Coward | 𝒞𝐻𝐸𝒩𝒥𝐼

five

After the PE, I went on the locker room alone to change clothes. It doesn't took me long so I'm now walking back to our classroom. 

It was peaceful. I was walking silently while humming a song. I was about to open the half-close door, but I halted from walking when I saw Han Sook and Nam Joo inside our classroom, getting a paper on our instructor's desk.

My eyes widened when I saw that it was a test key.

I got this urge to run and tell whoever student I'll bumped what the bullies are doing but my courage left me when they look at my direction and saw me.

I want to run. I want to shout at them and ask what the hell are they doing. They are already known as bullies, do they also want to be called cheaters? The school admins won't think twice expelling them!

"And where do you think you're going?"

I tried to run, but Nam Joo already caught my arms. My eyes widened and shook my head several times.

"I-I didn't saw anything! Nam Joo, I swear, I didn't saw anything, let me go!" I shouted. His forehead crumpled and look at Han Sook like they are talking with their eyes. My heart starts beating faster.

"And you think we're going to believe you? Who do you think you're fooling?!" He shouted. My fears creep me so I just bow my head down.

"I won't tell others about this. I won't tell others what I saw, s-swear!" I said. I can't think anything right. All I want to do is to save myself.

Han Sook took a step closer to me and immediately grabbed my collar. He looks at me and his stares darkened like he was about to kill me. I'm.. so scared.

"Do you want to die?" he asked.

He raised his left fist and was about to punch me, but he stops when we heard a voice of a guy who just came.

"Yah! What do you think you're doing?!" He shouted.

We all look at him and we saw Chenle glaring at Han Sook.

His stares flares up when he saw the test key that is on Nam Joo's hand. Without asking anything. I know he already guess what's exactly happening right now.

"Are you crazy?" He furiously asked.

Han Sook loosen his grip on my collar and pushed me towards Chenle, but I lose my balance so I fell on the floor. My face crumpled in pain.

Chenle walks toward them and snatched the test key on Nam Joo's hand.

"I'll tell the principal about this. Aren't you both ashamed of yourselves? You two are pathetic!" He shouted.

Han Sook glared at him but Chenle didn't flinch.

"And who are you to tell that to us? You're just rich but you can't even save yourself from getting kicked out!" he said.

I saw how Chenle's fist clenched and I know that he's just stopping himself to punch them. I stood up and held his hand to tell him that we need to go, but I was late when our instructor entered the classroom and her face got shocked when she saw the test key on Chenle's hand.

"What are you all doing here?!" she shouted.

She walks toward Chenle and grab the test key from his hand but Chenle just crossed his arms and remained cool like he's not scared that our instructor is already inside.

"Who did this? Who get this test key on my table?" She asked.

Han Sook and Nam Joo look at each other, while I remained looking at Chenle.

Minutes have passed and no one speak up so our instructor ask again. This time, she's more serious.

"What? No one will admit? No one will tell me who get this?" She asked. My tongue wants to speak and tell her that Han Sook and Nam Joo are the one who get the test key, but I'm too coward to tell it.

What if they kill me after this? What if they also blame Chenle? I don't want it to happen so I remained silent.

"I saw Chenle did that ma'am, Nam Joo and I tried to stop him, but he told us to stay away and even warned us that he'll kill us if we tell someone about it. He's a cheater ma'am! He deserve to be expelled. You can ask Jisung if you want another witness, he saw it too! right, Jisung?"

I held my breath when I saw that they are all looking at me right now.

My hand starts shaking and my knees were trembling.

I look at Han Sook, and his stares are warning me that if I said something he wouldn't like, something's going to happen. And I'm sure that I'm not going to like it.

I don't know what happened to me. I can't even look at Chenle and just look down. What would I say?

"He's really crazy." Chenle said. He looks so done with the bullies.

I gulp and slowly look at our instructor. I know Chenle will hate me more than he hate the bullies because of what I'm going to do next.

I gulp and closed my fist before opening my mouth to speak.

"I-It's Zhong Chenle. I saw Zhong Chenle get that test key on your table ma'am," I answered.

Now I'm also disgusted with myself.

I'm a liar.

Chenle loosen his hands from his chest and stood straight to look at me. He looks at me with a questioning-look, and I suddenly saw a pain on his eyes.

"Y-Yah.. Jisung, What are you saying?" He asked.

I look away and look down. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

"See? I told you ma'am, Chenle is the one who did that," Han Sook said mockingly.

Chenle took his steps infront of me and look at my eyes for a couple of seconds.

I did the same.

I want to explain myself to him and apologize again, but I'm such a coward. It was expected. I know he's going to be mad at me.

Of all the nice things he have done for me, this is what I gave him in return. I'm such a jerk. I'm so sorry Zhong Chenle.

"You Moron." He said.

My heart suddenly sank. He's right, I'm such a moron. I let our friendship ended that fast.

   a/n: what am I doing? ㅠㅠ

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