Chapter 5
"You took my smile with you." Shuhua uttered as she stared at the night sky, as she felt lost, like someone had put a blindfold over her eyes, and she is permanently wandering in the darkness, her hands tied so tight that it hurt, so bad.
"She... her account's gone." Miyeon said, Shuhua hugging her knees at that as she only stared at the window, unable to cry anymore as her eyes were tired.
"What do you mean, her account's gone?" Soyeon asked, taking the phone away from Miyeon's hands as she scrolled and searched for the username, but it was gone.
Gone, like her.
Shuhua felt earphones being inserted in her ears as she looked at Minnie who smiled at her, turning on the music that distracted her from the thoughts that paralyzed her.
She couldn't smile back, only nodding as Minnie hugged her tight, Shuhua refusing to hug back as she only let herself get drowned by the rhythm, drowning yet again as she felt knives stab her over and over, leaving her empty as she sighed.
"You lost the familiar happiness in your eyes and your smile, Shu." she heard Minnie say through the music, Shuhua only nodding at that as she sighed, clasping her hands together.
"The happy part of me died when they decided that I can't talk to her anymore." Shuhua said, as she felt that her summer was gone, the warm feeling all too gone for her to reach it, replaced by the eternal winter that was slowly freezing her heart, turning it stone cold and hard.
"They told me that all they wanted was for me to be happy, and yet they do this and she is farther than ever." Shuhua said, her nails scratching at her skin, Minnie noticing that the skin at the back of her hand, near her thumb was scratched so badly, drawing blood and stinging, but Shuhua was all too numb for that, as Minnie knew that she was the one who did that to herself.
"You're doing that again." Minnie said, Shuhua covering her wounded hand away from Minnie's eyes.
"I thought it would work again, but no. All this left is a scar that I have to hide again and the pain that's still in my heart." Shuhua said, trying to smile, but she couldn't.
All that's left is a mask, a mask that she puts on everyday, for pretending is what she do best.
Don't go...