Vexatious || Ateez J.WY

chapter 17.

two years ago

sooyoung had her mouth agape seeing her boyfriend enter the classroom.

news about their break up-one they staged-spread around the school, but it was no surprise to everyone.

why would im sooyoung spend more time with a guy like him?

however, the class never expected this nobody to be so... hot.

he changed his style completely. wore piercings, loosened his necktie, and parted his hair four to six ratio.

all day at school, the couple had to ignore each other for the sake of people believing their lie. and they didn't enjoy a second of it.

sooyoung, most especially, had to endure watching other girls asking him out. apart from that, wooyoung was showing off his looks to everyone when it should only be to her!

at the end of the day, the girl asked wooyoung to come to their house.

"hi, soo." wooyoung greeted, hugging her and kissing her cheek. he, then, noticed that his girlfriend was sulking. "what's wrong?"

"you think you're cute?" the question made wooyoung raise an eyebrow. "well, you are! you can't just- you're- why did you change your hair?"

the boy pressed his lips together to hold his laughter, which sooyoung did not overlook. "why are you laughing?!"

"because-" wooyoung inhaled to stop giggling. "you said you like my hair like this, a couple days ago."

sooyoung crossed her arms, recalling how she played with his hair while hanging out with their newly adopted puppy, two. "but-"

"i'm trying to impress my girlfriend." he cheekily as he planted his hands on her waist, causing her to be more flustered than she already is. "why? you don't like it?"

"no!" she exclaimed. "wait, i mean- it suits you. don't change it." she huffed, touching his gelled hair. "pretty."

***

minjee and sooyoung, with arms interlocked, skipped towards the school grounds where the teacher said the bus was waiting.

"gather up." ms. hwang instructed. "your seats in the bus are arranged alphabetically, so once i called your name, show me your permit and take your seat accordingly."

this made some students whine, especially sooyoung since she was really looking forward to being with her best friend.

"let's just call our driver, screw this." she grumbled, making minjee giggle.

"i don't think they'll let us in like that." the shorter says. "this sucks but it'll only be a two hour trip! maybe we'll be roommates!"

"chae minjee." the teacher called, causing a pout on both the girls' faces.

they gave each other a final side hug before minjee entered the vehicle.

god, i'm already lonely.

she held onto the straps of her backpack, impatiently waiting for her name.

"im sooyoung." finally. she took out her permit, and upon receiving approval, she went in. "your seat is on the sixth row on the left."

she waved to minjee who was on the second row, quite far.

the girl began counting, and reached the row she was supposed to be on.