deceit • Han Seojun x Kang Soojin

18. close knit

18. close knit

Han Seojun looked at his gang, more famously called as hooligans by the school teachers and twerps by Kang Soojin. They were all intimidating looking, not so smart and never the ones to aim for the best, yet Seojun knew that these weirdos were all for the long run. When he had no one, he had them and if Han Seojun treasured one quality above all, it was loyalty.

"Yaaaa.... Han Seojun...." Chorong was more so vocal than the others, he was a huge guy appearance wise but his heart was equally soft, "why are you betraying us all."

"Betraying?" Seojun glared at him, and the at the rest of the gang who stood close to each other. "How is this betraying?"

"You left school early, you didn't even inform us. And then, you're sitting with Kang Soojin." The other guy pointed at Soojin who was on her mobile. "Ya Han Seojun, are you dating the school bully?"

Han Seojun's jaw clenched, he didn't know why, lately anything against Soojin made him angry for no apparent reason.

"Ya!"

"Well then what are you two doing here?" Chorong crossed his arms across his chest, stepping up to face Seojun, the rest behind him. "I thought we were close sweet friends."

"You mean close knit?"

"Yaaaa, the emotions are more important..."

"Aish, jinja," Han Seojun chuckled, he couldn't help but goof around with the bunch of harmless hooligans, "you all can come in too. We're just having coffee."

They all froze instantly. Chorong eyeing the girl and then at Han Seojun for making such a ridiculous suggestion.

"Wae? What's wrong?"

"It's Kang Soojin." Chorong whispered like the girl would hear them from inside, "isn't she scary?"

Han Seojun laughed, looking at his friends and then at Kang Soojin, "scary?" He shook his head, "aigoo, you guys get scared of a princess, aigoo."

"Princess?" Chorong furrowed his brows, "she looks like a mafia queen to me."

Mafia Queen?

Han Seojun turned sideways to glance at Kang Soojin, again, this time she sat back in her chair, sipping her coffee while glancing at something to her left. Han Seojun noticed how intimidating her personality was, for someone else, she'd be a class A bitch, a no nonsense girl and someone to not mess with.

A mafia queen, like Chorong pointed.

But to him, he saw those dark bags under her eyes, the very sleepless gaze, the lack of will to live and survive and the miserable hands that needed help. For him, she was just Kang Soojin, the girl who hid layers of emotions underneath her skin and was afraid to let them out. Someone who was just acting, a drama, a charade, a ruse.

"I can feel her coldness crawl through my skin." Chorong dramatically showed his arms, not a single hair rose in goosebumps he wanted to show. "She's going to make you one of hers."

"Aish, Chorong, you need to tone down on all these kdramas you keep watching. And Kang Soojin is..." He paused, looking at the girl who had now held her head in her hands, "she is..."

"She's evil, that's what she is. She is a backstabber, she did it once, she'll do it to you too." Chorong got his attention back, Han Seojun however had enough of all of this. "She bullied Lim Jugyeong, on purpose, betrayed her, brought her spd..."

"Spd? Like the power rangers?"

"Ani, spd like the trauma."

"That's PTSD."