Star Lost || Kim Seungmin

CH-18: So, you are throwing me under the bus?

3rd Person's POV:

Jiyeon looked to the person she bumped into. Her eyes widened when she realized that it was none other than, Hwang Hyunjin. Great, just great. She panicked when Hyunjin smiled slightly at her.

"Hey, Jiyeon." He waved and she waved back awkwardly. "Don't be awkward." He chuckled and she sighed. "I'm- I'm not." She shrugged and he nodded. They both stood at their places, without saying anything and looking anywhere but at each other. Hyunjin felt awkward interacting with his ex, who is now the lover of his best friend and Jiyeon felt guilty of not telling him about the thing she heard in the washroom.

"Okay, so, I'll get going now." He bowed slightly and turned but he again turned back as if he got reminded of something. "And by the way, don't ever reject Seungmin just because he is my friend. He is a good guy and likes you genuinely." He gave her a smile and turned away again.

"Hyunjin!" He stopped and turned towards her. "Yes?" He asked, curious to know why she called him. "Can we talk for a second?" He thought for a second and hesitantly looked at her. "It's about Seungmin and Iseul." This perked his interest, and he was now looking at her with furrowed eyebrows. What is she supposed to do with them? He can understand if it was only Seungmin, but Iseul? Something seems wrong, so he nodded.

"And who told you this?" He asked Jiyeon and she looked at him. "I heard Harin and Sumin talk about it. Harin is my roommate and Sumin is her best friend. I was in the washroom, and I heard this. They were telling this to Hyejin. If you don't know, then Hyejin is trying to get back with Seungmin and I think she must have talked about it to them because I have seen Hyejin sitting at lunch with Sumin and her boyfriend, what was his name?" "Siwoo." Hyunjin gritted his teeth.

"So, what will you do next? I didn't know what to do and I bumped into you, so I couldn't keep it in. I'm sorry." Hyunjin dismissively shook his head. "No, no need to be sorry for something like this. It's just you don't know about anything and heard something which is concerning, and you just reached out to me. Thank you for looking out for Iseul." She nodded with pressed lips.

"And I'm sorry too." He apologized and she looked at him. "On behalf of Seungmin. I don't know if he will really do something like this and I am not the one to believe something without doing proper talk on it, but the dots seem to connect too much. I will have a talk with him, today only and clear things out as soon as possible." She nodded. "Then I will get going- oh." She was pushed towards him by a group of boys who passed by, and he caught her, they both looked at each other and then he helped her stand straight.

"Sorry." The boy apologized who pushed her accidentally and then bowed, he walked away, leaving the two behind. "You, okay?" Hyunjin asked Jiyeon and she nodded. "Yeah. So, I get going. Bye!" He nodded back at her both went their own ways, unaware of the disaster that is gonna come in their lives.

"What the heck is this?" Seungmin scowled with confusion when he saw that an unknown number has texted him and sent a picture of Hyunjin and Jiyeon, both hugging in the back on the university, where there was no one. He furrowed his eyebrows and sent another pic of them, taking while holding hands. The number sent him another text which read:

Unknown
Finally caught them. Take yourself and Iseul out of this deep shit. I know it hurts my dear. Take care.
-A friend who cares about you.

He furrowed his eyebrows and shot up. He walked out of his room and then went to Iseul's. Felix, who witnessed his distressed expression while coming out of his room, stopped him. "Hey, hey, hey, hey, what happened?" He showed the phone to Felix, who's eyes widened and the chicken himself dragged him and banged his fist on her door.

"Lee Iseul, come out this instant, or that prince of yours is dying by my hands."