Gonna Be Fine - Watanabe Haruto

Chapter 8

"Yoshi. We need to talk." I said as Jaehyuk stood up and grabbed my wrist.

" No Haneul. We need to talk." He said as he dragged me to the boys dorm.
" Where are you taking me Jaehyuk?" I asked running to keep up with his fast pace.

" Look at him." He said as he peered through the gap in the door of his dorm.

I gasped audibly as he put a hand on my mouth pulling me to the side. Tears flashed down my cheeks as I realised what I just saw.

" Let's go." Jaehyuk whispered in my ear as he took me to the rooftop.

" We...did that to him?" I asked as soon as we reached the top.
He nodded looking down to his shoes.

" We're hurting him...he isn't hurting anyone. He's not the bad guy Haneul. We need to trust him."

" I know Jaehyuk... But what happened to Jeongwoo..."

" Jeongwoo talked to me today. He got hurt because he slipped. Haruto didn't do anything to him. He passed out cuz of the shock."

" I trust you Jaehyuk. I trust Jeongwoo. I trust him. "

***
Two days later

" Gosh I really hate the extra classes... I hate exams... I hate school in general" Jihoon whined as he took his usual seat.

" Yah Ruto, why are you so dull nowadays?" Jihoon began as I sat beside Jihoon.

But the calm environment in the class was disrupted as Doyoung entered the class. " I found out who the class ghost is." He said in a loud voice to make the entire class silent.

He looked straight at Haruto and I fought the urge to look at him too but to also just stand up and punch Doyoung for being such a jerk.

" You say it...or should I? " He said walking towards Haruto.
" HARUTO."

The entire class turned their head to look at Haruto as he just looked down.

" DOYOUNG!" I said standing up. " WATCH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING!"

" SHUT UP HANEUL... YOU KNEW ALL ALONG DIDNT YOU?!"

" DOYOUNG! YOU DON'T-"

" It was Haruto?!" Junghwan interrupted.
" All of a sudden?!" Yedam asked. " Can you prove it?"

"I heard it myself." Doyoung said.

"Then that day at school during the haunted house...you were with with Jeongwoo because..."

"No...Stop lying." Junkyu said almost as if convincing himself that Haruto wasn't the ghost.

"It can't be true Haruto...Say its not true." Jihoon said in disbelief.

"GUYS STOP IT!" I said as Haruto hung in head low.

"Haruto! The teacher is calling for you." The school guard said suddenly walking into the class.

Haruto got up with his head still hung low.
"Where are you going?! UNTIL WHEN WILL YOU HIDE IT?" Doyoung yelled. "HARUTO!!" He said even louder than before.

" Move away." Haruto told the school guard.
" Now...let it go son." The guard said making the entire class gasp.

So... Haruto was the school guard's son? He's the dead son of the school guard? The guy who died ten years ago?

" What?! Is it really you?" Yedam asked.

Haruto turned as the lights flickered, even making me scared as I grabbed Jihoon's sleeve.

His eyes turned that same inhuman color I'd seen before. Now everyone knew.

"That's right..." He said in a broken voice. "I'm the ghost."

One thing kept me from going to Haruto and comforting him. The fear. I feared him.

I slumped down into my seat, with the entire background going numb. In distance I heard Junkyu's angry voice.

As people argued, my brain went blank. I couldn't process anything.

Only his deep voice peered my numbness. " Actually I... 10 years ago...I was a student here...Since I was young, I was weak...And it took a turn for the worse...I was at the hospital more than I was at school. Like others, I wanted to have a normal school life. Even after death, I couldn't leave my class...But then I met you guys..." He took a deep breath.

" From now on...I'll never scare you again. Like before... Can we stay friends?"

" You're DISGUSTING. You're pathetic. That doesn't undo what you did." Junghwan said. " Does it make Jeongwoo wake up?"

" That...It wasn't me." Haruto said.

Junghwan scoffed. " You expect us to believe that?After you've fooled the entire class?"

Thats when things took turn for the worse. The teacher entered as my mind went blank again.

*
"tomorrow's gonna be fine."