Serendipity

14: YOOSIN & NEHA

 I sit beside Neha in the bus to school. "Today is the broadcast club's joining day, right?" she asks. 

"Uh, ya," I notice her rubbing her fingers together nervously. "Hey, chill. It's not like Soobin is going to eat you. I will there anyways." She nods. 

The classes go normally. After lunch, Neha and I wait outside the broadcast studio with Jimin, Daniel, Sunghoon and Lee. After a few minutes Soobin opens the door. Soobin has started this new broadcast club this year. Sunghoon and Soobin are cousins. 

"Soobin-ah!" Sunghoon puts his arm around Soobin and ruffle his hair. 

"Sunghoon let go off me," Soobin opens the door for us. I hold Neha's hand. Her hands are cold. 

"Are you okay?" I whisper to her. She nods. 

"Ok. So welcome to the broadcast club," Soobin hands each of us papers. "I am assigning each of your task. Yoosin will take the camera along with Lee. Daniel can join me with the sound. Sunghoon and Jimin will accompany Lee and Yoosin. And, what's your name again?" he turns to Neha. 

"Uh, it's Neha," she says. 

"You will be the reader," he hands her a script and tells us to get to position. "You guys can take a few minutes go through the stuff and then we will start filming."

"Wait filming? Is the whole school going to hear me?" Neha flusters. 

"Obviously."

"You are going to be fine, Neha," I tell her. 

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 NEHA's POV 

I stand behind the mic. Outside the recording area, Yoosin and Lee gets ready to shoot along with Sunghoon and Jimin. Daniel and Soobin sits before them. Soobin gives me a signal to start. 

I take a deep breath and look at Yoosin. He smiles at me and I smile back. 

- TIME SKIP - 

I step out of the recording area. Everyone clap for me. I smile shyly. 

"Well done all of you," Soobin says after checking the videos. "We broadcast on every Wednesday. See you all next week."

"Wait, did everyone in the school hear Neha?" Jimin asks. 

"I was joking. Today was trial. People do best when they are live," Soobin says. 

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Yoosin and I decide to go to the record store after school. 

"I will go check the racks in the back," I say. "Yoosin, stay here."

I go back. I suddenly feel someone close to me. I notice a boy standing behind. A memory hits me. He is one of Taemin's friends that I saw in the party. The party when Taemin... I push the memory away and step aside so he can look at the racks. 

But he comes closer. My heart beats faster. I glance around frantically for Yoosin. Where is he? 

I walk away from him, but he follows. I speed up, he does to. He grabs my wrist and pulls me to a corner. "Hey!" I shriek, but he closes my mouth with his hand. I pushes me to the wall. I place my arms in front of me trying to push him away. I pant as anxiety builds in my stomach. 

"Neha right?" he asks with his hand still over my mouth. "I like you. How you are. How you look. How you feel." He touches my shoulder as I push him away. 

"Please, leave me," I try to say, but it comes as muffles. 

"Huh? What did you say? Kiss me?" he teases and smirks. bringing his lips close to my neck. 

I close my eyes and pray. Yoosin!  Help!

Suddenly I feel the boy collapse beside me. I yelp. Yoosin kicks him in the stomach. "You dirty bi*ch!" he yells. I corner to the wall, trying to breath. The staff in the shop runs to us and pulls Yoosin apart. I hold his hand. He tightens the grip. "If you ever touch her..." he says and takes me outside. 

Yoosin just walks as I let myself cry. I try to stop but I can't. This is the second time. Rain starts to pour, hiding my tears. Yoosin comes closer and pulls me in. He removes his coat and puts it around me. "I'm sorry, Yoosin," I say as I place my head against his wet shirt. 

"It's okay. But Neha, I have only one request," Yoosin turns me and cups my face in his hands. "Call me whenever you need help. Whenever someone touches you. I will be there. But you have to promise me, that you will call me. I am so glad I decided to find you."

I sob more at his words. "Hey it's okay, now. You are safe with me." He wipes the tears off and hugs me. "Please don't cry. I don't want to cry in front of you." I chuckle at his joke. Only Yoosin can joke in the most hardest time. 

We walk home and after sometime the rain stops. "You know, I guess he's right," Yoosin says. "Nobody can resist you. Not me. Not Taemin. Not him. You are irresistible." I lightly punch him. 

He leaves me home and waves me goodbye till I close the door.