After the incident of Y/N fainting and practically looking after them, my life continued like nothing happened the day before. I still did maintained distance from them though I don't give them the cold shoulder anymore, like I used to. Instead I decided to put the past behind me and started treating them like a normal fellow student in our school. Though I see them trying to approach me about something that is probably not about academics but about between the two of us, thankfully I always managed to slip away from such interaction.

But here I am, currently hanging out with their group of friends due to the fact that Y/N wasn't present today to rest. Plus I received a message earlier this morning that Renjun wouldn't be able to come to school today since he has emergency going on. Not to mention that I still haven't made up with my two bestfriends which sucks.

I was headed home when I was riding the bus when my phone vibrated, signaling me that I have received a notification. I reached for my phone and checked whatever it is, but it caught me by surprise when I saw Yiren's name. I think twice before deciding to read her message.

ʜᴇᴇᴊɪɴ

2:27 ᴘ.ᴍ

ɪ ᴡᴀꜱɴ'ᴛ ᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴀʏ ᴛʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴇᴀʀʟɪᴇʀ

2:27 ᴘ.ᴍ

ɴᴏ ᴡᴏʀʀɪᴇꜱ ᴀꜱ ᴘʀᴇꜱɪᴅᴇɴᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴛᴜᴅᴇɴᴛ ᴄᴏᴜɴᴄɪʟ

2:28 ᴘ.ᴍ

ɪ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ꜰᴜʟʟ ʀᴇꜱᴘᴏɴꜱɪʙɪʟɪᴛʏ ᴏꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ɢᴜʏꜱ

2:28 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴛʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ꜰᴏʀ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪ ᴡᴇʀᴇɴ'ᴛ : )

2:28 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴛʜᴇʏ'ʀᴇ ᴀᴄᴛᴜᴀʟʟʏ ꜰᴇᴇʟɪɴɢ ᴀ ʙɪᴛ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ɴᴏᴡ

2:28 ᴘ.ᴍ

ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇᴀʀ

2:29 ᴘ.ᴍ

ɪ ᴛᴏʟᴅ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇꜱᴛ ᴡᴇʟʟ

2:29 ᴘ.ᴍ

ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ᴛʜᴇʏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ʙɪɢ ɢᴀᴍᴇ ᴏɴ ꜰʀɪᴅᴀʏ

2:29 ᴘ.ᴍ

ʏᴇᴀ

2:29 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴀɴʏᴡᴀʏꜱ, ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀᴄᴛᴜᴀʟʟʏ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴀꜱᴏɴ ᴡʜʏ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴘᴀꜱꜱᴇᴅ ᴏᴜᴛ?

2:29 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ɴᴏꜱᴇ ᴀᴄᴛᴜᴀʟʟʏ ʙʟᴇᴅ ʟᴀꜱᴛ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴏᴠᴇʀᴡᴏʀᴋɪɴɢ ʜɪᴍꜱᴇʟꜰ

2:30 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴏʜ

2:30 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴛʜᴀᴛ'ꜱ ɴᴏᴛ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇᴍ

2:30 ᴘ.ᴍ

ɪ ᴋɴᴏᴡ

2:30 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴛʜᴇʏ'ʀᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴋɪɴɢ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ꜱɪɴᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀꜱᴛ ꜰᴇᴡ ᴅᴀʏꜱ

2:30 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴀꜱ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ ꜱᴛʀᴇꜱꜱᴇᴅ ᴏᴜᴛ ʟᴀᴛᴇʟʏ

2:30 ᴘ.ᴍ

ʜᴍᴍᴍᴍᴍ...

2:31 ᴘ.ᴍ

ɪ'ᴍ ᴀꜱꜱᴜᴍɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇʏ ʙᴀʀᴇʟʏ ᴀᴛᴇ

2:31 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴀʀᴇʟʏ ꜱʟᴇᴘᴛ?

2:31 ᴘ.ᴍ

ʏᴇᴀʜ, ᴛʜᴇʏ'ᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ᴜᴘꜱᴇᴛ

2:31 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴡʜʏ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴛʜᴇʏ ʙᴇ ᴜᴘꜱᴇᴛ?

2:32 ᴘ.ᴍ

ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɴᴏ ɪᴅᴇᴀ

2:32 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴏʜ

2:32 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴀɴʏᴡᴀʏꜱ, ᴛʜɪꜱ 'ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ' ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴛᴇʟʟɪɴɢ ᴍɪɢʜᴛ ʙᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ᴛʀᴏᴜʙʟɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇᴍ

2:32 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴅɪᴅɴ'ᴛ ᴛᴇʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ?

2:32 ᴘ.ᴍ

Strange.

ɴᴏᴘᴇ

2:33 ᴘ.ᴍ

ɴᴏᴛ ᴀᴛ ᴀʟʟ

2:33 ᴘ.ᴍ

Now I'm confused, Y/N would always tell me what's wrong or what's bothering back then but what makes Yiren different from? Do they not trust her just yet with her problems? Well, I do believe that the word trust is what's needed the most when two people are in a relationship.

