Her Bully | BBANGSAZ

F O R T Y F O U R

M I N J I
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"Are you ready?" I turn to Hanni while unbuckling my seatbelt, parking in the farthest, most secluded corner of the school lot.

I smile as she fixes her hair with the side mirror before twisting on her seat to face me, smiling just as wide.

She nods her head in reply.

"Thanks for picking me up," she shyly says, licking her lips as I grin back at her all toothy.

Ever since Hanni's breakup with Yunjin, she's been struggling with finding a ride to and from school.

It's not like she doesn't have a car, it's just that she was traumatized last year after nearly running over an old lady when she didn't see the stoplight.

After that, she seldom got behind the wheel again and just preferred to enjoy rides instead.

She's been with Ryujin after Yunjin but found it boring whenever the girl would pump out emo songs on the radio.

Plus, she said she only rode with close friends and considered me as one in the group, so who am I to not say yes to her offer?

Another added plus is that I get to use my car and not the stinky old bus anymore. But we had to keep it quiet, a secret—Hanni's still not ready to be seen with me in public.

"It's no problem," I whisper back in reply, reaching to the back to grab our bags as I hand it over to her.

She leans forward on her seat and watches as students slowly enter the school, the parking lot soon becoming empty, as it was only four minutes left until the bell rang.

It's been a routine of ours since last Sunday when we made the deal.

It's now Thursday and we never got caught, so it was all good.

After the last person went through the doors, Hanni pushed her side of the door open, and I did the same.

We smiled at each other through the hood of my car and slowly walked with an inch of space between us towards the entrance of the hell that is school.

Hanni glided near me and chuckled.

"Usually, I hate waking up because I knew Yunjin's going to be an asshole inside the car—" she hums, and it makes me furrow my eyebrows together, confused.

I stop walking when she halts by the door, taking a deep breath before turning to me with a shy glance.

"—but now, I'm actually looking forward to every morning with you bringing me to school," she admits, and before I can smile, roll my eyes in love, and bring her in for a hug, Hanni's eyes darken, and she slams the doors open, pushing some kid to the floor as she places her hands on her waist, glaring hard.

"Didn't mommy ever tell you not to stand too near the doors?" she hisses to the boy who scampers away whilst shielding himself with a book.

I feel my shoulders deflating as I frown for a second.

It's gone as soon as I tell myself that Hanni can't change her way to others, she has to keep her attitude if she doesn't want to get suspicious looks.

But hey, I hate it when she said she's someone Mommy.

Maybe it's better if it's only me who calls her Mommy and she calls me Daddy.

I mentally slapped myself. Really Minji, huh. What a kink. I said to myself.

The boy whimpers and shakes his head. "I'm—I'm so sorry H-Hanni—"

She stomps her feet down and snarls.