Chapter Text
"this is how i feel about you."
-twilight
"let's play truth or dare!"
"okay!"
two excited children sat facing towards each other on the floor of the room in their pajamas. it was the middle of the night and the girl's parents were sleeping soundly, but the two friends couldn't get a wink of sleep with their energy surging throughout of their bodies.
facing the window, the boy slightly turned his head to the side to avoid the bright light emitting from the moon. with his beautiful side profile in view, the girl could not help but stare at the magnificent view before her. the way the moonlight sharpened his jawline, the way the moonlight brought out his lovely brown eyes, the way the moonlight sparkled onto his light skin, the way the moonlight caused her heart to race at the sight of her best friend.
it was as if she fell in love with him all over again.
yet never once did he romantically look at her.
never once did he stumble his words when talking with her.
never once did he blush at the sight of her.
never once did he ask her parents to hang out with only her.
never once did he shyly hold her hand or hug her.
and she knew why.
"jeong yunho, truth or dare?"
the said boy pondered a little at the choices before answering. "truth."
acknowledging the regret building within her, she sighed. this is it, all or nothing.
"do you like someone? if you do, what is her name?"
the question ignited an explosion of redness along his cheeks as if he was thinking about her at the very moment. he fiddled with his fingers, avoiding eye contact with his childhood friend sitting in front of him.
in the softest voice possible, he called out to her. "eunbi, please don't make fun of me."
she wanted to plug her ears, to cry her eyes out, to run out of the house, but she stayed put.
she had to,
for him.
she crawled over to his side and wraps her arm around his shoulder. "i would never do that to you, yunho. it's okay if you don't want to answer the question, let's just go to sleep and pretend nothing happened tonight."
she almost stood up to head over to her bed until she felt her hand being tugged to sit still. she looked over to see the boy, still not looking at her, holding her hand that was on his shoulder. "no, i can't hide it from you forever. you deserve to know."
at his gentle actions, her hopes were slightly rising.
maybe she was simply making herself worry over nothing.
she obliged to his request and awaited for his answer, giddy at the thought that he liked her all this time. a small smile crept onto her face at all the possibilities of them being a couple. oh, the things they would do together hand-in-hand.
"it's... it's your friend, kim siyeon."
eunbi could hear her heart shatter that very moment.