Siwon's POV
Later that day, i went home from school and started doing my homeworks. I didn't know my face looked like i was punched before i went to the washroom.
I looked in the mirror, looked at my punched face. Damn, he punched really hard at some point. I wasn't too hurt anyway. I didn't care that much and came out of there, went to my table and grabbed my phone.
I saw some texts from an unknown number.
unknown: hey Siwon.. I'm sorry for today
unknown: you had to get in trouble because of me
unknown: i got your number from wonsung btw, i'm aryun
Those were sent 2 hours ago. I was seeing those 2 hours later. I was so bad at responding fast. I just left her on seen anyway. I put away my phone and continued studying.
I felt my phone buzzing again.
unknown: u ignoring me smh? i just wanted to say thank you
unknown: whatever.. guess you're studying, i shouldnt disturb
unknown: can i atleast get a goodbye? Or welcome? Or talk to you later-
unknown: you're seeing my texts and not responding
:bye.
I typed and threw my phone on my bed. Wonsung really didn't have to be that nice to her. Did he like her? That Didn't mean to bring me into those? Why giving my number? I sighed and looked back at my phone.
I could hear the buzzing. Annoying.
It suddenly stopped. I guessed she had stopped by then. I then continued studies, what else i could do, anyway.
Aryun's POV
I texted her the previous day but she left me on seen. Only replied with a 'bye'. All i wanted to do was thank her? Why'd she do that? What did she think of herself? Nevermind her to be honest.
I went to school as usual. School was not usual for me anymore, though. Atleast better than the previous one, because there were no responsible class monitors like wonsung and.. siwon in our class. I'd be lying if i said i wasnt grateful for having them.
I eventually calmed down thinking all of this. After all she saved me from the worst.
My arm was still kind of hurting, but that wont stop me from going to school. I went in as wonsung saw me and waved his hand at me.
"Woa, you came. I thought you wouldn't today. Is your arm alright?" he asked as i nodded. "Still kinda hurts a bit but no worries, i'm okay." i said as he smiled. "Take care of yourself." he said as i nodded and went to a seat.
I decided to sit with siwon that day. I didn't know why either. She wasn't in the class yet, i could see her bag so i went to sit next to her.
"Hey- u sitting w siwon?" jia asked me from behind as i looked at her.
"Yeah, for today i guess. I wanna know what it feels like sitting with her." i said as i sat beside her.
"I see. I guess its gonna be terrible." she said as i sat on my seat. "Whatever." i said as i stayed on my seat.
"Is your arm okay?" she asked. "Mhm, it hurts less" i replied. "Hope you recover soon." she said as she went away with Minji.
I took out my copy and started scribbling things. I had nothing else to do.
I suddenly noticed Siwon entering the class. Both hands in her pocket.
She came towards her seat as she saw me. I looked at her too.
"hi" i said but she didn't gave me attention and looked away. She sat on her seat anyway, but with a huge distance in between.
"what's wrong with you.." i mumbled. "Whats with that attitude."
I kinda kept looking at her. At some point she looked at me too. She didn't move eye contact and she took out her pen and copy from her bag.
"will you keep staring at me like a creep or should i go away from here?" she asked me, with a calm voice. It sounded harsh, but more like it was calm. She wasn't that energetic that day, i could see.
"are you on your periods?" i asked as she pretended not to hear. "I bet you are. Thats why you didn't reply to my texts last night, you're having mood swings." no reply, still.
"Wow.. I sound desperate."
"you are." she said. I frowned. I finally noticed the little bruise she got from the previous day, getting punched by that mf.
"Is it hurting?" i asked as i touched her cheek with my left hand. She frowned and looked at me. Stared at me.
"He punched you real hard at some point that you already got bruises. I'm really sorry for causing all that.." i said.
"And also thank you for helping me. I'd be lying if i said you werent cool."
All she did was staring at me for a while, then looked at my arm. She held my hand which was on her cheek and slowly removed it. Not that she left my hand after that, she was still holding it.
She looked at my arm, then.
"you know.. you're pretty annoying. stop texting me whenever you get no shit to do." she said, looking at my arm, not me.
She finally left my hand and looked away at her copy.
I sighed.
"yeah. such a meanie. i already thought you'd be like this when we first met. Sure you don't remember." i said. She didn't say anything. She looked tired.
I looked at wonsung and saw he already was looking at me. Observing me and her. He just smiled after i looked at him.
The teacher came in after a while.
While in the class, someone came and caught out attention.
"Mr. Lee, is Choi Siwon here? The principal wants to have a chat with her." i heard and looked at her. She was giving an expression of already knowing what the principal might tell her.
She got up silently and went with the person.
Siwon's POV
Yeah. I knew what was coming. I hadn't receive that in a long time, anyway.
"May I come in, Sir?" i asked him politely as he nodded. "You may."
"Choi Siwon, you know, fighting is not always an option. I thought you stopped fighting with the kids." he said as i looked down.
"I didn't fight without a reason." i managed to say as he sighed.
"And what was the reason? Just him pissing you off?" he asked. "Listen, your useless reasons won't matter in here. You're our pride. You need to fix your behaviour." he said as i finally looked at him.
"This time it wasn't a 'useless' reason. It was a valid reason. He was injuring a girl from my class. I could even show you proof, Her arm was bleeding. If i hadn't fight him off, it could've been worse." i explained. He remained silent for a while, i remained standing in front of him.
"Well, i didn't know." he finally responded. "But do you know who he was?"
"I don't care who he was. In fact, nobody should care for someone like him if he isn't good to people, If he doesn't fix his behaviour." i managed to say. I never had the gut to say the words before, to be honest.
"Look at you, then."
I realized what he meant.
I was never good to anybody.
My behaviour towards people wasn't good either.
I realized.
"But at the end of the day, you should not choose to fight. You could've called the teachers, you could've done many things instead of fighting." he added and sighed.
"You may go, keep that thing in your mind. Never do it again. Be like before, Siwon. You know we all like you." he said.
Liked me? Lies. All of it were lies and trash. I knew, nobody liked me.
and nobody ever will.
