27 days. 04 hours. 02 minutes.

“How was he?” Jongwoon asks suddenly, and Hyukjae stop playing on his phone to look at Jongwoon confusedly. “Your ex, how was he?”

“Sometimes he was caring,” Hyukjae lies, and decides that lying is better than the hurtful truth, “Things had colors when he was around, but only when he was around. We.. were like a normal couple, though he never took me on dates, or hugged me in public. Said he couldn’t do that, couldn’t risk his parents finding out his uality, but I ended up finding out he was cheating on me when he was kissing his ing lover in a cafe.”

“I’m.. sorry for mentioning this.” Jongwoon sounds sad, and Hyukjae manages to give him a small smile.

“Don’t worry. After what you had seen, at least you needed to know a little about me and him.” The look on his face shows he’s lying, but Jongwoon pretends not to notice. “Can we talk about something else?”

“Of course.”