"Will you stop tripping me!?"
"Oops. Sorry." He said walking away and rolling his eyes.
The "new" boy in school is picking a dangerous game messing around at Haru. All his friends keep saying she's dangerous to be messing with her but, he doesn't ca...
I'm sitting on my bed, thinking about what Hyunjin said in the car.
Am I.. over Wooyoung yet..?
The words kept ringing in my head when I saw my best friends open the door. They all had worried and concerned faces on. Bahiyyih was the first to run over to me and hug me. The other two boys came running after and hugged me.
"G-Guys.... I can't.... b-breath!" I said gasping for air in the suffocating hug. Yeji busted into the room with her bookbag and shoes still on. I guess she just got back from after-school dance practice. Now she added to the crushing hug and now I really wasn't able to breath. I pushed all of them off of me, and started breathing heavily.
"Y'all almost suffocated me guys, and before you ask, yes I'm okay." Bahiyyih ran back up to me and sat on the bed with me. She grabs my hand and starts playing around with it.
"Are you sure you're okay? I mean, Wooyoung and Rei are back. I just.. don't want you to shut us out again..." Bahiyyih said. I nodded and sighed. The two boys came and sat on the bed with us.
(I didn't saw you this part in the flashback, but, after that, she shut everyone out and stopped going to school. She even shut out Yeji and Hyunjin.)
"I won't. I promise it won't ever get that bad ever again." I shed a tear just thinking about it. I starved myself and stopped talking to everyone after that. I didn't even go to school. Beomgyu just started breaking into tears and Kai was crying too. They all cuddled close to me on my bed crying into my shirt.
There goes my new shirt... dirtied with a bunch of my friends salty tears...
They ended up falling asleep on my bed and Hyunjin opens the door slowly. He peeks in seeing everyone asleep cuddling next to me.
"Can't sleep?" he asked me. I nodded slowly, trying to get Bahiyyih's grip off of my waist. Kai's arm is wrapped around mine. Kai and Bahiyyih are clingy when they sleep, so it results in this. It's like they're koalas, and I'm the tree. Beomgyu head is laying on my lap, so my position is kind of uncomfortable. I got the two siblings off of me, and I take Beomgyu's head off of my lap and onto the bed. I slowly get off the bed and go to Hyunjin.
"They're like koalas.. They all cried themselves to sleep, and I don't know why." Hyunjin swung his arm over my shoulder and walked out of the room with me.
"I know why...." he said quietly. I flick my head towards him and stop walking. I give him a tense look, telling him not to mention it. He definitely understood my face, but did he listen? Nope!
"Wooyoung.. and Rei are back in school. They don't want to be shut out again. So do I." I turn towards him and cross my arms across my chest. I walk towards my room and close the door and lock it. I opened my closet and got out some clothes. I got out an oversized light pink sweater with some grey jeans. I went into the bathroom and changed.
(Here's the outfit I'm describing)
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I put my shoes on and walked out of my room. I looked around to make sure Hyunjin or Yeji aren't in the living room, kitchen, or dining room. I don't see either of them so I quickly walk towards the door. I open the door and walk out of the house.
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I walk to the nearest convenience store and go inside. I don't have anything I want in particular.. but.. maybe..
"No, no. I'm not getting into that habit again!" I whisper to myself. I smack head and look around the store. Hmm.. I walk towards an isle and start looking at it.
"Maybe I could.. just.. take one. It won't hurt!.. Right?" I grab a pack and start walking towards the register. Right as I was about to buy it, the store door bursts open making a ding sound.
"I thought Hyunjin told you to stop buying cigarettes!" I saw Yeji and Bahiyyih speed-walking into the store. I had the most guilty face on ever. Bahiyyih ran over to me and grabbed the pack out of my hands. I sighed as I knew it was a bad idea to even try and buy a pack of cigarettes in the first place. Yeji slapped me, but not too hard.
Just then Hyunjin also, came into the store after getting a text from Yeji about it. The first thing he does is attack me with a hug. Bahiyyih at this point was just roaming around the convenience store, to do, what I'm guessing is, trying to take her mind off of what's happening.
"God... I'm going to kill Wooyoung!" he mumbled under his breath with his fingers stroking through my hair. I chuckled when he said that with my head buried into his chest. Bahiyyih started fidgeting with the ends of her skirt. I could tell she looks upset about something. I can't tell if it's because of what just happened... or if it's because of something else.
I get out of Hyunjin's grasp and walk towards Bahiyyih. She sides glances at me and then looks down at the floor. I hold out my arms to her and say,
"Bahiyyih, I know you're not okay. You know you can tell me right?" She nods and runs into my arms bursting into tears.
"Please don't leave us again! Don't starve yourself, don't start smoking, and... don't shut us out... Please!" She yells, crying on my sweater. Yeji also starts crying and goes to hug me too. Hyunjin hugs me as well, shedding a tear or two, with his chin on the top of my head. Bahiyyih just crying and playing with my hands as always, Hyunjin's stroking my hair, and Yeji is clenching onto my sweater. Now all of us are crying.
We stand there for a moment until the girl behind the counter says,
"Uhm... I get you're having.. a family... moment, but could you step outside and do it? You're scaring the costumers?.." She says awkwardly. I look around to see a bunch of people staring at us. They all let go of me and we all have tears stained on our cheeks.
We all walk in silence home until I blurt out,
"I-I'm sorry guys.. I just don't know if I can handle... Wooyoung and Rei being here again.." Yeji smiles at me and pats my shoulder. She nods slowly looking around and walks faster than me to catch up with Hyunjin.
Bahiyyih side walks towards me and gives me a side hug.
"And.. Bahiyyih.. I'm sorry I made you scared.. that I would.. how do I describe it.. shut y'all out again." She nods her head and wiped her tear stained cheeks. Not a single word was said after that as we walk home.
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We finally arrive home after the walk from the convenience store, and I plop in my bed with all of my friends besides Bahiyyih, still sleeping. I don't bother to change my clothes or shower. We both just lay in bed and both fall asleep after an exhausting day.