ᴡʜʏ ᴅɪᴅɴ'ᴛ ᴛʜᴇʏ?

2:33 ᴘ.ᴍ

ɪ ᴅᴜɴɴᴏ ᴇɪᴛʜᴇʀ

2:33 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴡʜʏ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅɴ'ᴛ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴏᴘᴇɴ ᴜᴘ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ɢɪʀʟꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ?

2:33 ᴘ.ᴍ

After my last message, Yiren didn't replied anymore. It just so happens to be that I also have just arrived on my destination already, quickly wearing my backpack and hopping off the bus. I went straight in the building, and went up the stairs. I went to the corridor and entered our dorm, I went straight to my room and placed my backpack on the table. I changed into a more comfortable clothes, grabbing my phone to see if Yiren replied to my text already before plopping on my bed. I stared on the screen with wide eyes, jaw dropped after reading what she had just replied.

ᴜʜ

2:33 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴡᴇ'ʀᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ᴅᴀᴛɪɴɢ

2:33 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴡʜᴀᴛ?

2:42 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴡᴇ'ʀᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ᴅᴀᴛɪɴɢ ꜱɪʟʟʏ

2:42 ᴘ.ᴍ

ʙᴜᴛ ɪ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴅᴀᴛɪɴɢ?

2:42 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴡʜᴀᴛ?!

2:42 ᴘ.ᴍ

ɴᴏ!

2:42 ᴘ.ᴍ

ʜᴀʜᴀʜᴀʜᴀ

2:42 ᴘ.ᴍ

ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ᴅᴀᴛɪɴɢ?

2:43 ᴘ.ᴍ

ɴᴏᴘᴇ

2:43 ᴘ.ᴍ

ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ᴡᴇ'ʀᴇ ᴅᴀᴛɪɴɢ?

2:43 ᴘ.ᴍ

ɪ ᴅɪᴅ

2:43 ᴘ.ᴍ

ʙᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ɴᴏᴛ?

2:43 ᴘ.ᴍ

ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ, ᴡᴇ'ʀᴇ ɴᴏᴛ

2:43 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴛʜᴇʏ'ʀᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴄʟᴏꜱᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴍʏ ɪᴅᴇᴀʟ ᴛʏᴘᴇ

2:43 ᴘ.ᴍ

I furrowed my eyebrows, still comprehending on what is happening right now.

ʏᴏᴜ ᴍᴇᴀɴᴛ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴏꜱᴇ ꜱᴡᴇᴇᴛ ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴏꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏᴇꜱɴ'ᴛ ᴍᴇᴀɴ ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ?

2:44 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴇxᴀᴄᴛʟʏ

2:44 ᴘ.ᴍ

, I mumbled to myself with my eyebrows furrowed.

ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇ ᴍᴇ ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪ ꜱᴀʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇʏ'ʀᴇ ꜱᴛɪʟʟ ɪɴᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜ

2:44 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴡʜᴀᴛ?

2:44 ᴘ.ᴍ

ɪ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ɪᴛ'ꜱ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ɪꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴏꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴀʟᴋ

2:45 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴜʜ?

2:45 ᴘ.ᴍ

ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ᴀᴄᴛᴜᴀʟʟʏ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴀꜱᴏɴ ᴡʜʏ ᴛʜᴇʏ ʙᴀʀᴇʟʏ ᴇᴀᴛꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴀʀᴇʟʏ ꜱʟᴇᴘᴛ

2:45 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴍᴇᴀɴ?

2:45 ᴘ.ᴍ

ɪᴛ'ꜱ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪʟʟ ʜᴇᴀʀ ɪᴛ ᴏᴜᴛ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴛʜᴀɴ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴍᴇ

2:45 ᴘ.ᴍ

ɴᴀʜ

2:46 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴏɴ

2:46 ᴘ.ᴍ

ɪ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴍɪɴᴅ ʜᴇᴀʀɪɴɢ ɪᴛ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ʏᴏᴜ

2:46 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴛᴇʟʟ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴀ ꜱɪᴍᴘʟᴇ 'ʜɪ'

2:46 ᴘ.ᴍ

ɪ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ

2:46 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴡʜʏ ɴᴏᴛ?

2:46 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴜʜ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ɪꜱ ɴᴏᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴀᴍᴇ ᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ

2:47 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴏʜ

2:47 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ʀɪꜱᴋ ᴍʏ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ɢᴇᴛᴛɪɴɢ ʜᴜʀᴛ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ

2:47 ᴘ.ᴍ

: (

2:47 ᴘ.ᴍ

ʙᴜᴛ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ, ʏᴏᴜ ɢᴜʏꜱ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴋ ɪᴛ ᴏᴜᴛ

2:47 ᴘ.ᴍ

I heard the front door open which probably meant that Shuhua has arrived. But then I heard another voice, I was quick to recognize it was Soobin's. A sigh escaped my lips when the front door opened once again before their voices drained out.

ɪ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴋɴᴏᴡ, ʏɪʀᴇɴ

2:48 ᴘ.ᴍ

ɪᴛ'ꜱ ᴏᴋᴀʏ

2:48 ᴘ.ᴍ

ʜᴍᴍᴍᴍᴍ?

