Confessions// Annyeongz

{11}-Defense

**Yujin's POV**

Wonyoung and I walked to school again. We've been doing this everyday, so it's safe to say that we've become friends. It isn't really intentional but every time I walk out the door, she's there waiting for me, so I have no other option than to walk with her. Walking into school, I noticed that the usual centerpiece of the entrance was vandalized with graffiti and they gave her an outfit of a jester. I instantly laughed at the sight of this along with some other girls.

Wonyoung hard nudged me "Stop. This isn't funny."

"It is SO funny though" I kept laughing to her annoyance.

"No one knows who did it." Rei said walking toward us. "It was here when I came to school. Someone must've done it last night."

I took a quick selfie with it before heading inside.

"STOP LAUGHING YUJIN" Wonyoung scorned me.

~~

I was drifting on and off to sleep during art class. Suddenly the announcements buzzed: "MAY AN YUJIN PLEASE COME TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE".

I begrudgingly lifted my head.

"What happened?" I asked my classmate, confused.

"You've been called to the office. Wait Yujin...were you the statue vandalizer?" she inquired.

"what? no." I was offended she even asked me this.

"Mrs. An, please head to the principal's office" my teacher warned.

I strapped my backpack over my shoulder. As I walked out, I was accompanied by the coo's and ooh's of my classmates. Geez these kids are little elementary kids I swear.

~~

I flung the door open. I became comfortable being in the principal's office due to the amount of times I've been in there.

"Wassup Mrs. Hong." I tried to high-five the principal.

"I'm not high-fiving you." she said sternly. "Ms. An, this is a serious matter. It has come to my attention that the centerpiece at the entrance has been vandalized. It has also come to my attention that the most likely subject of investigation is you."

I burst up from my chair. "This is unbelievable! I didn't do it!"

"Ms. An, please sit back down. After your vandalism incident last week, you are put high on the suspect list...of one person."

"MRS. HONG, I DID NOT DO THIS" I pleaded.

"Ms. An, please do not make this any harder than it should be. If you confess, then you will not be expelled." She intertwined her hands in a calm ball on the desk.

"EXPELLED?!?" I burst out of my seat again. I felt so wronged. If I did do something then I would own up to it! That's why I have my own trademark: "YJ WAS HERE".

"Unfortunately, you will have until the end of the week to admit or else we will be forced to take harsh matters."

I banged my fist on the desk and trudged out the office furious. I sat on a bench and put my head on my hands. How the hell was I supposed to clear my name? It was like I was hopelessly awaiting my death sentence with no way to be saved; to be found innocent.

"Yujin?" I gazed up to reveal Wonyoung's silhouette walking towards me.

"Oh hey Wonyoung." I defeatedly muttered.

"I heard you got sent to the principal's office. What happened?"

"They think that I did the vandalism out front. It seems hopeless for me. If I don't 'confess' that I did it, then I'll be expelled. And before you ask, I DIDN'T DO IT."

"I never thought you did." She sat beside me, wrapping her arms around me. "I'll try to fix this. There's no way I'm allowing you take the blame for this AND get expelled."

"thank you" I regrettably stated. "you should get back to class huh?"

"You're right, I should. What are you gonna do then?"

"Goin' home I guess..." I kicked at the floor, defeated.

Wonyoung's eyes popped out. She jumped up from the bench. "I have an idea! Don't go anywhere. We're gonna find the suspect ourselves."

We tried to find any clues around the school; trying to find the spray cans nearby, questioning any possible artists that could do it, trying to link any possible person to the crime, yet there was absolutely nothing we could find.

~~

The next day, I went to school to keep up the front to my parents that I was indeed not being expelled. I didn't go to any classes. If I'm getting expelled, then there's no point in wasting my time going to classes still. All my teachers and even some students gave me the stank eye whenever they passed me. I wandered around the halls, calmly listening to music while continuously looking around. I rounded the corner:

"I'm sorry Ms. Jang, but there is nothing that we can do. Unless there is another suspect given, then we must assume it is Yujin."

"Ms. Hong, we both know that there is absolutely NO evidence that Yujin was the culprit! The vandalism happened at night right? Well, I can confirm it myself that Yujin did not leave her house that night."

"And how might you prove this?" Ms. Hong leaned forward, her attention was clearly captured.

"I looked at the security cameras. The crime happened at 2:21 AM. I was at her house for a sleepover." That was a lie. She has not been over in weeks. Why would she lie for me? I heard a loud sniffle.

"Ms. Jang, please stop crying." she handed Wonyoung a box of tissues.

"I-It's because Yujin is being expelled for no reason!" Wonyoung cried.

I had to take action. I walked up to stop the conversation. "It's okay Wonyoung, if they must use me as an excuse then so be it."

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"I'm afraid that won't be necessary everyone" a voice said from a distance.

I turned around. It was Gaeul holding a girl by the wrist. The girl's head was permanently hung low.

"Ms. Kim, what do you mean?"

"THIS is the culprit. I saw graffiti cans in her backpack. On my suspicion, I searched her locker and found these." She dumped the contents of a large duffel bag onto the floor. Spray cans and different costumes fell out.

Ms. Hong was dumbfounded. "I-I-I don't know what to say... Thank you Ms. Kim." She headed off with the culprit to her office. Their figures soon disappeared from my sight.

"Gaeul thank you so much!"

She turned a bit red, "no problem Yujin. It was just my duty as class president."

"Well that was amazing. You really saved me." I fistbumped Gaeul.

"Let's go to class shall we?" Wonyoung pushed between us. She pushed me forward with her.

I turned back, glancing at Gaeul whom I actually had class with, "W-wait Wonyoung my class is back ther-"

"Just keep walking Yujin." she gritted through her teeth. "I'm keeping my eye on you so no one can accuse you of anything ever again."

Okay...?