j-jaemin ? no, it can't be. he never returned. 

i shook my head and my thoughts faded away. as i got closer to the glitch, he turned around and i saw his face. he looked exactly like the jaemin i knew. was it possible that he is na jaemin ? my eyes widened and my mouth was a gap. the person looked at me, eyes widened too. 

"jaemin ? is that really you ?" i asked in curiosity, still shocked. 

"(y/n), i'm really sorry," he replied looking down. 

in a spilt second, he was gone. i flinched from his sudden disappearance. my heart was racing. i was internally crying just seeing jaemin in front of my eyes. i missed him so much, yet again he disappeared. my heart was aching. it was the only moment that i saw jaemin for the first time in 2 years. realising that it was getting late, i went home without another word. 

i was still shocked from what i encountered at the park. i went to my room and took out my phone. i went to my group chat i created for me, hoshi and minghao. 

me : GUYS ! GUESS WHAT HAPPENED !!

hoshi : what ??!!

me : i saw freaking na jaemin at the freaking park.

minghao : are you serious ?!! 

me : yes !

minghao : are you sure you're not seeing things ?

hoshi : wait. why are we talking in chinese now ?

me : sorry. i'm not seeing things ! he was standing right in front of me ! but, something strange happened. he...g-glitched. 

minghao : glitched ?! bitch are your eyes tricking you ?

me : ani~ he was right in front of me ! i couldn't believe my eyes!

hoshi : wait, if you saw him, he is alive !!

minghao : but how are you so sure ? we don't know if it was a trick !

me : true. i guess we'll have to wait and see. 

with that, we ended our conversation. before my mum nags at me, i put my phone away and slept through the cold night. the next day, i did the same routine. while walking to school, i was constantly thinking about that jaemin encounter. i started to remember the fun things i did with jaemin. 

after my first lesson, i then went to art class. i didn't realise that someone was calling my name as i was so deep in my thoughts. i then came back to reality and the calling of my name became more vivid. 

"(y/n) !" someone called my name, nearing shouting it. 

i turned around to face the soft and cute ten. i wasn't really surprised he called my name as he did it once. 

"ah ten. sorry i didn't realise you were calling my name. anyway, why did you call me ?" i asked with nervousness. 

"could you help me with my painting ? i know you are good in art,"

i felt my cheeks burning when i saw him smile cutely. i calmed down and nodded. i walked towards him and saw that he didn't paint anything yet. he told about his idea but he just did not know how to paint it. i helped him mix the paint and i started helping him paint the background while explaining to him how he can blend the paint. 

"do you understand now ?" i asked, hoping he would be able to paint it himself. 

he gave a quick nod and thanked me for helping him. i went back to my seat and started to paint about my childhood. it was about me and jaemin. i do miss him a lot. i hope he is doing fine. 

after art lesson, it was lunch break. hoshi and minghao were waiting outside for me. i walked out and linked my arms with both of theirs. 

"okay i found an article saying that those people who glitch are real," hoshi said. 

"how do you know it is real ?" minghao asked.

"you've got a point. but anyway, the article said those people are called glitchers,"

after school, i walked home. the words hoshi said kept replaying in my head like a broken radio. while walking, i saw the same thing in the distance again, but the figure was facing me. suddenly the figure was in front of me. i felt scared, but then realised it was apparently jaemin. 

"jaemin... it can't be you," i said softly. 

"(y/n), it's me, jaemin. the na jaemin you were waiting for," he said calmly with a smile. 

the floodgates opened and the tears rolled down my damp cheeks. when jaemin saw me crying, he engulfed me in his embrace. 

"why did you leave me... i waited for 2 fucking years jaemin ! where did you go ?! your family and i were worried about you ! i missed you so much !" i shouted like a maniac. 

"mianhe. i'm not the jaemin you used to know," he said, following a deep sigh escaping his mouth. 

he let go of me and wiped my tears. i stared into his eyes, waiting for him to say something. he broke the silence. 

"(y/n), i can glitch. when we were eating our ice cream, i suddenly felt something strange in my stomach. when you turned around to grab something, that thing in my stomach was ripping apart, making me do the same thing too. it didn't hurt but it was weird. i was scared. it was very new to me. i ended up in a realm. and i saw people who were exactly like me, just ripping apart," jaemin explained. 

"jaemin ?!" someone shouted from behind us. 

to be continued

AUTHOR

hello everyone. this chapter sucks lmao. i don't think anyone is gonna read it haha. 

hope you like this chapter. thanks for reading !

bYEEEEE