⋮ Why does he only call you when he's high? ⸝⸝

❛ You and Chanyeol were an unlikely but perfect pair — like a plug and adapter. He, all chaos and dirty charm from the Lower East Side. You, soft-hearted, with big dreams and a level head... until you met his eyes. The chemistry was electric, and for almost a year, you believed that love could survive the cruelest city in the world. But New York has a particular way of opening the eyes of the naive. The messages started out of nowhere — unknown numbers, sharp words: “Are you stupid?”, “That bastard Chanyeol? Seriously?”, “He was with someone else yesterday.” You tried not to believe it. You tried to ask. But he didn’t deny it. He didn’t need to. Chanyeol broke it all with the same smile that won you over.

And when he said “Yeah, I’m all that,” the pain hit hard. But he never stopped calling either.

At three in the morning, his voice slurred, the smell of alcohol on the other end of the line. Calling you "baby", saying that the street was empty without you, that no one laughed like you, that the whole damn city seemed to be calling you. You try not to answer. But the problem is: a part of you still hears. Because forgetting Chanyeol... It's like trying to erase a scar by force. And New York? New York just watches, lighting another cigarette on the wet sidewalk. ❜