A COLD DAY IN JULY SERIES

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"Did you hear about it?"

"Haruto and Juna are going to get engaged."

"I thought it was just a rumor."

"I thought they broke up."

"They dated again."

Ruwon walked to the classroom with her friends and didn't respond to everyone who was approaching them to ask about the rumor that was spreading around the school. They came towards Woojae and Banwok and kept asking the same question making them fasten their steps to the classroom.

Ruwon walked with Jeongwoo at the back and kept lowering her head because her eyes were swollen after crying too much last night. She fixed her hair and was surprised when Jeongwoo suddenly pulled her closer to him as some students almost bumped into her.

"Are you okay?" He asked her softly.

Ruwon slowly nodded before fastening her steps.

"Why did she go to the school with that look?" Dareum mumbled in annoyance when they bumped into Juna who has just arrived at the classroom without wearing any scarf to cover the hickey that she got on her body. She let it expose and applied a little foundation to it.

Juna smiled at them and waved her hand to Ruwon when their eyes met. After splits of seconds, she walked past her with her friends and bumped into her shoulder on purpose.

"Is she proud having it? She's crazy."

Jaejin shook her head in disbelief.

"Haruto." Banwok greeted Haruto as the guy came toward them. He took a glance at Ruwon and waited for her to look at him back but all she did was stare at the screen of her phone and talk to Jeongwoo. Woojae spoke up,

"Is it true that you're going to get engaged? Did you want it?"

Hanwok sent a sign to Woojae to stop talking about it in front of Ruwon.

Haruto replied, "Yes. It's true."

He took a glance at Ruwon again.

"Congratulation on your engagement then," Jaejin said lazily.

"How's the tournament yesterday?" Haruto asked.

Hajoon replied, "We got 5th place."

"Hanmin squad got 2nd place."

"Ladies squad didn't get selected in the top 5."

"I think Yedam and Seha will get mad at us a lot."

Speak of the devil, they received a text from Seha on the group messager at the same time. Ruwon read the text and sighed when her name was mentioned in the message.

"Watanabe Haruto, Park Jeongwoo, Kang Juna, and Yang Ruwon. Come to the club now."

Ruwon looked at Jeongwoo,
"What should I say to Seha...?"

Jeongwoo calmed her down by patting her head and fixing her bangs,
"Let's go. I will be there for you."

Jeongwoo looked at Haruto and shifted his gaze to his friends, "We will go first. Let's meet in the classroom."

Ruwon and Jeongwoo bid their friends goodbye and changed their direction to the club.

"I will go with them."  Haruto followed them from behind.

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"A month of practice became a total waste. Did you think everything was a joke? Yedam and I always came to school after our class ended to teach all of you, but why did you make our effort become a total waste?"