I suppose that it is difficult to see the bravery in running away. But the truth is that in the most difficult scenarios, our fight or flight instinct kicks in. And when the war is invisible, the terror consumes you, and all hope seems lost, sometimes running is the only option you’ve got.

So on that fateful day, Hyeri ran. She reported to the nurse sick and couldn’t have jumped into bed quickly enough. Staring at the ceiling, Hyeri allowed the tears to flow. There was no sobbing from Hyeri, for I suppose you can never mourn for the loss of something you’ve never had.

Deep down, Hyeri knew that she had asked for it, latching on to something so one-sided. Yet, she had never expected Jungkook to be so heartless, so cruel, to have been so unfeeling.

The incessant buzzing of her phone finally got to her and as she picked it up to shut it off, the latest notification caught her eye.

Hyeri, are you alright?

Hyeri surprised herself when her heart merely gave a weak flip. Here’s the text she’s been waiting for, the much awaited first text from him, but her own body’s reaction was so disappointing. All that waiting and her stomach didn’t even burst into butterflies? How anticlimactic.

I don’t know, why wouldn’t I be alright?

How cryptic of her.

Can we meet up?

Hyeri laughed at that. What, was she going to spend her first date with him crying?

No.

Hyeri was proud of her bravery today as she swi