Vexatious || Ateez J.WY

chapter 5.

"ms. im, come here for a second." ms. hwang called.

sooyoung inwardly sighed, knowing what's about to come.

"go ahead." minjee whispered with pity as she ushered her friend.

"yes, ma'am?"

"since you were late, i assume you were already expecting a consequence." the teacher says.

no, not really. i was five minutes late. should that even count? she wanted to reply but seeing that it won't do her any good, she just nodded her head.

"head down to the library at quarter to noon. mrs. shin, the librarian, needed some books to be sorted out." the woman smiled. "it shouldn't take more than ten minutes."

"okay. again, i'm sorry." sooyoung bowed at her professor, and went back to her seat.

"get ready for your next subject." ms. hwang told the whole class, which was responded by a bunch of mumbled goodbyes.

"so, so? is it-" her bubbly was interrupted when something was thrown at her head.

they heard a stiffled laughter from around the room.

"hey, midget. your head hit my pen." an obnoxious sounding voice made its way to their seat.

sooyoung glared at the guy before he sat down the chair in front of her (since wooyoung didn't even bother showing up) as he picked up the pen he threw. "you think new company's gonna change anything?"

this asshole directed the question at the shorter girl who looked down.

"get lost." sooyoung spatted, making him look at her.

"new kids are always a pain." he tilted his head to the side. "i'm yang joonsoo. remember. okay, fresh meat?" he proceeded to tap her head repeatedly with that pen.

the transferee clicked her tongue, sending him dagger stares. some people just make it hard for her to start over. "stop that."

"or what?" joonsoo mocked along with his so called buddies. "you standing up for this outcast?"

outcast?

sooyoung glanced at her shorter friend who was still holding her head down, looking defeated. this infuriated her even more.

she grabbed the pen from the boy and, from the adrenaline, broke it in half. the action shocked everyone watching them, especially minjee.

sooyoung threw the pieces at joonsoo. "i said get lost."

before anyone could do anything, their next teacher already made his entrance. "settle down everyone."

joonsoo scoffs as he stood up and went to his original seat.

"jee, you okay?" sooyoung worriedly ask as she still remained quiet.

"you, uhm-" minjee started. "it's okay if you don't want to hangout with me anymore." she says with a depressed tone.

"what?"

"uh- now that you know." the petite lass lets out a breathy chuckle. "but please don't stop hanging out with the rest! they really like you and-"

"minjee!" she whisper shouted to stop her but not disrupt the lecture going on. "i'm not going anywhere. i like them, too. i like you the most."

minjee eyes quivered. "but joonsoo-"

"i don't care. he doesn't scare me." she states sternly. "do the others know-"

"don't tell them!" the shorter grabbed her by the arm, almost begging. "they'll worry, and get into this mess and-"