Han Jisung was broken.

It took him a good couple of hours until there was no more tears. Jisung's delicate frame was now slumped on the sofa, his shoulders hanging low and his head resting on his best friend's shoulder. Felix's fingers wove into Jisung's disheveled hair.

Having just been dumped by his high school sweetheart boyfriend, Jisung's heart ached. His entire body ached from all the crying that had sucked the life out of his tiny self. He was drained. The devastation his shattered heart drowned in hung heavy in the atmosphere.

A sigh was heard from the couch across. "It's already been four days, Sung.."

Felix glared at Seungmin. "He can take his time."

"Of course.. But that asshole Minho isn't worth Jisung's tears." Hyunjin added as he approached the three boys with a mug in hand. He placed it on the coffee table in front of Jisung. "Here, when you're depresso you need some espresso."

Felix snorted. "Babe, I love you but that was so fucking lame."

Hyunjin sat beside Seungmin and shrugged. "I just wanna lift the mood."

.

Jisung's mind was blank. Four days. It had been four days already, yet he never would've expected to survive this long. Without Minho. Without the one his heart desired, the boy he was madly in love with. The boy who was supposed to love him back.

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"You heard me. You live your pathetic life, and I'll live mine. Don't bother me, Han Jisung. This is the end of us. It was just a three-month challenge to date you. And I never had feelings for you, that's disgusting. I win. Goodbye, little boy."

Even after Minho's figure disappeared into the crowds, Jisung's legs refused to move. His heart refused to beat. He refused to believe any of it. The venomous tone of Minho's voice was new to him. The cold, heartless glare was new to him. He only knew the warm, loving boy he used to call his boyfriend.

It was too surreal.

Minho's love was fake. But Jisung's? Very much real. The snickers and mocking laughter of students filled his eardrums. Little tears rolled down his soft red cheeks. Then it turned into sobs. He sobbed into his sleeve, with small whimpers and hiccups leaving his trembling lips. How could this be? Just like that, the love of his life broke him right in front of everybody. He felt destroyed.

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Jisung flinched when somebody's fingers caressed his cheeks, wiping tears away. It was Felix. He then realised he was crying once again, just at the vivid, painful flashback.

"I'm here, Sungie.." Felix rubbed the boy's back.

Jisung pulled away from Felix's embrace to sit straight. He chewed on his lips when he felt his eyes well once more. He let the tears drop onto his crossed legs, staining the fabric of his sweatpants. After a moment of quiet, Felix forcefully pulled Jisung onto his lap, and the latter surrendered to the cuddle, allowing himself to melt into Felix's arms.

"I'm going to rip Minho apart."

Upon hearing Seungmin, Felix furrowed at the boy now rolling his sleeves up. "Rip him my ass, you're too soft for that."

Interrupting them, Seungmin's phone sounded. Immediately recognizing the custom notification tone only one person in his contacts had, he grabbed his phone to check.

"Is it Jeongin?" Hyunjin questioned, to which Seungmin nodded, a small smile playing on his lips as he typed a reply to his boyfriend, Yang Jeongin.

"About time you guys head back, right?" Felix reminded his friends.

Hyunjin glanced at his wristwatch, then sighed. He stood up and stretched as Seungmin got off the couch as well. The two had to return to their dorm room before 9 pm.

Felix tapped on Jisung's thigh to gesture for the boy to move aside for a while so that he could see their friends off. Jisung scooted away and shrunk back, hugging his knees. He was so, so drained of life.

Felix followed his two friends to the front door. Just before exiting the room, Hyunjin turned on his heels to face the blond.

"Take care of him, but you should get some rest too, okay?" Hyunjin said as he snaked a hand around Felix's neck, pulling him closer to capture his lips in a loving kiss.

"I will, Jinnie. I love you." Felix's face bloomed with a smile.

Hyunjin tousled Felix's silk blond hair. "Love you more, baby."

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a;n - yo the fact that i've published 9 books (excluding my art book) in the past 3.5 months... idk how to feel... what am i doing--