it's hard, minseok knows, to accept rejection when it's right in your face. this isn't quite that, though. minseok is telling sehun that there is someone better for him, that there is someone else he's involved with now and that to accept sehun's feelings would be disrespectful to himself and the person he loves. sehun is quiet, unlike his usual bubbly, mischievous self. he must have struck a chord within the younger boy.
"i'm sorry," minseok whispers, leaning back against his seat. sehun has left his cup of coffee untouched. he looks like he's about to cry and heaven helps minseok because he wouldn't /know/ what to do if that happens. he considers reaching over to give a comforting squeeze but he's not sure if sehun needs that, right now from him. "sehun?"
"no," he finally says, looking up at minseok. his gaze is soft, defeated. "/i'm/ sorry for putting you in this position. i... i just thought i should let you know before you leave."
"i appreciate that, sehun. i really do and i'm sorry i don't reciprocate your feelings. you're nice, handsome, smart and you're funny..."
"but you're with someone now." sehun says, almost sharply before taking a shaky breath in an attempt to calm himself down. he's so child-like when he's being like this, minseok realises, a smile inevitably forming upon his lips. like a patient teacher, minseok himself inhales slowly and explains.
"sehun, me not loving you back doesn't make you any less of a person. i like you a lot, as a student, as a young friend, as a /brother/, but not more than that. i'm just setting this clear, i'm not rejecting you out of my life... i'm not doing that. i'm just telling you that i don't have romantic feelings for you."
sehun is quiet once more at his words, finally taking a sip of his coffee, seeming to be deep in thoughts. "we can still be friends?" there is a hesitant smile on his face as he says this but minseok thinks he hears the understanding in his voice, as if whatever minseok has said had finally settled inside of him.
this is a good start. sehun isn't that bad of a person and minseok truly enjoys his company; he doesn't mind being friends.
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