blue blood. | park sunghoon ✓

Seven.

Seven.
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A yawn escaped past Sora's lips as she sat in her business class. It had been a few days since her interaction with Sunghoon, and since then, she hasn't seen him since.

It didn't bother her that she hadn't seen them, the only problem for her was the fact that she had yet to see Dohee.

The bell rang throughout the academy, breaking her apart from her thoughts.

She was quick to gather her things and head for the exit of the room, before there was a tug at her wrist.

Sora's brows creased in confusion and she turned around. Her facial expression soon softened as her eyes met Ej's. The boy had a friendly smile on his lips and his eyes were showing all of his emotions almost.

"Hi Ej." Sora smiled, looking up at the boy. Her eyes glanced behind him and noticed that his other eight friends were standing a few feet away from the two. They were joking and giggling with one another and playfully shoving each other, while a few of them were leaning against the lockers watching their friends.

"Hey, Sora," Ej grinned slightly as if he was wanting to ask something, but the nerves he was feeling were evident to Sora as his smile faltered.

"Ej, hurry up." She heard one of his friends rush and Ej turned his head to look back at them.

Sora couldn't see what he was mouthing, but after seeing his friends soon turn away and stop bugging him, it was obvious he'd told them to be quiet.

"Do you want to sit with us at lunch?" He wondered, causing Sora to feel surprised.

She'd been friends with Ej for a while and he's never once asked her to sit with him and his friends at lunch, so she was a bit hesitant at first, not sure if he was up to something, but soon nodded.

When the group entered the cafeteria, it was impossible to ignore the stares they were receiving. The nine boys had never been seen with a girl in the food hall before, and so they had every right to stare and watch.

"Don't let them get to you." A boy whispered as he leaned down to Sora's height from behind her. She glanced behind her and came face to face with a Japanese boy. He had raven hair that was parted in the middle, and a round face with plump lips and a pointed nose with sharp brown eyes.

"Yeah, they're just jealous that a pretty girl like you is hanging out with us." A shorter boy with calmer features — Harua — agreed with Fuma, and Sora chuckled under her breath as she was lead to the table.

"You can sit with me." Taki beckoned her over and Sora smiled and sat down between him and Jo.

"Are you going to hog her now, Taki?" Ej teased and messed up Taki's hair, causing him to scoff and playfully push the older boy away.

"So, Sora," The eldest of them all, Yudai, who goes by K, began. "How come you're hanging out with Heeseung and his friends?" He wondered, and Sora instantly froze at the mention of them.

It seemed that the boys could sense she was uncomfortable at the mention of the boys and so, they moved away from that matter.

The group spoke about normal stuff and never once asked her questions that made her feel uncomfortable and Sora found herself laughing at their jokes and having a good time.

She was able to get to know them, and how different they were from what everyone would say about them.

After a while of sitting and joking around, the group was distracted when the seven boys strutted confidently into the cafeteria. Their aura was powerful and fierce and gave people shivers as they walked by, and the look on their faces made the students go crazy for their visuals.

Sora was one of the people that couldn't remove her eyes from them. Confusion was practically written on her face as she tried to work out what they were doing in the hall. The seven never seemed to leave the library, and if they did it'd only be for lessons and to go home.

The Choi girl couldn't help but notice the daggers she was receiving from a few of them — mainly Niki — and her eyes jumped from each of them until they landed on the boy that was now making his way over to them.

"Sora," Kim Sunoo began and stood at the head of the long table. "How come you didn't join us at break?" He wondered, his voice still having the same soft and friendly tone to it as he glanced at the nine boys at the table.

"Ej asked me to have lunch with him and his friends." She answered with a shrug and Sunoo nodded, keeping his sweet smile on his lips.

"That's okay —" He went on to say, but was cut short by Niki walking over to Sunoo and placing an arm around his shoulder.

"It's obvious she thinks she's too good to hang out with us." Niki stated, looking Sora up and down with disgust.

Sora rolled her eyes at the boy and turned away from him once him and Sunoo were called over by Heeseung.

"What's his problem?" Maki questioned and Sora let out a long sigh and slightly shook her head.

"He's always like that." She brushed it off and got back to eating her lunch.

"You shouldn't allow them to walk all over you like that." Harua uttered and sat forward to look at Sora properly.

"You need to stick up for yourself." Nicholas stated, and a sigh escaped from Sora as she nodded, thinking about how the next time she sees them, and how she'll talk to them about it.

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Later on that day, school had ended and despite the tiredness Sora was feeling, she had decided to go to the library to study. She was failing her calculus class, and she knew that if she didn't start to get better now, then she never would.

Walking into the library, the worry Sora was once feeling about seeing the seven boys sprawled out on the lounge calmed as they were nowhere to be seen.

A sigh of relief passed by her lips as she headed over to the desks and placed her books down and soon began studying.

A few hours went by with Sora sitting at the desk, stressing over the work and without even noticing that the Sun had now set and the school was beginning to close up for the night.

Sora stood from her seat and began packing her things up once she realized the few other people in the library where leaving. She zipped up her bag and threw it over her shoulder before looking up.

She felt her whole body freeze and her breath get caught in her throat as her eyes landed on the brown headed boy.

Park Sunghoon's icey glare was staring right back at her, making her feel a pit of nerves in her stomach.

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