Brink of Dusk

"Ugh, I look so fat in this..." I say, looking at my side in the mirror.


"You know you're just going to the movies, right?" Sohee says as she scrolls through instagram reels.


"He never said it was the movies, but i'm gonna assume it because what else are we gonna watch? Besides, it's our first date" I sigh in fondness.


"I wore a hoodie and mom jeans on my movie date with Jay, not a short dress with glam makeup" She looks at me up and down.


I see her point, who wears a white dress to a date? Well, other than my extra self of course.


"Listen, it's not my fault Jay doesn't think you're dainty enough to give you his jacket when you're cold" I brag to her.


"Smart, and rude. Jungwon has given you his jacket since the first day you met, it's not fair." She flops on my bed.


I laugh at her and put a few clips in my hair. It's silence other than the noise of her phone. Then, I hear the audio of the video I did with the guys on that night.


"Y/n, is that you, you know, on the school dance night?" She shows me the video, the one I was thinking of. The one of me.


"What happened that day? You left early, and you never told me. I saw Jungwon get concerned, but we didn't talk about it"


I blink a few times, "Well... I started feeling sick after something I drank the drink Doyun gave me. So he took me to get medicine... and he started to do things...I wasn't really comfortable with."


Her face goes from annoyed to shocked, "Y/n... did he rape you?" she says in a small voice.


I shake my head up and down, "Listen, i'm not that sad about it anymore, i'm just mad at him. Let's not talk about it before I get emotional" I smile at her.


I look closer at her phone, 705k. "Woah! I got that many likes? I haven't checked" I open my phone to see the app.


I see a small inbox button, there's so many red numbers. I look at my account and follower count, its almost the same as my instagram follow...


"Woah... where'd you get all of those... followers? I didn't even know you had that app" She shocks me, as she appears behind my back.


"I'm gonna assume it's the video he tagged me in... I'm not gonna bother to check it" I throw my phone on the bed.


"Wow... you better post something soon, not too soon though, your date is outside."


"Are you serious?!?" I grab my purse off my bed.


"Alright, I guess I should be going too. Don't be home too early, alright?" She stands up from the bed and opens the door.


I hear the t.v. from the living room. Right. Jake is gonna be my only obstacle.


I tiptoe from the stairs, but the click clack noise from my heels echo all around the house. I try to get out the back door, but I already knew I was gonna get caught, especially since its literally near the living room.


"Where ya going? With who? Why you dressed like that? Who said you could go out? When are you coming back?" Jake says, stopping the t.v.


"The movies, your friend, because I want to, dad wouldn't care, and I don't know when" I smile, turning around to face him.


"Peace" Sohee dashes out the back door, before I could even say bye.


"What movie? What friend? Why do you wanna dress like that?" He narrows down the questions.


"I have a date with Jungwon, your friend." is.


"Hm. It's 8, get home by 10, and don't have too much fun" He smiles.


"Deal." I stick my hand out for him to shake.


"Jungwon? He's really sweet. You guys dating?" He shakes my hand.


"I'm leavingggg" I go through the front door, to see the same car I saw that day.


I take a deep breath and walk towards the car. Getting into the front seat, I see a single beautiful rose, like the ones my mom gave me, but in red instead.


"It's so pretty...thank you" I smile at him, the awkward tension in the car rises.


His phone rings, and starts the engine, avoiding eye contact.


Weird, he was all flirty and slick when he asked me out, now he hasn't even looked at me.


"Where are we going? Somewhere fun, right?" I whine, trying to get his attention.


"I'd say it's fun." He says, still not facing my way, but instead answers whoever messaged him.


I stay silent, that was kinda rude... It's fine, he must be stressed, just stress.


My phone pings, it's the stupid group chat i'm in with Daniel and Sohee. I swear I will mute that chat if I have too.


Choi Daniel said: "Ayeee, finally you go on a date. Last one of us."


Annoying, and I didn't even know he's dating or had been. We only talk about some things, its not like we're besties.


"You've dated? That girl must've been so unhappy..." Sohee adds. Honestly same.


"They weren't an unhappy girl..."


I slightly laugh at his reaction, and put my phone away.


