𝖿𝖺𝗋 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒 - 𝖼.𝗒

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we're sat in the office, an outburst of noise fills the room and i just want to punch a hole straight through elena's "pretty" little face.

"i caught them kissing ages ago but they made me swear not to tell and and they convinced me into thinking that nothing was going on so they've been hooking up for ages in secret and-" elena speaks so quickly i'm surprised anyone can keep up.

"we've not been hooking up! just shut up, elena, you're talking out of your ass-" yeonjun says.

"language! one at a damn time!" the principle, mr. bateman shouts, but they're both arguing too much to pay attention.

"they both blackmailed me into keeping quiet, i felt threatened-" elena is saying.

"blackmail? you wanna talk about blackmail? you threatened to turn us in unless i slept with you, that's practically rape you absolute sick-"

we're bringing rape into this? what the hell is going on?

"that's not true, he's lying-"

"he isn't." i say.

"is!"

"am not! ask anyone of our friends, they all know-" yeonjun says.

"you told everyone? what the fuck?!" elena screams.

"language!"

i sink into my chair. the noise and everything going on is just too overwhelming.

"all of you, be quiet right now!" mr. bateman shouts, and there's a massive vain on his forehead that's grown from the anger of it all. "i don't know what has gotten into you, but you've all massively broken the rules!"

"me?" elena gasps. "what?"

"blackmail, threatening, and inappropriate language are all unacceptable." he snaps. "as for you two." he looks towards yeonjun and i. "you both know the rules of the exchange program. you are not allowed to have intimate relations with your exchange partner-"

"you don't understand-"

"zip it, choi. let me say this nice and clear so that we can all understand. elena - detention, two weeks. and i want both of you here, in my office at five o'clock." he looks at yeonjun and i. "i will be speaking with your families, teachers and the school board. this will be settled the proper way, which is, calmly, rationally, and with appropriate matters and punishments put into place." he says, and i feel so unimaginably helpless. "not another word from any of you. out."

not long after, siwoo, yeonjun and i are all sat in the waiting room. i can't imagine what siwoo is thinking. she's probably so disappointed in us. in me. mr. bateman is talking with mr. smith (the english organiser) and mrs. willows (the american organiser). he had pulled my mom out of work to video call with her earlier. i bet she's so mad at me. i don't want to face her. mr. bateman also spoke with siwoo just now as well, and soon, we'll all be informed on the final decision.

we're sat in silence, with this huge tension and dull aura filling the dimply lit room. i'm sat on the edge of the sofa, yeonjun is sat on the other end, and siwoo is sat on the arm chair. the silence is agonising.

after what feels like hours, the door opens, and mrs. willows nods her head inside the room.

yeonjun and i glance to each other with dread, and the three of us stand, filing into the office.

mr. bateman is sat looking smug in his big chair, surrounded by school trophies and certificates as if he personally won them himself just front sitting up on his hind horse. he waves his hands over the three chairs, so that he room is now filled with the two organisers, him, and us three. i sit small in my chair, feeling this huge pressure pushing down on me.

"we hate to say it, but the rules are quite clear." mr. bateman says with a sigh, as though it doesn't bring him great joy to say this. "if any of the rules are broken, the exchange trip will not go forward for anyone involved in the breaking of such rules. the program clearly says that one must not be involved in intimate relations with their exchange partner. the two of you, have very clearly, broken this rule." he says, looking at yeonjun and i.

yeonjun is sunk back into his chair, staring glumly at his principal while i just wait in agonising pain for him to say the dreaded words.

"chaewon, you will be returning home tomorrow."

punch to the heart.

"flights are being arranged, and you will be accompanied by mrs. willows. yeonjun, you will not be staying in chaewon's home in july. the exchange program will not go forward for either of you." he says simply.

there's an awful silence. so this is it. i'm finally yeonjun's girlfriend and now we're being torn apart. i have to leave new york and all my friends, leave siwoo, jihye and juwon, and yeonjun will never get the chance to come to england with me. it's all over. everything i've been so terrified of happening is actually happening. this isn't a nightmare. this isn't my imagination. this is reality. there's no way of getting out of this.

i sit in silence, staring at the desk as my eyes fill with tears.