Her Bully | BBANGSAZ

F I F T Y S E V E N

M I N J I
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I close the door since I was the last one to step out of class and gasp when I see Haerin standing in front of me, mouth half-open.

"M-Min—" I cut her off by jumping on her, bringing her into a tight hug as I bury my face deep inside the crook of her neck and whine.

She encircles her arms around my waist and tugs me closer, inhaling my scent.

"I'm sorry," she whispers, stroking my dark hair. "I'm sorry, Minji."

I pull her away from me and smile up at her. "Sorry for what, silly?" I kid, not wanting to think of the bad things because I've had enough.

She smiles sadly and brings a hand up to stroke my hair behind my ear.

"For ignoring you the past few months, I've had—issues." She sighs, rubbing her temple thereafter.

"But Hyunseo cornered me and told me something's wrong with you and I couldn't—I'm sorry." She apologizes some more, and I giggle at her enthusiasm, sighing when I realize it's the first time I've felt good in weeks.

"Well, you're here now." I grin up at her, bouncing on my toes.

"And I'm not someone who likes to think about negative things, so as long as you tell me why you've been ignoring us—I'm all good."

She chuckles and brings me in for a hug again. "What did I do to deserve such an awesome girl like you?" she teases, squeezing my sides.

I hook my arms under her armpits and smile over her shoulder, but it soon fades as I spot Hanni appearing from a corner of the hallway, looking broken with Ryujin always by her side.

She looks up like she feels me staring and we manage to make eye contact.

I frown and bite my lip, turning my head to avoid her stare when, in a second of doing so, I'm pretty sure I heard her sob.

Her scent invades me as she passes by Haerin and me, and I peer at her through Haerin's toned muscles as Hanni keeps her head down and rubs her eyelids.

Why is she crying? Shouldn't she be happy?

Haerin suddenly lets go and grins.

"I'm down with that. So, tell me, what's going on with you?" she asks, but there's something in her eyes that tells me she already knows.

I open my mouth to speak, but she stops me by saying, "If it's Hanni, then you don't need to say anymore."

My eyes go wide at her words and my jaw drops.

What?

"Ho—"

She scratches her hair and chuckles.

"Your balcony doesn't have hidden walls, Min. I saw you guys cuddling." She tells me, pulling me inside the room I just closed so that no one could hear us.

She jumps on one of the tables and clasps her hands together.

"I-Is there something lovey-dovey between you two?" she asks, and I hold back a laugh at her words.

Ducking down, I glance at her through my eyelashes.

"T-There may be, yes." I gulp, almost feeling a weight being lifted off of my shoulders after holding it in for this long. "But that's non-existent now, I'm over Hanni Pham."

Haerin frowns and clears her throat. "How'd it begin?"

"It kind of started on Yunjin's first day party." I blurt out, blushing when Haerin's jaw drops.