Call My Name by the Stars

CHAPTER 7 pt.1- Childish One

The orange sky reminded her of their kiss, the horrible kiss. It was the same tint as before, but today they seemed more like blood pouring, overshadowing the bright blue of the sky. An omen of the unfortunate events, "The sky is only orange when it's mocking me, killing me slowly in the fire."

Putting her mind back into reality, her walks must end in a destination, and for that day Jooah realized she'd wound back again to her own neighbourhood, to the same swing. Dusts huffed across the sandbox and the dry air that pushed the metal from the swing.

Her heels were swollen. How long had she dragged herself on aimlessly without seeing the end of the tunnel, "Oww." She only noticed the pain when the tunnel never reached for a light. "Gosh I even left my phone in Dad's cafe," She sat on the swing.

"Chunyoung. Lets go to Jooah," Thurzday pushed themselves out of their seats and stared at Min on the right passenger in between the silence.

The eldest abruptly turned the wheels, stopping to the sideways, "Kang Min. Come to your senses," that was all that he said, but it implied a lot.

Daehyun joined in, "He's right, I don't know what happened but it'll be too dangerous, even for her."

Min sighed, disappointed at himself for not being able to do anything, "Please, just from afar. I can't just ignore the problem like this. Just to check. What if she's crying somewhere and getting harassed? I'm not trying to resolve things. Just once. Please."

"He's desperate," Chunyoung gripped the wheels and sighed. He hit the gas, he had no other choice.

"Is that her? With the camera." Kitae pointed out from inside as the car slowly drove in the short but wide path rounding on a high neighbourhood

Min ignored him as the car came closer, "What the hell. Why is she there? Why would she sit there with her camera? Is she trying to announce to the whole world that it's her?"

Chunyoung still wasn't that fond of her, "Who knows."

Kitae cleared his throat, "I know this isn't the best time to ask this but, do you like her?"

Min paused.

Chunyoung parked the car on the sides, "good that you know, don't ask."

Min kept his eyes on Jooah looking expressionlessly out, just like how she was on the night that they cut ties, "Isn't that obvious? Why else would I come here?"

"Even after one month? Why? I mean, well Chunyoung told us a little about her when you were in Mr. Kang's office. Isn't she also pretty mean to you? She misjudged you."

"... That doesn't matter. Everyone does that at least once in their lives, whether unconsciously or not. More so, who in this world won't judge me? Kitae, you're our leader, and you admit that I'm untalented. I only got here through connections and she could tell. Maybe it's not that she's judgemental, maybe she's just a good judge of character. She's right. I am a bad person. I haven't seen her for one month but I still made her miserable."

"She barely knew you but already hated you since the start," Chunyoung leaned on his side of the window.

Min kept silent.

"Wait. Who are those?" Daehyun pointed to several girls who looked a few years younger than them emerging out of the corner of the street then standing completely still as they saw Jooah on the swing. They were in a hip flashy clothing and attracted too much attention from the peace of the neighbourhood.

"Hold up. Whoo are you??" the girl in the front started calling out Jooah who was just minding her own business.

Jooah stood up and faced back to see the flock of busy young girls with their hair dyed in the shades of orange, blonde, pink, and even purple. Some in knitted sweaters paired with skirts, some in leather jackets and denim shorts, others in long jeans and a tiny print of the "Thurzday" logo on the center. They came in different styles but they all gave the same annoying impression.