Despising you

Chapter 7

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"Whatis going on?"

The sound of Jimin's voice snaps me out of the momentary trance I was in. What was that? That moment? I was just flustered. I mean, it's no secret that Jennie is an attractive girl, I just became entranced for a moment, that's all.

"Nothing," I scratch the back of my neck, "everything is fine."

They don't seem convinced. Jimin seems bewildered and well, Jisoo seems livid. She yanked Jennie off me with such brute force, I expected Jennie to fight her or yell at her, but she didn't. She's just standing there, looking at Jisoo with annoyance, although her eyes keep wavering over toward me. I avoid her eyes, like I usually do.

"Fine? She had her hands on you!" Jisoo screeches, her hands flailing with exasperation.

Jisoo gets very protective sometimes, I think it's the older sister in her. She really can't help it.

I don't blame her though; I once broke some girl's hand because she tried to slap Jisoo and Jimin once choked a guy unconscious when he tried to grope us. We are a very violently protective group.

I told them about having to tutor Jennie when I left her house that day—they were sceptical about why I agreed, but once I told them about the commendation letter, they understood.

In fact, they went straight to Mr Khalid's room and asked to see a copy of the letter. It was perfect, I made all the amendments I needed to and quickly began dreading holding up my end of the bargain.

Jennie rolls her eyes. "You're acting a bit dramatic, don't you think?"

My friends practically snarl at her.

Why are they so bothered about this? I mean, it literally looks like fume is coming out of their ears. This is what Jennie and I always do; they should be used to it by now.

Thankfully, they have no idea how badly Jennie has been mistreating me the last few weeks.

"What are you guys doing here anyway?" I ask, to diffuse the tension.

They both sigh audibly and Jisoo is the one who begins talking.

"We overheard Irene bragging about wrecking your clothes, so we confronted her."

The mention of her name reminds me of the raspberry slushy. She was so sneaky about it too, although she wasn't confident like Jennie. She did it from behind and ran away straight after.

"It didn't take much threatening before she told us everything that they've been doing to you," Jimin adds.

Shit. I thought I had been vigilant in hiding the havoc that Jennie has been wrecking on me. I even bought premium grade bleach, just so I could remove that slur she put on my locker.

I couldn't let them know, they would murder Jennie and then she wouldn't be able to take her anger out on me, which for the first time, is actually warranted.

Jennie scoffs. "It's worrying that you guys couldn't figure it out yourselves. Aren't you her best friends?" She shoots me a look.

"Shut up!" Jisoo groans out, clutching her forehead like the sound of Jennie's voice is giving her a migraine.

Jennie has that effect on most people.

"To be fair, I'm clueless most of the times," Jimin retorts, shrugging. I refrain from hitting his head like I usually do when he makes self-deprecating jokes.

"Yes, I can tell," Jennie agrees in her usual bitchy tone.

"Shut the fuck up!" Jisoo, Jimin, and I shoot out in unison.