Chapter 3
1:12 am
It's already past midnight and (Y/n) is still writing the final draft of their report, with Dahuin sleeping on the carpet next to her. She's been asleep a few minutes after she came out of the bathroom from changing, however, (Y/n) didn't try waking her up. Any human with a heart wouldn't try waking up a sleeping angel. She looks so vulnerable and bright, despite the weak light from the hallway. (Y/n) takes off the navy-blue sweater that she's wearing over her club outfit and covers the small sleeping figure with it. Satisfied, she smiles and turns back to her work. A few minutes have passed, and finally, she's done. She saves the document on her computer and double-checks it for any mistakes, and then sighs out of relief. Stretching her arms and yawning, she shuts her laptop and walks to the bathroom. She turns on the light and frowns at her reflection on the mirror in front of her. She is still in the tight dress she wore for clubbing, reeking of alcohol and her hair is in that tangled bun, dark circles under her eyes make her look like a raccoon. Besides, her skin is starting to break out...
Just how does Dahuin manage to keep such a fresh, clear face?
The tired girl shakes it off as she closes the door and unzips her dress, sliding it down. She pulls her hairband off and then her underclothes. Then, she pushes the transparent curtains aside and steps into the shower. Turning on the water at the hottest possible, she gently closes her eyes as she feels the scalding water hit her bare skin. The water washes down her back and neck, causing her to lightly shudder. She exhales heavily out of frustration as she rubs her face with her hands. (Y/n) has had a long day today.
8:32 am
(Y/n) sits at her desk, settling down to start another day of work, but then she hears a knock on the grey wall of her cubicle. She turns to the direction of the knock and sees Mr. Wang's secretary, and slightly bows to him.
"Good morning, Ms. (L/n), Mr. Wang would like to know if you have submitted your work to the editor yet," He says.
"Oh, yes I'll do that right now, tell him it's complete and will be edited in a bit." She replies. He nods and leaves and as soon as her computer was on, she immediately sends the file titled, 'Hwang Hyunjin Spotted in a Nightclub' to the editor. Finally.
As she chews her food, (Y/n) is planning out what to do when she reaches home, which is mostly sleeping. She aimlessly scans the cafeteria, when she hears a voice from her right,
"Ms. (L/n)!" she turns in the direction of the voice and sees the editor that she trusts most, Ahn Goyoung. She has been working with her for a while, even though (Y/n) is a lot younger than Mrs. Ahn.
"Oh, hello Mrs. Ahn. Is there anything wrong?" (Y/n) asks, a little worried.
"No, I just wanted to tell you that your last report was really interesting! How did you manage to find such news?" Mrs. Ahn exclaims excitedly. Oh, that wasn't expected...
"Well, thank you it wouldn't be possible without Ms. Kang, actually." She replies, but then someone seats themself across her. She had seen him around a lot, but barely ever talked to him despite his popularity in the company. Mr. Nam?
"You're Ms. (L/n), right? Your report is really fascinating! I barely remember the last time anybody reported something like that. I would love to work with you sometime in the future, Ms. (L/n)!" he says, making her slightly confused, but she just nods and smiles.
As (Y/n) walks through the hall to get to Mr. Wang's office, she starts to wonder, this is really nice, but my report doesn't really deserve all of this attention... it's not even really big news. As she reaches the office, she spots Dahuin in a distance, who is already at the door. She then catches up with her and they enter together. The two girls bow as soon as they see Mr. Wang, who surprisingly looks somewhat pleased. And then, he starts to speak,
"I just called you two to tell you that you did a great job, keep it up," he says with a grin, catching (Y/n) off guard. Was he being sarcastic? This is too good to be true... They thank him and then take their leave, each going back to their work.
5:45 pm
(Y/n) sits on the bus seat and pulls out her phone from her pocket, which has been off for almost the whole day. She yawns as she turns it on and several notifications pop up on her screen. A message from her boyfriend, another from Dahuin, some from the company, and some missed calls. She hovers her finger above her screen and then she remembers the commotion back at work about her and Dahuin's report and decides to reread it just out of curiosity. She goes on the KR News website and sees the most recent report titled, 'Hwang Hyunjin spotted in a Nightclub'. She scrolls down and starts reading it, but she realizes that none of the words on the screen are written by her. She immediately starts to panic as she continues to read, Hwang Hyunjin, a member of the boy group named Stray Kids was found in a nightclub in the city. He was with a few 5 to 6 people and they were all under the influence, including Hyunjin (...). (Y/n) instantly pauses her reading to check the author just in case she was looking at the wrong article, and there, was her full name, (L/n) (Y/n) and Kang Dahuin. She anxiously continues scrolling and she couldn't believe what she saw. The very pictures she took last night were posted, large and clear for everybody to see.
I fucked up... so bad.
The frustrated girl hops off of the bus as her thoughts race through her head. Who would do that? I mean, the only person that has the pictures is Dahuin, so no doubt it's her! But why would she change it? Why did she exaggerate it so much, when he wasn't even doing anything—no, when did she even change all of that? (Y/n) groans while holding her head as she reaches her house. She unlocks the door and opens it, ready to throw herself to bed. But as she's taking off her shoes, she notices an unfamiliar pair of shoes thrown at the entrance. Right away, she could tell who they belong to just by the way they're thrown. Dongwon, (Y/n)'s boyfriend.
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↪ This chapter is a little long huhu
↪ Looks like shit's going dowwwn for (Y/n)-
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