Unexpected

As Jeno still stayed away from his own home, Chaerin couldn’t help, but call Jaemin to get updates on him every night. Ever since the fight, Chaerin would call Jaemin every night and would get interrogated and scolded by the latter. Her best friend was definitely upset with how things ended up. He couldn’t believe when Chaerin described the fight and the words that they exchanged. No wonder Jeno was so upset.

“Look, I understand you never asked to be in this position. I get it if you don’t love him, but this isn’t the issue. It’s the fact that you kept avoiding everything and confusing him. Ultimately, you hurt him.”

“I don’t know my answer, Jaemin.”

“It’s a yes or no question, Chae. Do you love him or not? If it helps, tell me what you love about him and tell me what you dislike about him.”

“I don’t know if I do. I don’t like that he’s flirty sometimes when he doesn’t need to be. I get annoyed by his teases. I guess I love that he secretly looked after me even before things started getting complicated. He‘s kind of cool to be around. He makes me feel special. I get excited when I know he’s around sometimes. I love it whenever he looks at me, his eyes are mesmerizing and-“

She was cut off when she heard him chuckled on his end of the line. “Chae, seems to me that you have less things you dislike about him. You sound very happy when you talk about him. Now, tell me why you aren’t sure about your feelings for him.”

“I don’t know if I’d regret it later on. What if I chose to follow my gut and it doesn’t work out? What if Hyunjin would have been the better one?”

“Chae, if it doesn’t work out it doesn’t work out. You can’t control that.”

“I’ve been hanging out with Hyunjin everyday and he’s nice. I tried to be with him everyday so I wouldn’t have to deal with Jeno-“

“I hope you realize that what you just said meant that you’re obviously in love with Jeno. I think you’ve been giving yourself way too many excuses. Maybe it’s time you accept the fact that you’ve been wit