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The Way It Is
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Man the up, Eunji. 

It had taken hours and hours to come to this conclusion, but I was ing sick of the confusion, and I needed to put to rest some of my doubt. I needed to find out whether or not I actually liked this kid. I needed to set feelings straight, and I needed to decide if I was going insane, or if I was becoming slightly more human. 

I had been quiet these last few days, and believe me, everyone took notice. I think everyone was just too afraid of the backlash of pissing me off even further that was sure to come if they commented on it. Even Luhan, who held absolutely nothing back, didn’t look at me for too long. I don’t know how much of a toll on me this rise to emotional responsibility and variety was taking on me, but I was losing a hell of a lot of sleep, and I bet anything that I looked ing terrifying. We were eating silently, for the fourth day in a row, but I swear it felt like we had been doing this for an eternity. I cleared my throat and everyone looked up at me, surprised. It’s funny, saying everyone as if we’re now a collective group; I hadn’t noticed when I had begun considering them that. 

“So, what are we doing tonight.” I asked, pushing my food around and avoiding eye contact. I could see them looking around at each other through the corner of my eye. 

“Did you want to do something?” Bomi asked, her voice soft, as if she was speaking to a child who just got told that his puppy’s guts were sprayed all over the street. 

“I mean, it’s Friday. We usually have something to do on Fridays, don’t we.” I said, trying to make my voice sound collected. Truthfully, I was nervous. 

“Well, I for one am not in the mood for another major hangover, so a party is out of the question.” Namjoo commented, and I was glad that at least she was being her normal self.

“We should go watch a movie or something.” I shrugged, and looked up to see everyone staring at me. 

“You like movies?” Luhan asked, staring at me as if I had said something weird. 

“I’m a ing human being, aren't I?” I glared at him, and he put his hands up, faking surrender. 

“Is there anything good playing?” Namjoo asked, taking the food that I obviously didn’t want out of my tray. 

“There’s that really cool-“ Luhan began to speak, but I cut him off. 

“I want to watch Magic in the Moonlight.” I said, without hesitation and looking straight ahead. Luhan chuckled. 

“So the spawn of satan not only likes movies, but Woody Allen no less.” No one else seemed to be amused, but surprised that after four days of silence, I was speaking, but still not back to normal. 

“Alright.” Bomi nodded, “Is everyone good with this?” Namjoo and Luhan agreed almost immediately after she asked, and I looked over at Sehun. He looked back at me and I suddenly got that stupid nervous feeling again. He looked towards Bomi and nodded. Inwardly, I sighed out of relief and the first part of my plan was complete. I looked at my watch and began getting up. 

“Bomi, don’t you have to go ask the English teacher some questions? I mean, you and I were both confused about the same topic, right?” I got up and Bomi was quick to catch on, nodding and hitting herself on the head as if she had forgotten. 

“You’re right, I almost forgot. Namjoo, care to tag along?” I’m fairly sure it took all of Namjoo’s willpower not to call me out on my bull, but she settled for smirking at me and nodding. She made sure to wave at both Luhan and Sehun, but she prolonged her wave to Sehun and began to chuckle. I maintained a steady pace out of the cafeteria, with my posture perfect and my arms crossed, but as soon as we were out of sight, I sprinted straight down the hallway. 

“Has she gone insane?” Namjoo asked when she and Bomi finally caught up to me as I banged my head against one of the hallway windows. 

“Eunji,” Bomi said, and she’s shown concern for me before, but her tone of voice and the look on her face made it seemed like she legitimately feared for my safety, “are you okay?” 

“I need you two to do me a huge favor. And if you say yes, the condition is you shut the up about it and act like nothing ever happened.” I said as I rested my head against the window. I’m glad we were alone and no one was there to see that little display of my decline to absolute insanity. 

“Thanks for not directing that only to me this time.” Namjoo said as she pat my head. 

“Firstly, I hate you,” I glared at Namjoo and she nodded and shrugged, “and secondly… I need you guys not to show up to the movie tonight. And somehow convince Luhan not to go either.” 

I tried desperately not to look at either of them, because I knew the only thing that would be waiting for me in response would be smirks and “I knew it” faces that I wasn’t ke

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ratedbeetle
#1
Chapter 2: New reader here! I'm so surprised to see SehunxEunji fanfic story here, but I really wanted to know so I logged in and tried to read it. Can I know what's with the different font size?
Apink_love_eunji
#2
Chapter 24: It was just beautiful, like literally wow amazing
Siskatiska
#3
Chapter 24: You are amazing.,,the Eunji character is awesome..and how she grew and overcome her emotional baggage but still strong enough to herself and the point of love someone but not depending on them..
It's brilliant...
babyblackjack
#4
Chapter 24: I love how the bittersweet feelings came at the end, yet still turned out for the best and Sehun and Eunji are happy. Awwww.
oppaji
#5
Chapter 24: LET ME TELL YOU THIS AUTHORNIM, I ONLY HAVE ONE, TAKE NOTE, ONE FANFICTION I LIKE BUT WHEN I CAME ACROSS THIS I SONT ING KNOW ANYMORE. YOU ARE THE SECOND ONE JOINING THE BANDWAGON
Thatbrownnyancat #6
Chapter 24: I must say, you have a very strong character, it exactly what I feel sometimes when you're stressed when you lost your loved one. You can just put everything down on a piece of paper and makes you feel so much better. What's special is that it really brings out your character, and once you shared this to us, we can see a hint of yourself in the story also. I wish you the best in life J :).
Thatbrownnyancat #7
Chapter 24: 2nd time rereading this, because there are literally two good Sehun and EunJi fanfictions. But your fanfiction was better in my opinion compared to the other one. In fact, this is my all-time favorite. It was the exact character that I looked for in EunJi, a deeply good-hearted female with a barrier of bitterness and anger around it that made this book all together extremely humorous. I will be so darn happy that you write another EunJi and Sehun fanfiction. ;D
pbcccc #8
ji.... =']
bluesjuice
#9
Chapter 24: Maybe because I don't want to say good bye, maybe because I don't want to stop learning, maybe because I don't want to miss her, maybe because I don't want to stop, it's been two days since I knew you update and the complete tag scared me.
So this is the end of my girl's journey? If only we speak in one same language I would probably can describe my honest thought. I cannot say it in english, it still will miss things. So, this is what I surely can say, reading and following your story also learning from it makes me feel like I'm a blessed kid. Thanks for everything you shared to us. Thank you.

And I'm sorry about your loss.. Hey J, we're always here when you need us..

Again thank you.
/bows/
saturnformars
#10
Chapter 24: Ah, dear J, I'm not even sure how to express myself and the feelings your story has given me. I think you couldn't write a better ending - it made me sad, it made me smile and it made me think, leaving me at the end with this lingering feeling I can't even describe properly.
Reaching the end and saying goodbye is kind of... bittersweet? On one hand I'll miss reading your updates of this story, but on the other hand I can't help it but feel happy that Eunji managed to clean the mess in her life, learned to love herself and stopped pushing away the people who cared about her.
I love the way you work with words and how you express Eunji's thoughts and inner battles.
In the final chapter, I especially enjoyed the conversation between her and Sehun, when they were discussing the difference between wanting and needing someone - it makes one think about his own view on things. And of course the moment they finally get back together was lovely, not cheesy, too sweet or dramatic.
So thank you so so so much for sharing with us "The Way It Is", it was an amazing and unforgettable journey. Congrats on completing the story and I will be looking forward to your next Eunji project :)

P. S. I'm really sorry to hear about your lost. Please, stay strong, I'm sending all my positive and healing thoughts your way!