Chapter 4 (1/1)

"Are you sure you're going to be okay?" I gave Jongup what I thought was a convincing smile with a nod, making him wrap his arms around me. "If you need anything just text me, okay?""Well duh!" I smiled at him before wrapping my arms around his neck, making him chuckle.I felt butterflies erupt in my belly and this was something that always happened when I hugged my bestfriend, but I have to admit that I liked it.The sound of thunder tore us apart, both of us startled from the loud boom. "I guess it's about to rain, I better hurry home." I told him."Okay! Bye Himchannie hyung!!" Jongup's signature grin broke out on his face, his eye smile showing.As I was on my way home, I thought about how precious Jongup was. I definitely had feelings for him. Feelings I can't describe, but something was there. I couldn't help but smile at the thought of him.It began to sprinkle, quickly becoming bigger drops and soon enough, it was pouring.I pulled into the driveway, making home just in time to get soaked as I hurried inside.I sighed dramatically. I went into the bathroom and turned on the shower. I needed to clear my mind and began to strip off my clothes.I looked at myself in the mirror and frowned.I looked at my fragile skin. My very pale, fragile skin.I looked at how much of a contrast my dark hair was against my pale skin, running my fingers through my damp hair.I looked at my eyes that were small and as dark as my hair. I hardly get to see them bright because they were only bright when I was happy and that wasn't often.Soon the steam fogged the mirror up and I turned away from the glass and got into the shower.It felt nice, almost nice enough to feel like the whole day was washing away.I let the water fall onto my hair and I closed my eyes to enjoy the feeling. I turned around to let the hot water pour onto my face, stinging it a bit.I began to tear up. I just let my tears mix in with the water and tried to ease my mind to forget what had happened today.I began to wash my body, spreading the soap all over me and soon massaging it into my hair.Soon enough, I let water rinse the soap from my hair and my body. Even though my shower was supposed to wash away my thoughts about today, my mind couldn't help but trail off.I thought back to Yongguk and how smug he was. I remembered how he looked, how his smile somehow calmed me dow-NO! I couldn't think about him like this!I hurried and turned off the water, grabbing the towel and wrapped it around my body. I wiped the mirror and looked back at my reflection again.It was different. My skin was pink from the shower and my eyes were puffy. I closed my eyes and rubbed them.I walked out of the bathroom and into my room, changing into sweat pants and a black t-shirt before I picked up my phone.Five messages! I smiled when I saw who all of them were from.Jongup: hey himchannieJongup: wah it's raining pretty bad, you know i hate storms!!!Jongup: i'm lonely. my parents are goneJongup: lalalala don't mind me as i blow up your phoneJongup: woah!! turn on your tv and change it to the news!Oh this kid... I looked at his last message a little intrigued. I turned on the TV to see what he was talking about."Despite the horrible weather, we have an important announcement to make! These two prisoners have escaped from prison. We have police and the FBI searching everywhere for them. These two men go by the name of Kyun and Yongguk. If you have any questions or have spotted them, please call us-"I couldn't believe my ears or eyes and my hands began to shake.How the hell did they escape?! I immediately grabbed my phone and typed as fast as I could.Me: jongup what the hell is happening?! my father escaped and so did yongguk!!Jongup: ikr. at first i didn't believe it, but i guess it's trueMe: do... do you think... that maybe... my father is out to get me?As I typed out the words, I bit my lip and just thinking about that sent shivers down my spine.Jongup: no! he couldn't. i mean i hope not! do you want me to come by?I got up and looked out the window. It was very dark and the news was right, this storm was terrible. It was the worse that we've had in a while. I let out a sigh at the sight.Me: no... it's bad out and i want you to be safe at home