so bad : stayc

[21] the four Velvets

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Irene stood behind the windows of her office, watching the cars drive by. She glanced at her watch and straightened her blazer, before walking to her desk. She looked at the game of chess that was not finished since her nephew, Changkyun, had to leave to sort out the paperwork. She sat on the office chair and as if it was prompted to do so, the telephone rang. She picked up the receiver.

"Hello? Irene Bae speaking."

"The four are finishing soon, prepare to meet them in five minutes." The other side of the receiver continued blaring, while Irene sat there, taking in the information, and glanced at her manicure before saying, "got that." She placed the receiver down and took her queen chess piece, examining it.

"You'll get it, f***er," she said in a sing-song voice, knocking down a king chess piece with the one she was holding. She looked up to the other side of the room to see the "ghost" of Suzy, mouthing, "do it". The doorbell buzzed, standing up, she adjusted her pencil skirt before walking towards the door to open it.

"Well, come on in. We have a mission to plan." She let the four girls in. They sat down on the couches.

"Why did you save us?"

"You all were fit to be here, obviously, and, I found out that we all want to kill the same person. I know what you all have done, so here you are."

"My sister heard from the news that we're dead."

"You aren't. But, if you wanna get technical with me, sure. I, or rather we, faked your deaths. And we reported you all dead." Irene placed a stack of documents on the coffee table for the four girls to look at it. The only girl who spoke lifted her head and looked at Irene.

"I'm Kang Seulgi."

"Bae Joohyun, or Irene." They both shook hands.

"ISA! ISA!"

Isa jolted her head towards Miya, who was running towards her.

"Fwhat's fwrong?" Isa asked, mouth full of food. Miya breathed in and out before straightening up.

"Lena, the girl you helped, she's at the roof, planning to jump," Miya said, still panting. Sieun, who was listening, dropped her spoon. She walked briskly to the roof, her tie blowing in the opposite direction of where she was walking due to the speed. When she finally climbed to the top, she saw Lena sitting, neither on the railings nor behind the railings, but, in front of the railings— her hands were the only thing that still stopped her from falling. Isa quickly approached her.

"Lena, get down!"

"No! Don't even come close to me!" Lena shouted, still gripping the railings. Sieun sighed and went up to her slowly. She first held onto her arms and lifted her up. "It's okay, c'mon you got this," Sieun whispered to Lena. When she got Lena safely back behind the railings, Lena slumped to the floor and started crying. Sieun rubbed her back in circles, trying to comfort her.

"Now, you gotta tell me what happened."

"When I first came to school, everyone in my class despised me. The bullies started bullying me, but I ignored it, hoping that it was some sort of misunderstanding. They started saying how my face is ugly, and no one would love me," Lena said, choking. As Sieun heard her words, she felt a lump in her throat. This was similar to how Eunbi bullied me. She straightened her back.

"They're weak. Inside you, you're a queen of your own. You're one of a kind. Don't let those pathetic people get in your way, you're beautiful, but they're insecure. Mark my words. Sometimes, you gotta turn the tables. Give them a smile, and say that it's no use to bully people because a mirror exists for it." Lena wiped her tears away. Sieun heard footsteps and turned to see Miya with her other five friends.

"Take care of her, and don't let her go down until i'm done with business. Things are about to be a little bit bloody." Sieun briskly went down the stairs, the heels of her pumps clacking against the cement.

No one, should ever, ever receive the same shit Eunbi gave me. It hurts.

Sieun reached the landing of the first level, walked to the cafeteria and took out her gun. STAYC rushed towards her to stop her from harming anyone, but she continued walking. The orange-haired saw Twice already confronting the bullies, walked towards them, grabbed the leader by the collar and pinned her to a wall. She aimed her gun at the leader's head.

"I give you twelve hours to leave this school, or the next day you're getting expelled. Take this as a chance to change and grow in another school, or not go to any school at all. If I see you all bullying others in your new school, your rich fathers wouldn't even have enough connections to get you out to breathe fresh air and see the light of day," Sieun snarled in a low voice before letting the leader go before the latter gets strangled. The group stumbled towards the school foyer but instead was met by a bloody Lena who was leaning against the school gate, with her newfound friends.

"Nuh-uh. You ain't going out of the school with her money in your wallets." Seoryoung walked towards the bullies, blocking their way. Seoryoung gestured to the bullies to pass the money to Lena. The leader rolled her eyes before taking out her wallet to pass Lena money. The leader's minions cowered behind her, afraid that GWSN would attack them. Cowards. Lena eyed the money and the bully. She raised her hand.

"SLAP!"

"This one is for your attitude even when Sieun is giving you a chance, and-"

"SLAP!"

"-this one is for all the bullshit you made me go through. I hope you're awake and sober now." The leader winced and walked away silently, her minions following her. Miya patted Lena's shoulders.

"We should've known that you were seriously bullied, and next time, don't even hesitate to tell us or Isa that you're getting bullied. We know and understand, okay?" Lena nodded at Miya's words. She took out her wallet that was used for a long time, that leather bits were falling out. Her fingers felt the grooves of the leather pattern. Lena opened the wallet, revealing a picture of her and her mother. She stared at the picture fondly.

"I miss her."

"C'mon, wanna hang out together after school?" Anna hung her hand around Lena. Lena and the others nodded.

ok but can we talk about sieun's acting skills? so good istg