I suddenly feel a stop in the car, I was so lost in my phone, but we're not even at the movies. Instead, I see a pretty horizon through the glass window on the car.


"Woah... this is so pretty. How'd you find this place...?" I notice there's no one around, its just his car, it's just us.


"I don't even know, it just kinda became my spot." He smiles at me, grabbing my hand to hold it.


Yep, that's the flirty Jungwon that asked me out that I know and love.


I look down at our interlocked hands and blush slightly. I open the door to the car and let go.


"Are we gonna watch the sunset? I've only done it once, in middle school" I walk and twirl around the cliff we're on.


The sound of the car locking is followed by the sound of his footsteps on the grass. I turn around and see him, I see his outfit, finally. It's a turtleneck, rather than his usual t-shirt, he's wearing jeans instead of sweatpants, and his jacket is leather, not cotton. His hair is straighten out, no hat this time.


"Wow" I say under my breath, as he walks towards me.


"Do you really wanna just sit down and look at the stars? We can always go do something else- We can go eat somewhere if you'd like" He stutters a bit, and he turns red.


How cute. He really held my hand and now he's stuttering? What a quick change in emotion for no reason.


"I mean why else would you take me to this beautiful spot of yours? I wouldn't trade this moment for a basic first date..."


Sure, I was expecting something like dinner or the movies, but this is so much better.


"Well, it just looks like your were expecting something a bit...different?" He looks away from me, off into the city.


I look at where he's facing, you can see everything from up here, all the lights of shops and homes starting to turn on, you can see our school and the primary one too. You can even see my house. It looks like there used to be a fence, but now it's just a few feet long and abandoned.


"I just wanted to be with you, that's all" I stand closer to him, and lean on the fence.


"Really?" He blurts out quickly after I finished talking.


I turn around and smile, "Really". His face softens and now i'm the one to blush


Just as I was about to say something, I hear a loud crack from the fence. I gasp and get off of it so quickly, quicker than a bimbo going to a sale at the mall.


I walk backwards in shock, and surprise surprise, I trip on a rock. Just as I was about to fall backwards, I felt his hand on my waist.


I look up at him and he clears his voice, "You should really be careful- I mean- It's not like it's your fault... Are you okay?"


"I'm okay..." I hide my face, I feel it turning red. I spot a small rock thats tall enough for me to sit under, and that is exactly what I do.


He follows me and sits next to me, with his head nearly reaching the top, but it looks like her didn't care.


"I have a curfew of 10 pm, so we don't really have that much time..." I eye his watch, and its already 9 o'clock.


"Curfew? Your dad isn't home, and I don't assume Jake would give you a curfew" He laughs but i'm dead serious.


"He gave you a curfew, didn't he?" He laughs even louder.


"Hey! It's not like you don't have one, I assume your mom or dad gave you one." I punch him on the arm lightly.


"Mmm well it's not a 10 pm curfew, it's midnight. Maybe it's because your soooo young." He plays around.


I gasp at him, all offend and stuff.


"I will tell your mother about how you're dating someone who isn't at the age of consent yet!"


"Oh? We're dating now?" He raises an eyebrow at me.


"Well- It's not like we're a thing- But it's also not like we haven't done things-" I stutter, I must look like a complete idiot right now.


"Is that so?" He hums softly, getting closer to my face. He's gonna kill me.


"Of course its so. You know what has happened between us." I push him away, completely embarrassed.


"Oo really? Tell me more" He teases me, and I'm just speechless.


I really thought he was gonna be caring and sweet. He's just making me feel embarrassed at this point.


The awkwardness rises in the atmosphere, and instead of talking, I look into the horizon. It's beautiful, you can see the stars and moon starting to show up on the east side.


A sigh comes from his mouth, and I glance over to him. His face looks emotionless and bored, and his keeps putting his arm through his hair.


"What's wrong?" I ask, my voice being higher pitched than it usually is.


"Let's do something" He pouts at me.


"There's nothing to do" I reply back to him.


"Hmm..." He looks around the cliff, as if something would magically appear.


His face lights up, as if he had come up with something, "Truth or dare?"

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