the story of us
invisible string
-don't want no other shade of blue but you-
Sehun blinked at the lump on his porch. Jennie hugged herself to sleep, shivering in the cold. There was no coat on her shoulders, no slippers on her feet. Sehun sighed, "Jennie..." He dragged his tired steps through the heap of snow and quietly settled beside her. Shrugging off his coat, he placed the warmth on her shoulders. A familiar envelope sat between the two of them.
Sehun narrowed his eyes at the open end of the envelope. Jennie stirred in her place before waking up. Her heavy eyelids fluttered open when she felt his presence beside her. With a doubtful look, Sehun glanced at her. "Did you open it?"
Jennie didn't answer. Her silence was answer enough. "Jennie..."
"What?"
Sehun sighed, "D-Did you read it too?"
"No." Jennie said, "Why? What's in there that I can't see?"
"Of course, you can read it," Sehun placed the letter on her lap. "Go on. If that's what you want."
"No, I don't want to read your girlfriend's sappy letter, Oh Sehun." Jennie shoved it back to him. The envelope wrinkled from the middle and Sehun frowned at the faint lines. But he placed it on his side and tried to look at Jennie properly. She pulled the coat closer to her body and used her hair to curtain her face from him. Sehun called her but she pretended that she couldn't hear him.
"She...it's complicated, Jennie--"
"I didn't want to hear anything."
"Look, I'm sorry," he gently touched her frozen hand and sandwiched it between his hands. "I didn't tell you because...it's not a very important thing so--"
"So you got a girlfriend and you didn't bother to tell me," Jennie swatted his hand away. "And how dare you talk about her like that? Not a very important thing? She is a girl, Sehun, a person!" Sehun listened to her scold him. He listened to her. "I was waiting for you...I missed you...I just thought we could talk for two minutes and...you know...but, go inside, you got a letter to read."
Sehun smoothened the letter against his thigh. Touching her hand, he pulled her closer. "Look," he pointed at the recipient's name. Jennie squinted in the dark. Sehun left her side to turn on the porch light. And in the brightness, everything was clear.
Kim Junmyeon, it said. Jennie grew confused. She glanced at Junmyeon's house before looking at Sehun. He had a knowing look on his face. "She thinks she's sending her letters to Junmyeon. I...just don't want to break her heart, Jennie."
Jennie took two minutes. The silence was comfortable. Little by little, an embarrassed and sorry look took over her beautiful frozen face. Sehun only smiled. That meant, It's fine, I understand. And Jennie had seen this smile too many times. It had always
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