deceit • Han Seojun x Kang Soojin

3. death wish

3. death wish

Lim Jugyeong had mustered enough courage to join school after being supported by her family and her friends, Lee Suho and Han Seojun included but when Jugyeong did come across Soojin, the girl she absoultely should have despised, she could not help but sigh. The very first thing the kind girl noticed was Soojin's hands, given she was the only one after Suho to know that Soojin hailed from a not so loving family and the stress often reflected in those reddish rough hands of hers. She wanted to go yell at Soojin, to slap her, to rant at her, to ask her why she gave her and their friendship up so easily, to cry and to rage, but Jugyeong could hardly react when Soojin sat in her usual seat.

Sure, they might not be friends now, after what Soojin did, Jugyeong could hardly forgive her, the PTSD she had from her bullies was still too raw and Soojin being added to the list was not the pinch she needed. But, Jugyeong did not feel the need to go face Soojin, even though Su-ah and the others were by her side, she just let it go.

However the class did not.

Soojin was brutally ignored by Su-ah, Tae Yoon and the others she once spoke with, girls from her batch would often name call her, the boys however were already afraid of her, but now, they resented her. School teachers disregarded Soojin in class, except Mr. Han, their homeroom teacher who could always look beyond the surface. She was secluded from everything, games, projects, groups, lunch and even being talked to. She was the only one without a team for the end term project and if she had no team, she'd not get the easy marks which everyone else would score. None of them wanted her with them, not even Su-ah, or Suho.

Soojin pretended that it did not really affect her, but it did and whenever she'd see Jugyeong and Su-ah laughing together, her heart would beat louder.

It was day three since the incident, and Soojin sat scribbling in her book, she had to keep studying for the mock exams which her father wanted her to take owing to her less marks but Soojin could not find the peace to study either way. The rest of the class were out for PE, and since Soojin had to study rigorously for the test, she excused herself under the pretense of having cramps and headed straight towards the class.

"Here," Soojin eyed the strawberry flavoured drink which was offered to her and the guy who was holding it. "Drink up."

Soojin was not the one to be phased easily, nor would she get bothered by anything. She truly was the living definition of being nonchalant, but Han Seojun was testing her tolerance level ever since he asked her if she was okay. Granted he did not attend school for the past couple of days, and Soojin almost forgot about him and his weird behaviour, but now that he was back, she was once again, puzzled.

She looked at the drink, strawberry juice, the one Lim Jugyeong gulped like water, and then at Han Seojun, and she focused back on her books. She'd rather pretend this was a hallucination than entertain Han Seojun who still stood holding the strawberry drink.

"Ya Kang Soojin," He spoke up, pushing the drink towards the girl across the desk, pushing her book away, "drink up."

Soojin took a deep breath, she needed to start mediating if she had to keep up with all of this without losing her mind. "Wae," Soojin said, sliding the drink towards him, holding her book, "you still have not answered my question." She found the answer to the math problem and noted the same in the margin.

"Aish," Han Seojun ran his hand over his hair, letting them fall over his face, "have you always been this high and mighty princess?"

"Ya Han Seojun, call me a princess again and see what happens to your beautiful face."

"Aah, so you admit I have a beautiful face."

"Aish, why are you so egoistic and stupid."