Overshadowed || Han Jisung

16

The lunch room was very loud. I felt extremely overstimulated, slowly shrinking more and more in my seat.

Luckily, it didn't take long to end. I picked at my lunch, not having much of an appetite.

School continued to go on as normal. No one really talked to me, even getting lucky enough to not get called on by any teachers.

When I walked into dance, I could feel the energy change. I had a nervous pit in my stomach as if something bad was going to happen.

I didn't notice Jisung or Yuriko, so I went back and started stretching. It was then I was approched by a small female.

"Hi, may I ask your name?"

I frowned, trying to place the girls face. I had seen her around quite a lot..

"It's Moriko, why?"

She shook her head. "Yurikos little sister, right?"

"-actually we are twins.."

"Oh, okay." She smiled, skipping off and out of the room. I shrugged it off, watching as she ran right into Jisung. She bowed multiple times, flirtatiously grabbing his arm.

I could hear her whiney voice from the opposite corner of the room. I rolled my eyes.

He surprisingly shrugged her off, walking away from her mid-sentence. I couldn't help but giggle, greeting him as he approched. He had such an adorable and excited expression as he took a seat next to me. "Hi."

I giggled at his goofiness, responding with the same. "Why are you all weird?"

He shrugged, leaning close to me.

"Yah, just start stretching." I pushed his shoulder. He finally backed off with a chuckle, starting his stretch.

Today was a fun day at dance. We learned a new choreo, Jisung staying by my side to help me get it down.

When the class came to an end, I had to fight the boy about driving me home. It wasn't that big of a deal, hardly being a ten to fifteen minute walk from the school.

I finally won the argument, saying goodbye and splitting from the boy. Due to the beautiful weather, it was quite the peaceful walk.

Until it wasn't.

"Yah, Moriko!" Someone shouted my name from behind me. It was the girl who pushed me on the stairs.

Of course I can't have a peaceful day, something always has to come fuck it up

She stomped up to me, followed by the small girl from earlier. I rolled my eyes, turning around to keep walking as my hair got pulled.

"Are you two dating?" The first girl heethed like a wild animal going after its prey. I scoffed, crossing my arms. "Can't you just give it a rest? He is his own person and can choose who he wants to be with. If that choice really is me... though I don't know why... It's his choice to make."

"And it's your choice to back the fuck off and give someone else a chance."

Is this girl serious?

"Nah, I'm good. Thanks though." I winked, turning my back to her. Just as she tried running up, I turned back around and dodged, resulting in her falling to the ground.

"My life is already controlled by my parents, I don't need someone else telling me what to do. Do me a favor and fuck off before I do something about it; and you won't like it." I huffed, looking at the smaller girl. "That's a warning to you too. I'm done fucking around."

With that, I stomped my way home. My happy mood was replaced with an angry one, so my natural response was to lock myself in my room until I cooled down.

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  I had two days before I was supposed to leave for bootcamp. My anxiety rose the closer to got, unable to shake the fear of defying my parents.

  Jisung and I grew a bit closer, as our friendship came to grow flirty. Many began rumors to spread around the school. I still didn't know how to feel about it, but Jisung seemed completely unbothered.

It was Friday morning. I am scheduled to leave for a behavior camp on Sunday.

There was less time to decide than I thought.

However.. I think the right choice is to leave tonight. It should take them a few nights to find Jisungs dorm anyway.

Jisung:
Hey, let's have lunch on
the roof just the two of
us to figure out a plan.

Okayy.

I shoved my phone into my pocket, checking my outfit one last time with a huff. I was going slightly bold today; though I was terrified. I figured if I'm going to try something new.. it should be now.

I went with black, baggy cargo pants, and black sports bra covered with an unbuttoned, black and white long sleeve button up. I wore my platform boots with chains, deciding to dig into my makeup. I did a bit of undereye eyeliner, mascara, grey eyeshadow, highlighter, and a dark tint lipstick.

It was simple makeup of course. I wasn't skilled at any degree. Once I was satisfied with my work, I hurried to catch up with Yuriko.

She frowned as I closed my door behind me. I smiled goofily as she took in my outfit and makeup, suddenly shaking her head. "You can't do that to your face and keep the basic ponytail. Take it out."

I followed her instructions, letting her fluff my hair. I wasn't surprised by this behavior at all, as she's done this all of our childhood.

"Yeah no, let me fix your layers with the straightener."

-- Lunch --

"I was starting to think you stood me up." He showed off his adorable smile, causing me to melt. I placed my lunch on the bench next to his, frowning at him as he grabbed my hand.

"You always cover your body as much as you can. What caused the change?" He lifted my hand, motioning me to spin. I did so, shyly avoiding his eyes. "You seem more confident today. Any particular reason? Of course, I'm not complaining."

I shrugged, pulling at my sleeves. The boy noticed this action, grabbing both of my hands. I took a deep breath, looking up as he gave my hands a squeeze.

"You have a lot of fans, you know? Fans aren't usually happy when the person they idolize and fantasize about gets a girl."

He tilted his head, taking a step closer. "Does that mean you're my girl?"

I froze for a few seconds, jumping back in late response and turning into a stuttering and blushing mess. I sat down, taking a bite of an apple. He just chuckled at me, taking his seat as well.

"So, have you thought everything through?" His tone turned serious. I took another deep breath, shaking my head.

"I figured I should leave tonight. The school board doesn't open and take calls or visitors until ten am on Saturday, so they won't be able to figure out where you live until then. So.. I say I leave your dorm around then and find somewhere to go until Monday so the bootcamp doesn't accept any more campers."

"You can stay in one of the boys dorms. Jeongin, Felix and Hyunjin have all offered. If you don't want to go back home then you can stay with me from then on." He softly smiled. As much as I didn't want to accept so much help, I had no other choice.

I really didn't want to leave Yuri and Jisung for a whole year

"I think Jeongin is the least to be discovered by my mom.." I thought aloud, gaining a nod from the boy. "I agree. I'll send him a text and let him know the plan."

  "Thank you."

  "Now eat up, you need energy for the rest of the day."

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