You Are Beautiful // MICHAENG

Chapter 15

Mina's POV

Something is wrong. My heart is skipping a beat. Am I in love? No! No. It's probably all in my head. Who on earth would like a hideous-looking girl like me?

What is she doing to me? She gave me a strange look. She showed playful expressions and smiled at me. But... she probably doesn't think anything of it. She treats everyone like that. Why am I even overthinking of these? I sigh and sleep these thoughts away.

I was waiting for Sana here on the second floor outside the office. I just look around and heard Sana going out of the office with this face that I can't read.

"How did go?" I asked and she looked at me as she tried to prevent her tears from falling.

"The professor asked me to get in touch with Joy and get her to pay the tailor. By Friday... if the payment isn't settled, they'll call the police." She said as she sat with her head low.

"What? Call the police?" I asked with a visible shock on my face. Can't they just talk about it without having the police here?

"If Joy doesn't settle the payment, the full responsibility is going to fall on me." Sana's face is red from stopping herself from crying.

"But it wasn't your fault! We'll just tell our friends what actually happened." I said.

"But I'm the class president. The professor said that we're the ones who decided to do this, so we must pay it for ourselves. The class president has to take responsibility. I shouldn't have let a single person handle a big sum of money by herself. I should have been more cautious." Sana cried and started to hit her head.

"Let's keep trying to contact Joy." I said as I held her hands to stop hitting herself. She gets her phone from her pocket and dialed Joy's number.

"Mitang... I think Joy turned her phone off and fled. What should I do? She hasn't come to class for the past few days. She just disappeared. She must have taken the money and fled. I'm doomed." Sana sobbed loudly as she got trouble breathing.

"Please honey calm down. It can't be. Honey calm down." I said as I rubbed her back.

"That big sum of money, there's no way I can earn it. My dad is a regular soldier with low salary. My mom is a housewife. And I'm just a poor scholar. A sum of 1,803,915? I have no means to get it. If I get arrested, my mom and dad won't be able to earn money to bail me out. What should I do, Mina?" Sana cried out loud and holds my hand.

"Calm down honey. You'll be alright. Please don't cry." I said but she won't listen to me and kept overthinking.

"Andwae... How can I solve this? All my life, I've never harmed a soul. I... I've never committed a crime. I only.. do w-what's good. What did... did I do to deserve this? Why do I get the blame, and why did I have to take the responsibility? I don't like this! Why am I in this situation!?" Sana started blabbering as tears streaming down her face.

I looked at her and tried calming her down but her breath started to fastened. She stood up and hold to the railings that keeps her from falling. I panicked and all the students gathered around to see what's happening.

"Help! Help!" I shouted and they all started running around. The students from downstairs brought foam and boxes in case she fall from up here.

"Mina, let me go!" She can't fall... No. I'll do everything for her to get back those money but I won't let my bestfriend fall now. I'll find a way just please don't do this Sana.

"What am I gonna do? My parents don't have money!" Sana said as she snatched her arms away from me and hold into the railings.

"Don't do anything crazy! Honey, I have money. You can borrow mine." I shouted but it seems like she can't hear anything now from her overthinking.