2:48 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴛɪᴍᴇ

2:48 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴛᴀʟᴋ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴡʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ʀᴇᴀᴅʏ

2:48 ᴘ.ᴍ

ɪ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ɪ'ʟʟ ᴇᴠᴇʀ ʙᴇ ʀᴇᴀᴅʏ

2:49 ᴘ.ᴍ

ʏ/ɴ'ꜱ ɴᴏᴛ ᴇxᴘᴇᴄᴛɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ ɢɪᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴀ ꜱᴇᴄᴏɴᴅ ᴄʜᴀɴᴄᴇ, ɴᴏᴛ ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴅɪᴅ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜ.

2:49 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀɪɴ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇʏ ʜᴀᴅ ᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇᴅ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʟɪꜰᴇ, ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ꜰᴏʀɢɪᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ꜱᴇʟꜰ ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀᴛ.

2:49 ᴘ.ᴍ

ʙᴜᴛ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴡᴀɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴡᴀꜱ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇᴀʀ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴏᴜᴛ : >

2:49 ᴘ.ᴍ

: /

2:50 ᴘ.ᴍ

ꜱᴇʀɪᴏᴜꜱʟʏ, ʏ/ɴ ꜰᴇᴇʟꜱ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ꜰᴀᴜʟᴛ.

2:50 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴍᴇᴀɴ?

2:50 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ʙʟᴀᴍɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ꜱᴇʟꜰ ᴜᴘᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴᴇᴅ.

2:50 ᴘ.ᴍ

ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀᴄᴛᴜᴀʟʟʏ ᴅɪᴅɴ'ᴛ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀɴʏ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴏʟ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴄɪꜱɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ʟᴇᴀᴠɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴛᴜᴅʏ ɪɴ ᴀᴍᴇʀɪᴄᴀ.

2:50 ᴘ.ᴍ

ʏᴏᴜ'ʟʟ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀꜱᴛᴀɴᴅ ᴏɴᴄᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴀʟᴋᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇᴍ.

2:50 ᴘ.ᴍ

ʜᴍᴍᴍᴍ?

2:51 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴏᴋᴀʏ ʜᴏᴡ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ.

2:51 ᴘ.ᴍ

ʟᴇᴛ'ꜱ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴀ ᴅᴇᴀʟ

2:51 ᴘ.ᴍ

ꜱɪɴᴄᴇ ɪ'ᴍ ᴛɪʀᴇᴅ ᴏꜰ ʏ/ɴ ᴜꜱɪɴɢ ᴍᴇ ᴀꜱ ᴀ ʙᴀɪᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴊᴇᴀʟᴏᴜꜱ.

2:51 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴡʜᴀᴛ?!

2:52 ᴘ.ᴍ

ɪꜰ ʏ/ɴ ᴅᴏᴇꜱ ᴡᴇʟʟ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀꜱᴋᴇᴛʙᴀʟʟ ɢᴀᴍᴇ...

2:52 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴡɪʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ɢɪᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴀ ᴄʜᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇᴀʀ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇʏ ʜᴀꜱ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴀʏ?

2:52 ᴘ.ᴍ

ꜱᴜʀᴇ?

2:52 ᴘ.ᴍ

ɪ ᴍᴇᴀɴ ɪᴛ'ꜱ ꜱᴛɪʟʟ ᴜᴘ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴇᴄɪᴅᴇᴅ ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇᴀʀ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴏᴜᴛ : )

2:52 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴏᴋᴀʏ, ᴅᴇᴀʟ.

2:52 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴀ ᴅᴇᴀʟ ɪꜱ ᴀ ᴅᴇᴀʟ, ᴀʟʀɪɢʜᴛ?

2:53 ᴘ.ᴍ

ꜱᴜʀᴇ, ɪ'ʟʟ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ᴍʏ ᴡᴏʀᴅ

2:53 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴀʟʀɪɢʜᴛ, ᴛʜᴀɴᴋꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴇᴇᴊɪɴ

2:53 ᴘ.ᴍ

ɴᴏᴡ ɪ ᴄᴀɴ ꜰɪɴᴀʟʟʏ ʟɪᴠᴇ ɪɴ ᴘᴇᴀᴄᴇ

2:53 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴀʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴡɪɴɢᴍᴀɴ ᴏʀ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ?

2:54 ᴘ.ᴍ

ʏᴇᴀʜ, ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ

2:54 ᴘ.ᴍ

ᴀɴʏᴡᴀʏꜱ, ɪ ɢᴏᴛᴛᴀ ɢᴏ ɴᴏᴡ

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ᴛʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ꜰᴏʀ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴛᴀᴋɪɴɢ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴄᴀʀᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴍʏ ʙᴇꜱᴛꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ : )

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ʙʏᴇ

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I placed my cellphone on my night stand before staring up at the ceiling, a part of me wished Y/N to do well so I'll let them say what they has to say. But a part of me was afraid about what was going to happen if I did listen to their thoughts. What if I fall back into their trap?