ᴍɪꜱꜱᴇᴅ ᴄᴀʟʟ | ᴇɴʜʏᴘᴇɴ ᴊᴀʏ ꜰꜰ

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September 4, 2020
5 pm, Seoul High School

Heavy breathing of a young girl fills up the silence at the school's rooftop. "Yah! Yang Jiwon!" is heard from a distance.

The reason for this unsteady breathing is that this young girl, Yang Jiwon, was running away from her usual bullies. It was 5 pm, after school when they decided they wanted to have some "fun" with Jiwon.

Jiwon ran away as soon as she saw them, scared of what they would do. She had now reached the roof after running 15 minutes from them. They were close by but didn't spot her going in there. She let out a relieved sigh at a corner she wouldn't be easily spotted. She quickly took out her phone and looked for Lee Kimberly, her best friend, the person she trusted the most. She wanted to ask for help, but she wouldn't answer. She wondered why she didn't, maybe she was being beaten by her dad, or working her shift at the restaurant earlier than usual. A million assumptions that would excuse her friend crossed her mind.

She kept calling and calling afraid that the group of girls were getting closer and closer to figuring it out. The only person she could think about in this situation was her best friend but there was no answer, even after 25 calls. She finally thought of calling her boyfriend who should have just ended basketball practice. She left messages telling him to come to the rooftop. At the third call, she gives up and tries Kimberly again, this time she answers. The door is suddenly opened and they approach her. She desperately screamed hoping she would hear from her phone which she had dropped and was now far from her. "Kimberly! COME TO THE SCHOOL ROOFTOP PLEASE! FAST!"

Kimberly's home: 4:53 pm

"Why are you so late today huh?!" Her dad screamed aggressively which made her furious. She only glared back.

Her dad didn't take her quietness and pulled her hair. He threw her on the ground and began to kick her without sparing her mistake. She stayed still at his action, she was used to it. Not even a flinch came across her face. She got up once he left, probably to drink again. She began to hit her house's walls, mad at herself and her father. Even though she was sore, she had to take her rage out somehow. She wished she could use the excuse that her father became this way when her mom left them when she was only 9 years old, but that wasn't it. Her father had always been this abusive and she knew that was the reason her mother left. That's why she didn't blame her at all. Just wished she would've taken her with her.

She often questions why she still stayed silent when he behaved this way. Why she didn't just refrain from getting her money taken away. Why she just wouldn't run away.

There was just one answer she could think of: Yang Jiwon. Her best friend since preschool was the reason for her actions. If she fought back or would not give her money to her so-called dad, she would be locked in her room for days starving without being able to see Jiwon who also goes through a lot at home and school. It would go the same if she ran away.

Kimberly goes inside her room and lies down listening to music for a few minutes when her phone starts to buzz. She saw it was Jiwon but decided to turn her phone off since she knew Jiwon would sense something was wrong and she wasn't in the mood to explain what went down. She went to shower to relax a bit to, afterward, call Jiwon back. 10 minutes later, she puts on her job uniform and grabs her phone to turn it back on. She sees that she has 27 missed calls from Jiwon.

She was about to call her back when Jiwon's name popped up again. "Hi, I-." She was cut off and surprised when Jiwon seemed to scream from a distance, "Kimberly! COME TO THE SCHOOL ROOFTOP PLEASE! FAST!"

At Jiwon's scream, she freezes, shocked but soon after Kimberly runs out her home to the school which is 4 blocks away from her home. She goes on and on with no stop, but suddenly halts when she sees something in front of the school. Her heart instantly drops and she feels her face turn pale.

There were police cars, two ambulances, a fire truck, and many students who must've stayed for after-school activities gathered together, gossiping at the same time.

Kimberly was afraid to see what they were surrounding. She hoped it wasn't what she thought it was. She slowly got closer and closer and pushed her way to the front of the crowd to finally come into sight of what she least hoped it was. In that instant, two paramedics lifted a backboard carrying a young girl who had jumped off the roof of the school, according to the bystanders' gossip. Her chest instantly tightened and she drops to her knees, unable to cope with what she just saw. Tears stream down both of her cheeks and her chest feeling heavy. Even though she hadn't seen the girl's face since she was covered in blood everywhere, she could tell by her height, shoes, and hair showing that it was her, her best friend, Yang Jiwon.

She managed to stand up with her weak legs and made her way to the ambulance even if she was trying to be stopped. She told them who she was and let her in the ambulance truck, after much begging, before speeding to the hospital. Jiwon was only a few breaths away from dying.

"Jiwon-ah, I'm sorry please, don't leave me. I need you. I'm sorry." She says crying desperately, holding one of her hands.

"Kim- Kimberly. Not your fault. Don't blame yourself. Don't give up. I love you" She says weakly, but reassuringly, shortening her sentences. Then she whispers, "It's their fault." She puts up 4 fingers weakly with one of her hands before a tear falls down her face. After that, she goes unconscious and the paramedic asks her to stand back so that he can perform CPR.

That was the last thing she said to her best friend. That was the last tear she shed. Kimberly cried even more than before, hugging herself looking at Jiwon who now lays dead.



A/N: I feel sad. 

Anyways, I hope you enjoyed these 2 chapters, next Thursday and Friday a new chapter will come on each day. More will be published so please stay tuned! 

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