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Devil's were known as disgusting and vile creatures.
they were desperate to get anything and everything they wanted, they wer...
you unlock your phone and enter the chat with ben.
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benny boy ⁉️🤞 you free by 6? seen
girl boss‼️👊🏼 yeah, got a day off from the pool hall today. seen.
benny boy ⁉️🤞 cool, there's a food truck near the cram school gray goes to. meet up there? seen
girl boss ‼️👊🏼 aight, i'll see you :) is alex coming btw? seen
benny boy ⁉️🤞 nope just me and gray :D hope you don't mind him coming too seen
girl boss ‼️👊🏼 oh. was hoping gray would be there too, so i don't mind seen
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you wondered what would have happened to make him invite you to early dinner, but you weren't complaining.
you've heard students happily talk about a nearby food truck that serves sweet, juicy, and fresh chicken, so it was just the perfect timing as you've been craving it for a long while.
but to invite only you and gray? maybe he just had something to talk about?
you gather your things, organising them neatly in your bag before getting up to leave the classroom.
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"( y/n )! over here!"
you turn towards ben's loud voice, finding him sitting with gray across him. he waves frantically at you, the usual big smile on his lips ever so present.
you jog lightly towards them, happy when you see a steaming fried chicken sitting in the middle of the table.
you take an empty seat as ben pours you coke, humming a cheerful tune as he does so.
you greet the two boys, setting your bag down to the side as you roll up your sleeves to get comfortable.
"this smells godly! here, both of you try it. you'll be surprised ." ben gestures to the chicken, the smell tempting and alluring.
you and gray slice pieces of the chicken, putting them on your own plates before tearing a smaller piece off of it to give it a first taste.
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sparkles appear before your vision and for a moment, you believe they are the glitters of blessings the angels have sprinkled upon your being.
the juices of the chicken seep out and into your tastebuds, the crispiness of the skin giving you goosebumps as you repress a song that threatens to leave your throat.
never have you ever tasted a dish so appetising, so addicting, so full and bursting of flavors that sooth your tongue despite the hot temperatures.
"this is good." gray comments, surprisingly honest as ben proudly smiles.
'he must have found it hard to find the words to describe a dish as glorious as this, so he settled with a simple word.' you think and nod in agreement with gray's compliment.
"see? what did i tell ya. when gogo comes here, he just devours the whole thing in one go."
'who wouldn't?'
"oh yeah, where's alex?" gray questions, munching on more chicken.
"sent him to the summoner's rift."
you perk up at that, a confused expression on your face as a comical question mark pops up at the top of your head. 'the summoner's rift?'
you decide not to question it and assume it's some type of game reference that only he and gray would understand.
the wind rustles the leaves, some gracefully falling off of the trees as the clouds are painted a calming pink-orange and violet by the setting sun. truly quite the painter.
once everyone finishes their meal, ben clears his throat, "it's just that...we're friends. so we'd like to know more about you two." he starts, a sombre smile on his lips.
"though we've never said it out loud...eugene, gogo, gerard..we're all worried about you. i'm not forcing any one of you, though. if you don't want to say it, you don't have to. but sometimes just talking to a friend..can help you relieve your burdens."
you and gray meet eyes, and you give him a smile that tells him that he's free to share his own stories first.
and, in all honesty, you weren't sure if you wanted to. a huge part of you did, but you were scared for some odd reason. nothing would change if you did, all that he'd know was that you loved someone and you lost them.
you push away your fears and convince yourself it would be better to tell ben park. he's been your friend for quite some time.
you turn towards gray and it's clear that he's made his decision to share. "should i leave for a bit?" you ask in case he wasn't comfortable with having you around.
he's quick to shake his head, "no it's fine...you're actually really comfortable to be around." a soft smile graces his lips as he turns to you.
you feel your heart race for a moment as you nod.
"this is the first time..i've told anyone about this."
you and ben patiently listened to gray, quietly nodding along with soft smiles when he finds himself pausing in certain sentences.
the way he talked about his regrets, his happiest moments, his friend, it all made you sympathise with him.
slowly, it all connected. the reason why he didn't enjoy going to the rooftop. why he seemed so said and sombre.
when he finishes, a look of relief flashes across his features as he sighs out. his shoulders relax and his eyes no longer seem so sunken.
you take a moment to breathe in nervously.
"then i guess i'll tell my story too."
and so you tell them.
you tell them about your parents, about ha-neul, about donald na, about her plans. about everything.
when it comes to telling them about your union, it's hard to spit out the words, but you manage—you skipped over the finer details in pity of yourself.
you told them about losing ha-neul too. about how you wondered what you'd do now that she wasn't there to help you. now that she wasn't there for you to protect. you tell them about how you self destructed and how you established a union of your own.
by the end of it, you find yourself lost.
"so...i don't really know what to do now. i made a union just like we originally planned. i've gotten into terms with her death. but things just feel so...weird. i feel a little too lost about it." you fumble over your words, furrowing your eyebrows in slight frustration as ben nods.
if he had lost alex, he wouldn't know what to do beyond revenge either.
