now that she thought about it, part of jiah's perspective made some sense. why would a prince get stuck with someone like her? thinking back, not even her high school flings liked her very much.
deep in a loop of overthinking, chaewon didn't realize that a few tears had slipped onto her cheeks. once she would notice she couldn't cover up these tears as a result of anger. those few tears slowly turned into slight sobs and she sat alone trying to calm herself.
she flinched when she felt her mattress sink in the area beside her, revealing a hesitant jisung who looked like he just woke up.
chaewon felt bad for waking him up because of her crying so she immediately began apologizing in between hiccups, "s-sorry. you can go back to sleep, you look- hic! tired."
"i can't go and sleep if you're here crying."
"i'm fine."
"i think you forgot that i can feel the same emotions as you, chaewon. what's wrong?"
instead of responding, the girl resumed the sobbing she was trying to hold back while jisung awkwardly began rubbing circles into her back. although comforting wasn't his strong suit, chaewon was feeling slightly better with jisung's presence.
chaewon grabbed her phone with shaky hands, unlocking it and handing it to a confused jisung. his eyes had to adjust to the lighted screen in the darkened room.
"oh shit..."
"everyone's gonna hate me now!" chaewon drew in a sharp breath, wiping her tears before new ones followed.
"why would you think that...? don't listen to this girl, she's saying stuff just to say it."
"y-you don't even l-like me all that much either!"
the hand jisung had on chaewon's dropped at her sudden exclamation. that's what she thought?
"you know it's true don't l-lie. you think i'm annoying and a n-nuisance just l-like everyone e-else, don't you?"
jisung sighed, turning around to grab chaewon's waterbottle from her bedside table. he opened it and brought it to her lips, not allowing her to hold it herself.
"your hands are shaking. it'll spill."
chaewon drank the water, her breathing becoming slightly more steady, but tears still stained her face. before she was able to wipe them away with her sleeve, a pair of cold hands caressed her cheeks and did it for her.
"i'm sorry."
chaewon looked at jisung in confusion, but he spole before she could question him.
"sorry that i made you think i hated you. i really don't, so get that out of your head."
"but-"
"okay, i was quite the dick at first, but do you think o would be here if i hated you, chaewon?"
the girl blinked, another tear falling that jisung immediately wiped away.
"don't worry about what people will think of you. i don't care if jiah or anyone thinks you're annoying because i like you very very much, okay? whatever that girl spreads isn't going to break our bond."
before he had any second thoughts, jisung leaned forward and pulled chaewon into a hug. she sniffled into his shoulder then wrapped her arms around his torso. a couple weeks ago chaewon would have never thought that she'd be able to do this without having to put jisung under some spell.
the two stayed in this comfortable embrace until jisung pulled his head back, looking at chaewon from a close proximity.
"i really mean it by the way."
"what part?" chaewon asked, slightly flustered by the small gap between them.
"that i like you. a lot."
now that she wasn't crying, she was able to process jisung's words much faster. but at the moment the male seemed more flustered.
"i- ummm? i mean like like. yeah, haha..." chaewon could feel the heat rise in jisung's body after his confession. luckily for the young prince, the sun had set completely by now on so she didn't have to see the tips of his ears turn pink.
"we're on the same page, then."
the two looked at each other in the dim lighting, their wrists tingling and a warm feeling growing in their hearts as their bond intertwined their souls even closer.
they gave each other a bright smile, whilst leaning in to close the gap between them.
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the end
just kidding, im a yuta stan :) bye what is this 😭 only took 30 chapters and a whole ass year to write !!
