Emotionless | DAERIN

12: the fair

"I can't wait until Saturday! We're gonna have so much fun!" Hanni said a little too excitedly as she skipped down the hall.

"I can wait," I said as I got to my locker to put my books up and grab my bag and keys to leave for home.

Hanni slowed down to walk by my side. "Why are you always so negative?"

"It's just the way I'm wired," I answered back.

"Well, rewire yourself to turn that blank face into a smile," she said, stopping me and messing with my face, trying to make me smile. I slapped her hands away.

She stopped what she was doing. "Sorry, it was worth a shot," she said as she smiled and shrugged her shoulders. I just looked at her and continued walking out of the school.

We got outside, and I stood at the top of the stairs hunting for my car parked in the parking lot with hundreds of other cars. But like every other time, my eyes stopped on Danielle, who was now pushed up against what I assumed was Soobin's truck, making out with him. The worst part is they're right across from my car.

"Hey, how come you always stare at... what's her face?" Hanni asked, making a face while looking at them.

"I don't know what you're talking about," I said while I headed towards my car.

"Yes you do. So what? Was she your friend or... girlfriend?" she said while poking me.

I hit her fingers away and turned to look at her annoyed. "If you must know, she was an old friend of mine, you could say, who had a huge crush on me, saying she was gonna marry me in the future, which was weird, but we got into an argument, and now she hates me and is with him," I said, pointing to Soobin as we stopped at my car.

"Oh," she said, looking at the ground, thinking. "So what I'm hearing is that she was your girlfriend," she said, looking at me, smiling. That's not at all what I said.

I just looked at her, not saying a word, when someone said something for me. "Hey, why are you pointing at me, weirdo?" I turned and looked and saw Soobin and Danielle looking at me.

"She wasn't pointing at you. She was pointing at your truck. It has a scratch on it," Hanni answered back, lying.

Soobin turned around quickly, freaking out, and started hunting for the scratch. It was kinda funny. Hanni and I stood there, smiling and smirking at his stupidity.

"So what? Is she your new girlfriend now or what?" I looked at Hanni, who looked at me and looked up at Danielle.

"No, she's—"

"In a matter of fact, I am. You got a problem with that?" I looked at Hanni. What is she saying? And why is she saying this?

I averted my eyes back to Danielle, who looked taken aback but shook it off. "No, it's fine with me," she said, while her voice was breaking.

"Okay cool, so if you don't mind leaving us alone, we have a date to get ready for on Saturday," Hanni said, smirking as she walked to my car and got in the passenger seat.

I looked at Danielle once again and didn't say anything. "Come on, Haerin, let's go." I soon looked away, got in the car, started it, and drove off.

"That was a lot of fun," Hanni said, smiling.

"Your fun is pretty weird," I said.

"Yeah, but now you know Danielle still likes you because she was mega jealous," she laughed. She was jealous?

"I don't care," I said bluntly.

"Sure, just keep telling yourself that," she said while poking me, but I slapped her hand away.