'God will forgive you.'- that's what they told them. 'God doesn't exist.'- that's what Seulgi believed. But nobody cared what Seulgi believed in. She was the sinner- so she had to obey. That were the principles her school followed.
The Lakeland Girl...
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39 days before
Irene's POV
The sudden heat in the room, the small ray of light that crossed the room, the unregular panting filling the air, everything made it so special for Irene. Softly, they squished each other's lips, not daring to break the contact.
She knew how rare but simultaneously incredible comfortable it was to kiss Seulgi, to relish the sweet taste of her lips, to feel her skinny but muscular body pressed against hers and to finally feel free.
She could just feel freedom and safety while being in Seulgi's arms.
Irene felt how the girl placed both of her hands on her waist, her own still wrapped around the younger one's neck. She smiled through the kiss as Seulgi moaned silently.
"I love you", Irene whispered. She had cupped Seulgi's face, still sitting on her lap. Both were breathing harder than normal. Seulgi smiled as she heard Irene's words. "I love you too, honey", she answered, her usual reply.
As if both of them understood the assignment, their lips reconnected, now with more passion and emotions. Seulgi started to kiss her in a demanding manner; she first bit Seulgi's lower lip, causing her to moan.
Irene was on cloud nine. The heat, not only in her own body but also in the room almost killed her, and the sudden sensation spreading in her body drove her crazy. She felt Seulgi's tongue running over her lips, so she opened her mouth, involving tongues.
Now it was her time to moan. Seulgi smiled and broke the kiss, just to stare a moment into her eyes. These cat-like eyes... It was a maze for Irene. She was the closest person Seulgi had ever had, maybe even a soulmate, but still, she could not understand the meaning behind these brown eyes.
She loved Seulgi for her caring trait, her high interest in Irene's life and health, for her funny side and her a little rebellious side she could hide pretty well. But she knew that Seulgi had another way of thinking.
Her unnormal attentive trait would probably intimidate strangers. Her high grade in math class and how she solves the problems was also unusual. The excellent pictures she draws in art class too.
And she loved Seulgi for that mysterious trait; she would never stop being curious about that way of thinking, although she could never see the world through her eyes.
"About what are you thinking?", Seulgi asked, still scanning every detail of her face.
"About how beautiful you look", Irene flirted back and winked. Seulgi started to blush. She bit her bottom lip and looked up innocently as if they just shared their first kiss.
But Irene noticed that there wasn't just simple embarrassment behind her cute expression. She narrowed her eyebrows. She could even see Seulgi's real mood even if the girl would put a large mask over her face.
"Irene...", Seulgi started simultaneously. She knew it!
"Yeah?"
Seulgi closed her eyes for a second and probably searched for the right words. She took a deep breath, now removing her hands from Irene's waist and playing with it. "You know, I intensely thought about the radicalization of the Measurements recently."
Irene nodded. She took Seulgi's hands.
"And I'm worried. Two years can be a long time to stay here."
Irene stayed muted, waiting for Seulgi to continue. But not as usual, there came nothing. Just silence filled the air.
"What do you wanna tell me, Seul?", she then asked, gradually becoming curious. She knew that the younger one often thought about specific topics more than it would be good, but the sudden uncertainty in her voice wasn't normal.
Usually, there was no shame, no major embarrassment, no uncertainty and no secrets between them. And both of them really appreciated that.
"It's just... I don't want us to stay here anymore. I can't sleep well at night, don't want to eat much, I'm stressed the whole day ..." Seulgi faced the ground. Irene had a hard time not bombing her with her curiosity, so she just raised her hand and touched Seulgi's chin, moving it up to create eye contact.
"Look at me", she whispered softly. Seulgi blinked once but then smiled, seeing her eyes being full of love. Then Irene continued: "What do you mean that you don't want us to stay here anymore? Nobody will cut down the residence time."
Seulgi again seemed to become nervous since she was now cracking her knuckles in a very aggressive and loud manner. Irene grabbed them. Seulgi took a deep breath, then spoke up.
"Let's escape."
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"Escape?"
"Yeah."
"Are you crazy?"
Irene's mouth was wide open. Had she misunderstood something?
"You mean like 'running away'?"
"Yes."
"You are definitely crazy!" she was looking at Seulgi with a shocked expression, still not realizing the situation. How did she come to that idea? What on earth had given her that kind of courage?
It was not even the general intention of her idea that shocked Irene that hard, it was more the fact that it had come from Seulgi...
"This is hell here!"
"This is our home-"
"Now you're talking about crazy shit. This school isn't what I call home", Seulgi said.
"Are we homeless then?", Irene countered.
"You are my home!", Seulgi claimed, her voice now cooling down. Irene had caught herself and stayed quiet, giving the younger one the chance to explain.
"I know it sounds crazy, but let me please clarify everything." Seulgi looked at Irene in a pleading way, so she nodded, although her mind could still not proceed everything.
Seulgi sighed and leaned back. "So first: I do not intend to just take my stuff and try to get out in the most obvious way. These cameras succeeded in intimidating me."
She scratched her neck and bit her lip.
"Look-", she took Irene's hands. "I planned this for almost a year now. I studied every possibility in my head, scanned every little detail of this building, remembered every Punishment they gave me. It's like a book I've read over and over again. I know how the laws of nature behave here."
Irene scrutinized the girl. She was still not sure what to think about the idea. It was too unfamiliar for her to hear such an idea from Seulgi. Running away? Was that even possible here?
"Tell me about your plan."
Seulgi smirked.
"This is not just a plan. This is an indispensable instruction. An instruction with seven steps."
