling through your twitter feed through another account. Hoseok said that you should’ve stopped a long time ago, that it wasn’t healthy, but you couldn’t stop yourself.
It didn’t help that Haeun’s account was getting more and more exposure from her cryptic tweets, it disturbed you to an extent that she was allegedly a part of this scandal.
“You know what? I’m gonna go outside to walk Artemis.” After a sudden burst of initiative to walk your affectionate cat, you get out of bed to walk to your backpack. Mentally, you go through a checklist of what was needed to bring, “Wallet, check, phone, check, keys, check, earphones? Do I even need earph-” Your mental checklist was cut off by a small piece of paper on your floor.
Shaped like a star, the piece of paper looked as if it was made by Eunwoo in his former spontaneous visits, but it was aged and faded as if it was made a long time ago. It must have fallen from your pocket at one point, since it’s a keepsake that you’ve kept from your childhood friend.
You remember not seeing him at school one day, and worrying about him the entire schoolday. Throughout all your classes, he was your seatmate and the empty seat to your left was not unnoticed. You didn’t know what was happening, but your mom pulled the car aside after she picked you up from the lobby of the school to tell you the news.
“Yn, I wanted to tell you this at home but I’m scared that you won’t have time to catch him once he leaves.” Your mom’s face was blurry, but you could still recognize her voice.
“’‘Leaves’? Who’s he? Oh! I remember that-” Your younger self asked naively.
Your mom recognizes her mistake but covers it up, “Yes... Leaves... Dear, ---- is leaving today to go to another city.” Her eyes turn sympathetic and little distant, as if she was preparing for you to have a tantrum. But you don’t. You couldn’t hear what your mom said, it was fuzzy.
“Oh. Can I still see him in school?” Your hopeful little mind responded, but your mom shook her head.
Once you got to your neighborhood, you exited the car and sped to the house beside yours. You saw cardboard boxes on the lawn, a truck in the driveway. Were you too late? Your thoughts were interrupted by the front door opening and a little boy carrying a box caught your attention.
Artemis knocked you out of your headspace by pawing at your leg, suspiciously more eager to walk to the park with you. You sigh, getting the leash ready.
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