the next day, dahye found herself sitting inside the same coffee shop where renjun introduced her to hana.

she could have rejected donghyuck when he asked her to go with her but she couldn't protest when the moment she woke up, there was a nerf gun and a water gun against her head, forcing her to go inside the bathroom, take a bath, and change.

and now, she's in the same seat, in front of renjun, while mark and donghyuck had their arms crossed while standing beside the table.

"you two should talk and you two should be reconciled already once mark hyung and i comes back." donghyuck said, staring at his twin sternly. "do you understand?"

renjun doesn't repond.

"drop the attitude, for fuck's sake." dahye rolled her eyes.

donghyuck widened his eyes at his sister, "you should be chilling at our house while watching netflix if you weren't so stupid." he rolled his eyes.

she watched his brother as he left the coffee shop with mark.

dahye then looked at the guy in front of her. he was only looking at her.

"before you say anything, dahye i just want to say sorry." renjun sighed and finally looked down. "i'm sorry for everything that i've done..."

"for every tear that escaped your eyes, for every sigh of disappointment you release, and for every frown that you make because of me..." renjun felt like tearing up. "i-i'm sorry if i lead you on... i'm sorry if i hurt you. i didn't know... i-i didn't know, dahye i'm sorry..."

"i'm sorry if you had to suffer silently because of me..." he smiled sadly and looked at her.

dahye felt her gut twisting as her tears were slowly forming along with renjun.

"the other day... about that day..." he took a deep breath. "t-that day was a mistake, a misunderstanding—"

"stop."

one word, but it was enough for renjun to stop his word vomit. it was also enough for his world to stop.

his breath hitched, "w-what..."

it was as if yesterday when dahye told him that he likes him. were his friends right? has she moved on?

it looks like it.

he could only look down. he knew that he was too late but he couldn't accept it. his hyungs had told him to prepare himself for rejection, but he wonders why he just couldn't do it?

maybe likes dahye too much.

or maybe he already loves her.

"renjun." he looked up when dahye called his name. "i know."

"w-what? what do you mean? w-what do you know?" he asked continuously.

the girl in front of him sighed, "i already know that day was a misunderstanding, renjun..." she said softly. "hana is your cousin, am i right?"

"y-you know? h-how did you know and why did you not tell me?" renjun asked.

"hana and i talked last night." dahye finally smiled at him. "so you need to stop your word vomits because it's okay, renjun. it's okay..."

"we're okay." she smiled.

----------
i think there are more or less five chapters left~ ppappaiiii