𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘 | 𝗛𝗔𝗡 𝗝𝗢𝗢𝗡𝗛𝗪𝗜

𝐑𝐀𝐙𝐎𝐑'𝐒 𝐄𝐃𝐆𝐄

❝ 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐌𝐘 𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄. ❞

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"that's all for today."

jiyeon sighed in relief as professor kang marked the end of a class. she stretched in her seat, relieving the tension in her muscles from sitting down for two hours straight before packing up her stuff and preparing to leave class. all of the sudden, police officers which jiyeon recognized were the police officers that were in charge of professor seo's murder case bursted in the classroom. she raised an eyebrow as the police officers tried to tell everyone to stay in their seats as they had questions about han joonhwi.

keyword, tried.

jiyeon scoffed as she heard the police officers throw empty threats at the students who paid no mind to them. she rolled her eyes and stared at them with a bored look on her face saying, "if you need us, call us to the station. we're busy so stop taking up our time."

the other students murmured in agreement and more people started to leave the classroom. jiyeon smirked in victory as she glanced at the shock that was evident on the police officers face as all the students. she stared at them with a wicked smile on her face, winking in their direction just before she left the classroom.

"see you guys later."

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jiyeon sighed as she watched joonwhi gloomily stared at the amount of post-its on his locker. she walked up to him and read the 'nice' words people have said joonhwi and scoffed slightly.

"geez, they're law students but still do this. . ." she gritted her teeth as she grabbed some of the post-its on his locker and threw them away in a nearby trashcan. a lot of the students started to whisper and stared at her in disgust while she glared back at them. joonhwi put a hand on her shoulder and jiyeon visibly relaxed at his touched, "it's okay jiyeon, they're not worth it."

she sighed, "i know, but this is just too cruel!"

"i'm fine, really. let's just go." he dragged the girl away from the locker before getting called by professor kim.

"joonhwi!"

they turned around to see professor kim calling out for them, "hey, the detectives came." she said, "if you need anything, feel free to tell me, okay?"

joonhwi nodded and jiyeon slightly squeezed his hand, "don't worry professor kim! he's got me."

"i'm glad joonhwi has such a good friend. it puts me at ease," she smiled at jiyeon. she opened her mouth to talk more but her phone suddenly ringed off, "excuse me, i have to take this."

the students nodded and got ready to leave while professor kim took the phone call.

"hello, it's kim eunsuk."

just as the two students were about to leave, they overheard professor kim on the phone and jiyeon's heart dropped.

"professor yang? stabbed? how bad is it?"

jiyeon immediately froze as joonhwi's eyes widened. professor kim suddenly ran out of the campus and jiyeon couldn't stop panicking. her heartbeat sped up and it felt like she couldn't breathe. joonhwi noticed the change in jiyeon's stance and started calling out to her.

"hey, hey! jiyeon, snap out of it!"

jiyeon blinked and her eyes widened as she felt joonhwi's hands on her shoulder, trying to shake her into reality. his eyes softened as he realized she was more aware of her surroundings, "good?"

"y-yeah, what were you saying?" she shakily put a hand over her erratic heart to try to calm herself down.

"something's wrong with professor yang. me and seungjae are going to accompany professor kim to the hospital, i think she's in shock, she was acting like you. do you wanna come with us?" he answered.

her eyes darted over to professor kim who was being supported by seungjae, and darted back over to joonhwi, "i'm coming too."

god, she hoped her father was okay. even if she had barely any hope of whatever's happening.

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joonhwi held her hand th entire trip to the hospital. he tried calming her shaky figure, even though he doesn't really know why she's this shaky. sure, his teacher got stabbed, but he understands this job professor yang has, is a dangerous job. he knew what singing up to law school really meant. and he noticed every other student understood what law school really meant.

but jiyeon, jiyeon seemed different. he knows she knows what she was getting into when she applied for law school. her determination and courage proved that. but he noticed ever since professor yang, this specific teacher, got involved to this scandal. from the murder to getting stabbed in a prison (which is a shock for him too), she's been. . . shakier. always on edge, constantly worried. it's like she could never get a break.

but he pushed those thoughts aside as they arrived in the hospital and he led jiyeon inside, with seungjae and professor kim in front of them. they quickly arrived to the emergency room and saw a polce officer there guarding the door and made their way towards him.

"what happened? how did he get stabbed?" professor kim asked frantically.

"inmate 2023 was attacked by a thug he arrested as a prosecutor."

"so it was revenge?"

then, two surgeons emerged from the emergency room, seemingly out of breath.

"doctor, what happened?" jiyeon asked shakily. joonhwi lightly pulled her towards him ad squeezed her hand to give her comfort.

"we stopped all his bleeding, but he lost lots of blood so his hemoglobin count is low," the doctor said, "he needs blood now."

"are his vitals stable?" the ex-med student, seungjae asked.

"we managed to stabilize him by using dopamine and iv, but we still can't let his guard down," the doctor informed the four people, "we're in need of blood but he has a rare blood type, so it's not easy to do."

"you said you can't let his guard down, so does that mean he could. . .die?" professor kim asked what jiyeon was thibking, and she hoped it wasn't the case. but judging from the look of the surgeon who was silently looking down, confirmed her suspicions, she couldn't help but spiral into her negative thoughts again.

her legs suddenly felt weak, her head felt heavy and she couldn't breathe. she started panting heavily and clutching onto joonhwi's shirt as she tried to calm herself down. seungjae, professor kim, and joonhwi all noticed the sudden change in her demeanor, and rushed to her as she started falling to her knees.

joonhwi fell with her and held onto her tightly so that she wouldn't injure herself. he frantically looked at professor kim and seungjae who started kneeling down to check her condition, "jiyeon? jiyeon, wake up!"

jiyeon couldn't keep her eyes open anymore. her body succumbed to the darkness as her eyes kept opening and closing. her grip on reality was starting to weaken, and so was her grip on joonhwi. as she fell into a state of unconsciousness, the last thing she saw was joonhwi's worried face over hers, shouting at her to wake up.

"jiyeon, open your eyes and wake up! jiyeon!"