TO THE BONE, all of us are dead.

five

v.

THE BEGINNING OF THE END.

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"Hyeon-Ju? Hyeon-ju!" Ms Park said as the bloodied girl stumbled into class, only walking a few steps into the classroom before collapsing to the ground. Yu-Jin got up from her desk and was there in a flash, catching her before she hit the ground.

"Hey, hey, hey, what's wrong? Are you okay?" Yu-Jin said rapidly as Ms Park knelt beside her as Yu-Jin held the girl up slightly. Her eyes were unfocused, looking dazed.

"Is that blood?" Na-yeon mumbled to herself and Yu-Jin shot her an incredulous look.

"She got hurt!"

"No, really?" Yu-Jin responded sarcastically to Yoon I-sak, who shot her a look in response.

"Ms. Park," Hyeon-Ju was conscious.

"Yeah, it's me, do you recognize me?"

"He grabbed me. . . " Hyeon-Ju disregarded her previous question. "The science teacher grabbed me and locked me up." The students that had gathered around the girl began to mumble to each other.

"He locked you up? The science teacher?" Ms Park questioned. "Mr Lee Byeong-Chan? Huh?"

"He tied me up. . . "

Yu-jin's eyes widened at the scandalous information.

"I told you, didn't I?" Na-Yeon said at the back of the class with Ji-Min and Hyo-Ryeong.

"Hey, this is serious," Yu-Jin said loudly. Na-Yeon flipped her off. "Shove that up your ass."

"Yu-Jin, stop it. We'll get you to the infirmary," Ms Park said soothingly before turning to Nam-Ra. "Nam-ra, have them study."

"Shouldn't we call the police?"

"Stay quiet while I go and check," Ms. Park said.

"She said he tied her up."

"Hyeon-Ju, get up," Ms Park urged gently before Yu-Jin fully wrapped her arms around her, scooping her up bridal style. Lee Su-hyeok was about to help her, but he retracted his hands in slight surprise at her strength.

"What, Bare-su? I can't hold her forever, let's go," Yu-Jin said, voice slightly strained. She turned to Ms Park. "We'll carry her."

"Can someone help them out, please?" Ms Park said and On-Jo and I-sak stepped in. Just then, two seniors walked past the classroom and the teacher called them over. "Mr Choi, Ms Shin! Could you help my juniors, please?"

Choi Ho-Sung and Shin Hee-Jin stepped into the classroom, eyes widening at the situation before them, "Hee-Jin, you grab her. Lee Su-hyeok, please help her." The Choi boy instructed as Hee-Jin went over to Yu-Jin, getting her to place Hyeon-ju into her arms.

"I can carry her, you know that," Yu-Jin whispered.

"Not with the shit ton of cuts on your body," Hee-Jin shot back before getting a stable grip on Hyeon-Ju with the help of Su-hyeok. They, along with On-Jo and I-sak and Ms Park, left the room immediately. Yu-Jin felt a hand on her shoulder, pulling her back. She turned to find Na-yeon's hand on her shoulder and she looked her up and down before shrugging her hand off, grabbing a chair and joining the discussion her friends were having.

"Last time I saw Hyeon-ju was in the science lab," Joon-yeong said.

Dae-su breathed in sharply, "Hey." The group turned to him. "I think. . . maybe. . . Mr Lee made Hyeon-ju film. . . stuff."