Cruel World
My first work.
~Admin Nyx👑
Member/s: N
Genre: Angst, slight fluff
Summary: Based on N’s Love Equation MV scene.
The rain was pouring and seemed to match the mood today.
“Please YeSol. Listen to me.” the man sitting on the bench begged the girl he was with. Thankfully, you sat on the other end. It would’ve been awkward if you sat close to the couple.
They were already here when you arrived to wait for a bus. They were talking in hushed tones at first, but the girl began screaming at him. You almost dropped your phone in surprise when she shouted at them. It seemed as if the more they fought, the harder the rain got.
“No, Hakyeon! I’ve had enough!” she shouted. “I understand that you’re busy with your career and all, but the least you could is call or text.”
The man, Hakyeon, sighed “YeSol. I-”
“I’m sorry. We’re over.”
“No.” Hakyeon stood up and tried to grab YeSol’s hand. “YeSol. We can talk. Please, just-”
“Good bye, N.” she said in a hard and cold voice. She wrapped her coat tightly around her body and made a run for it.
What you couldn’t understand was why Hakyeon didn’t run after like the cliché TV shows and movies you see. Instead, he sat back down and slumped in his seat. He covered his face with his hands. You couldn’t tell whether he was crying or not. From where he sat, he was getting wet from all the rain since his spot didn’t have a roof above him. You didn’t want to bother him, but he was getting soaked.
But against your better judgment, you approached him.
“Hey.” you said softly, “You’re getting wet.”
You opened your umbrella and held it over the two of you. He looked up and you could see the sadness in his eyes.
“Its alright. I’m fine.”
You are never one to insist helping a stranger but he was upset, the least you could do was make sure he didn’t get sick. But why did you care anyway? You sat down beside him and held the umbrella up. He looked at you like you were crazy. You probably were.
“You don’t have to do this.” he smiled.
“Yeah. But I want to.”
He nodded then looked at you, “You’re doing this because you feel sorry for me. You saw what happened earlier.”
“Honestly, yeah. Its already a bad day, it would get worse if you got sick.” He seemed embarrassed and you tried your best not to laugh.
“I just broke up with my boyfriend earlier. He cheated on me.” you said, relaying events from earlier that day. You thought it might comfort him knowing that the world was being bad to you too.
Hakyeon smiled and shook his head. He was about to say that you didn’t need to come up with a lie to comfort him, but he stopped when he looked at you.
He saw your tear stained cheeks, messy hair, red eyes and ruined make up. But despite this, he also noticed that you were really pretty. You also seemed really nice too. He wondered what kind of bastard would cheat on you.
“I’m sorry.” he said, “It seems the world is against us today.”
“Yeah. The world probably didn’t like seeing me happy for once. How about you?”
He didn’t miss the pain in your voice, he wondered how much hurt a girl like you could take. It made N wonder why the world was so mean to you.
“I guess the world saw I already had too much. So it took away someone that meant the most to me.”
You nodded and the conversation slipped into surprisingly comfortable silence. N glanced at his watch then back at you. It was still early and he wanted to cheer you and himself up. Or at the least distract you from your worries.
“Hey,” he called your attention, “I was wondering if you would like to get some coffee? The bus isn’t coming any time soon anyway. Plus, i’d like to get out of this rain.”
“Oh, its alright-”
“I insist. Please. I’d just like to have some company. My treat?”
You couldn’t turn him down now. Not with him pleading with puppy dog eyes.
You let out a laugh and nodded, “Alright. But you don’t have to pay.”
He smiled and led you to the nearest coffee shop. Despite your protests, he actually did pay for the coffee.
Despite this bad day, you had gotten to meet this nice guy going through similar stuff. I guess its true when something is taken away from you, it is replaced with something better.