{airi}
i massaged my temples & sighed. world, why do you hate me that much?
"booooo!" i heard the most annoying voice in the whole universe.
i gritted my teeth, trying to run away.
i did run as fast as i can to escape ricky. i didn't do his homework hihi
when i got to the pool side of the school, i panted. in the middle of catching my breath, i heard some voices.
"what if they'll know?"
"they won't, trust me."
"o-okay.. but promise me we'll take care of him together."
"of course i'll protect our baby."
wait, i recognize those voices.. gyuvin & gayeon.
i bit my lower lip. no, they can't see me.
i looked around if there's possible places to hide. their voices are coming from either the boys' or girls' restroom beside the pool so i can't hide there.
and if i try running away from here, ricky will most likely find me.
"fuck it." i whispered to myself before pinching my nose, closing my eyes, & jumping in the pool.
call me smartass yall.
i held my breath in as i can still hear gyuvin and gayeon's faint voices but my ears are obviously covered with water.
i waited for some more time but i'm running out of air.
you can do this, airi. you can...
....
nO I CAN'T-
some arms suddenly held me and swam me up to the surface. i can finally breath and i coughed a couple of times as my life saver helped me swim back up to the dry floor.
"w-what were you thinking?!" ricky's voice yelled.
"ricky?!"
"yeah! were you trying to drown yourself?!"
i climbed out the pool and brushed my damped hair out from my face.
"just because gyuvin and gayeon have a thing doesn't mean you need to die!" he yelled at me once again.
"tch." i hissed at him and shivered from the cold. he then went over to his dry blazer and wrapped it around my shoulders.
"come follow me, you idiot." he said before walking ahead.
i have no choice but to follow him since i am wet and i wouldn't like anyone to see me like this at school.
i followed him to the boys' locker room beside the gym. "here, change." he tossed a shirt from his locker.
i caught it and nodded, immediately making my way to the girls' restroom.
thankfully, it's class hours so no one is present here at the moment.
after changing, ricky was waiting for me outside.
"let's skip classes for today." he said before grabbing my wrist & ran, dragging me along.
"wh-where are we going?!"
"to the place where i can get some peaceful time."
"you mean this abandoned building?!"
"geez, stop being loud. and yeah."
we entered the building and it's lowkey highkey giving me creepy vibes.
we climbed up the stairs until we reached the rooftop.
"wow" i looked around since there was a damn garden here. i heard him chuckle. "i grew these on my own."
he snatched my wet clothes from my hands and hung it at a pole. "that'll dry up."
we both then sat down the floor, tired from the running.
"how did you find this place?" i asked. he shrugged. "i just saw this cuz it's near our school.. and i was escaping some dudes that time." he sighed while rubbing his damped hair.
"your enemies?"
"mhm"
"that sucks."
"shut up. you just tried drowning yourself."
"i didn't."
"yes, you did."
i rolled my eyes & he scoffed. "don't you roll those eyeballs at me. i'm your master and i saved you!"
"excuse me? i didn't ask for you to save me! i can swim."
we then stayed quiet.
"even though i hate you, i admit we're just the same." he spoke again, looking down.
i raised a brow. "what do you mean?"
he glanced at me but then quickly looked up the sky. "you like gyuvin-"
"wAIT SO YOU LIKE GYUVIN TOO?!"
"wha-NO"
"then what about my feelings for gyuvin?"
"i-i like gayeon.."
pfft what???
this idiotic guy likes the school's valedictorian?
you kidding me right?
i unintentionally laughed which led him to smack my arm. "don't tell anyone!"
laughing, "or else what?!"
"or else i'll spread to the school that you like gyuvin!"
i gasped. "oh no you won't."
he smirked and leaned his face closer to me. "yes, i will."
i moved away & threw him a face. "truce."
he chuckled. "fine."
"but will you stop treating me like your homework-answer-generator?" i asked.
he raised his brows & turned to me. "only if you help me with gayeon. i'll help you with gyuvin in return and never make you my slave again."
i smiled and reached out my hand to him. "it's a deal."
he then held my hand & shook it.
"deal."
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