Priorities
Chapter 7
-AJ
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Ana grabbed her vibrating cell phone and looked at her lock screen
17 messages from: Yixing :o
She unlocked her phone and sat on her bed, next to the pile of clothes she was packing. Her eyes began to burn when she began to read the texts. Yixing had called 6 times earlier, but she did not answer. The other boys called as well, at least the two who had her phone number. She knew the others were there when she was speaking with Kyungsoo. Curious as to why she was in the practice room, late at night, by herself. She went without notice. Which surprised the few members in the room.
Yx: What happened?
Yx: Answer me
Yx: The boys told me what happened. Kyungsoo is incomprehensible. Is it true?
Yx: Don't tell me its true....please.
Yx: Ana answer me.
She had decided to leave. It was no use to stay in a country so foreign to her anymore. She felt the need to leave because she would jeopardize Kyungsoo's career. She had accepted that their relationship was nothing at this point. All the emotion she had before was slowly leaving. She wanted to end it, but she didn't know if he wanted the same. Maybe he would plead for her to stay? Would she stay if he wanted her to?
Last night she had gone to speak with Kyungsoo. Everything had not gone the way she planned.
"What are you doing here?, you know how I feel about seeing you here at my work, people will find out and it will cost me my job." He closed the door of the studio, to make sure no one would eavesdrop onto their conversation.
"Kyungsoo, I need to talk to you. Please listen to me."
"I don't have the time, I need to practice."
"Please, this is important.."She pleaded.
Kyungsoo sighed and motioned her to say whatever it was, he wasn't in the mood to speak with anyone.
"I am going back to America," Ana lowered her head," I'm being transferred. I had the option to stay, but I feel as if it's better for me to leave." She suggested, not actually wanting what she said.
"And you don't think of me? What type of girlfriend are you?"
She took a deep breath," At this point Kyungsoo, are we even together? We aren't the same anymore.."
"People change, we are great examples of that," he sighed and shook his head, fixing the lyric sheets in his hands."Are we done talking?"
"Are you okay with me leaving?"
"It's what you want right?," He said uninterested.
"I don't know, what about us? Should we just end it?" The last words barely audible.
Silence followed after, hushed whispers heard from the outside. Kyungsoo thought about it for a few minutes. Besides the murmuring outside, only the soft breathing from them both was heard.
"Let's end it," He looked at her in the eyes, an expressionless face being received. "We aren't taking this seriously. You're leaving anyways, there's no reason for us to be dating anymore," he faced the ground at this point. Ana nodded her head, fearing that if she spoke she would tear up. "Don't cry," he knew her so much, yet not at all.
" Thank you for everything Kyungsoo," She choked on her words. Ana stood quickly and made her way to the door," I-I love you." She was dreading this so much. It wasn't hurting as she imagined, but it hurt.
"You can keep everything I've given you, I don't want anything back. I'll leave your things with Yixing,"he unconsciously sucked on his teeth and didn't bother to go after her. He was glued to his chair and flipped onto a lyric sheet. He was probably resuming the work she interrupted.
'This is ending too fast 'she thought. They could've fought a little more. They could've shown more emotions. But they didn't. She could've mentioned the child. But she didn't.
The rest was a blur for her. She didn't feel angry, she was more embarrassed and disappointed.
Her phone kept going off, the boys kept calling her, giving up after a few tries. Yixing was still trying, she answered and explained that she had to leave because of business. Fortunately, he decided not to push the subject further and talked about helping her pack.
Her remaining time went by almost too quickly. Irene was being the best source of support she could be, so was Taekwoon, and she couldn't forget Yixing. Yixing....she smiled sadly just thinking about him. She was leaving him behind as well. They were basically siblings. She met him a few weeks after settling in Seoul. Now she was leaving him. She wished she could've stayed just to be near him, but more reasons outweighed it. She had to go. They made the best out of the last few days she was in Seoul. She didn't try to avoid Kyungsoo at all from getting into her thoughts. Yixing confronted to her about it, but it was quickly shunned. She eventually told him everything, he deserved to know. They swore to secrecy and promised that one day she'd tell Kyungsoo. Her last day arrived too quickly.
"Remember to check in with me from time to time. Don't forget your sibling here, we're practically blood-related." Yixing had to stay behind and couldn't drop her off at the airport, so did Irene. But it was okay, they had met before at a restaurant and had to rely on a phone call for a proper farewell.
"I'll try not to," She smiled a little." Take care of him will you?" They knew who she was talking about.
" Promise, you take care of yourself too, there are two under your care now." He went on for a few minutes until Ana's flight was being called. " You better call me when you land, just because you're closer to your actual siblings does not you can forget about me okay?"
"Okay, I have to go now," Ana said her goodbyes and listened to another of Yixing's speeches
before hanging up. She took a deep breath and made her way towards the plane. Everything went by too fast. Complete shock is what she was going through. Or at least that's what she thought. "I'm beginning all over again..."
